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'''Bryan Guy Adams''', [[Order of Canada|OC]], [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]] (born November 5, 1959) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[singer-songwriter]], [[guitarist]], [[Record producer|producer]], and [[photographer]].

Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 18 [[Juno Award]]s among 56 nominations, including wins for [[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Best Male Artist]] in 2000 and [[Juno Award for Artist of the Year|Male Vocalist of the Year]] in 1997 and every year from 1983 to 1987, as well as Junos for [[Juno Award for Producer of the Year|Producer]], [[Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year#Composer of the Year (1975 - 1990)|Composer]], and [[Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year|Songwriter of the Year]]. He has also had 15 [[Grammy Award]] nominations including a win for [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television]] for "[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]" in 1992. He has also won [[MTV Video Music Awards|MTV]], [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers#Annual Awards|ASCAP]], and [[American Music Awards|American Music]] awards. In addition, he has won two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] and has been nominated for several [[Golden Globe Award]]s and three times for [[Academy Award]]s for songwriting. Adams is the best-selling Canadian male artist ever. Adams has sold 75 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. Adams also holds the distinction of being the first [[Canadian]] to sell more than 1 million copies in [[Canada]]. He has achieved this twice.

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. He is a well known photographer.<ref name="gg.ca">{{cite news
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Adams was inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]] at Canada's [[Juno Award]]s. At the [[Juno Awards of 2010|2010 Juno Awards]] in Newfoundland, he will be on hand to receive a humanitarian award.<ref name="Canada's Walk of Fame">{{cite news
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== Musical career ==
== Musical career ==
Shehzad Roy]] to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school.<ref name="Bryan Adams performs to Karachi"/> Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the [[2005 Pakistan earthquake]].<ref name="Bryan Adams performs to Karachi">{{cite web
=== Early years ===
Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, to [[English people|English]] parents.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}<!--musicianguide.com is not reliable--> From his grandmother he also inherited a [[Maltese people|Maltese]] ancestry. As Adams's father was a diplomat, he grew up travelling around the world with his parents. Subsequently, most of his youth was spent growing up in England, Israel, [[Portugal]], and Austria, part of the time in Birre, [[Portugal]], situated close to [[Lisbon]]; where he learned [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]. In 1973, Adams's family returned to Canada and settled down in [[North Vancouver, British Columbia (district municipality)|North Vancouver, British Columbia]]. His musical goals began during his teenage years, and as he explained to Carlo D'Agostino from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, "In high school, I was too far into my music to even pay attention to girls."{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} He washed dishes, sold pet food, and worked in record stores, and at the age of 15, Adams quit school to play in nightclubs with bands like Shock and [[Sweeney Todd (band)|Sweeney Todd]], who released an album called ''[[If Wishes Were Horses (album)|If Wishes Were Horses]]'' with the fifteen year old Adams as lead singer.<ref>Sorelle Saidman ''Bryan Adams Everything He Does,'' Random House, Toronto, 1993 ISBN 0-394-22300-X Chapter 3: Sweeney Todd: In the Nick of Time p. 23 and ff</ref>

A serendipitous meeting with drummer [[Jim Vallance]] in a Vancouver music store led to a song-writing partnership that continues to this day.{{When|date=March 2010}}{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} They wrote songs for many other artists notably [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]<ref>http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-kiss-rock-and.html</ref>, [[Prism (band)|Prism]]<ref>http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-prism-stay.html</ref>, [[Bonnie Raitt]]<ref>http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-raitt-no-way-to.html</ref>, [[Rod Stewart]]<ref>http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-stewart-rod.html</ref>, [[Neil Diamond]]<ref>http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-diamond-neil-it-sh.html</ref>, [[Carly Simon]]<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=41:71156~T1</ref>, and [[Loverboy]]<ref>http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-loverboy-jump.html</ref> to name a few. Adams and Vallance were both disenchanted with the club scene and both worked in Vancouver studios doing sessions.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

In 1978, at the age of 18, Adams sent a few demo recordings to [[A&M Records]] in Toronto. Not long afterwards he signed with them for the sum of one dollar.<ref>Saidman, page 47</ref> Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably "I'm Ready" (recorded for both the album ''Cuts Like a Knife'' and later his release for MTV Unplugged) and "Remember", which was recorded on his first album. Both songs were covered by other artists even before his first album was released. Also recorded during this time was Adams's first single, "[[Let Me Take You Dancing]]," which made the Canadian [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] chart in March 1979.

