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Known the world over for his signature brand of feel-good rock and roll and big ballads, Bryan Adams is an icon of epic proportions who has been touring the world for nearly four decades. Adams solo career was launched with the release of his self-titled debut album Bryan Adams in February of 1980 on A&M Records. Adams had already been touring, recording demos and working as a studio musician paying his rent for a few years, but it was when Adams formed a song-writing partnership with drummer Jim Vallance that things started to happen. The first album was not initially released in the U.S. (although "Hiding from Love" was issued as a single and reached No. 43 on the dance chart), so Adams assembled a backup band and embarked on his first Canadian tour as a solo act, spending four months playing clubs and colleges. The tour was to be the foundation for his second album, You Want It, You Got It, which was recorded in two weeks and released in the spring of 1981. The original album title was Bryan Adams Hasn`t Heard Of You Either but that title was rejected by A&M as being too provocative. This 2nd album became Adams` first `official` release in the U.S. He toured America for six months, opening for the Kinks and Foreigner and by January of 1982 the album broke into the Billboard charts peaking at No. 118 in 13 weeks. The single "Lonely Nights" became his first Hot 100 entry at No. 84 and peaked at No. 3 on the mainstream rock chart. His third album, Cuts Like a Knife was released in January of 1983, with the single "Straight from the Heart", leading the way. It broke his career open, peaking in the Top Ten of the Hot 100 and setting up the LP which followed. The album also reached Top Ten, selling platinum and spawning further Top 40 hits with the title song and "This Time". The album`s success was stimulated by Adams` extensive touring in support of it, which began in Canada and continued into the U.S., where he opened for Journey. From there he toured Europe followed by dates in Japan and then back to Canada. Adams` fourth album Reckless was released on his 25th birthday, November 5, 1984, and was preceded by the single "Run to You", which reached the Top Ten. It was followed by no less than five Top 20 singles drawn from the album: "Somebody", "Heaven" (which hit number one), "Summer of `69" (Top Ten), "One Night Love Affair", and a duet with Tina Turner, "It`s Only Love". Reckless reached No. 1 in the U.S. selling five million copies in America and a reported three million more in the rest of the world. Adams also earned his first two Grammy nominations, Best Male Rock Performance for the album as a whole, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group for "It`s Only Love". As per usual, Adams toured extensively in support of it. His "World Wide in `85" tour began in December of 1984 finally wrapping in November 1985. One of the highlights that year included being the first artist to open the American side of the Live Aid concert from Philadelphia on July 13th. Into the Fire, followed in March of 1987, prefaced by the single "Heat of the Night," which became Adams` fifth Top Ten hit in the U.S. The album reached the Top Ten in the U.S. and sold a million copies, with another million sold overseas. It also spawned the Top 40 hits "Hearts on Fire" and "Victim of Love". Adams` worldwide tour in support of the album went on for more than a year. One of the final shows, in Werchter, Belgium, was filmed for a television special, "Bryan Adams: Live in Belgium", broadcast in Canada the following year. Live! Live! Live! a concert album drawn from the 1988 Belgium show, was initially released only in Japan but later garnered a wider audience. In a departure from earlier years, Adams did not tour extensively but opted to spend his time in England with writer/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, preparing for his next album. In June of 1991, Adams went back on the road in Europe co-headlining with ZZ Top. This coincided with the release of the single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" which topped the U.S. charts for seven weeks - the longest any song had remained at No. 1 in eight years. Its international success was even greater spending 16 weeks at No.1 in the U.K., making it the longest-running chart-topper in the history of the British charts. Waking Up the Neighbours was released in September of 1991, and Adams once again hit the road - this time until July of 1993. The album featured two Top Ten hits "Can`t Stop This Thing We Started" and of course, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". Before it finished running its course there would be three more Top 40 hits, "There Will Never Be Another Tonight", "Do I Have to Say the Words?" and "Thought I`d Died and Gone to Heaven". Waking Up the Neighbours sold four million copies in the U.S. and another six million in the rest of the world. It also earned Adams a Grammy nomination and an award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television. That song also provided his first Academy Award nomination. Adams began to look forward to his next studio album, but in the interim released a hits compilation, So Far So Good, in November 1993 featuring the single "Please Forgive Me," a new Adams/Lange track. The song would also find its way into the Top Ten. Then came the Adams` theme song for the movie The Three Musketeers, "All for Love", recorded with Rod Stewart and Sting, which hit No. 1 in the U.S. in January of 1994. That same month, Adams embarked on an ambitious tour of the Far East, including countries like Vietnam that were rarely visited by Western pop artists. Throughout the better part of 1994, Bryan kept a low profile with the exception of a song called "Rock Steady" written for Bonnie Raitt`s live album Road Tested. He performed the song as a duet with her, and the two soon shared a chart single. At the beginning of 1996 Adams released a new album 18 `Til I Die. The album featured the flamenco-tinged "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from the Johnny Depp/Marlon Brando film Don Juan DeMarco. Adams was rewarded with yet another No. 1 hit, as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and his second Oscar nomination for Best Song. An 18-month world tour followed and the album soon