Ryan Tedder

Ryan Tedder is an American musician, born 26 June 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in a Christian missionary family. He began piano lessons at three and singing at seven, and graduated from Oral Roberts University in 2001 with degrees in public relations and advertising.

In 2002 he formed OneRepublic in Colorado Springs with high school friend Zach Filkins. Their 2007 hit "Apologize" broke the US Top 40 radio airplay record with 10,331 plays in one week. The band has released six studio albums, the latest Artificial Paradise (2024).

Alongside the band he writes and produces for other artists, including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Adele and Beyonce. He is credited with co-writing Beyonce's "Halo" and Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love".

He has won three Grammys for Album of the Year (Adele's 21 and 25, and Taylor Swift's 1989) from twelve nominations, and has an Asian Pop Music Award and a Golden Globe nomination. Billboard called him "The Undercover King of Pop" in 2014.

In January 2021 he sold a majority stake in his music catalog to the investment firm KKR for about $200 million.