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Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the co-founder and frontman of the pop rock band OneRepublic, and has a concurrent career in production and songwriting for other musical acts.
Tedder's production and songwriting work has proven commercially successful. "Apologize", performed by his band OneRepublic, "Bleeding Love", performed by Leona Lewis, and "Halo", performed by Beyoncé, were each produced by Tedder and remain among the best-selling singles of all time. In early 2014, Billboard named him "The Undercover King of Pop" and featured him on the magazine's cover. He is a three-time recipient of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his credits on Adele's 21 and 25, and Taylor Swift's 1989. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported Tedder's productions to have sold 450 million cumulative units worldwide. He also served as a co-producer for the 2018 reality competition series Songland.
Ryan Tedder started singing at the age of seven. He was a self-taught vocalist who at twelve secretly began imitating his favorite artists including The Beatles, U2, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, and Sting. Tedder commented, "I sang for two hours a day every day of my life until I was eighteen." He continued to perform musically during his adolescence through church, school, and personally formed groups.
He attended schools in Jenks, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa, and Deer Creek, Oklahoma north of Oklahoma City. Then he transferred to Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs for his senior year and graduated from there. There he met and became friends with future OneRepublic bandmate Zach Filkins on their soccer team at Colorado Springs Christian School. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations and advertising.
At the age of twenty-one, Tedder competed in a singer-songwriter competition and was selected by NSYNC artist 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. The prize for the winner was a music contract with Bass's now-defunct management company, Free Lance Entertainment. The contestants performed live and were then rated by the judges and by the audience, with the highest-scoring artist winning the contract. Tedder's performance of one of his songs, "The Look", received the most votes from the judges and fans, and he won the competition; however, a contract with a recording label was not finalized and no album was released. Tedder later revealed that the record and publishing deal he was offered "wasn't real. It was just a bunch of hype that didn't turn into anything".
Tedder is the writer of the song "Apologize", performed with OneRepublic. The song broke the US Top 40 Radio Airplay Record with 10,331 plays in one week. It was the number-one most played song for five months until May 7, 2008, when Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love", a song co-written and co-produced by Tedder, broke the record previously set by "Apologize", with 10,665 plays in one week. "Bleeding Love" was the best-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom, topping the UK charts for seven weeks. It was the fastest-selling CD of 2007 receiving the most radio airplay worldwide before its US debut. The song also earned a Best British Single award nomination at the Brit Awards in February 2008 and reached number one in over 35 countries. Tedder and co-writer Jesse McCartney received an ASCAP award for writing "Bleeding Love". Tedder is also credited for writing the treatment for the second music video that was filmed for the US release of "Bleeding Love". It also earned a Record of the Year nomination at the February 2009 Grammy Awards.
Tedder has written and produced singles with artists including Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Adele, Birdy, Alsou, Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Leona Lewis, Jennifer Hudson, Alexandra Burke, the Backstreet Boys, Beyoncé, Monrose, and a number of songs with various rock acts in the U.S. and abroad.
He worked with Jennifer Lopez on her 2007 single "Do It Well" from her album Brave. He worked with Kelly Clarkson on her 2009 album All I Ever Wanted, penning the songs "If I Can't Have You", "Impossible", "Save You", "Tip of My Tongue" and "Already Gone", which features vocals from Tedder. Tedder's work with Beyoncé earned him two Grammy Awards nominations with Record of the Year for co-writing the song "Halo" and Album of the Year for I Am... Sasha Fierce at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Tedder worked extensively on Leona Lewis second album, Echo, writing and producing several songs with her, three of which made the album, including the first single "Happy", "You Don't Care" which features vocals from Tedder and "Lost Then Found", which features OneRepublic. Tedder co-wrote and produced the song "Battlefield" from Jordin Sparks' second album of the same name. Tedder worked on American Idol season 8 runner up Adam Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment.
In late 2009, Tedder launched his own record company, Patriot Records. He signed My Name Is Kay, who released her debut EP through Interscope in 2012. "City Lights" by Nikki Flores was released in the fall of 2010 by Republic Records. Tedder also formed his own publishing company, Patriot Games Publishing, in 2009 in alliance with Kobalt Music Publishing Worldwide. He has a team of writers and producers such as Info, Noel Zancanella, and Brent Kutzle, cellist/bassist of OneRepublic. The Patriot team of writers and producers with Tedder are credited with "I Was Here" by Beyoncé, "Good Life" by OneRepublic, "I Just Had Sex" by The Lonely Island featuring Akon, "Lost Then Found" by Leona Lewis and OneRepublic, "Just a Guy" by BC Jean, "Count on You" by Big Time Rush featuring Jordin Sparks, and "And Then We Dance", from Australia's Got Talent winners Justice Crew. In 2010, Tedder was featured on Far East Movement's 2010 hit single "Rocketeer".
