One year after winning the MTV competition, Tedder caught the attention of the hip hop producer Timbaland.
It was just a bunch of hype that didn't turn into anything." Producing and writing Tedder later revealed that the record and publishing deal he was offered "wasn't real. 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. The contestants performed live and were then rated by the judges and by the audience, with the highest-scoring artist winning the contract.
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The prize for the winner was a music contract with Bass's now-defunct management company, Free Lance Entertainment. Tedder claims that DreamWorks offered him his first publishing deal shortly after his arrival however, he was intent on pursuing a career as an artist, and his first venture in that arena came via a different route altogether.Īt 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. He produced demos for songwriters and labels, charging $300 to $400 a track. Tedder worked as a waiter and a shop assistant at Pottery Barn before securing an internship at DreamWorks SKG in Nashville, where he sang on multiple demos. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations and advertising. There he met and became friends with future OneRepublic bandmate Zach Filkins on their soccer team at the Colorado Springs Christian School. He attended schools in Jenks, Oklahoma, a Tulsa suburb, until his senior year, when he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He has 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 was a self-taught vocalist who began imitating his favorite artists, such as The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and Sting at the age of twelve. Tedder started singing at the age of seven.
He practiced piano in exchange for candy corn from his musician father and schoolteacher mother. Tedder began learning to play the piano at the age of three via the Suzuki method. He was raised by an extended family of missionaries and pastors in a Christian church. He is a three-time recipient of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, due to his production credits on Adele's 21 and 25, and Taylor Swift's 1989.
He is one of the producers on the reality show Songland. In early 2014, Billboard named him "The Undercover King of Pop" and featured him on the magazine's cover. " Apologize", performed by OneRepublic, " Bleeding Love", performed by Leona Lewis, and " Halo", performed by Beyoncé, all made the list of best-selling singles of all time.
Tedder's production and songwriting work has proven commercially successful. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since the mid-2000s, including Adele, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Lopez, Camila Cabello, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, MØ, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Logic, Paul McCartney, Blackpink, and Twice. Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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