Canadian singer Bryan Adams has released 18 studio releases, six compilation albums, two soundtrack albums, seven live albums, and 75 singles. After the success of his debut single, "Let Me Take You Dancing" (1979), Adams signed a recording contract with A&M Records. Bryan Adams (1980), his debut album, peaked at number 69 on the Canadian RPM Albums Chart. Adams followed this with You Want It You Got It (1981), which peaked at number 118 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold in Canada. Cuts Like a Knife, his third release, became his first successful work outside Canada. The album charted within the top 10 in Canada and the United States and was certified three-times platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Reckless (1984), his fourth studio album, selling over 12 million copies worldwide[1] and featured the hit singles "Run to You", "Heaven" and "Summer of '69".[2] In 1987, he released Into the Fire, which reached platinum status in the United States and triple-platinum in Canada.
| Bryan Adams discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Live albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 75 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Adams entered the 1990s with the release of Waking Up the Neighbours (1991), which contained "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", the theme song for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It went on to sell more than 15 million copies worldwide, making it Adams's most successful song, and one of the best-selling singles of all time.[3] The album was sold in approximately 16 million copies, including being certified diamond in Canada.[4] He also released his first greatest hits compilation, So Far So Good, in 1993. This album topped the charts in nine countries and was certified six-times platinum and seven-times platinum by the RIAA and CRIA respectively. His seventh studio album, 18 til I Die, was released in 1996. It sold five million copies worldwide and was certified platinum in the United States.[5] MTV Unplugged, an acoustic live album released in 1997, reached the top 10 in four countries while selling two million copies in Europe. Adams' eighth studio album, On a Day Like Today (1998), was certified double-platinum by the CRIA and platinum by the IFPI Platinum Europe Awards. His second compilation album, The Best of Me (1999), sold two million copies in Europe and went three-times platinum in Canada.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) was certified gold by the RIAA and included the hit single "Here I Am". Room Service (2004), his ninth studio album, peaked at number 134 on the Billboard 200 and sold only 44,000 copies in the United States.[6] However, it topped the album charts in Germany and Switzerland. Adams' third greatest hits compilation, Anthology, was released in 2005. 11 (2008), Adams' tenth studio album, peaked at number 80 on the Billboard 200 and became his third number-one album in Canada. Although it did not receive any certifications in Canada or the United Kingdom, the album sold over half-a-million units worldwide.[7] In 2015, the thirteenth studio album Get Up was released; it reached the first position of the ranking in Switzerland, the second position in the UK and the third position in Germany. In September 2017, Adams announced via social media the release of a new compilation called Ultimate featuring 19 of his greatest hits and two new songs, "Please Stay" and "Ultimate Love". Shine a Light is the Canadian singer-songwriter's 14th studio album, which was released on March 1, 2019,.[8] The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart.;[9] second place in the United Kingdom, [10] Switzerland,[11] Austria and New Zealand;[12][13] the third position in Germany.[14] According to the RIAA, Adams' album and singles sales have been certified at over 22 million copies[15] while globally, he has sold between 75[16] and 100 million records.[17][18]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [19][20] | AUS [21] | AUT [22] | GER [23] | NLD [24] | NOR [25] | SWE [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | US [29] | ||||
| Bryan Adams | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| You Want It You Got It |
| 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 78 | 118 | ||
| Cuts Like a Knife |
| 8 | 32 | — | 24 | — | — | 22 | — | 21 | 8 | ||
| Reckless |
| 1 | 2 | — | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Into the Fire |
| 2 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Waking Up the Neighbours |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 18 til I Die |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 31 | ||
| On a Day Like Today |
| 3 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 103 | ||
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron |
| — | 94 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 40 | ||
| Room Service |
| 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 134 | ||
| 11 |
| 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 80 | ||
| Tracks of My Years |
| 1 | 61 | 5 | 5 | 41 | — | — | 6 | 11 | 89 |
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| Get Up |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 99 |
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| Shine a Light |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 37 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
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| So Happy It Hurts |
| 29 | 75 | 3 [40] | 2 | 28 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Special self-released digital studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Pretty Woman – The Musical |
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| Classic |
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| Classic Pt. II |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [19][20] | AUS [21] | AUT [22] | GER [23] | NLD [24] | NOR [25] | SWE [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | US [29] | ||||
| Live! Live! Live! |
| — | — | 17 | 26 | 57 | — | 22 | 21 | 17 | — | ||
| MTV Unplugged |
| 10 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 54 | 3 | 19 | 88 | ||
