Bryan Guy Adams born November 5, 1959 is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million records and singles worldwide, placing him on the list of best-selling music artists. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010s and has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada and over a dozen in the US, UK, and Australia.
Adams released his eponymous debut album when he was 20 years of age. He rose to fame in North America with the 1983 top ten album Cuts Like a Knife; the album featured its title track and the ballad “Straight from the Heart”, which became his first US top-ten hit. His 1984 Canadian and US number one album, Reckless became the first album by a Canadian to be certified diamond in Canada and made Adams a global star; the album’s six charting singles included “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. 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.