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Bryan Adams , (born Bryan Guy Adams, 5 November 1959) is a Canadians|Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. For his contributions to music, Adams has many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Award s among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV Video Music Awards|MTV , American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards|ASCAP , and American Music Awards|American Music awards. In addition, he has won two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated for several Golden Globe Award s and three times for Academy Award s for his songwriting for films.

Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame , with the 2,435th star in March 2011 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998, and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Award s.
In 2008, Bryan was ranked 38 on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts . On 13 January 2010, he received the Juno Awards of 2010|Allan Waters Humanitarian Award for his part in numerous charitable concerts and campaigns during his career, and on 1 May 2010 was given the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his 30 years of contributions to the arts. Governor General of Canada, 27 April 2010

Early life

Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario , Canada to parents originally from the United Kingdom . From his grandmother, he also inherited a Maltese people|Maltese ancestry. As Adams' father was a Canadian diplomat , Adams grew up traveling around the world with his parents. Most of his youth was spent growing up between his father's diplomatic postings in Europe and the Middle East. He traveled extensively through his parents' native United Kingdom|Britain , as well as a year in Tel Aviv, Israel , four years plus in Lisbon , Portugal and a year in Vienna, Austria . Finally in 1973, Adams' family returned to Canada to settle in Vancouver , British Columbia .

Music career

Early career

Around the age of 14-15, Adams worked as a dishwasher to be able to afford a proper guitar. He quit the job after a year and started auditioning as a guitarist while rehearsing his own band in his mother's rented basement in North Vancouver. Adams elected to sing until they found a singer, but they never found one, and his auditioning landed him a few jobs, with bands like Shock and Sweeney Todd (band)|Sweeney Todd , who in 1976 released If Wishes Were Horses (album)|If Wishes Were Horses with the 15-year-old Adams as the singer.Sorelle Saidman Bryan Adams Everything He Does, Random House, Toronto, 1993 ISBN 0-394-22300-X Chapter 3: Sweeney Todd: In the Nick of Time p. 23 and ff He quit school to play nightclubs and go on the road and upon his return he settled into the Vancouver studio scene, working as a background vocalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC and working with keyboardist Robbie King, whom Adams attributes as having given him his first paying session.

In 1978, at the age of 18, Adams met Jim Vallance introduced by a mutual friend in a Vancouver music store. Vallance was the former drummer and principal songwriter for Vancouver based rock band Prism (band)|Prism and had recently quit that band to focus on a career as a studio musician and songwriter. They agreed to meet at Vallance's home studio a few days later, which proved to be the beginning of a partnership which still exists today. Later in 1978, Adams signed to A& M records for the paltry sum of one dollar.Saidman, page 47 Some of the first demos written in 1978 have surfaced over the years, most notably "I'm Ready" (recorded for both the album Cuts Like a Knife and later his release for MTV Unplugged ) and "Remember," which was recorded on his first album. Both songs were covered by other artists even before his first album was released. Also recorded during this time was Adams' first single, " Let Me Take You Dancing ," which made the Canadian RPM (magazine)|RPM chart in March 1979 and " Straight from the Heart (song)|Straight From The Heart ," which became Adams's first top ten record four years later in the US in 1983.

1980s

Adams' Bryan Adams (album)|self-titled debut album was released in February 1980, and marked the beginning of what was to become a long songwriting partnership between Adams and co-writer Jim Vallance . With the exception of "Remember" and "Wastin' Time", most of the album was recorded from 29 October up until 29 November 1979 at Manta Studios in Toronto and co-produced by Adams and Vallance. The album was certified gold in Canada in 1986.

Adams' second album, You Want It You Got It , was recorded in New York City in two weeks and it marked Adams' first album co-produced by Bob Clearmountain . It was released in 1981 and contained the FM radio hit "Lonely Nights," but it was not until his third album that he achieved international recognition, popularity and sales.

Adams also co-wrote many songs for other bands during this time including " Creatures of the Night|War Machine " and "Rock and Roll Hell" for Kiss, and "No Way to Treat a Lady" for Bonnie Raitt.
Cuts Like a Knife , which was released in January 1983, was Adams' breakout album due mainly to the lead singles.
" Straight from the Heart (song)|Straight from the Heart " was the most successful song, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, " Cuts Like a Knife (song)|Cuts Like a Knife " charted at number 15. " This Time (Bryan Adams song)|This Time " also placed on the Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 . Music videos were released for four of the singles from the album. "Cuts Like a Knife" arguably became Adams' most recognizable and popular song from the album. Its music video received heavy airplay on music television channels. The album peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart and achieved three times platinum status in Canada, platinum in the United States and gold in Australia.