| Live at the Budokan |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bare Bones |
| 18 | 38 | 19 | 28 | 52 | — | — | 20 | 35 | — |
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| Live at Sydney Opera House |
| — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Wembley 1996 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
| — | — | 53 | 20 | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Special self-released digital live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Cuts Like a Knife – 40th Anniversary, Live from the Royal Albert Hall |
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| Waking Up the Neighbours – Live from the Royal Albert Hall |
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| Into the Fire – Live from the Royal Albert Hall |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [19][20] | AUS [21] | AUT [22] | GER [23] | NLD [24] | NOR [25] | SWE [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | US [29] | ||||
| Hits On Fire |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| So Far So Good |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| The Best of Me |
| 7 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 12 | — | ||
| Anthology |
| 4 | 55 | 28 | 30 | — | 10 | 5 | 39 | 29 | 65 | ||
| Icon |
| 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Ultimate |
| 80 | 82 | — | — | 129 | — | — | 52 | 11 | — |
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| Classic |
| — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| CAN [20] | ||
| Colour Me Kubrick |
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| Christmas |
| 80 |
Singles
1970s–1980s
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [48] | AUS [21] | AUT [22] | GER [49] | IRE [50] | NLD [24] | SWE [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | US [51] | ||||||
| "Let Me Take You Dancing" | 1978 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Hidin' from Love" | 1980 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bryan Adams | |||
| "Give Me Your Love" | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Lonely Nights" | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | You Want It You Got It | |||
| "Coming Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Fits Ya Good" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Jealousy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Let Him Know" | 1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cuts Like a Knife | |||
| "Straight from the Heart" | 1983 | 20 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 | 10 | ||||
| "Cuts Like a Knife" | 12 | 55 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | 15 | |||||
| "This Time" | 32 | — | — | — | 28 | 18 | — | — | 41 | 24 | |||||
| "Take Me Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Only One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Best Was Yet to Come" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Tonight" | 1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | You Want It You Got It | |||
| "Run to You" | 4 | 24 | — | — | 8 | 14 | — | — | 11 | 6 | Reckless | ||||
| "Somebody" | 13 | 76 | — | — | 20 | 24 | — | — | 35 | 11 | |||||
| "Heaven" | 1985 | 11 | 12 | — | 28 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 1 | ||||
| "Summer of '69" | 11 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 18 | 4 | 13 | — | 42 | 5 | |||||
| "One Night Love Affair" | 19 | 85 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 13 | |||||
| "It's Only Love" (with Tina Turner) | 14 | 57 | 30 | 44 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 15 | |||||
| "Diana" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| "Christmas Time" | 39 | 64 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 55 | — |
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| "Heat of the Night" | 1987 | 7 | 25 | — | 33 | — | 34 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 6 |
| Into the Fire | ||
| "Hearts on Fire" | 25 | 89 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | 57 | 26 | |||||
| "Victim of Love" | 49 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | 32 | |||||
| "Only the Strong Survive" | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||
1990s
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [53] | AUS [21] | AUT [22] | GER [49] | IRE [50] | NLD [24] | SWE [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28] | US [51] | ||||||
| "Young Lust" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Wall: Live in Berlin | |||
| "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Waking Up the Neighbours | |||
| "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" | 1 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" | 2 | 30 | — | — | 11 | 29 | 33 | — | 32 | 31 | |||||
| "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" | 1992 | 1 | 13 | — | 47 | 11 | 10 | — | — | 8 | 13 | ||||
| "Touch the Hand" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "All I Want Is You" | — | 31 | — | — | 20 | 26 | — | — | 22 | — | |||||
| "Do I Have to Say the Words?" | 2 | 61 | — | 75 | — | 34 | — | — | 30 | 11 | |||||
| "Please Forgive Me" | 1993 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | So Far So Good | |||
| "All for Love" (with Rod Stewart and Sting) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | The Three Musketeers | ||||
| "Summer of '69" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live! Live! Live! | |||
| "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Don Juan DeMarco | |||
| "Rock Steady" (with Bonnie Raitt) | 17 | 117[56] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 73 | Road Tested | ||||
| "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" | 1996 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 44 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 18 til I Die | |||
| "Let's Make a Night to Remember" | 1 | 7 | 34 | 57 | 25 | — | 39 | 41 | 10 | 24 |
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| "Star" | — | — | — | 76 | — | 22 | — | — | 13 | — | |||||
| "I Finally Found Someone" (with Barbra Streisand) | 18 | 2 | 23 | 53 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 8 | The Mirror Has Two Faces / 18 til I Die | ||||
