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Bryan Adams, OC, OBC (born November 5 1959) is a
successful Canada|Canadian singer and songwriter.

Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario. When he was
young his parents travelled throughout Europe and
the Middle East, as his father was a diplomat. 

Adams has been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame
and in 1990 he was made a Member of the Order of
Canada and the Order of British Columbia. In 1998
he was promoted to an Officer of the Order of
Canada.

His best-known songs include "Summer of '69",
"Heaven (Bryan Adams song)|Heaven", "Everything I
Do (I Do It for You)", "Cuts Like a Knife|Cuts
Like a Knife", and "Run to You". His most popular
album release is Reckless (album)|Reckless.


== Musical career ==
At seventeen years old he sent some demos to A&M
Records and was signed to a recording contract for
one dollar at the age of eighteen.  He has
released fourteen albums since then.

His first album, Bryan Adams, was released in 1980
and his second, You Want It You Got It, in 1981. 
His third proved to be his breakthrough album;
Cuts Like a Knife created four hits in 1983.  He
quickly followed up that album with his popular
Reckless (album)|Reckless at the end of 1984.  It
spawned five hit songs and was certified platinum.
 Next came Into the Fire (album)|Into the Fire in
1987.  On July 3 1988 in Werchter, Belgium, a
crowd of 50,000 braved the rain and wind to
witness one of Bryan Adams' best concerts.  It was
later broadcast in Canada and on MTV around the
world.  The 1994 album, Live!Live!Live! is the
recording of that concert in full.  One of his
most successful records is Waking Up the
Neighbours album in 1991 (see 1991 in music).  It
was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Adams
and featured the single "Everything I Do (I Do It
For You)|(Everything I Do) I Do It For You".  This
song was number one everywhere in the world in
1991 and 1992, and spent sixteen weeks at number
one on the charts in the United Kingdom, setting
the record.  The next album was a greatest hits
collection So Far so Good|So Far So Good.


== Social activist ==
Bryan helped contributed to the Canadian benefit
record for Ethiopia called Tears Are Not Enough in
1985.  In that same year he took part in the U.S
side of the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia.  He
was in London to play at the Nelson Mandela
birthday party concert at Wembley Stadium in 1988.
 In 1990 he joined many other guests (including
Michael Kamen) for Roger Waters' massive
performance of The Wall in Berlin, Germany.  Apart
from that he has been engaged in projects like
creating the Southern Antarctic Whale Sanctuary
and Amnesty International.  He also supports many
other charities like the Elephant Sanctuary,
Hohenwald in Tennessee and Born Free
Foundation|Elefriends in England, both in which he
advocates on his 1998 album On A Day Like Today. 
Adams supports breast cancer research for cures
through his photography work (see below).  On
January 29, 2005 Bryan Adams joined many of
Canada's biggest stars in a benefit concert from
Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver for the
victims of 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and also
performed at Live 8's Canadian performance in
Barrie, Ontario on July 2 2005.

===Soundtrack works===
His works for movie soundtracks include: 
* His first one, "Heaven (Bryan Adams
song)|Heaven" in 1982 for the motion picture A
Night In Heaven
* "Drive All Night" in the 1989 film Pink
Cadillac(film)|Pink Cadillac
* "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)|(Everything I
Do) I Do It For You" from the 1991 movie Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves
* "All For Love" from The Three Musketeers (1993
movie)|The Three Musketeers in 1993 (sung
alongside Rod Stewart and Sting).
* "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" in 1995
from the Don Juan DeMarco movie
* "Star (1996 BA song)|Star" from the Robin
Williams film Jack (movie)|Jack
* "I Finally Found Someone" in 1996 from Barbra
Streisand film The Mirror Has Two Faces (the song
is a duet with her).
*"When You Love Someone" in 1998 film Hope Floats
* From the 2002 movie Spirit: Stallion of the
Cimarron
**"Here I Am"
**"I Will Always Return"
**"You Can't Take Me"
**"Get Off My Back"
**"Brothers Under The Sun"
**"Don't Let Go" (with Sarah McLachlan)
**"This Is Where I Belong"
**"Nothing I've Ever Known"
* "It Ain't Over Yet" to the 2005 movie Racing
Stripes.

Bryan Adams has subsequently been nominated for
three Academy Awards for his film compostions.  He
has two songs in the forthcoming film Colour Me
Kubrick starring John Malkovich in the Autumn of
2005.

==The mid 1990s and early 2000s==
  
Albums he released during this period are: 18 Til
I Die in the summer of 1996, Bryan Adams MTV
Unplugged in the winter of 1997, On a Day Like
Today in the Autumn of 1998, The Best of Me
worldwide in 1999 and in the U.S. in early 2002. 
In May 2002 he released the Spirit: Stallion of
the Cimarron soundtrack.

In 2000, Adams came out to sing a few songs,
including "Behind Blue Eyes", for The Who at the
Royal Albert Hall. This live show was recorded for
audio and video.