=== 1980s ===
His [[Bryan Adams (album)|self-titled debut album]] was released in February 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance. With the exception of "Remember" and "Wastin' Time", most of the album was recorded from October 29 up until November 29, 1979 at Manta Studios in [[Toronto]] and co-produced by Adams and Vallance. The album was certified gold in Canada in 1986.<ref name=CRIA/>

Adams's second album, ''[[You Want It You Got It]]'', was recorded in [[New York City]] in two weeks and it marked Adams's first album co-produced by [[Bob Clearmountain]]. It was released in 1981 and contained the FM radio hit "Lonely Nights," but it was not until his third album that he achieved international recognition, popularity and sales.

Adams also co-wrote many songs for other bands during this time including "[[Creatures of the Night|War Machine]]" and "Rock and Roll Hell" for Kiss, and "No Way To Treat A Lady" for Bonnie Raitt.

''[[Cuts Like a Knife]],'' which was released in January 1983, was Adams's breakout album due mainly to the lead singles. "[[Straight from the Heart (song)|Straight from the Heart]]" was the most successful song, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref name=US/> Another single, "[[Cuts Like a Knife (song)|Cuts Like a Knife]]" charted at number fifteen. "[[This Time (Bryan Adams song)|This Time]]" also placed on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]. Music videos were released for four of the singles from the album. "Cuts Like a Knife" arguably became Adams's most recognizable and popular song from the album. Its music video received heavy airplay on music television channels. The album peaked at number eight on the [[Billboard 200]] album chart and achieved three times platinum status in Canada, platinum in the [[United States]] and gold in [[Australia]].<ref name="CRIA" /><ref name=US/><ref name="ARIA" />

Adams's best-selling album, ''[[Reckless (album)|Reckless]]'' co-produced by Adams and [[Bob Clearmountain]], peaked at number one on the [[Billboard 200]].<ref name="US" /> The album was released in November 1984 and featured the singles, "[[Run to You (Bryan Adams song)|Run to You]]", and "[[Summer of '69]]". The hit single with [[Tina Turner]] "It's Only Love" was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In 1986, the song won an MTV award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance|Best Stage Performance]].<ref name="newmarketracecourses.co.uk">{{cite web
| url=http://www.newmarketracecourses.co.uk/summer/12011668143572.html
| title=Bryan Adams - June 20
| language={{Da icon}}
| publisher=newmarketracecourses.co.uk
| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> After the release of the album, Adams was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance.<ref name="newmarketracecourses.co.uk" /> The album is Adams best-selling album in the [[United States]] and was certified five times platinum.<ref name="RIAA" />

''Reckless'' included the hit singles "Run to You", "[[Heaven (Bryan Adams song)|Heaven]]", "[[Summer of '69]]", "[[One Night Love Affair]]", and "[[It's Only Love (Bryan Adams song)|It's Only Love]]", a duet with [[Tina Turner]]. All the singles had accompanying [[music video]]s and all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but only "Run to You", "Summer of '69", and "Heaven" peaked in the top ten.<ref name="US" /> "Heaven" would become the most successful single from ''Reckless'' at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the mainstream rock chart.<ref name="US" />

