- Denies reports he romanced tragic British royal Diana, Princess Of Wales, insisting his ex-girlfriend's comments are pure conjecture -- Cecile Thomsen claims the Canadian singing star enjoyed a fling with Diana a year before her fatal Paris car crash in 1997. (November 7, 2003)
- A photograph of Queen Elizabeth II, which he took while attending the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in the summer of 2002, will be used for a Canadian stamp. (October 20, 2003)
- Was shot with an air rifle in London when he was in the middle of a European tour. (2003)
- Among the artists who contributed tracks to Peace Songs -- Proceeds from the collection benefits War Child Canada. ( 2003)
- Says he wrote most of the songs for his new film by phone.
- Due to a car accident occured in September 10, 2000 his injuries included a torn calf muscle, as well as scrapes and bruises to his hip, ribcage, chest, stomach, and right leg. The most serious damage was to Adams' right knee, with injuries to the bones and tendons, along with his hamstring.
- 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.
- Trade mark: Raspy voice
- Nominated for Best Original Song - Motion Picture at Golden Globes Awards for Here I Am in SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (2002)
- Nominated for Best Music, Song at Academy Awards for I've Finally Found Someone in THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (1996)
- Nominated for Best Original Song - Motion Picture at Golden Globes Awards for I've Finally Found Someone in THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (1996)
- Nominated for Best Music, Song at Academy Awards for Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman in DON JUAN DEMARCO (1995)
- Nominated for Best Original Song - Motion Picture at Golden Globes Awards for Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? in DON JUAN DEMARCO (1995)
- Nominated for Best Movie Song at MTV Movie Awards for All For Love in THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993)
- Nominated for Best Movie Song at MTV Movie Awards for Everything I Do I Do It For You in ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991)
- Nominated for Best Music, Song at Academy Awards for (Everything I Do) I Do It for You in ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991)
- Nominated for Best Original Song - Motion Picture at Golden Globes Awards for (Everything I Do) I Do It For You in ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991)
- Bryan, RJ Lange, and Michael Kamen wrote a song for the 1996 film, 101 DALMATIONS. The song was not used in the film, however, but is available on Adams' 18 Til I Die album.
- Refused to allow his song Only the Strong Survive, from his album Into the Fire, to be used for the film TOP GUN (1986), because he felt that the movie glorified war.
- Is a vegetarian.
- May be Canada's most successful pop/rock singer, but his parents were both British citizens and he currently resides in Britain. However, he still has a studio in Canada.
- His fourth album, Reckless, is the best-selling Canadian album of all time. He received the Diamond Sales Award (equivalent of a platinum award in the US) for the album, a first for a Canadian.
- Has been nominated for 13 Grammy nominations.
- Recorded (Everything I Do) I Do It For You in Spanish in 1992.
- Has received the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for outstanding Canadian citizenship.
- His 1991 album was declared non-Canadian at the time, because some of the songs were co-authored by RJ Lange, who's British. The regulations later changed and Waking Up The Neighbours was declared a Canadian album.
- Refuses to attend the Juno Awards (Canada's equivalent of the Grammys) because they, according to his manager, Bruce Allen, turned their back on the biggest thing to come out of Canada (referring to Adams' hit (Everything I Do) I Do It For You).
- In 1976 joined replaced the lead singer of a band called Sweeney Todd. He recorded saveral songs for them before leaving the band in 1977. On those recordings, his voice was speeded up so it didn't sound so raspy.
- Of his #1 hits, only one (Please Forgive Me) was not written for a motion picture.
- The title theme to the film A NIGHT IN HEAVEN (1983) was recorded at the time of the film's release, and at the time, his third album, Cuts Like A Knife, yielded several Top 10 hits. The song was later included in his fourth album, Reckless (1984), which later became a Top 10 hit. The same album also has a duet with Tina Turner titled It's Only Love.
- Sold more than 8 million copies of the single (Everything I do) I do it for you.
- Was arrested for pot as a teenager
- Worked with (almost) the same band and crew since the beginning.
- First song was Let me take you dancing
- Played a gas station attendant in Pink Cadillac
- Wanted to call the album You Want It, You Got It Hasn't Heard of You Either because of the disappointing sales of his first album Bryan Adams
- Was almost killed during a parachute jump. Roadmanager Doug Grover organized a parachute jump for 5/6 members of the roadcrew. Keith asked if he might go whith them. So Doug Grover phoned Bruce Allen for permission, but Bruce said: NO. He also said: Make sure that Adams doesn't jump. When Bryan heared of the parachute jump, he went straight to the airplane. Bryan jumped together with an instructor as a tandem. When the instructor opened the parachute after a couple of somersaults, the parachute got stuck between thier legs. For 24 seconds Bryan and his co-jumper felt down without a working parachute. The instructor tried to throw the main parachute away. He succeeded to open the spare parachute just a couple of seconds before the critical moment. They landed 1.5 km from the original target at a field. Another jumper, who jumped just after Bryan, recorded the whole incident with his video camera.
- Has done the voice for a 24 minutes lasting Canadian cartoon called: The Real Story Of The Three Little Kittens. He was the voice of Hoodwink a premium hunting clumsy mean rat.
- A&M (Bryan's record company) paid $ 20.000,- for a black-and-white picture of the famous Japanese portrait photographer Hiro. The picture was for the cover of Reckless.
- Bryan and Jim Vallance are often compared to Elton John and Bernie Taupin (his co-writer)
- Heaven was written in two days for the movie called A NIGHT IN HEAVEN
- Hiding from Love and Lonely Nights were sold for the movie called CLASS.
Quotes- "And I thought well, if Tina Turner can go up there and she can give everything for 500 people, no matter how sick I am, I can make it happen too."
- "And I never forgot this as long as I've ever performed, no matter how crap I had felt before I went on stage. I just remember Tina Turner going up there, singing her heart out for everybody, and meantime she had a 102-degree fever and she was feeling terrible."
Awards- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Top Box Office Films, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (2002)
- ASCAP Award Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures, THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (1996) for the song I Finally Found Someone (1998)
- ASCAP Award Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures, DON JUAN DEMARCO (1995) for the song Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? (1996)
- ASCAP Award Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures, THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1993) for the song All for Love (1995)
- ASCAP Award Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991) for the song (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1992)
- Grammy Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991) for the song (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (1992)
- MTV Movie Award: Best Movie Song, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES (1991) for the song: Everything I Do I Do It For You (1992)
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