Tedder had expressed interest in collaborating with Adele after they met at the 2009 Grammy Awards ceremony in February. He arrived four hours early to their first studio session. He composed the opening piano sequence and first few lines to what became the song "Turning Tables". Adele and Tedder arranged a second meeting and reconvened at Serenity West Studios in Los Angeles weeks later to write and record "Rumour Has It". In an interview, Tedder recalled his astonishment at the singer's musical and vocal prowess after she completed the main vocals to the song in 10 minutes: "She sang it top to bottom, pitch-perfect, she didn't miss a note. I looked at the engineer then at her and said, 'Adele, I don't know what to tell you but I have never had anyone do that in ten years." His work with Adele brought him a Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 2012 Grammy Awards.
In 2011, Tedder worked with Demi Lovato for their third studio album, Unbroken. When talking about working with Tedder on the song "Who's That Boy" during a Spotify Sessions named "About Unbroken", Lovato recalled: "He's a really funny and cool guy, we had a really great time in the studio." Lovato said that the track was "personally one of my favorite songs of the album." Furthermore, they added that they were "excited to say I worked with such a talented songwriter and producer." Tedder later said, "Demi blew me out of the water vocally! I had no idea how good her voice is. She's one of the best singers I've ever worked with. Literally, that is good... I mean, she's a Kelly Clarkson-level vocalist. And Kelly has a set of pipes." Tedder returned to work with Lovato in 2013 and 2015 for their fourth and fifth studio albums, respectively. He co-produced and co-wrote the single "Neon Lights" from Demi, while also penning the track "Wildfire" with Lovato for Confident.
Tedder composed a song for Vanness Wu, "Is this All" in Taiwan. Tedder also worked with the group Big Time Rush in writing the single, "Music Sounds Better with U" off their second studio album, Elevate, and he proceeded to produce it. He co-wrote David Cook's "The Last Goodbye" from his second album. He produced a song for K'naan titled "Better". He also worked on multiple tracks for Jennifer Lopez's 2011 album Love?, one of the songs being "Clothes Off", which did not make the album.
In 2012, Tedder co-wrote "Good in Goodbye" for Carrie Underwood's fourth album, Blown Away, released on May 1, 2012. He produced tracks for Maroon 5's fourth album, Overexposed. Tedder co-wrote and co-produced the song "Satellite" for British band The Wanted which appears on their US album released on April 24, 2012. He also worked on B.o.B's Strange Clouds, released in May 2012; he produced and co-wrote the single "So Good" and is featured on "Never Let You Go". He also recorded vocal tracks for Sebastian Ingrosso and Alesso's dance music track (which he also co-wrote), titled "Calling". Tedder was featured on Gym Class Heroes' single "The Fighter".
Tedder served as a judge for the 10th and 11th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. In 2013, Tedder was a celebrity mentor during the second season of The Voice (Australia) for Delta Goodrem's team. He then worked with Goodrem on "Heart Hypnotic". Tedder was also an advisor of Adam Levine (frontman of Maroon 5), for his team from the fifth season of the reality competition show The Voice (U.S.). Tedder was also present on Birdy's second album, Fire Within. In 2013, he also co-wrote and co-produced "XO" by Beyoncé, which was one of two lead singles from her self-titled fifth studio album.
Tedder wrote and produced the song "Ghost" by Ella Henderson, released on June 8, 2014. In 2014, Tedder collaborated on writing and producing with artists such as Maroon 5 for their fifth studio album V, and Taylor Swift for her fifth studio album 1989. He has also produced and wrote for Ariana Grande's second studio album My Everything. Tedder shares producing credits on U2's 2014 album, Songs of Innocence. It was also announced that he would be working with One Direction for their fourth studio album Four, and said that the song he had worked with them was titled "Got Away". Tedder also collaborated with Mikky Ekko for his album Time. In 2014, Tedder provided featured vocals for David Guetta's song "S.T.O.P." for his album Listen.
In 2015, Tedder wrote "I Want You To Know" with Zedd and Selena Gomez. He also penned "Flares" with The Script for their album No Sound Without Silence. Tedder also co-wrote "Remedy" with Adele for her third studio album, 25, and "Wildfire" for Demi Lovato's fifth studio album Confident. Tedder also provided vocals for the song "Scars" by Swedish DJ Alesso, featured on his debut studio album, Forever.