In December 1984, Adams and his touring band which consisted of [[Keith Scott]], [[Dave Taylor (guitar)|Dave Taylor]], Pat Steward and [[Johnny Blitz]] played concerts in [[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], [[New York]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref name="Skole" /> In early 1985, Adams started a tour throughout the [[United States]], then later [[Japan]], [[Australia]], [[Europe]] and at last [[Canada]].<ref name="Skole" /> After winning four Juno Awards, Adams started a Canadian tour through major cities across that country. Later he headed south towards the [[American West Coast]], culminating with two dates at the studded Paladium in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].<ref name="Skole">{{cite web
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After the tour in the United States, Adams traveled to [[Ethiopia]] to aid famine relief in the country.<ref name="Skole" /> Adams was also part of a grand ensemble of Canadian artists named [[Northern Lights (band)|Northern Lights]], who recorded the song "[[Tears Are Not Enough]]" for the African famine relief effort. Adams later headed back to Europe for a fifty-city concert tour with rock singer [[Tina Turner]], culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon in [[London]].<ref name="Skole" /> Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled "World Wide in 85" which started in [[Oklahoma]] and ended in October 1985.<ref name="Skole" /> Adams would later visit [[Vancouver]], Canada, and afterward returned to the American East Coast to play two sold-out concerts in New York.<ref name="Skole" />

The follow up album to ''Reckless'' was ''[[Into the Fire (album)|Into the Fire]]'' which was released in 1987 (see [[1987 in music]]). The album was recorded at Cliffhanger Studios in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] and mixed at AIR Studios in [[London]] and Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. This album contained the hit songs "Heat Of The Night" and "Hearts On Fire" and hit the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.

=== 1990s ===
Adams's next album, ''[[Waking Up the Neighbours]]'', co-produced by Adams and [[Mutt Lange]], sold over ten million copies worldwide and peaked at number six on the [[Billboard 200]].<ref name="US">{{cite web
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| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref>. It was even more successful on the other side of the Atlantic, reaching number 1 on both big European markets, the UK and Germany. The album was released in September 1991 and featured the power ballad "[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]". This song was featured in the movie ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'', starring [[Kevin Costner]] and [[Alan Rickman]]. The single topped the charts in numerous countries around the world including big markets such as the US, the UK, France, Australia and Germany. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent a record-breaking sixteen weeks at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It also achieved record-breaking sales of four million copies in the US.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web
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<ref name="BBC 10">{{cite web
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| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref><ref name="Canadian Content">{{cite web
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| title=Bryan Adams not Canadian?
| publisher=Ruling the Airwaves: The CRTC and Canadian Content
| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> [[Canadian content]] regulations were revised in 1991 to allow radio stations to credit airplay of this album towards their legal requirements to play Canadian music.<ref name="Canadian Content" /> Adams won a [[Grammy Award]] in 1991 for [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television]].<ref name="Allmusic A">{{cite web
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Adams further supported the album with his tour, Waking Up the World which started on October 4, 1991, in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. On December 18, 1991, Adams played two first-ever shows in [[Reykjavik]], [[Iceland]] and then performed in the U.S. with a concert at the [[Ritz Theatre]] on the 10th of January.<ref name="Skole" /> It was a sell-out in less than twenty minutes.<ref name="Skole" /> In attendance were music legends Ben E. King and [[Nona Hendryx]].<ref name="Skole" /> The [[Canada|Canadian]] leg of the ‘Waking Up The World’ Tour kicked off in [[Sydney]], [[Nova Scotia]] on January 13, 1992, and wrapped up with a standing room only concert in [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]], on the 31st. In February 1992, he started touring in [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]] for seven dates—kicking off with a press conference in [[Sydney]]. On February 21, the tour headed to [[Japan]] for approximately a dozen shows in six cities. Bryan taped an interview with Much Music’s Terry Dave Mulligan in Calgary, Alberta and the air date was scheduled for mid-March.<ref name="Skole" /> The tour continued through several European countries in June 1992, including Italy, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia, and in July 1992, Bryan performed for the first time in Hungary and Turkey (where he filmed his video for "[[Do I Have To Say The Words?]]"). During the long tour, further singles from the ''Waking Up the Neighbors'' album were released: In the US, the rocky "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" peaked at number 2, while the power-ballad "[[Do I Have to Say the Words?]]" reached number 11. In the UK, the mid tempo "Thought I Died and Gone to Heaven" was the most successful single behind "(Everything I Do) I Do it for You" by reaching the Top 10. In September through December 1993, the tour took place in the US. The Asian tour headed to Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong in February, 1993, before returning to the US during March through May.<ref name="Skole">{{cite web
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In [[November 1993]] Adams released a [[compilation album]] entitled ''[[So Far So Good (Bryan Adams album)|So Far So Good]]'', that again topped the Charts in numerous countries such as the UK, Germany and Australia. It included a brand new song called "[[Please Forgive Me]]", that became another number 1 single in Australia as well as reaching the Top 3 in the US, the UK and Germany. In 1994 he collaborated with [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] for the single [[All for Love (song)|"All for Love"]], another power ballad written for a movie. The single topped the charts worldwide. It was followed in 1995 by Adams 3rd movie song, "[[Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?]]" (song released with the [[Motion Picture Soundtrack]] of the movie ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]''). It became another number 1 in the US and Australia as well as a Top 5 hit in the UK and Germany. Released in June 1996, the album ''[[18 til I Die]]'' contained the UK Top 10 singles "The only thing that Looks Good on Me" and "Lets Make a Night to Remember". The album peaked only at number thirty-one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the United States and held that position for three weeks.<ref name=US/> It was much more successful in Europe and Australia and reached the top spot on the UK charts which would be Adams's third #1 in a row.
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The album has been certified platinum in the United States and is Adams last studio effort which has been certified by the [[RIAA]].<ref name="RIAA"/> ''18 til I Die'' was certified three times platinum in [[Canada]] and [[Australia]] and two times platinum in the [[UK]].<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web
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| title=BPI Certifications
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In December 1997, Adams released ''MTV Unplugged'' with three new tracks: "[[Back to You (song)|Back to You]]", "A Little Love" and "When You Love Someone". "Back to You" was the first single, followed by "I'm Ready", an acoustic version of the ''Cut's Like A Knife'' track. The album was a top 10 success in Germany while both singles reached the top 20 in the UK.

