![]() ![]() In the UK, the biggest single Ryan has written or co-written for someone else is Ella Henderson's Ghost: a Number 1 and near-inescapable song in 2014 that has notched up 1.56m combined sales to date. While all this has been going on, he's scored a Number 1 and a further seven Top 40 singles as the frontman of folk-pop rockers OneRepublic. Its success sent label A&Rs and other artists falling over themselves to work with him, and so far it has resulted in another two Number 1s on the Official UK Chart, plus a flurry of Top 40 hits - most recently as co-writer of the Jonas Brothers comeback track Sucker, which recently debuted at Number 1 in America and became their first UK Top 10. It was originally intended for Jesse's third album Departure but his label passed on it - something Jessie was no doubt slightly miffed about when Leona's powerhouse version topped the charts across the world. His big break arrived in 2007, when he co-wrote Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love with Jesse McCartney. ![]() Ryan Tedder's reputation as a super-songwriter - that is, his track record for knocking out a hit for someone else - has been solid for well over a decade now.
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