| "18 til I Die" | 21 | — | — | 85 | — | 86 | — | — | 22 | — | 18 til I Die | ||||
| "Do to You" | 1997 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Always Be Right There" | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Back to You" | 1 | 38 | — | 62 | — | 77 | 56 | — | 18 | — | MTV Unplugged | ||||
| "I'm Ready" | 1998 | 11 | — | — | 66 | — | 24 | — | — | 20 | — | ||||
| "On a Day Like Today"[C] | 1 | 60 | 32 | 53 | — | 66 | — | 32 | 13 | — | On a Day Like Today | ||||
| "When You're Gone" (with Melanie C) | 13 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | — | |||||
| "Cloud Number Nine" | 1999 | 7 | 67 | 13 | 33 | 16 | 62 | 43 | 26 | 6 | — |
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| "The Best of Me" | 10 | — | 37 | 65 | — | 67 | — | 31 | 47 | — | The Best of Me | ||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||
2000s
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [53] | CAN AC [57] | AUS [21] | AUT [22] | GER [49] | IRE [50][58] | NLD [24] | SWE [26] | SWI [27] | UK [28][59] | ||||||
| "Don't Give Up" (Chicane featuring Bryan Adams)[D] | 2000 | — | — | 6 | — | 24 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 42 | 1 | Behind the Sun / The Best of Me | |||
| "Inside Out" | 17 | — | — | — | 66 | — | 91 | — | 53 | — | On a Day Like Today | ||||
| "Here I Am" | 2002 | — | — | 86 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 24 | 5 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | |||
| "Open Road" | 2004 | — | — | — | 35 | 23 | 50 | 28 | — | 17 | 21 | Room Service | |||
| "Flying" | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | 86 | — | 51 | 39 | |||||
| "Room Service" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "This Side of Paradise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love?" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "When You're Gone" (with Pamela Anderson) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Anthology | ||||
| "So Far So Good" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" (with Emmanuelle Seigner) | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Room Service | |||
| "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" | 2008 | 47 | 3 | — | 41 | 55 | — | — | — | 52 | 146 | 11 | |||
| "Tonight We Have the Stars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "She's Got a Way" | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "You've Been a Friend to Me" | 2009 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Old Dogs | |||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||||||||
2010s
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [53] | CAN AC [57] | AUT [22] | GER [49] | SWE [26] | UK [28][59] | US AC [60] | ||||||||
| "One World, One Flame" | 2010 | — | — | 70 | 44 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Bang The Drum" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "I Still Miss You...A Little Bit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bare Bones | ||||||
| "Alberta Bound" | 2011 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Merry Christmas"[61] | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Tonight in Babylon" (Loverush UK featuring Bryan Adams)[62] | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "After All" (Michael Bublé featuring Bryan Adams)[63] | 2013 | 96 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | To Be Loved | |||||
| "She Knows Me" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | Tracks of My Years | |||||
| "You Belong to Me" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | 181 | 26 | Get Up | |||||
| "Brand New Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | |||||||
| "Don't Even Try" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Do What Ya Gotta Do" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Please Stay" | 2017 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | Ultimate | |||||
| "Shine a Light" | 2019 | — | 14 | — | — | — | —[A] | — | Shine a Light | |||||
| "That's How Strong Our Love Is" (featuring Jennifer Lopez)[65] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Je reviendrai vers toi" / "I Will Always Return" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "Joe and Mary" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas | ||||||
| "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (with Robbie Williams) | — | — | — | — | 106 | — | — | The Christmas Present | ||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- A ^ "Let Me Take You Dancing" peaked at 18 on the RPM Dance/Urban Chart,[66] but peaked only at 90 on their singles chart.[67]
- B ^ According to co-writer Jim Vallance, "Christmas Time" did not chart on the RPM chart, but instead on a chart known as The Record.[68]
- C ^ "On a Day Like Today" peaked at 14 on the Billboard Canadian Singles Chart in 1998.[69]
- D ^ "Don't Give Up" charted in Canada only on the RPM Dance/Urban chart at 9.[70]
2020s
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [71] | SWI [27] | UK [28][59] | |||
| "Lean on Me" (as part of ArtistsCAN)[71] | 2020 | 1 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (as BBC Radio 2's Allstars)[72] | — | — | 7 | ||
| "So Happy It Hurts" | 2021 | — | 85 | — | So Happy It Hurts |
| "On the Road" | — | — | — | ||
| "Kick Ass" | — | — | — | ||
| "Never Gonna Rain" | 2022 | — | — | — | |
| "Let's Get Christmas Going"[73] | — | — | — | TBA | |
| "The Thing That Wrecks You" (with Tenille Townes)[74] | 2023 | — | — | — | TBA |
| "What if There Were No Sides at All"[75] | — | — | — | — | |
| "You're Awesome"[76] | — | — | — | Office Race (soundtrack) | |
| "Sometimes You Lose Before You Win"[77] | — | — | — | ||
| "Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son" | 2024 | — | — | — | TBA |
Guest appearances
Songwriting credits
See also
Notes
References
General
- Bryan Adams discography
- "Main Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- "Compilations". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- "Singles & EPs". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
Specific
External links
- Official website
- Bryan Adams discography at Discogs