''[[On a Day Like Today (album)|On a Day Like Today]]'' was released in 1998 and was the first studio album since ''Cuts Like a Knife'' which wasn't certified by the [[RIAA]].<ref name=RIAA/> However it entered the Top 5 in Germany and was certified platinum in the UK. It generated two British Top 10 singles: "Cloud Number Nine" and "When You're Gone", a duet with [[Melanie C]], from Spice Girls.

After the release of ''On A Day Like Today'' Adams released ''[[The Best of Me (Bryan Adams album)|The Best of Me]]'', a greatest hits collection that includes two new songs, the title track "The Best of Me" and the dance track "[[Don't Give Up (Chicane song)|Don't Give Up]]". The album reached the Top 10 in Germany and was certified three times platinum in Canada and Platinum in the UK. The single from the album, "The Best of Me" became a very successful hit with the exception of the US, where it was not released as a single.

===Recent years: 2000—present===
[[Image:Bryan Adams Hamburg MG 0685 flickr.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Bryan Adams playing live in [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]].]]

In 2002, Adams wrote and performed the songs for the DreamWorks animated film, ''Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.'' The songs were included on the film's soundtrack. The most successful single from the soundtrack was ''Here I am'', a British Top 5 and German Top 20 hit.

Adams had a cameo role in the 2002 Russian-language film ''[[House of Fools (film)|House of Fools]]''.
Six years after the release of ''On a Day Like Today'', ''[[Room Service (Bryan Adams album)|Room Service]]'' was released on September 2004. It topped the charts in Germany and peaked at number four in the UK, selling 440,000 copies in its first week in [[Europe]]. The single, "[[Open Road (Bryan Adams song)|Open Road]]", was the most successful single from the album and peaked at number one in Canada and number twenty-one in the UK. In May 2008, the album was also released in the US but charted only at #134 on the [[Billboard 200]].

