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Born on November 5, 1974 in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, Ryan Adams is a singer, singer-songwriter and guitarist. That puts Ryan Adams at 51 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Jacksonville High School.
My Take
Ryan Adams is one of those artists I genuinely can't quit — the guy from Jacksonville, North Carolina who helped put alt-country on the map with Whiskeytown and then completely reinvented himself as a solo act. Heartbreaker from 2000 is just devastating in the best possible way, and the fact that he followed it up with Gold in 2001 and then kept pumping out records at a pace that would exhaust a normal human being is either inspiring or slightly alarming depending on your mood. Thirty solo albums is not a typo. His voice carries this raw, weathered ache that makes even throwaway songs feel like they mean something, and when he's firing on all cylinders — like on Demolition or Jacksonville City Nights — there's nobody quite like him in American rock.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ryan Adams
- Name (Japanese)
- ライアン・アダムス
- Reading
- らいあん・あだむす
- Born
- November 5, 1974 (age 51)
- Origin
- Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter / guitarist / musician / songwriter
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
2. Background
- High school
- Jacksonville High School
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.ryan-adams.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/misterryanadams/
- Xhttps://x.com/theryanadams
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Adams
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437970
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Ryan Adams born?
Ryan Adams was born on November 5, 1974 and is 51 years old.
Where is Ryan Adams from?
Ryan Adams is from Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States.
What does Ryan Adams do?
Ryan Adams works as singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician, songwriter.
Which high school did Ryan Adams attend?
Ryan Adams attended Jacksonville High School.
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