Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Bryan Adams Biography and Timeline

Follow Bryan Adams through 14 dated historical records for Canada.

Bryan Adams, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1959–2006Years on this page

1959

Birth of Bryan Adams

Kingston · Arts / Art

Birth of Bryan Adams

1980

Bryan Adams

Arts / Art

Adams releases his 1st solo Album, "Bryan Adams"

1983

Cuts Like a Knife

Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, "Cuts Like a Knife", with 4 hits, most notably with the title track

1984

Reckless

Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, album "Reckless", which produces 6 Top 40 songs & has been certified 5 times platinum in the US

1985

Live Aid

Philadelphia · Arts / Art

Adams co-writes the Canadian benefit record for Ethiopia called, " Tears Are Not Enough" & takes part in the US side of the Live Aid concert

1987

Into the Fire

Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, "Into the Fire", certified platinum

1991

Everything I Do (I Do It for You)

Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, " Waking up the Neighbours", produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Adams, & features "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)". Adams releases "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)", no 1 everywhere in the world & a record-breaking 16 weeks at no 1 in the UK

Mutt

Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, " Waking up the Neighbours", produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Adams, & features "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)". Adams releases "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)", no 1 everywhere in the world & a record-breaking 16 weeks at no 1 in the UK

Waking up the Neighbours

Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, " Waking up the Neighbours", produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Adams, & features "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)". Adams releases "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)", no 1 everywhere in the world & a record-breaking 16 weeks at no 1 in the UK

1998

Walk of Fame

Arts / Art

Bryan Adams is inducted into Canadas Walk of Fame

2005

Rock by the River

Arts / Art

Adams & cousin Johnny Armitage raise 1.3M pounds from a concert & auction entitled "Rock by the River" for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London

Live 8

Barrie · Arts / Art

Adams performs at Live 8s Canadian performance in Barrie, Ontario

2006

Ambassador

Ambassador of Canada · Arts / Art

Ambassador of the Princes Trust, an honarary appointment made by Prince Charles Charity in London to raise awareness for young people looking for work

Hall of Fame

Arts / Art

Bryan Adams is inducted into Canadas Hall of Fame

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.