  Bryan Adams was born in Ontario
on November 5, 1959. While still in his teens
and after dropping out of high school, Adams
joined a band called 'Shock' which led to a
friendship and songwriting partnership with
Jim Vallance. Adam's songwriting talents lead
to writing for artists including Joe Cocker, Kiss,
Bonnie Raitt, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond,
Carly
Simon, and Loverboy.
Adam's solo career began with A&M Records
and the release of 2 singles in the late
1970's: "Let Me Take You Dancing"
and "Hidin' From Love."
 Adams released Bryan
Adams.
Adams released You
Want It, You Got It.
 # 26
Singles Artist of the Year
 Adams released Cuts
Like A Knife.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Straight From The Heart."
Cuts
Like A Knife was certified gold.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Straight From The Heart."
 Adams hit the Top 40 with "Cuts Like A Knife."
Adams hit the Top 40 with "This Time."
Cuts
Like A Knife was certified platinum.
Adams spent most of the year on
tour.
 # 121
Singles Artist of the Year
Adams released Reckless.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year
 Reckless was certified
platinum.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Heaven."
Adams hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Heaven."
Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 2 weeks with "Heaven." The song had
originally been written for the film A
Night In Heaven.
Adams performed at Live Aid.
 Adams hit the
Top 40 with "One Night Love Affair."
The video for
"Run To You" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Special Effects. The video for "Heaven" was also
nominated for Best Cinematography.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "One Night Love Affair."
 # 161
Singles Artist of the Year
Reckless was certified 4x
platinum.
Adams hit the Top
10
teaming up with Tina Turner on "It's Only
Love."
Adams was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Rock Vocal Performance - Male (Reckless) and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("It's Only Love"
with Tina Turner).
Reckless topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for 2 weeks.
Adams won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Stage Performance Video ("It's Only
Love" with Tina Turner) and was nominated for
Best Male Video ("Summer of
'69")
 # 30
Singles Artist of the Year
 Adams released Into
The Fire.
Into
The Fire was certified platinum.
Adams released
the live LP Live!
Live! Live!
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 Adams hit the Top 40, Top 10 and #1 for 6 weeks with
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" from the soundtrack for Robin
Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 7 weeks with "(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You." The single also topped
the UK singles chart for 16 weeks.
The single
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" was certified 2x
platinum.
 Adams released Waking
Up The Neighbours.
The single
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" was certified 3x
platinum.
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started."
The video for
"(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started."
The single "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started" was certified gold.
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified
platinum.
 # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified 2x
platinum.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "There Will Never Be
Another Tonight."
Adams won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You") and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written
Specifically for a Motion Picture or for
Television ("(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You"). The song was also
nominated for Record of the Year, Best Vocal Performance - Male, and Song of the Year (songwriter) (with
Robert John "Mutt" Lang and Michael
Kamen) and "Can't Stop This Thing
We Started" was nominated for Best
Rock Performance, Solo and Best Rock Song
(songwriter).
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "Thought I'd Died And
Gone To Heaven."
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Thought I'd Died And
Gone To Heaven."
Adams hit the
Top 40 with "Do I Have To Say The
Words?"
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Do I Have To Say The
Words?"
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified 3x
platinum.
Reckless was certified 5x
platinum.
Adams was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Rock Vocal Performance - Male
("There Will Never Be
Another Tonight").
 Adams hit the Top 40 with "Please Forgive Me."
Adams released the hits
collection So
Far So Good.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Please Forgive Me."
Adams hit the Top 40 along with Rod Stewart and Sting with "All For Love" from the film
soundtrack of The
Three Musketeers.
Adams hit the Top 10 with "All For Love."
 # 64
Singles Artist of the Year
 So
Far So Good was certified 2x platinum.
Adams hit #1 with Rod Stewart and Sting for 5 weeks with
"All For Love."
Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart along with Rod Stewart and Sting for 3 weeks with
"All For Love."
The single for "All For Love" was certified
platinum.
So
Far So Good was certified 3x platinum.
 # 36
Singles Artist of the Year
Adams was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("All For Love" with Rod Stewart and Sting).
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?"
Adams hit the Top 10 and #1 for 3 weeks with
"Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?"
 Adams topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 5 weeks with "Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?" from the soundtrack for Don
Juan DeMarco.
Adams was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film ("Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?").
Adams could be heard on Bonnie Raitt's live LP Road
Tested with "Rock Steady."
 # 38
Singles Artist of the Year
Adams was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Have You Ever Really
Loved A Woman?").
Waking
Up The Neighbours was certified 4x
platinum and So
Far So Good was certified 5x platinum.
 Adams released 18
'Til I Die.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You."
18
'Til I Die was certified gold.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Let's Make A Night To
Remember."
Adams was
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video ("The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You").
Adams hit the Top 40 dueting
with Barbra
Streisand on "I Finally Found Someone" from the
soundtrack for The
Mirror Has Two Faces.
Adams hit the Top 10 with Barbra
Streisand with "I Finally Found Someone."
 # 113
Singles Artist of the Year
Adams was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Adams was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Let's Make A Night To
Remember") and Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("The Only Thing That
Looks Good On Me Is You").
18
'Til I Die was certified platinum.
 Adams released Unplugged.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "Back To You."
Adams was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("I Finally Found Someone" with Barbra
Streisand).
Adams hit the Top 10 with "Back To You."
 Adams released On
A Day Like Today.
Adams hit the Top 40 with "On A Day Like Today."
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