Adams' best-selling album, Reckless (Bryan Adams album)|Reckless , co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain , peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 . The album was released in November 1984 and featured the singles, " Run to You (Bryan Adams song)|Run to You ", " Summer of '69 ", " Heaven (Bryan Adams song)|Heaven ", " One Night Love Affair ", " Somebody (Bryan Adams song)|Somebody ", and " It's Only Love (Bryan Adams song)|It's Only Love ", a duet with Tina Turner . All the singles had accompanying music videos and all charted on the Billboard Hot 100 but only "Run to You", "Summer of '69", and "Heaven" peaked in the top ten. "Heaven" became the most successful single from Reckless at the time of its release on the pop charts, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the mainstream rock chart. "It's Only Love" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In 1986, the song won an MTV award for MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance|Best Stage Performance . After the release of the album, Adams was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance. The album is Adams' best-selling album in the United States and was certified five times platinum.

In December 1984, Adams and his touring band, which consisted of Keith Scott , Dave Taylor (guitar)|Dave Taylor , keyboarder Johnny 'Blitz' Hannah and new drummer Pat Steward, played concerts in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia . In early 1985, Adams started a tour throughout the United States, then later Japan, Australia, Europe and at last Canada. After winning four Juno Awards, Adams started a Canadian tour through major cities across that country. Later he headed south towards the American West Coast , culminating with 2 dates at the studded Paladium in Los Angeles.

After the tour in the United States, Adams took part of a grand ensemble of Canadian artists named Northern Lights (Canadian band)|Northern Lights , who recorded the song " Tears Are Not Enough " for the African famine relief effort. Adams later headed back to Europe for a fifty city concert tour with rock singer Tina Turner culminating in April with his return to London to headline three sold-out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon . Adams began the first leg of his tour entitled "World Wide in '85" which started in Oklahoma and ended in October 1985. Adams later visited Vancouver , Canada, and afterward returned to the American East Coast to play 2 sold-out concerts in New York.

The follow-up album to Reckless was Into the Fire (album)|Into the Fire which was released in 1987 in music|1987 . The album was recorded at Cliffhanger Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia and mixed at AIR Studios in London and Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. This album contained the hit songs "Heat of the Night" and "Hearts on Fire" and hit the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic.
In 1989 Adams did backup singing on Mötley Crüe 's album Dr. Feelgood (album)|Dr. Feelgood and also on Belinda Carlisle 's song "Whatever It Takes" which appeared on her Album Runaway Horses (album)|Runaway Horses .

1990s

Adams' next album, Waking Up the Neighbours , co-produced by Adams and Mutt Lange , peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 . It was even more successful on the other side of the Atlantic, reaching number 1 on both big European markets, the UK and Germany. The album was released in September 1991 and featured " (Everything I Do) I Do It for You ", his second 1 hit single in Billboard Hot 100 . This song was featured on the album and a movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves , starring Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman . The single topped the charts in numerous countries around the world including big markets such as the US, the UK, France, Australia and Germany. "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" spent a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart . It also achieved record-breaking sales in the US. Canadian content regulations were revised in 1991 to allow radio stations to credit airplay of this album towards their legal requirements to play Canadian music. Adams won a Grammy Award in 1991 for Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television .

Adams further supported the album with his tour, Waking Up the World which started on 4 October 1991, in Belfast , Northern Ireland . On 18 December 1991, Adams played two first-ever shows in Reykjavík , Iceland and then performed in the U.S. with a concert at the Walter Kerr Theatre|Ritz Theatre in New York City on 10 January. It was a sell-out in less than twenty minutes. In attendance were music legends Ben E. King and Nona Hendryx . The Canadian leg of the Waking Up The World Tour kicked off in Sydney, Nova Scotia on 13 January 1992, and wrapped up with a standing room only concert in Vancouver , Canada, on 31 January. In February 1992, he started touring in New Zealand and Australia for seven dates—kicking off with a press conference in Sydney. On 21 February, the tour headed to Japan for approximately a dozen shows in six cities. The tour continued through several European countries in June 1992, including Italy, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia, and in July 1992, Bryan performed for the first time in Hungary and Turkey (where he filmed his video for " Do I Have To Say The Words? "). During the long tour, further singles from the Waking Up the Neighbors album were released: In the US, the rocky "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" peaked at number 2, and " Do I Have to Say the Words? " reached number 11. In the UK, "Thought I Died and Gone to Heaven" was the most successful single behind "(Everything I Do) I Do it for You" by reaching the Top 10. In September through December 1993, the tour took place in the US. The Asian tour headed to Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong in February 1993, before returning to the US during March through May.

