Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in March 1986 on Columbia Records. The album went to number 20 on the US Billboard 200. Headed for the Future has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. Overview The album's title track reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Another single, "The Story of My Life", reached No. 11 on the same chart. Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in March 1986 on Columbia Records. The album went to number 20 on the US Billboard 200. Headed for the Future has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. Overview The album's title track reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Another single, "The Story of My Life", reached No. 11 on the same chart. false 2022-08-11 07:45:50 Headed for the Future 10 1986 1986-01-01 1986-01-01 40 Pop Pop Rock Rock Soft Rock 111246 2224023 562af4d4-5eed-42cd-ab69-bc6de9c208a8 a42d3fd5-55de-4206-86c3-4fbb5404018f f18bc234-6d11-3039-ab81-ab9081ebb692 /media/data/media5/Music/Neil Diamond/Headed for the Future (1986)/folder.jpg Neil Diamond AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/N/Neil Diamond/folder.jpg Neil Diamond Artist /config/metadata/People/N/Neil Diamond/folder.jpg Neil Diamond Neil Diamond 1 Headed for the Future 04:07 2 The Man You Need 04:05 3 I'll See You on the Radio (Laura) 03:50 4 Stand Up for Love 02:48 5 It Should Have Been Me 04:30 6 Lost in Hollywood 04:21 7 The Story of My Life 03:45 8 Angel 04:03 9 Me Beside You 03:57 10 Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore 04:22 Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desirée", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have reached the top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts, including "Sweet Caroline". He has also acted in films, making his screen debut in the 1980 musical drama film The Jazz Singer. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.