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Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is well known as the frontman of the 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, Jennifer Lopez, James Blunt, Gwen Stefani, Ryan Tedder was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tedder was raised by a family of missionaries and pastors in a Christian church . He began learning to play the piano at the age of 3 via the Suzuki method. His early interest in music was prompted by his musician father and school-teacher mother. He has commented, "I sang for two hours a day every day of my life until I was eighteen." At the age of twenty-one, Tedder competed in a singer-songwriter competition. Tedder's performance of one of his songs, "The Look", received the most votes from the judges and fans, and he won the competition.