In 2005, ''Anthology'', the first 2-disc compilation was released, containing two new tracks. The US release features a new version of "When You're Gone", a duet with Pamela Anderson. Also in 2005, Adams re-recorded the theme song for the second season of Pamela's [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sitcom ''[[Stacked]]''.

In 2006, Adams wrote and performed the theme song "Never Let Go" which was featured in the closing credits of the film ''[[The Guardian (2006 film)|The Guardian]]'' starring [[Kevin Costner]] and [[Ashton Kutcher]]. Adams also co-wrote the song "Never Gonna Break My Faith" for the film ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]''. The song was performed by the R&B singers [[Aretha Franklin]] and [[Mary J. Blige]] and earned him a [[Golden Globe]] Nomination in 2007.<ref name="GG">{{cite news
|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/42
|title=64th Golden Globe Awards Nominations
|work=Golden Globe
|date=2006-12-14
|accessdate= 2008-09-01}}</ref>

Adams released his eleventh album internationally on March 17, 2008. It was appropriately called ''11''. The album was released in the US exclusively at [[Wal-Mart]] and [[Sam's Club]] retail stores on May 13, 2008.<ref name="Wal-Mart secures album exclusive">{{cite web
| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787034
| title=Wal-Mart secures album exclusive
| publisher=Billboard.com
| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> The first single released from the album was "[[I Thought I'd Seen Everything (Bryan Adams song)|I Thought I'd Seen Everything]]". Adams did an 11-day, 11-country European acoustic promotional tour to kick off the release of the album.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite web
| url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2008-03-20-coming-attractions_N.htm
| title=Coming attractions: Bryan Adams is down to the '11' hour
| publisher=usatoday
| accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> The album debuted at number one in Canada (making it his first album to reach that position since ''Waking Up the Neighbours'' in 1991) as well as reaching number 2 in Germany. In the United States the album charted at number eighty.<ref name=US/> In May 2009 Bryan Adams announced on his Twitter account that he has started writing and recording a new album in Paris.

Adams will be one of the four musicians who will be pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series to be issued by [[Canada Post stamp releases (2005-2009)|‎Canada Post stamps]] on July 2, 2009.<ref>Canada Post Stamp Details, July to September 2009, Volune XVIII, No. 3, p. 6</ref> The total estimated number of Bryan Adams stamps to be printed is one and one-half million.<ref name="Bryan Adams gets the stamp of approval">{{cite web
| url=http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Bryan+Adams+gets+stamp+approval/1092756/story.html
| title=Bryan Adams gets the stamp of approval
| publisher=vancouversun.com
| accessdate=2009-01-03 }}

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In December 2009, Bryan Adams released the song "You've Been A Friend To Me" for the movie Old Dogs.

In February 2010 Adams released "One World, One Flame" - a track which will be used as a theme song by the major German TV station ARD for their Olympic TV Coverage of Olympic Games in Vancouver.

On February 12, Adams, wrote and performed "Bang The Drum" as a duet with Nelly Furtado, for the [[2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics Games]] in Vancouver, BC in front of 60,000 people. With [[Wayne Gretzky]] and [[Jaromir Jagr]] at the opening ceremonies, this brought all three together once again, following Gretzky's final game in 1999 at [[Madison Square Garden]], when Gretzky then played for the [[New York Rangers]] and Jagr was with the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]. Adams then sang the [[O Canada|Canadian national anthem]] and altered the line to reflect Gretzky's departure, saying, "We'll miss you Wayne Gretzky."

==Influence and legacy==
Adams is considered highly influential in the [[Canadian]] [[music industry]]. Adams is the best-selling Canadian male artist of all time. He holds the distinction of being the first [[Canadian]] artist to sell one million copies of his [[album]] in his homeland, achieving this twice with ''[[Waking Up the Neighbours]]'' and ''[[Reckless]]''.

