| Biography | Ryan Adams is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist and poet. He has released 20 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of rock/alt-country band Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams released his debut solo album, Heartbreaker. The album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize.
After breaking his wrist during a live performance, Adams took a short break, and formed The Cardinals, a backing band that accompanied him on his next four studio albums. In 2009, after the release of Cardinology (2009), Adams disbanded The Cardinals and announced an extended break from music due to complications from Ménière's disease. The following year, Adams released his 13th studio album, Ashes & Fire. The album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. In 2014, Adams released his fourteenth album, Ryan Adams, and formed a new backing band, The Shining, to support the release. In 2015, Adams released 1989, a song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift's album of the same name, and worked on up to 80 songs for an album influenced by his divorce. |