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Bryan Adams Biography
With a career spanning over 20 years and
worldwide album sales that rival the biggest
recording artists in the world, Bryan Adams's
"I'm just the bass player in the band" attitude
seems rather simple, compared to his career
achievements, but that's just how he is.
His songs have achieved #1 status all over the
world, and his career has seen some amazing
recordings with other music legends from around
the world. He holds the record for the longest
running #1 single in British music history with
his hit "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" and
has topped the charts in the USA four times
with hits "Heaven", "(Everything I Do) I Do It
For You", "All For Love" (with Rod Stewart and
Sting) and "Have You Ever Really Loved A
Woman?". In addition to these recordings he has
been awarded the Order Of Canada from the
country he was born in, which is the Canadian
equivalent of the British MBE.
His honest live performances and concerts are
well documented, making him one of the most
exciting live acts in the world. He has used
his concerts to benefit others over the years.
Some examples are The Prince's Trust, Live Aid
and The Concert for Freedom for Nelson Mandela,
Greenpeace, Amnesty International,
NetAid/London and others. On his world tour of
92/93/94 he helped created the Southern Ocean
Whale Sanctuary, by issuing over half a million
postcards to the fans at the shows, encouraging
them to write and send them to Governments
opposed to the sanctuary.
Most recently, Bryan's focus has been on
supporting breast cancer. After contributing a
song to an album and campaign to help find a
cure for breast cancer with Self Magazine in
America, he went on to organizing a benefit
concert in Canada early in 1998 and raised over
a million dollars to build a breast-screening
center at the St. Catherine's General Hospital
with supermodel Linda Evangelista. That led to
the release of "Made In Canada," a best selling
book of his black and white photographs of
Canadian women including Celine Dion, Alanis
Morrisette, Joni Mitchell and many others. All
royalties from this book went to the Canadian
Breast Cancer Foundation.
Awards have been numerous with a Grammy, an
American Music Award, countless industry and
songwriting awards and accolades including
three Academy Award nominations for his music
and lyrics in film soundtracks.
Universal Records has just released his 12th
album this fall entitled "The Best Of Me" -
Adams's end of the decade greatest hits
collection that includes two new songs, the
beatley title track 'The Best Of Me' and the
trippy dance track 'Don't Give Up'. The future
seems clear that Adams is unstoppable.
In 1999, Adams and his power trio of Keith
Scott on guitar and Mickey Curry on drums,
completed over 120 concerts in Europe, Africa
and the Middle East. They are touring Canada in
January 2000 with concert dates booked well
into the first year of this new millennium.
Look for concerts in America, Australia, Japan
and more dates in Europe later this year and
into the next. Source: http://www.bryanadams.com
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