Adams is also the owner of one the biggest hits of all time, "[[Everything I Do, I Do It For You]]". It is often known as the biggest hit of the 90's and holds the [[record]] for the longest running no. 1 in [[UK singles chart]] history (4 months). "[[Summer of 69]]" and "[[Run To You]]" have become rock radio staples. The album ''[[Reckless]]'' is considered by some to be a landmark recording of the 80's and for [[melodic rock]].


==Musical style==
Adams is commonly associated with the [[arena rock]] genre and is sometimes labelled as a [[pop-rock]] musician. Adams performs [[rock songs]], [[ballads]] and mid-tempo tracks. He has released 11 [[studio albums]], the most recent being ''[[11]]''. ''11'' was his first acoustic-rock release.

The first single released by Adams was "Let Me Take You Dancin'", a disco record. It is the only one Adams has recorded to date.

==Social activist==
Most of Adams's philanthropic activity is dedicated to his foundation "The Bryan Adams Foundation", which aims to advance education and learning opportunities for children and young people worldwide, believing that an education is the best gift that a child can be given. The Foundation’s area of support is broad and far-reaching, enabling grants to be given for projects supporting the elderly, victims of war and natural disasters, and those suffering from mental or physical illness. The foundation is completely funded by his photographic activities.

Since the 1980s, Adams has participated in concerts and other activities to help raise money and awareness for a variety of causes. His first high profile charity appearance came in 1985 when he opened the US transmission of [[Live Aid]] from Philadelphia.<ref name="1985: Was Live Aid the best rock concert ever?">{{cite web
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/july/13/newsid_3041000/3041494.stm
| title=1985: Was Live Aid the best rock concert ever?
| publisher=BBC
| accessdate=2006-01-29 | date=1985-07-13}}</ref> In June of the next year, Adams participated in the two-week [[Amnesty International]] "A Conspiracy of Hope" tour alongside [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[U2]] and [[Peter Gabriel]].<ref name="1985: Was Live Aid the best rock concert ever?"/> His next appearance for Amnesty was in February 1987 on Rock For Amnesty with [[Paul McCartney]], Sting and [[Dire Straits]], among others.<ref name="1985: Was Live Aid the best rock concert ever?"/>

Playing in the U.S. section of Live Aid, Adams did not get the chance to play at [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]]; however, another opportunity came in June 1987 when Adams played there at the 5th Annual [[Prince's Trust]] Rock Gala along with [[Elton John]], [[George Harrison]], [[Ringo Starr]] and others. Adams was to return to Wembley Stadium the following year when he performed at the [[Nelson Mandela]] birthday party concert.

Adams helped commemorate the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] when, in 1990, he joined many other guests (including his songwriting partner [[Michael Kamen]]) for [[Roger Waters]]' [[The Wall Concert in Berlin|massive performance]] of ''[[The Wall]]'' in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]].<ref name="Pink Floyd - The Wall">{{cite web
| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A5907332
| title=Pink Floyd - The Wall
| publisher=BBC
| accessdate=2006-01-29 }}</ref> He performed the [[Pink Floyd]] songs ''What Shall We Do Now?'' and ''[[Young Lust (song)|Young Lust]]'' during the performance of ''The Wall'', and then joined Waters, [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Paul Carrack]] and others to perform Waters' "[[The Tide Is Turning]]" to close the concert. His version of ''Young Lust'', which was partially re-recorded for the album due to technical problems during the live concert, peaked at #7 at [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]].

On the 24 April, 1993, Adams joined Farm Aid VI alongside Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Ringo Starr.

