| Biography | Bryan Adams is a Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He joined his first band at age 15, and at age 20 his eponymous debut album was released. He rose to fame in North America with the 1983 top ten album Cuts Like a Knife, featuring its title track "Straight From the Heart", his first US top ten hit. His 1984 Canadian and US number one album, Reckless, made him a global star with tracks like "Run to You" and "Summer of '69", both top ten hits in the US and Canada.
In 1991, Adams released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", which went to number one in at least 19 countries. The song was included on Adams' Waking Up the Neighbours (1991), a worldwide number one album that sold 16 million copies. In the 1990s, he duetted with Barbra Streisand ("I Finally Found Someone") and Melanie C ("When You're Gone"). In 2008, Adams was ranked 38th on the list of all-time top artists on the Billboard Hot 100. |