I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.

Adams also co-wrote songs for other bands during this time including Billboard charted songs like "No Way to Treat a Lady" for Bonnie Raitt Don't Let Him Know for Prism Teacher Teacher for 38 Special Edge Of A Dream for Joe Cocker Bonnie Tyler and many more. Adams's album Reckless co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. In 2008 Bryan was ranked 38 on the list of All-Time top artists by the Billboard Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts.

Adams was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the 2435th star in March 2011 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998 and in April 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at Canada's Juno Awards. Bryan Guy Adams OC OBC (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter musician producer actor and photographer. He has also won MTV ASCAP American Music awards and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide making him one of the world's best selling artists of all time.