Bruce Springsteen’s recording career spans over 40 years, beginning with 1973’s Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (Columbia Records). He has released 18 studio albums, garnered 20 Grammys, won an Oscar, a Tony, been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, received a Kennedy Center Honor, and was MusiCares’ 2013 Person of the Year. Springsteen’s memoir Born to Run (Simon & Schuster) and its companion album Chapter and Verse (Columbia Records) were released in September 2016, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November of that year. Springsteen’s The River tour 2016 was named the year’s top global tour by both Billboard and Pollstar. Born to Run was issued in paperback by Simon & Schuster on September 5.