Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

actor, composer, music department

Bryan Adams was born on Nov 05, 1959 in Canada. Bryan Adams's big-screen debut came with Pink Cadillac directed by Buddy Van Horn in 1989, strarring Gas Station Attendant. Bryan Adams is known for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron directed by Kelly Asbury, Matt Damon stars as Spirit and James Cromwell as The Colonel. Bryan Adams has got 14 awards and 50 nominations so far. The most recent award Bryan Adams achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Bryan Adams plays is Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return which will be released on May 09, 2014.

Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams rose to fame with the release of his third album, "Cuts Like a Knife" (1983). The album made him popular throughout the United States. However, it was his fourth album "Reckless" (1984), which is referred to as one of the best albums of the decade that made him an international superstar and gave him his first Grammy nomination. The album also sold four million copies at the time. In 1987, he released his fifth album "Into the Fire", a more social conscious album. The album yielded a top ten single "Heat of the Night", another Grammy nomination and another platinum album to his name.However, he released the album "Waking Up the Neighbours" (1991) which included the single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". The song sold more than three million copies in the United States, becoming the second best selling single, second only to "We Are the World". The song was also Adams' first Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe nomination as the song was written for the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). "Waking Up the Neighbours" sold four million albums in the United States and garnered him six Grammy nominations (a record for a Canadian). He won one for best song written specifically for a motion picture or television ("(Everything I Do) I Do It for You").In 1993, Adams released a greatest hits album, titled "So Far So Good", which spawned a #1 single, "Please Forgive Me". That same year, he sang the single "All for Love" with Rod Stewart and Sting from the movie The Three Musketeers (1993), which became a #1 single reaching across Europe and North America. He released the single "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from the movie Don Juan DeMarco (1994), which became his fourth #1 single and his second Academy Award nomination. He became one of two non-American singers to have four number one hits and the most successful Canadian singer ever.In 1996, Adams released the album "18 Til I Die", which has garnered him another two Grammy nominations. Later that year, he wrote and sang the single "I Finally Found Someone", a duet with Barbra Streisand for her movie, The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). "I Finally Found Someone" became a top ten single and won Adams his third Academy Award nomination. He released three more albums since then, "MTV Unplugged" (1997), "On a Day Like Today" (1998) and most recently the songs for the DreamWorks animated movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) in which Adams earned his second Golden Globe nomination for "Best Song".Bryan Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for his contributions to popular music and philanthropic work through his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.

  • Birthday

    Nov 05, 1959
  • Place of Birth

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Also known

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Awards

14 wins & 50 nominations

Walk of Fame
2011
Recording
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
2003
Top Box Office Films
Winner - ASCAP Award
1998
Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
Winner - ASCAP Award
1996
Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
Winner - ASCAP Award
1995
Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
Winner - ASCAP Award
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