He did duets with Barbra Streisand (' I Finally Found Someone' (1996), his last US top ten hit) and Melanie C (' When You're Gone' (1998), an international top five hit). In 1996, Adams' 18 til I Die was a top five album in many countries, but only reached number 31 in the US.

Adam's 1993 greatest hits compilation album, So Far So Good, topped the charts in numerous countries selling 13 million copies worldwide, including being certified 6× platinum in the US and 11× platinum in Australia. Beginning in 1993, Adams' hits were mostly ballads, including the worldwide number one or two hits ' Please Forgive Me' (1993) ' All for Love' (1993) and ' Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?' (1995), the latter two topping the U.S. Another major hit off the album was the Canadian number one and US number two hit ' Can't Stop This Thing We Started', which also went top ten in several other countries. The song was included on Adams' Waking Up the Neighbours (1991), a worldwide number one album that sold 16 million copies, including being certified diamond in Canada. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. In 1991, Adams released ' (Everything I Do) I Do It for You', which went to number one in at least 19 countries, including for 16 and 18 straight weeks in the UK, and Europe overall, both records. His 1987 album Into the Fire, with its US and Canadian top ten song, ' Heat of the Night', rose to number two in Canada and the top ten in the US and several other countries. His 1984 Canadian and US number one album, Reckless (which became the first album by a Canadian to be certified diamond in Canada), made him a global star with tracks like ' Run to You' and ' Summer of '69', both top ten hits in the US and Canada, and the power ballad ' Heaven', a US number one hit. He rose to fame in North America with the 1983 top ten album Cuts Like a Knife, featuring its title track and the ballad ' Straight From the Heart', his first US top ten hit. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010s and has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada and a dozen or more in each of the US, UK, and Australia.Īdams joined his first band at age 15, and at age 20 his eponymous debut album was released. Sources state Adams has sold either more than 75 million or more than 100 million records and singles worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. This song is about Bryan Adams' beloved pet axe 'Rusty Pete'.Bryan Guy Adams OC OBC FRPS (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and photographer. A subsequent cover by Toni Braxton would eventually top the R&B chart in 1996. While popular with fans, Adams' step-by-step description of that deadly night received little radio airplay. 4) I, Songwriter Bryan Adams, Took The Life Of A Drifter I Met Outside Winnipeg The Night Of February 9th, 1987įeaturing an underrated guitar solo by longtime collaborator Keith Scott, the up-tempo jam I, Songwriter Bryan Adams, Took The Life Of A Drifter I Met Outside Winnipeg The Night Of February 9th, 1987 painstakingly details an encounter Adams had with a vagrant while touring in support of his Into The Fire album. In a recent television interview promoting the 30th anniversary re-release of Reckless, Adams said of the disagreement that he will 'never, ever forgive them for ruining my song' before tearing off his shirt in frustration. Though it would eventually become a Top 10 smash, Adams initially tried to pull the song after A&M record executives made extensive changes, including editing down its 11-minute runtime and shortening the title from I Feel A Compulsion To Run To You In The Middle Of The Night, Break Into Your House, And Watch You Sleep.

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