Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist for pop rock band OneRepublic, though he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists such as Madonna, U2, Adele, Beyoncé, Birdy, Maroon 5, Demi Lovato, Ellie Goulding among others. Tedder's production and songwriting work has proven successful commercially. "Apologize" (OneRepublic), "Bleeding Love" (Leona Lewis) and "Halo" (Beyonce) made it to the list of 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. Tedder is a self confessed disruptive technology buff and has been heavily instrumental in the creative, storytelling and technology side of the new "Kids" VR video working with Chris Milk, Hal Kirkland and Nokia Technologies.
