Ryan Tedder

Ryan Tedder is a singer-songwriter and record producer. He is also the frontman of OneRepublic.

He began learning to play the piano at the age of 3 using the Suzuki method. His parents supported his early interest in music and coaxed him into practicing piano in exchange for candy corn. A self-taught vocalist since the age of 7, he began mastering the skill at the age of twelve by imitating his favorite artists (The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and Sting). He said, "I sang for two hours a day every day of my life until I was eighteen." He also continued to perform musically during his teens through church, school, and personally formed groups.

Ryan attended Oral Roberts University and began to showcase his own material there. He graduated in 2001 with a BA in Public Relations and Advertising. He interned at DreamWorks SKG in Nashville and sang on demos to break into the music scene.

At the age of twenty-one, he competed in a singer-songwriter competition and was selected by N' Sync singer Lance Bass as one of five finalists to perform on a one-hour special on MTV, performing original material in front of millions of viewers.

Ryan is a multi-instrumentalist. During OneRepublic's performances, he often switches from singing lead vocals to playing guitar, bass guitar, glockenspiel, tambourine or piano. He sometimes even plays drums along the band's main percussionist.

Ryan Tedder's songwriting credits include:

• Apologize (OneRepublic)
• Bleeding Love, Happy (Leona Lewis)
• Already Gone (Kelly Clarkson)
• Battlefield (Jordin Sparks)
• Brighter Than The Sun (Colbie Caillat)
• Halo (Beyoncé)
• Turning Tables (Adele)

Apologize (performed by his band One Republic was the best-selling and charting single of the decade in 2008. Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love (also written by him) broke this record.

His most important releases include:


▪ Dreaming Out Loud (Apologize)
▪ Waking Up (All The Right Moves, Secrets, Good Life)

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