On January 29, 2005, Adams joined the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] benefit concert in [[Toronto]] for victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]]. Twenty years after performing at Live Aid in the USA, Adams played at Canada's [[Live 8 concert, Barrie|Live 8 show in Barrie, Ontario]].<ref name="Reach Out to Asia"/> Later that year, he performed in [[Qatar]] and raised £1.5M ($2,617,000) from the concert and the auction of a guitar that had been signed by many of the world's most prominent guitarists for this occasion.<ref name="Reach Out to Asia"/> The money went to Qatar's "Reach Out to Asia" campaign to help the underprivileged across the continent.<ref name="Reach Out to Asia">{{cite web
| url=http://www.qf.edu.qa/output/page1099.asp
| title=Reach Out to Asia
| publisher=qf.edu.qa
| accessdate=2006-01-29 }}</ref> Money raised also went to some of his own projects like rebuilding a school in [[Thailand]] and building a new sports center in [[Sri Lanka]], both of which had been devastated by the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Indian Ocean tsunami]].<ref name="Reach Out to Asia"/>

[[Image:Badams.jpg|thumb|300px|"Historic Day." Adams in [[Karachi]].]]
On January 29, 2006, Adams became the first Western artist to perform in [[Karachi, Pakistan]] after the September 11th attacks, in conjunction with a benefit concert by [[Shehzad Roy]] to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school.<ref name="Bryan Adams performs to Karachi"/> Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the [[2005 Pakistan earthquake]].<ref name="Bryan Adams performs to Karachi">{{cite web
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Musical career

Shehzad Roy]] to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school.[1] Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.[1]

On October 18, 2007, Adams was billed to perform in Tel Aviv and Jericho as part of the OneVoice Movement concerts, hoping to aid in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[2] The peace concert for supporters of a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel was called off because of security concerns.[2]

In the mid 1990s, Adams successfully campaigned for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggart (the two distributed over 500,000 postcards at concerts around the world encouraging politicians to vote yes for the creation of the sanctuary).

Adams occasionally writes letters on behalf of the animal rights group PETA to support the ethical treatment of animals. He wrote to the CEO of the most KFC restaurants in Canada in November 2007, asking them to become leaders in using more modern and more humane methods of killing chickens.[3] Adams has been a vegan for 17 years[4] and was also a nominee for PETA's "Sexiest Vegetarians of the Year".

On May 25, 2005, Adams raised £1.3M with cousin Johnny Armitage, from a concert and auction entitled Rock by the River for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.[5] On May 15 of the next year, Adams returned to London to attend the Hope Foundation's event (hosted by designer Bella Freud), helping to raise a portion of the £250,000 to support the Palestinian refugee children.[6] The following June, he offered individuals from the public the chance to bid to sing with him live in concert at three different charity auctions in London. Over £50,000 was raised with money going to the NSPCC, Children in Need, and the University College Hospital.[7] On February 28, 2008 he appeared in One Night Live at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, Jann Arden and RyanDan in aid of the Sunnybrook Hospital Women and Babies Program.[7]

To support the peace in Georgia, Adams played a special outdoor concert in Tbilisi, on September 19, 2008.

Played at The Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Born Free Foundation at "Wild and Live" on November 14, 2009

His foundation raised £170,00 for Kids Company, a UK based charity that helps underpriviledged and abused children in London, England.

As a photographer

Adams accepting a LeadAward for photography in 2006.

Adams has had his photographs published in British Vogue, L'uomo Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Interview magazine and i-D, among others.[8] His other photographic efforts include publishing Zoo Magazine, the fashion/art magazine based in Berlin, Germany. On June 1, 2005, he published his first book of photos in the United States with Calvin Klein called American Women; proceeds from this book go to breast cancer research for programs at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.[8] He released a similar book of photos called Made In Canada in December 1999 followed by Haven in 2000. All of his books were dedicated to his friend Donna, who died of the disease.[8]

As a photographer, Adams has worked with many of his musical peers, including Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Robert Plant, Joss Stone, Placido Domingo, Celine Dion, Billy Idol, Moby, Amy Winehouse, t.A.T.u., Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, Lenny Kravitz and Morrissey to name a few.[9] On November 27, 2000 Bryan played onstage with The Who at the Royal Albert Hall. A DVD of the concert was issued. Bryan photographed the band and his photos appear in the DVD booklet.

