Bryan Adams discography

Canadian singer Bryan Adams has released fourteen studio albums, six compilation albums, two soundtrack albums, four live albums, and sixty-nine 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 ten 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
Adams (left) and his guitarist, Keith Scott (right) on March 13, 2009 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Studio albums14
Live albums5
Compilation albums6
EPs2
Singles69
Soundtrack albums2

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. The album has sold over 10 million copies worldwide. 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-time platinum and five-time 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.[3] MTV Unplugged, an acoustic live album released in 1997, reached the top ten 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.[4] 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.[5] According to the RIAA, Adams' album sales have been certified at 17 million copies[6] while internationally he has sold between 65[7] and 100 million records and singles worldwide.[8]

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[9][10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
GER
[13]
NLD
[14]
NOR
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
US
[19]
Bryan Adams
  • Released: February 12, 1980
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette
69
You Want It You Got It
  • Released: July 21, 1981
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: LP, cassette
5078118
Cuts Like a Knife
  • Released: January 18, 1983
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
8322422218
Reckless
  • Released: November 5, 1984
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
121911251071
Into the Fire
  • Released: March 30, 1987
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
21413718434107
Waking Up the Neighbours
  • Released: September 24, 1991
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
1111211116
18 til I Die
  • Released: June 4, 1996
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
42249752131
On a Day Like Today
  • Released: October 27, 1998
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
33845243427211103
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • Released: May 14, 2002
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, cassette
94672219246840
Room Service 215313181914134
11
  • Released: March 17, 2008
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13522839301680
Tracks of My Years
  • Released: September 30, 2014
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD, digital download
161554161189
Get Up
  • Released: October 2, 2015
  • Label: UME
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
8643133391299
Shine a Light
  • Released: March 1, 2019
  • Label: UME
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
17
[31]
233722
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[9][10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
GER
[13]
NLD
[14]
NOR
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
US
[19]
Live! Live! Live!
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
172657222117
MTV Unplugged
  • Released: December 9, 1997
  • Label: MTV
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
10287815225431988
Live at the Budokan
  • Released: June 17, 2003
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Bare Bones
  • Released: October 29, 2010
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
18381928522035
Live at Sydney Opera House
  • Released: September 2, 2013
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, digital download
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[9][10]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
GER
[13]
NLD
[14]
NOR
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
US
[19]
Hits On Fire
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS [cassette]
So Far So Good
  • Released: November 2, 1993
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
1111111116
  • ABPD: Gold
  • CAN: 6× Platinum[20]
  • AUS: 11× Platinum[33]
  • AUT: 2× Platinum[25]
  • GER: 2× Platinum[26]
  • NLD: 2× Platinum[27]
  • NOR: 3× Platinum[34]
  • SWI: 4× Platinum[22]
  • UK: 3× Platinum[23]
  • US: 5× Platinum[24]
The Best of Me
  • Released: November 15, 1999
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, LP, CS
7184713220312
Anthology
  • Released: October 18, 2005
  • Label: A&M
  • Formats: CD, DD [digital download]
455
[36]
2830105392965
Icon
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, DD
32
Ultimate
  • Release date: November 3, 2017
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: DD, CD, vinyl
80821295211
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions
CAN
[10]
Colour Me Kubrick
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Christmas
  • Released: November 15, 2019[37]
  • Label: Badams Music
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
80

Singles

1978–1987

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[38]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
GER
[39]
IRE
[40]
NZ
[14]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
US
[41]
"Let Me Take You Dancing" 1978 90 Non-album single
"Give Me Your Love" 1980 91 Bryan Adams
"Remember"
"Hidin' from Love" 64
"Coming Home" 1981 You Want It You Got It
"Fits Ya Good" 30
"Lonely Nights" 1982 84
"Straight from the Heart" 1983 20985110 Cuts Like a Knife
"Cuts Like a Knife" 12552215
"This Time" 3228184124
"Take Me Back"
"I'm Ready"
"The Only One"
"Run to You" 1984 424814116 Reckless
"Kids Wanna Rock"
"Somebody" 1985 137620243511
"Heaven" 1112281128814381
"Summer of '69" 1114176218413425
"One Night Love Affair" 19851213
"It's Only Love"
(with Tina Turner)
1457304416215162915
"Diana" Non-album singles
"Christmas Time" 396417192633191855
"Heat of the Night" 1987 7253334717506 Into the Fire
"Hearts on Fire" 2589225726
"Victim of Love" 49926832
"Only the Strong Survive" 64
"Into the Fire"
"Another Day"
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