went platinum in the U.S. The singles "Lets Make A Night To Remember" charted briefly in the Top 40 and the provocatively titled "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You" proved to do well outside of the US, but didn`t dent the US charts, perhaps due to the fact that his record company (A&M) transferred his contract in the middle of the release to independent rap label, Interscope Records. Adams filmed an appearance for MTV`s popular Unplugged series in the fall of 1997, and it was released as an album in December. It was a modest success, and served as a stopgap until the appearance of his next studio album, On a Day Like Today, which was released in October 1998. Overseas, the disc featuring the Melanie C duet "When You`re Gone", reached the UK No. 3 spot in December of 1998 and spent 10 weeks in the Top 10. This was followed by the Top 10 dance re-mix of "Cloud Number Nine". The album also hit No. 3 in Canada. In November 1999, Adams issued a second hits compilation, The Best of Me, but the American branch of A&M/Interscope declined to release it. The title track "The Best Of Me" charted all over Europe and in Canada. Adams returned in the spring of 2002 collaborating with Hans Zimmer on his first full- length song score for a film, the animated DreamWorks feature Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. The soundtrack made it into the Top 40 and Adams and Zimmer earned a Golden Globe Nomination for their collaboration. In September of 2004, Room Service was released in Canada and Europe where it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard European Top 100 albums Chart. This was shortly followed by its release in the US in the spring of 2005. In the fall of 2005 Bryan Adams celebrated his 25th anniversary as a recording artist with his first two-CD collection Anthology, the biggest retrospective of his multi- platinum career. The 36 selection Anthology spanned Adams` entire career from 1980 through to 2005 offering the very best of one of the most popular rock singer- songwriters to ever don jeans and a t-shirt. In 2006 Bryan became the first western artist to perform in Pakistan. The concert in Karachi was in aid of helping to rebuild schools in that country devastated by an earthquake the year previous. In May of 2007 Bryan was inducted into Wembley`s Square of Fame. The ceremony coincided with his 25th show at Wembley and the anniversary of his first performance at the Stadium, when he headlined The Prince`s Trust Charity Concert in the summer of 1987. In 2006 Bryan had two songs featured in major movie releases. "Never Let Go" was in The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher and "Never Gonna Break My Faith" was co-written for the film Bobby. The song was performed by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige, and earned Adams a Golden Globe nomination in 2007. 11 was released in Canada and throughout the world in 2007, followed by a U.S. release in the spring of 2008. It debuted atop 3 international charts, including Canada, India and Switzerland and was top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, the UK and Holland. The appropriately titled disc, produced by Adams, was his 11th album of all-original music and featured 11 songs. In September of 2008, Bryan performed in Tbilisi, Georgia – a concert billed as Peace, Freedom and Democracy for Georgia. It took place 40 days after the conflict of George that resulted in loss of life and was seen as a symbolic gesture of peace. In 2009 Bryan would be honoured with his picture appearing on a postage stamp as part of the Canadian Recording Artist Series. That same year, he also wrote, produced and performed "You`ve Been A Friend To Me" for the Disney movie, Old Dogs. In 2010, Vancouver would host the Winter Olympics and Adams, along with Nelly Furtado would perform "Bang The Drum" (co-written with Jim Vallance) at the opening ceremonies held at BC Place Stadium. Adams also released "One World, One Flame" during that same time period. It was used as a theme song for the German TV Station ARD, for their Olympic coverage. That same year would see Bryan receive the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his charitable concerts and campaigns over the course of his career, as well as the Governor General`s Performing Arts Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts in Canada. In November of 2010, Bare Bones was released, an acoustic album recorded live in various locations on his Bare Bones tour earlier in the year. February of the next year would take him to Kathmandu, Nepal, where he would become the first-ever international artist, to perform in Nepal. In 2011 Bryan Adams received a star on Hollywood`s Walk of Fame. In 2016, the acclaimed singer/songwriter was on tour for this 13th album Get Up, and in less than a month after release, Get Up reached the Top 10 in nine countries. The album`s success came shortly after celebrating the 30th anniversary of Adams` iconic album, Reckless.On November 3, 2017, the acclaimed singer/songwriter released his best-of album, Ultimate, via UMe/Polydor Records, a collection of his much celebrated career, containing hits such as "Cuts Like A Knife" and "Run To You" , "When You`re Gone" with Melanie C and of course, "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)".The album also features two brand new songs, "Ultimate Love" and "Please Stay"Shine a Light, debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart in March of 2019. The album`s title track was co-written by Ed Sheeran and features a duet with Jennifer Lopez. Bryan Adams` music has achieved #1 status in over 40 countries. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada, has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada`s Walk of Fame and the recipient of numerous Juno Awards, 3 Academy Award and 5 Golden Globe nominations, a Grammy Award, American Music Awards and ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards. In 2018, Adams, along with longtime collaborator Jim Vallance wrote all the music for "Pretty Woman: The Musical", which is continues to run on Broadway.Adams continues to tour somewhere in the world ten days every month intertwining stadium concerts with special, intimate solo acoustic dates. His live concerts have established him as one of the world`s best rock singers of our time.