Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams; November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter,

musician, record producer, poet and painter. He is best known for his prolific solo career, during which
he has released fifteen albums, and as a former member of alternative country band Whiskeytown, with
whom he recorded three studio albums.

In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released his debut solo album, Heartbreaker, to critical acclaim.
The album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. The following year, his profile increased with
the release of the UK certified-gold Gold, which included the hit single, "New York, New York". During
this time, Adams worked on several unreleased albums, which were consolidated into a third solo
release, Demolition (2002). Working at a prolific rate, Adams released the classic rock-influenced Rock
N Roll (2003), after a planned album, Love Is Hell, was rejected by his label Lost Highway. As a
compromise, Love Is Hell was released as two EPs and eventually released in its full-length state in
2004.

After breaking his wrist during a live performance, Adams took a short-lived break, and formed The
Cardinals, a backing band that would accompany him on four of his next studio albums. In 2009,
following the release of Cardinology (2009), Adams disbanded The Cardinals and announced an
extended break from music due to complications from Mnire's disease.[1][2] The following year,
however, Adams resumed performing and released his Glynn Johns-produced thirteenth studio
album, Ashes & Fire, in 2011. The album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. In September 2014,
Adams released his fourteenth album, Ryan Adams, on his own PAX AM label, and formed a new
backing band, The Shining, to support the release.
In 2015, Adams released 1989 a song-for-song cover of Taylor Swift's album of the same name, and
worked on up to eighty songs for an album influenced by his divorce from his wife Mandy Moore. The
release, Prisoner, was announced in late 2016