In 2002, Adams was invited, along with other photographers from the Commonwealth, to photograph Queen Elizabeth II during her Golden Jubilee; one of the photographs from this session was used as a Canadian postage stamp in 2004 and again in 2005 (see Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp (Canada)), another portrait of both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.[10]

Bryan Adams supports the Hear the World initiative as a photographer in its aim to raise global awareness for the topic of hearing and hearing loss. Adams has been shooting the covers for their magazine, a quarterly culture and lifestyle publication dedicated to the topic of hearing.[11]

Photographic exhibitions include:

  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1999
  • McCord Museum, Montreal 2000
  • Saatchi Gallery, London 2000
  • Photokina, Köln (Cologne), Germany 2001
  • ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2004
  • Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 2004
  • Calvin Klein, NYC, Dallas, Paris 2005
  • Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London 2005/2006
  • Il Tempio Di Adriano, Rome, Italy, July, 2006
  • Photokina, Köln (Cologne), Germany, September, 2006
  • Leica Gallery, Vienna, Austria, November, 2006
  • Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November, 2006
  • H.Stern exhibition, São Paulo, Brazil, March, 2007
  • PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain, Fotografos Insospechados (Unsuspected Photographers) Mickey Rourke photographs, May to July 2007
  • Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire, England, May to June, 2007
  • 401 Projects, NYC, NY September to November, 2007
  • The Hospital, Covent Garden, London, England. November 2007 (Modern Muses)
  • The National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Feb - May 2008 (Modern Muses)
  • Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany. May 2008 (Photos of the German National Football Team)
  • 14th Street Gallery, NYC, NY. May 2008. (Hear The World) (plus other exhibitions in Berlin and Zurich with the same show)
  • Saatchi Gallery, London July, 2009 (Hear The World)

Discography

Main article: Bryan Adams discography

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Bryan Adams

In addition to his success at the Junos and Grammys and other music awards, Adams was also nominated for his fifth Golden Globe in 2007 for songwriting on the film Bobby which was sung by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige, and has been nominated three times for Academy Awards for writing music in film.[12][13]

Books

  • Sorelle Saidman Bryan Adams Everything He Does, Random House, Toronto, 1993 ISBN 0-394-22300-X
  • Bryan Adams, Bryan Adams (pictorial collection), Firefly Books, Willowdale Canada, 1995, ISBN 1-895565-83-9

File sharing lawsuit

Main article: Capitol v. Thomas

"Somebody" was one of 24 songs in the first file-sharing copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major record labels in the United States to be tried by a jury.

References

  1. ^ a b "Bryan Adams performs to Karachi". BBC. 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2006-01-29.
  2. ^ a b "Adams' peace concerts called off". BBC. 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  3. ^ The PETA Files: Bryan Adams Takes On KFC Canada
  4. ^ http://veggietestimonial.peta.org/psa.aspx?CID=163476c8-1cdb-46fa-93ff-fa3b1cbf3277
  5. ^ "Bryan Adams rocks by the river". royalmarsden.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2006-01-29.
  6. ^ "Hoping Foundation" (PDF). hopingfoundation.org. Retrieved 2006-01-29.
  7. ^ a b "One Night Live". onenightlive.ca. Retrieved 2006-01-29.
  8. ^ a b c "telegraph.co.uk - Bryan Adams". telegraph.co.uk.
  9. ^ Richard Melville Hall (March 20, 2007). "you want to hear a funny story?". Moby's journal. moby.com. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  10. ^ Canada Post (March 20, 2007). "Canada Post - Press Releases - Bryan Adams attends the official unveiling of the new Queen stamp". Moby's journal. Canadas Post. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  11. ^ Hear the World (May 2, 2006). "'Hear the World initiative". Hear the World. hear-the-world. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  12. ^ "TheGoldenGlobes.com". TheGoldenGlobes.com. 1986-09-05.
  13. ^ "Honours". thecanadianencyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
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