==As a photographer==
Adams is also a talented photographer.  A
photograph that he took of Queen Elizabeth II
during the Golden Jubilee was used as a Canadian
postage stamp in 2004 and again in 2005.  On June
1, 2005 he released a book featuring prominent
U.S. women entitled, American Women; proceeds from
this book go to support breast cancer research for
programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
in New York City.  It is not his first book in
support for breast cancer research. Made in Canada
(book)|Made in Canada and was released in December
1999.  This book is a tribute to a friend, Donna,
who had died of breast cancer. His second book is
called Haven (book)|Haven.  It features famous
United Kingdom|British women and supports Prince
Charles' The Haven Trust breast-cancer
support-network in London.  Bryan Adams has had
his work published in Harpers Bazaar and Interview
Magazine, and he publishes an art/fashion magazine
in Berlin, Germany called Zoo Magazine.

==Bryan Adams today==
His latest album, Room Service (Bryan Adams
album)|Room Service was released on September 20
2004 in Canada and in Europe; "Open Road (BA
song)|Open Road" was its first single.  The CD was
released in the U.S. on May 10 2005 on Mercury
Nashville.

He currently lives in Chelsea, London|Chelsea,
London.

==Discography==

===Albums===
* Bryan Adams (album)|Bryan Adams (1980)
* You Want It You Got It (1981)
* Cuts Like a Knife|Cuts Like A Knife (1983)
* Reckless (album)|Reckless (1984)
* Into the Fire (album)|Into The Fire (1987) 
* Hits on Fire (Japanese double-CD) (1988) 
* Live!Live!Live!  (1989)
* Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)
* So Far So Good (1993)
* 18 Til I Die (1996)
* MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)  (1997)
* On a Day Like Today (1998)
* The Best of Me|The Best Of Me released worldwide
(1999) released in the U.S. in (2002)
* Do To You What You Do To Me (2001)
* Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (motion picture
soundtrack) (2002)
* Spirit: L'étalon des plaines (soundtrack)
(2002)
* Room Service (Bryan Adams album)|Room Service 
(2004)

===Singles and EPs===
*"Flying" (2004/2005)
*"Open Road (BA song)|Open Road" (2004) 
*"Here I Am" (soundtrack single) (2002)
*"Let's Make a Night to Remember" (EP) (1996) 
*"Let's Make a Night to Remember" (CD5) (1996) 
*"I Finally Found Someone" (soundtrack EP) (1996) 
*"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (soundtrack
single) (1995) 
*"Rock Steady" (promo single) (1995)
*"All for Love" (EP) (1993) 
*"The Live Volume" (EP) (1992) 
*"Do I Have to Say the Words?" (EP) (1991) 
*"Touch the Hand" (EP) (1991) 
*"Can't Stop This Thing We Started (EP) (1991) 
*"Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" (EP) (1991)

*"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (EP) (1991) 
*"There Will Never Be Another Tonight" (EP) (1991)
*"Heat of the Night" (cassette single) (1987) 
*"Victim Of Love (Ltd. Ed. 7" EP Box) (1987)  
*"It's Only Love" (Japanese 12" EP) (1985) 
*"Diana" (12" EP) (1985) 
*"Tears Are Not Enough" (12" EP) (1985) 
*"Heaven" (Japanese 12" EP) (1985) 
*"Heaven" (Japanese Double 7" EP) (1985) 
*"Christmas Time" (Japanese release) (1985) 
*"Reggae Christmas" (7" EP) (1984 
*"It's Only Love" (Japanese 7") (1984) 
*"Heaven" (Japanese 7") (1984) 
*"Run to You" (Japanese 7") (1984) 
*"Interview Disc — Limited Edition" (12" EP)
(1984) 
*"Run to You" (12" EP) (1984)) 
*"Summer of '69" (UK 12" EP) (1984) 
*"One Night Love Affair" (Japanese 7" EP) (1984) 
*"Somebody" (Japanese 7" EP) (1984) 
*"Heaven" (Japanese 12" EP) (1984) 
*"This Time" (Japanese 7" EP) (1983) 
*"Straight from the Heart" (Japanese 7") (1983)

=== Songs written for other artists ===

* "Prove It" (R.J. Lange, Adams), Stevie Vann,
Stevie Vann, Silvertone Records, 1995
* "You Walked In" (R.J. Lange / Adams), Lonestar,
Crazy Nights, BNA Records, 1997
* "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Adams/Thornalley),
Performed By Ronan Keating, Polydor , 2000

=== Songs never released as singles ===
*"Hey Elvis" (Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters) in
(1996)
*"Hey Little Girl" (Bryan Adams) in (1996)
*"When the Night Comes" (Bryan Adams, Jim
Vallance, Diane Warren) in (1988)
*"Diana" (Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance) in (1985)

==See also==
*Best selling music artists

==External links==
*http://www.bryanadams.com/ Official web site
*http://18tilidie.co.uk - biggest fan site. Also
contains the largest and most comprehensive
Discography of all Bryan Adams tracks
*http://www.bryanadams-portal.com - the biggest
forum for Bryan Adam's fans is available here.
*http://www.geocities.com/akajain/best/bryan.htm -
website by a fan, contains lyrics of songs by
Bryan Adams and other related material.
*http://www.zoomagazine.de/ - the official website
of the "Zoo" magazine.
*http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesA/adam
s_bryan.html - Canadian Online Explorer's Bryan
Adams biography.
*http://www.canadapost.ca/business/corporate/about
/newsroom/pr/archive-e.asp?prid=971 - Canada Post
announces the stamp bearing Adams' photo of the
Queen (with image of the stamp)