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 | Voices | 29 |
| 2 | Fire And Ice | Orion |
| 3 | Starting to Hurt | Demolition |
| 4 | Blue Sky Blues | 29 |
| 5 | Nuclear | Smallville: The Talon Mix |
| 6 | To Be Young | Heartbreaker |
| 7 | Argument With David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey | Heartbreaker |
| 8 | Am I Safe | Ryan Adams |
| 9 | Oh my sweet Carolina | Heartbreaker |
| 10 | Stay With Me | Ryan Adams |
| 11 | Electro Snake | Orion |
| 12 | Night Birds | 29 |
| 13 | Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby) | Demolition |
| 14 | I Just Might | Ryan Adams |
| 15 | Fire Away | Orion |
| 16 | So Alive | Rock N Roll |
| 17 | Hey Parker, It's Christmas | The Year They Recalled Santa Claus (As Told By Kevin & Bean) |
| 18 | Boys | Rock N Roll |
| 19 | Ariel | Orion |
| 20 | 29 | 29 |