In 2016, Tedder featured on Cassius's song "The Missing" from their album Ibifornia. He had also teased collaborations with both The Chainsmokers and Echosmith via social media. Tedder produced "Happier" for Ed Sheeran for his third studio album ÷ (2017). In 2017, Tedder began work with Camila Cabello for her debut studio album Camila, released on January 12, 2018. It was during songwriting sessions that Tedder came into the picture. They collaborated on songs such as "Into It". They also wrote a song titled "It Ain't Easy", which was later sold to another artist. Tedder has opened up about what working with Cabello was like, stating that "he was so intimidated. She was so good." He added, "She's not only an incredible singer, but she's also the most talented young artist I think I've worked with songwriting in the longest time..." In 2020, Tedder co-wrote "Bet You Wanna", a song by the girl group Blackpink featuring Cardi B from their debut studio album The Album.
In January 2021, Tedder sold a majority stake of his music catalog for around $200 million to investment firm KKR.
Throughout 2012, the band made significant progress on their third studio album, Native. The album was released on March 26, 2013, to mostly positive reviews from music critics. It became the band's highest-charting album to date, with the album being their first in the top 10, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200. It sold 60,000 copies within its first week. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the lead single "Feel Again", was donated to Save the Children's Every Beat Matters, a campaign to support training frontline health workers around the world. On October 7, 2016, OneRepublic's fourth album Oh My My was released. It included the singles "Kids", "Wherever I Go", and "Let's Hurt Tonight", with the latter being released in December of that year.
On May 17, 2019, the band released the single "Rescue Me". On August 27, OneRepublic announced the single "Wanted", which was released on September 6. A promotional single, "Somebody to Love", was released on September 11. On August 26 and 27, they performed at Red Rocks to a special first-ever collaboration with the Colorado Symphony with songs chosen and crafted with the orchestra, the band, and Red Rocks acoustics in mind. On September 15, 2019, Tedder announced that the new album was to be titled called Human, and would be released in November 2019. "Rescue Me", "Wanted" and "Somebody to Love" are all scheduled to be on the album.
On November 19, 2019, Tedder said that the album is planned to be released in spring 2020. On January 22, 2020, Tedder announced over Instagram that the new album would be wrapped by March. On March 10, 2020, the band announced their third single "Didn't I", which was released on March 13, 2020. Human was announced on the same day to be set for release on May 8, 2020. "Better Days" was released as the fourth single from the album on March 25, 2020, with all proceeds donated to MusiCares. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the band announced the release of Human to have been postponed to the fall of 2020.
On May 5, 2021, the band released the song "Run" along with a music video. On July 1, 2021, they announced that Human would be released on August 27 and later on August 11, 2021, revealed the tracklist with 16 songs on the deluxe and 13 on the standard version. The album came out as scheduled on August 27 along with the single "Someday", along with a music video as well.
Tedder is a multi-instrumentalist. During OneRepublic's performances, he switches from singing lead vocals to playing guitar, bass guitar, tambourine, or piano. On occasion, he plays drums alongside the band's main percussionist, Eddie Fisher.
Tedder has an appreciation for the culinary arts, naming Iron Chef as his favorite show. He became involved with Southern Hospitality, a restaurant co-created in 2007 by Justin Timberlake at Second Avenue in Manhattan, when it opened a second location in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
| 2008 | Smallville | Himself | Episode: "Hero" |
| 2011 | Platinum Hit | ||
| 2012 | Smash | Episode: "The Coup" | |
| 2013, 2020 | The Voice | Mentor for Team Adam Levine (season 5), Episode: "Live Final Top 5 Performances" (season 18) | |
| 2017 | School of Rock | Mick Bronson | Episode: "Don't Stop Believin" |
| 2019–2020 | Songland | Himself | Credited with being a judge and a producer |
| 2021 | California Dreaming | Executive Producer, Writer, Soundtrack | |
| 2022 | That's My Jam | Himself | Season 1, Episode 4 (Aired 01/17) |
| 2022 | Reporter | Episode: "Lebensabschnittspartner"; Soundtrack | |
|- | 2009 | "Apologize" ||Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | |- | 2009 | "Bleeding Love" | rowspan="2"|Record of the Year | |- |rowspan="2"| 2010 | "Halo" | |- | I Am... Sasha Fierce | rowspan="2"|Album of the Year | |- | rowspan="2" | 2012 | 21 | |- | Himself | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | |- | 2015 | Beyoncé | rowspan="5"|Album of the Year | |- | 2016 | 1989 | |- | 2017 | 25 | |- | rowspan="2"| 2022 | Justice | |- | Montero | |}
|- | 2017 | "Faith" | Best Original Song | |}
|- | 2023 | "The Girls" | Best Arranger (Overseas) | |- | 2024 | "Rockstar" | Best Producer (Overseas) | |}
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