布鲁斯·斯普林斯廷

布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀（英语：Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen，1949年9月23日—），美国摇滚创作男歌手、音乐家，有“The Boss”、“工人皇帝”之称。斯普林斯汀经常与E街乐团共同创作与巡回演出，此外也以个人的身份或是与其它乐手联袂演出。一方面明显地受到猫王、伍迪·格思里、皮特·西格、埃迪·科克伦与鲍勃·迪伦的影响，而另一方面也受到60年代以来的摇滚乐与节奏布鲁斯的熏陶，斯普林斯汀的音乐也被称作“哈特兰摇滚”（Heartland rock），带着流行的风味、诗人般的歌词，与美国爱国主义情结，尤其是以他的家乡新泽西为主轴来环绕。他对于表达一般中下阶层民众的生活，不仅是发自内心的诚恳，更有着悦耳动听的旋律以及辛辣直截的批判，让他得到了20项格莱美奖、2项金球奖、1座奥斯卡金像奖。他于1999年入选摇滚名人堂，入选歌曲作者名人堂，2004年滚石杂志将他排名为有史以来最伟大的艺术家第23名，2009年获得肯尼迪中心荣誉奖，2016年获颁总统自由勋章。

斯普林斯汀最著名的录音室专辑《Born in the U.S.A.》以及《Born to Run》恰如其分地说明了他透过歌曲企图讲述出一般民众即使陷入在日常生活的困境时，心中仍旧可以高贵地面对，并解决它。

斯普林斯汀创作的歌词时常是有关于经济拮据的人们如何生存。他也日渐被激进政治支持者所认同。他对于各种救济活动皆不辞余力，正像在911事件发生后，随即发行专辑《The Rising》作为回应。

斯普林斯汀尝试着创作出兼有商业取向的摇滚乐以及带有讽世意味的乡村音乐的作品。他的名声远播以及受人欢迎有一个很大的原因：马拉松式的演唱会——动辄超过四个小时，以无穷的活力贯串全场，无论是激情的情歌或者是让歌迷疯狂的名曲。

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. He achieved worldwide popularity with Born to Run (1975). He followed with Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) and The River (1980), Springsteen's first album to top the Billboard 200 chart. 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 albums 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.

Early life and education

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey on September 23, 1949. His parents were Adele Ann Springsteen (née Zerilli; 1925–2024) and Douglas Frederick "Dutch" Springsteen (1924–1998). Springsteen's mother, who was originally from the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, worked as a legal secretary and was the family's main breadwinner. His father was a World War II veteran who worked as a bus driver; he had mental health issues throughout his life, and they worsened in his later life. Springsteen is of Dutch, Irish, and Italian descent. He grew up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey.

Springsteen's Italian maternal grandfather, Anthony Zerilli, was born in Vico Equense and immigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island. He arrived in the United States unable to read or write English, but went on to become a lawyer and impressed the young Springsteen as being "larger than life".