In November 1993 Adams released a compilation album entitled So Far So Good (Bryan Adams album)|So Far So Good , that again topped the Charts in numerous countries such as the UK, Germany and Australia. It included a brand new song called " Please Forgive Me ", that became another number 1 single in Australia as well as reaching the Top 3 in the US, the UK and Germany. In 1994 he collaborated with Rod Stewart and Sting (musician)|Sting for the single " All for Love (song)|All for Love " written for the Motion Picture Soundtrack of the movie Three Musketeers . The single topped the charts worldwide. It was followed in 1995 by, " Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? " (song released with the Motion Picture Soundtrack of the movie Don Juan DeMarco ). It became another number 1 in the US and Australia as well as a Top 5 hit in the UK and Germany. Released in June 1996, the album 18 til I Die contained the UK Top 10 singles "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me" and "Lets Make a Night to Remember". The album peaked at number thirty-one on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 in the United States and held that position for three weeks. It was more successful in Europe and Australia and reached the top spot on the UK charts for Adams' third number 1 in a row.
The album has been certified platinum in the United States and is Adams last studio effort which has been certified by the RIAA . 18 til I Die was certified three times platinum in Canada and Australia and two times platinum in the UK. On 27 July Adams performed at the Wembley Stadium in London in front of a crowd of about 70,000. It was his second sold-out concert there and it is often considered as his biggest concert ever as it went out live to 25 countries and fans from all over the world came up to watch the performance.It also received rave reviews from critics and fans alike.
In December 1997, Adams released MTV Unplugged with three new tracks: " Back to You (song)|Back to You ", "A Little Love" and "When You Love Someone". "Back to You" was the first single, followed by "I'm Ready", an acoustic version of the ''Cut's Like A Knife track. The album was a top 10 success in Germany while both singles reached the top 20 in the UK.

On a Day Like Today (album)|On a Day Like Today was released in 1998 and was the first studio album since Cuts Like a Knife which wasn't certified by the RIAA . However it entered the Top 5 in Germany and was certified platinum in the UK. It generated two British Top 10 singles: "Cloud Number Nine" and "When You're Gone", a duet with Melanie C of The Spice Girls .

After the release of On A Day Like Today Adams released The Best of Me (Bryan Adams album)|The Best of Me , a greatest hits collection that includes two new songs, the title track "The Best of Me" and the dance track " Don't Give Up (Chicane song)|Don't Give Up ". The album reached the Top 10 in Germany and was certified three times platinum in Canada and Platinum in the UK. The single from the album, "The Best of Me" became a very successful hit with the exception of the US, where it was not released as a single.

2000–present

In 2000, Adams wrote and sang on a song for Chicane (recording artist)|Chicane's album Behind the Sun (Chicane album)|Behind the Sun called " Don't Give Up (Chicane song)|Don't Give Up ". Even though his voice is somewhat altered electronically, it is still recognisable. An official music video was made of the song, in which Adams also appears.

In 2002, Adams wrote and performed the songs for the DreamWorks animated film, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron . The songs were included on the Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (soundtrack)|film's soundtrack . The most successful single from the soundtrack was " Here I Am (Bryan Adams song)|Here I Am ", a British Top 5 and German Top 20 hit. The song also gave him his fourth Golden Globe Award nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song#2000s|Best Song from a Motion Picture .

In 2004, ARC Weekly released its chart of top pop artists since the last 25 years and Adams came up at number 13 in the chart with four number-one singles, ten top five hits and 17 top ten hits. Six years after the release of On a Day Like Today , Room Service (Bryan Adams album)|Room Service was released in September 2004. It topped the charts in Germany and Switzerland and peaked at number four in the UK, selling 440,000 copies in its first week in Europe and thus at debuted at number one on Billboard (magazine)|Billboard s European album chart. The single, " Open Road (Bryan Adams song)|Open Road ", was the most successful single from the album and peaked at number one in Canada and number twenty-one in the UK. In May 2008, the album was also released in the US but charted only at number 134 on the Billboard 200 .