1990s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[42]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
GER
[39]
IRE
[40]
NZ
[14]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18]
US
[41]
"Young Lust" 1990 The Wall: Live in Berlin
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" 1991 1111111111 Waking Up the
Neighbours
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" 19141441038122
  • CAN: Gold[20]
  • USA: Gold
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight" 230551129333231
"Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" 1992 113471110813
"All I Want Is You" 31202622
"Do I Have to Say the Words?" 26175343011
"Touch the Hand" 37
"Please Forgive Me" 1993 1123132227 So Far So Good
"All for Love"
(with Rod Stewart and Sting)
1111131121 The Three Musketeers
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" 1995 1113326141 Don Juan DeMarco
"Rock Steady"
(with Bonnie Raitt)
175073 Road Tested
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" 1996 11917442621245652 18 til I Die
"Let's Make a Night to Remember" 1734572539411024
"Star" 762213
"I Finally Found Someone"
(with Barbra Streisand)
1822353116917108 The Mirror Has Two Faces
/ 18 til I Die
"18 til I Die" 21858622 18 til I Die
"Do to You" 1997 6
"I'll Always Be Right There" 14
"Back to You" 13862775618 MTV Unplugged
"I'm Ready" 1998 11662420
"On a Day Like Today"[C] 1603253663213 On a Day Like Today
"When You're Gone"
(with Melanie C)
1341414318113
"Cloud Number Nine" 1999 7671333166243266
"The Best of Me" 103765673147 The Best of Me
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

2000s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[42]
AUS
[11]
AUT
[12]
GER
[39]
IRE
[40][46]
NZ
[14]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[17]
UK
[18][47]
US AC
"Don't Give Up"
(Chicane featuring Bryan Adams)[D]
2000 624112151421 Behind the Sun /
The Best of Me
"Inside Out" 17669153 The Best of Me
"Here I Am" 2002 8612171530152455 Spirit: Stallion of the
Cimarron
"Open Road" 2004 352350281721 Room Service
"Flying" 68865137
"Room Service" 2005 74
"This Side of Paradise" 20
"Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love?"
"So Far So Good" 2006 Anthology
"When You're Gone"
(with Pamela Anderson)
"I Thought I'd Seen Everything" 2008 4741555214621 11
"Tonight We Have the Stars"
"She's Got a Way"
"You've Been a Friend to Me" 2009 Old Dogs
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

2010s

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[42]
AUT
[12]
GER
[39]
UK
[18][47]
"One World, One Flame" 2010 7044 Non-album single
"I Still Miss You...A Little Bit" Bare Bones
"Alberta Bound" 2011 100 Non-album singles
"Merry Christmas"[48]
"Tonight in Babylon"
(Loverush UK featuring Bryan Adams)[49]
2012
"After All"
(Michael Bublé featuring Bryan Adams)[50]
2013 96 To Be Loved
"She Knows Me" 2014 Tracks of My Years
"You Belong to Me" 2015 181 Get Up
"Brand New Day"
"Please Stay" 2017 Ultimate
"Shine a Light" 2019 Shine a Light
"—" 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,[51] but peaked only at 90 on their singles chart.[52]
    • 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.[53]
    • C ^ "On a Day Like Today" peaked at 14 on the Billboard Canadian Singles Chart in 1998.[54]
    • D ^ "Don't Give Up" charted in Canada only on the RPM Dance/Urban chart at 9.[55]

See also

  • Bryan Adams videography
  • List of diamond-certified albums in Canada

References

General

  • Bryan Adams discography
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    • "Compilations". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
    • "Singles & EPs". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2010.

Specific

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    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 12. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 12, 1988.
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    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 8.
    • Tracks of My Years (ARIA) peak: "The ARIA Report – Issue No. 1287" (PDF). Pandora Archive (original document published by ARIA). p. 6. Retrieved 2017-08-01. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
    • Ultimate: "ARIA Chart Watch #518". auspOp. March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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  21. "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
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  24. "RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  25. "IFPI Austria > Goud & Platin" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  26. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bryan Adams)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
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  28. "The ARIA Chart – Best of 1992". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2017-08-01. N.B. The annual chart posted on the ARIA website is missing some certifications.
  29. "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  30. "Canadian album certifications – Bryan Adams – Tracks of My Years". Music Canada.
  31. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 1, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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  42. Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Canadian chart:
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