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Brian Adams has had a long and distinguished career in the arts, as a writer and as a producer/director in television. He was in charge of arts programming for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for more than 20 years, and was awarded an Order of Australia for his outstanding contribution to the arts and entertainment.

Many of his documentaries were developed in conjunction with the BBC and other major international producers and distributors.

In several cases, documentary portraits evolved into his published biographies of renowned Australians, including opera diva Dame Joan Sutherland, artists Sir Sidney Nolan and Sir William Dobell and historic figures like Sir Joseph Banks and his voyage of botanical discovery to Australia in the 18th century.

Brian Adams and his family moved to central France in the 1990's from Sydney, embracing the rural French dream in an ancient stone farmouse, but he now lives in the southern French city of Nimes, renowned for its Roman past - visible in the arena, still used for summer concerts and bull-fights, and the Maison Carrée, the best-preserved Roman temple in Europe.

British-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)

This article is about the British-Canadian singer and songwriter. For other uses, see Bryan Adams (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Ryan Adams.

Musical artist

Bryan Guy AdamsCC OBC (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million^[2] and more than 100 million records and singles worldwide,^[3][4] placing him on the list of best-selling music artists. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010s^[5] and has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada and over a dozen in the US, UK, and Australia.

At age 20 his eponymous debut album was released. He rose to fame in North America with the 1983 top ten album Cuts Like a Knife, featuring its title track and the ballad "Straight From the Heart", his first US top ten hit, which he wrote at age 18. His 1984 Canadian and US number one album, Reckless became the first album by a Canadian to be certified diamond in Canada and made him a global star with six charting singles including "Run to You" and "Summer of '69", both top ten hits in the US and Canada, and the power ballad "Hea

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