In 2005, Anthology (Bryan Adams album)|Anthology , the first 2-disc Compilation album|compilation was released, containing two new tracks. The US release features a new version of " When You're Gone (Bryan Adams song)|When You're Gone ", a duet with Melanie C . Also in 2005, Adams re-recorded the theme song for the second season of Pamela's Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox sitcom Stacked .

In 2006, Adams wrote and performed the theme song "Never Let Go" which was featured in the closing credits of the film The Guardian (2006 film)|The Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher . Adams also co-wrote the song "Never Gonna Break My Faith" for the film Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby . The song was performed by the R& B singers Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige and earned him a Golden Globe Nomination in 2007.

Adams released his eleventh album internationally on 17 March 2008. It was appropriately called 11 . The album was released in the US exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores on 13 May 2008. The first single released from the album was " I Thought I'd Seen Everything (Bryan Adams song)|I Thought I'd Seen Everything ". Adams did an 11-day, 11-country European acoustic promotional tour to kick off the release of the album. The album debuted at number one in Canada (making it his first album to reach that position since Waking Up the Neighbours in 1991) as well as reaching number two in Germany. In the United States, the album charted at number 80. In May 2009, Bryan Adams announced on his Twitter account that he has started writing and recording a new album in Paris. Bare Bones (Bryan Adams album)|Bare Bones is certified Gold in India.

Adams was one of the four musicians who were pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series to be issued by Canada Post stamp releases (2005–2009)|Canada Post stamps on 2 July 2009.Canada Post Stamp Details, July to September 2009, Volune XVIII, No. 3, p. 6 The total estimated number of Bryan Adams stamps that were printed is one and one-half million.
In December 2009, Adams wrote, produced and performed the song " You've Been a Friend to Me " for the Disney film Old Dogs (film)|Old Dogs .

In February 2010 he released " One World, One Flame " – a track used as a theme song by the German TV Station ARD (broadcaster)|ARD for their 2010 Winter Olympics|Olympic coverage of Olympic Games in Vancouver .
On 12 February 2010, Adams performed a duet with Nelly Furtado . The song was called " Bang the Drum (Bryan Adams song)|Bang the Drum " and was co-written with Jim Vallance for the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver, British Columbia , in front of 60,000 spectators at BC Place Stadium .
Adams performed at a party that Wayne Gretzky and Jaromír Jágr attended during Olympics, this brought all three together once again, following Gretzky's final game in 1999 at Madison Square Garden , when Gretzky then played for the New York Rangers and Jagr was with the Pittsburgh Penguins . Adams then sang the O Canada|Canadian national anthem and ad-libbed a line to acknowledge Gretzky's departure, singing, "We're gonna miss you Wayne Gretzky."

Adams was one of several well known Canadian musicians to visit Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at his official residence for an informal " jam session ". His latest album, Bare Bones, which is a compilation of his greatest songs has been certified gold in India, and he thanked all his Indians fans for giving him such support.

On 19 February 2011 Bryan Adams and his band played in Kathmandu, Nepal making him the first ever international artist to rock Nepal which was organized by ODC Network (P) LTD. Bryan Adams performed at the opening ceremony of International Cricket Council|ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 on 17 February in Dhaka , Bangladesh
and also performed in a solo concert in the next day.

On 14 March 2011, Adams announced that he and co-founder of his foundation and girlfriend, Alicia Grimaldi, were expecting a baby and on 22 April 2011, Grimaldi gave birth to a daughter, Mirabella Bunny.

On 10 September 2011, Taylor Swift covered Bryan Adams' song Summer of 69 at her concert at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
On 19 November 2011, Bryan recorded the music video for "Tonight In Babylon" in Southwark, London.
On 20 November 2011, he performed on the UK The X Factor (UK series 8)|X Factor with the remaining acts in the competition.

On 31 January 2012, Adams announced a 20-date concert tour across Canada between April and June, to be followed by a new studio album expected to be released late in the year.

Social activism

Most of Adams' philanthropic activity is dedicated to his foundation "The Bryan Adams Foundation", which aims to advance education and learning opportunities for children and young people worldwide, believing that an education is the best gift that a child can be given. The foundation is mostly funded by his photographic activities.

Since the 1980s, Adams has participated in concerts and other activities to help raise money and awareness for a variety of causes. His first high profile charity appearance came in 1985 when he opened the US transmission of Live Aid from Philadelphia. In June of the next year, Adams participated in the two-week Amnesty International "A Conspiracy of Hope" tour alongside Sting (musician)|Sting , U2 and Peter Gabriel .
In 1986 Adams performed at The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert in Wembley Arena to celebrate first 10 years of the Trust and again in June 1987 at the 5th Annual Prince's Trust Rock Gala along with Elton John , George Harrison , Ringo Starr and others.
The following year Adams performed at the Nelson Mandela birthday party concert at Wembley Stadium.

