Welcome to Throwback Tunesday, where Mashable amplifies the echoes of music past. With genre trends and throwbacks, we synthesize music and nostalgia.
This month, Canadian musician Bryan Adams is celebrating something big, even for him — and we're talking about the the artist that's sold ~65 million albums. The "Summer of '69" rocker's hit album Reckless turns 30. Reckless, which was released on November 5, 1984 (Adams' 25th birthday), was number one on the Billboard 200 and had a whopping six hit singles: "Run To You," "Somebody," "Heaven," "Summer of '69," "One Night Love Affair" and "It's Only Love," featuring Tina Turner. Although Adams was already in the big leagues, "Reckless" catapulted him to international stardom; it sold millions of copies in the U.K., Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.S., Germany and, of course, in his native Canada.
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