Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams on November 5, 1974) is an alt-country and rock and roll singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Adams dropped out of high school at age 16 to work in a shoe shop and make music. He formed a band named Whiskeytown in 1994; they disbanded in 1999 having released two full albums, Faithless Street and Strangers Almanac. Adams went on to put out his first solo record, Heartbreaker, in 2000. After a long delay, in 2001 Whiskeytown's third album Pneumonia was finally issued. In 2002, Ryan contributed backing vocals on Butterfly In Reverse, from the Counting Crows album, Hard Candy; after Adam Duritz (Counting Crows lead singer) appeared on the album Gold. Ryan is highly prolific, and in 2005 released one double album and two regular albums: Cold Roses,
Álbumes
| 1 | Sweet Lil Gal (23rd-1st) | Heartbreaker |
| 2 | Defenders Of The Galaxy | Orion |
| 3 | The Drugs Not Working | Rock N Roll |
| 4 | Shallow | Rock N Roll |
| 5 | Nuclear | Smallville: The Talon Mix |
| 6 | So Alive | Rock N Roll |
| 7 | By Force | Orion |
| 8 | Burning Photographs | Rock N Roll |
| 9 | Gimme a Sign | Demolition |
| 10 | This Is It | Rock N Roll |
| 11 | Starting to Hurt | Demolition |
| 12 | Come Pick Me Up | Live In Seattle At the Tractor Tavern 021400 |
| 13 | Mrs. Lovely | Live In Seattle At the Tractor Tavern 021400 |
| 14 | Note To Self Don't Die | Rock N Roll |
| 15 | Desire | Demolition |
| 16 | Tennessee Sucks | Demolition |
| 17 | Ariel | Orion |
| 18 | Rock N Roll | Rock N Roll |
| 19 | Wish You Were Here | Rock N Roll |
| 20 | Come pick me up | Heartbreaker |