Early years: 1959 - 1979
Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to English parents. Adams also has Maltese ancestry as his grandmother was from Malta. Adams' father was a diplomat and he travelled the world over with his parents. Adams grew up in Europe, part of the time in Birre, Portugal, 25 km from Lisbon. In 1973 Adams' family returned to Canada and settled down in Vancouver. 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." 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, which released an album called If Wishes Were Horses with the 15 year old Adams as lead singer. A serendipitous meeting with drummer Jim Vallance in a Vancouver music store led to a song-writing partnership that continues to this day. Adams and Vallance were both fed up w
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Early Years: 1959 - 1979
Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to English parents. Adams also has Maltese ancestry as his grandmother was from Malta. Adams' father was a diplomat and he travelled read more...
1980 - 1983
The self-titled debut album was released in February of 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance. read more...
1984 - 1987
One of Adams' most successful albums, Reckless co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. The album was released in November 1984 and read more...
Waking Up The Neighbours: 1991 - 1992
One of Adams' most successful albums is Waking up the Neighbours co-produced by Adams and Mutt Lange and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200. The album was released in September read more...
1993 - 1999
Although 18 til I Die was officially released in June 1996, in the United States the album peaked at 31 on the Billboard 200 and held that position for three weeks. While in Canada read more...
Later Years: 2000 - Present
Six years after the release of On a Day Like Today, Room Service is released and peaked at number 134 on the Billboard 200. The album was released in October 2004 and featured the read more...
Bryan Adams (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. He signed a contract with American record label A&M Records in the read more...