Adams helped commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall when, in 1990, he joined many other guests (including his songwriting partner Michael Kamen ) for Roger Waters ' The Wall – Live in Berlin|massive performance of The Wall in Berlin, Germany. He performed the Pink Floyd songs What Shall We Do Now? and Young Lust (song)|Young Lust during the performance of The Wall , and then joined Waters, Joni Mitchell , Cyndi Lauper , Van Morrison , Paul Carrack and others to perform Waters' " The Tide Is Turning " to close the concert. His version of Young Lust , peaked at number 7 at Mainstream Rock Tracks .
During his tours of 1992-1994, Adams successfully campaigned for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary with Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggart . The two of them distributed over 500,000 postcards at concerts around the world encouraging people to write to politicians of countries blocking the vote, encouraging them to vote yes for the creation of the sanctuary at the meetings of the International Whaling Commission . IWC officially created the sanctuary on 26 May 1994.

On 24 April 1993, Adams joined Farm Aid VI alongside Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Ringo Starr.
On 29 January 2005, Adams joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC benefit concert in Toronto for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake . Twenty years after performing at Live Aid in the USA, Adams played at Canada's Live 8 concert, Barrie|Live 8 show in Barrie, Ontario . Later that year, he performed in Qatar and raised £1.5M ($2,617,000) from the concert. He also auctioned a white Fender Stocaster guitar signed by many of the world's prominent guitarists. The guitar raised a total of 3.7 million US dollars for charity and thus set a record as the world's costliest guitar. The money went to Qatar's "Reach Out to Asia" campaign to help the underprivileged across the continent. Money raised also went to some of his own projects like rebuilding a school in Thailand and building a new sports center in Sri Lanka , both of which had been devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Indian Ocean tsunami .

On 29 January 2006, Adams became the first Western artist to perform in Karachi, Pakistan after 11 September attacks, in conjunction with a benefit concert by Shehzad Roy to raise money for underprivileged children to go to school. Some of the proceeds of that concert also went to victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake .

On 18 October 2007, Adams was billed to perform in Tel Aviv and Jericho as part of the OneVoice Movement concerts, hoping to aid in solving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . The peace concert for supporters of a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel was called off because of security concerns.

Adams supports the animal rights group PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) by shooting photos for them and writing letters. He's written to the CEO of KFC restaurants in Canada in November 2007, asking them to become leaders in using more modern and more humane methods of killing chickens. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 4 December 2007 Adams has been a vegan since 1989 and was also a nominee for PETA's "Sexiest Vegetarians of the Year".

On 25 May 2005, Adams raised £1.3M with cousin Johnny Armitage, from a concert and auction entitled Rock by the River for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. On 15 May 2006, Adams returned to London to attend the Hope Foundation's event (hosted by designer Bella Freud ), helping to raise a portion of the £250,000 to support the Palestinian refugee children. The following June, he offered individuals from the public the chance to bid to sing with him live in concert at three different charity auctions in London. Over £50,000 was raised with money going to the NSPCC , Children in Need , and the University College Hospital . On 28 February 2008 he appeared in One Night Live at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto , Canada with Josh Groban , Sarah McLachlan , Jann Arden and RyanDan in aid of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre|Sunnybrook Hospital Women and Babies Program.

To support the peace in Georgia (country)|Georgia , Adams played a special outdoor concert in Tbilisi , on 19 September 2008.
He played at The Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Born Free Foundation at "Wild and Live" on 14 November 2009. His foundation raised £170,000 for Kids Company, a UK based charity that helps underprivileged and abused children in London, England.

As a photographer

Adams has had his photographs published in British Vogue (magazine)|Vogue , L'uomo Vogue (magazine)|Vogue , Harper's Bazaar , Esquire, Interview (magazine)|Interview magazine and i-D , among others. His other photographic efforts include founding Zoo Magazine , the fashion/art magazine based in Berlin, Germany which he shoots for regularly. Adams is also currently Editor at Large and regular photographer for ZoomerMedia|Zoomer Magazine , a Canadian periodical focused on topics relevant to the baby boomer generation. On 1 June 2005, he published his first book of photos in the United States with Calvin Klein called American Women ; proceeds from this book go to breast cancer research for programs at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He released a similar book of photos called Made In Canada in December 1999. Both these books were dedicated to his friend Donna, who died of the disease.

