Bryan Adams

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Bryan Guy Adams, OC OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian singer, songwriter,

Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist.

Adams rose to fame in North America with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless which produced some of his best known songs including “Run to You” and “Summer of ’69”. In 1991, he released “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” from the album Waking Up the Neighbours and the song became a world-wide hit which went to number 1 in many countries, including 16 consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, a new record. Adams also had the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles “Heaven”, “All for Love” and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?”

For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, American Music awards, three Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March 2011 and Canada’s Walk of Fame, Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada’s Juno Awards.  Adams has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2008, Adams was ranked 38th on the list of All-Time top artists in the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 13 January 2010, he received the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts.

Their British Hit Singles, years, and top positions are:

  • Run to you – 1985 – 11
  • Somebody – 1985 – 35
  • Heaven – 1985 – 38
  • Summer of ’69 – 1985 – 42
  • It’s only love feat. Tina Turner – 1985 – 29
  • Christmas time – 1985 – 55
  • This time – 1986 – 41
  • Straight from the heart – 1986 – 51
  • Heat of the night – 1987 – 50
  • Hearts on fire – 1987 – 57
  • Victim of love – 1987 – 68
  • (Everything I do) I do it for you  – 1991 – 1
  • Can’t stop this thing we started  – 1991 – 12
  • There will never be another tonight  – 1991 – 32
  • Thought I’d died and gone to heaven  – 1992 – 18
  • All I want is you  – 1992 – 22
  • Do i have to say the words  – 1992 – 30
  • Please forgive me  – 1993 – 2
  • All for love feat. Rod Stewart & Sting – 1994 – 6
  • Have you ever really loved a woman?  – 1995 – 4
  • The only thing that looks good on me  – 1996 – 6
  • Let’s make a night to remember  – 1996 – 110
  • Star  – 1996 – 13
  • I finally found someone feat Barbra Streisand  – 1997 – 10
  • 18 til I die  – 1997 – 22
  • Back to you  – 1997 – 18
  • I’m ready  – 1998 – 20
  • On a day like today  – 1998 – 13
  • When you’re gone feat. Melanie C.   – 1998 – 3
  • Cloud number 9  – 1999 – 6
  • The best of me  – 1999 – 47
  • Don’t give up feat. chicane  – 2000 – 1
  • Here I am  – 2002 – 5
  • Open road  – 2004 – 21
  • Flying  – 2004 – 39

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