Canadian
singer Bryan Adams is synonymous with mainstream pop-rock
music today. Since starting his solo career in 1980, Adams
has sold more than 45 million albums worldwide.
Adams discontinued
school at 16 to tour with his first band, Shock. In 1977
he performed with the band Sweeny Todd before embarking
on a solo career under manager Bruce Allen and songwriter
Jim Vallance.
His 1980 solo debut wasn’t successful even
in his homeland, but his 1981 follow-up, You Want It,
You Got It earned him four Canadian hit singles.
1983's Cuts Like A Knife, Adams' first foray
into the U.S. market, went platinum in less than a year.
His single, Straight from the Heart peaked at No.
10 on the Billboard chart and Heaven, from the album Reckless
(1984, which also featured Summer of ‘69) became
No. 1 in the U.S. That year Adams received Juno awards,
the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy. His 1987 album,
Into the Fire, sold one million copies.
The handsome
star debuted onscreen in 1988 with Clint Eastwood’s Pink
Cadillac. A 1990 cover of Pink Floyd's Young Lust,
climbed the charts as fans eagerly awaited Adams' next
album.
In June 1991 Adams' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves soundtrack
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, debuted at No. 1
in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. This hastened the release
of Waking Up the Neighbours, which entered the British
charts at No. 1. Worldwide sales of this album exceeded
10 million copies.
A Greatest Hits package in 1993, sold over 13 million
copies thanks to the No. 1 single Please Forgive Me.
Adams' other hit that year was All For Love, recorded
with Rod Stewart and Sting for The Three Musketeers. In
mid-1994 a live album, Live! Live! Live!, was issued
worldwide.
In 1995 Adams released the Don Juan de Marco
soundtrack, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman which
reached No. 1 in the U.S. staying there for four weeks.
That same year he released a duet with Bonnie Raitt. 1996
saw Adams’ next album, 18 Till I Die which featured
a more rockin' sound and a new look for Adams. Adams'
10th studio album, On a Day Like Today, was released
in 1998.
He has returned in 2000 with The Best Of Me.