As a photographer, Adams has worked with many of his musical peers, including Shania Twain , Mick Jagger , Arcade Fire , Ray Charles , Tina Turner , Rod Stewart , Robert Plant , Take That , Joss Stone , Plácido Domingo , Sarah McLachlan , Celine Dion , Billy Idol , Moby , Lindsay Lohan , Amy Winehouse , t.A.T.u. , Annie Lennox , Peter Gabriel , Bryan Ferry , Lenny Kravitz , Die Antwoord , and Morrissey to name a few. On 27 November 2000 Adams played onstage with The Who at the Royal Albert Hall . A DVD of the concert was issued. Adams photographed the band and his photos appear in the DVD booklet.

In 2002, Adams was invited, along with other photographers from the Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth , to photograph Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II during her Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee ; one of the photographs from this session was used as a Canadian postage stamp in 2004 and again in 2005 (see Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp (Canada) ), another portrait of both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Bryan Adams supports the Hear the World initiative as a photographer in its aim to raise global awareness for the topic of hearing and hearing loss. Adams has shot covers for their magazine, a quarterly culture and lifestyle publication dedicated to the topic of hearing.

He photographed Michael J. Fox and Tatjana Patitz in the 2011 Carl Zeiss AG company calendar in New York City in the summer of 2010. The focus was about the size difference of the subjects in a comedic presentation.'' Mail Online, 18 September 2010

His photographic exhibitions include:

Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto 1999

McCord Museum , Montreal 2000

Saatchi Gallery , London 2000

Photokina , Köln (Cologne), Germany 2001

ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts , London 2004

Royal Ontario Museum , Toronto 2004

Calvin Klein , NYC, Dallas, Paris 2005

Canada House , Trafalgar Square, London 2005-06

Il Tempio Di Adriano, Rome, Italy, July 2006

Photokina, Köln (Cologne), Germany, September 2006

Leica Gallery, Vienna, Austria, November 2006

Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 2006

H.Stern exhibition, São Paulo, Brazil, March 2007

PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain, Fotografos Insospechados (Unsuspected Photographers) Mickey Rourke photographs, May–July 2007

Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire, England, May–June 2007

401 Projects, New York City, September–November 2007

The Hospital, Covent Garden, London, England, November 2007 (Modern Muses)

The National Portrait Gallery, London, England, February–May 2008 (Modern Muses)

Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany, May 2008 (Photos of the German National Football Team)

14th Street Gallery, New York City, May 2008 (Hear The World) (plus other exhibitions in Berlin and Zurich with the same show)

Saatchi Gallery , London, July 2009 (Hear The World)

Calvin Klein American Women 2010, New York City, September 2010

Discography

Studio albums

Bryan Adams (album)|Bryan Adams (1980)

You Want It You Got It (1981)

Cuts Like a Knife (1983)

Reckless (Bryan Adams album)|Reckless (1984)

Into the Fire (album)|Into the Fire (1987)

Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)

18 til I Die (1994)

On a Day Like Today (album)|On a Day Like Today (1998)

Room Service (Bryan Adams album)|Room Service (2004)

11 (Bryan Adams album)|11 (2008)

Live albums

Live& #33; Live& #33; Live! (1988)

MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)|MTV Unplugged (1997)

Live at the Budokan (Bryan Adams album)|Live at the Budokan (2003)

Live in Lisbon (2005)

Bare Bones (Bryan Adams album)|Bare Bones (2010)

Compilation albums

Hits On Fire (Japan only 1988)

So Far So Good (Bryan Adams album)|So Far So Good (1993)

The Best of Me (Bryan Adams album)|The Best of Me (1999)

Anthology (Bryan Adams album)|Anthology (2005)

Icon (Bryan Adams album)|Icon (USA only 2010)

Soundtrack albums

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (soundtrack)|Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Colour Me Kubrick (soundtrack)|Colour Me Kubrick (2005)

Awards

In addition to his success at the Junos and Grammys and other music awards, Adams was also nominated for his fifth Golden Globe in 2007 for songwriting on the film Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby which was sung by Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige , and has been nominated three times for Academy Award s for writing music in film.

File sharing lawsuit

" Somebody (Bryan Adams song)|Somebody " was one of 24 songs in the first file-sharing copyright infringement lawsuit brought by major record labels in the United States to be tried by a jury.

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