Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen is an American rock singer. Born September 23, 1949, in Long Branch. Educated at Freehold High School and The Center for Early Education. Awards include MusiCares Person of the Year, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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- Described as
- American rock singer (born 1949)
- Other names
- Bruce Springsteen and The Sessions Band, Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band, Bruce SpBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteenringsteen with The Sessions Band, Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, The Boss
- Born
- September 23, 1949 · 7 references
- Born in
- Long Branch · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- singer; songwriter; pianist; guitarist; record producer · 1 reference; recording artist; composer · 2 references; television actor · 1 reference
- Education
- Freehold High School · 1 reference; The Center for Early Education
- Member of
- E Street Band · 1 reference; American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar; harmonica; piano
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Awards
- MusiCares Person of the Year (2013); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999) · 1 reference; Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) · 1 reference; New Jersey Hall of Fame (2008) · 1 reference; Kennedy Center Honors; MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video (1985) · 1 reference; MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance (1985) · 1 reference; MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice (1985) · 1 reference; MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film (1994) · 1 reference; Academy Award for Best Original Song (1994) · 1 reference
- Field
- folk music · 1 reference; blues · 1 reference; rock music · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Julianne Phillips (1985–1989); Patti Scialfa (1991–)
- Children
- Jessica Springsteen
- Siblings
- Pamela Springsteen
- Nickname
- The Boss
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Website
- https://brucespringsteen.net
- Wikipedias with a page
- 107
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385249773
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most feature the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972.
Springsteen released his first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, in 1973, and achieved worldwide popularity with Born to Run (1975). He followed with Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), featuring "Hungry Heart". After releasing the solo acoustic album Nebraska (1982), he recorded Born in the U.S.A. (1984) with the E Street Band. It is his most successful album and one of the best-selling of all time. Springsteen mostly hired session musicians for his next three albums, Tunnel of Love (1987), Human Touch (1992), and Lucky Town (1992). He reassembled the E Street Band for Greatest Hits (1995), and recorded the acoustic album The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) and the EP Blood Brothers (1996) solo.
Following the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour in 1999 and 2000, Springsteen released The Rising (2002), dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks. This was followed by two folk albums, Devils & Dust (2005) and We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006), his first cover album. Springsteen followed with Magic (2007), Working on a Dream (2009), Wrecking Ball (2012), and High Hopes (2014). In 2017, 2018, and 2021, Springsteen performed Springsteen on Broadway, performing songs and telling stories from his 2016 autobiography. He released the solo album Western Stars in 2019, Letter to You with the E Street Band in 2020, and a solo cover album, Only the Strong Survive, in 2022. With Letter to You, Springsteen became the first artist to release a top-five album in six consecutive decades. He released the politically charged "Streets of Minneapolis" in 2026, which reached number one on the iTunes Top Songs chart.
A prominent musician from the album era, Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His accolades include 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Special Tony Award. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, was named MusiCares person of the year in 2013, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked Springsteen 23rd on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", describing him as "the embodiment of rock and roll". In 2025, Springsteen became one of only five artists to gross over $2.3 billion in touring thanks to his 2023–2025 Tour with the E Street Band.
- Born, in its opening lines
- September 23, 1949
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