Ryan Frank Cabrera is an American pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 musician. In 2004, Cabrera debuted with his single "On the Way Down

On the Way Down

"On the Way Down" is the debut single by Ryan Cabrera, released from his 2004 studio album, Take It All Away. The song won a 2006 ASCAP Pop Award for most performed song of that year. The song was co-written with Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer who also helped create hit songs for Stacie Orrico and...

", a top ten hit in the U.S., and album Take It All Away

Take It All Away

Take It All Away is the debut major-label studio album from American pop rock singer-songwriter Ryan Cabrera, and was released in 2004 on Atlantic Records...

. He continued his career with two more albums, You Stand Watching

You Stand Watching

You Stand Watching #"I Know What It Feels Like"#"All Night Train"#"Take It All Away" #"Exit To Exit" #"Shame On Me" Japan & iTunes Bonus Track...

in 2005 and The Moon Under Water

The Moon Under Water (album)

The Moon Under Water is the third studio album by American pop/rock singer Ryan Cabrera. It was released on May 13, 2008 in the U.S.. The album was preceded by its first single, "Say", which was released in February...

in 2008.

Personal background

Cabrera was born in Dallas, and his ethnic background is Colombian

Colombian people

Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...

. Listening to Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

 influenced him to play acoustic guitar in another band, Rubix Groove, which opened for artists like Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...

 and Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

. Cabrera composed three songs that impressed a studio engineer, who then let Cabrera record a full-length album, Elm Street

Elm St.

Elm St. is the debut album of singer/songwriter Ryan Cabrera. It was released in 2001 by AMP .- Track listing :#Last Winter Intro#Spanish Song - 6:06#Yesterday's Gone - 3:54#In My Life - 5:04...

, for free at Deep Ellum Studios. Cabrera has dated Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American singer and actress. In 2004, she rose to prominence with the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2005, following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released...

, Lisa Origliasso

Lisa Origliasso

Lisa Marie Origliasso is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Born and raised in Albany Creek, Queensland she, along side twin sister Jessica Origliasso, performed in show business at a young age. Origliasso rose to fame in 2000's when she and her sister formed a pop duo...

 of The Veronicas

The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....

, Riley Keough

Riley Keough

Danielle Riley Keough , known as Riley Keough, is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough, and the oldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.- Model :...

, granddaughter of Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

, and Audrina Patridge

Audrina Patridge

Audrina Cathleen Patridge is an American reality television personality, actress, and model. She is known for being one of the four original primary cast members featured on the MTV reality series The Hills. She has also starred in the films Sorority Row and Into The Blue 2...

, from the MTV series The Hills

The Hills

The Hills is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from May 31, 2006 until July 13, 2010. The show uses a reality television format, following the personal lives of several young adults living in Los Angeles, California, but tends towards a narrative format more commonly found...

.

In 2010, he appeared in several episodes of The Hills during its sixth and final season. The episodes chronicled his romance and eventual break-up with Patridge.

Take It All Away

Cabrera was signed to Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 in 2001. His major debut single "On the Way Down

On the Way Down

"On the Way Down" is the debut single by Ryan Cabrera, released from his 2004 studio album, Take It All Away. The song won a 2006 ASCAP Pop Award for most performed song of that year. The song was co-written with Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer who also helped create hit songs for Stacie Orrico and...

" debuted on American radio in May 2004. "On the Way Down" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 singles chart.

Take It All Away was released on August 17, 2004, at number eight on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 album chart and sold over 66,000 copies in its first week and eventually was certified Double Platinum. John Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls

Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...

, produced Take It All Away. The second single was "True

True (Ryan Cabrera song)

"True" is the second single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2004 studio album, Take It All Away. It peaked at at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #8 on the Pop 100 in January, 2005. The music video for True reached #4 on the TRL countdown....

", whose music video featured Taylor Cole

Taylor Cole

Taylor Quinn Cole is an American actress and former fashion model.-Early life and modeling:Cole was born in Arlington, Texas. Cole attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School where she traveled with the Junior Olympics volleyball squad. It was also in high school she got her start as a model. Cole...

, an actress from the TV show Summerland

Summerland (TV series)

Summerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory , raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident...

. The third single was "40 Kinds of Sadness

40 Kinds of Sadness

"40 Kinds of Sadness" is the third and last single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2004 multi-platinum selling debut album Take It All Away. The song was co-written by hit makers Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer, the same team responsible for Ryan's biggest hit to date "On the Way Down". The song...

". Cabrera appeared on the Son of the Mask

Son of the Mask

Son of the Mask is a 2005 American fantasy family-comedy film directed by Lawrence Guterman, starring Jamie Kennedy as Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist from Fringe City who has just had his first child born with the powers of the Mask. It is the stand-alone sequel to the successful 1994 film The...

soundtrack with the song "Inside Your Mind" and the Fantastic Four soundtrack with the song Always Come Back To You.

2005-2008: You Stand Watching

Cabrera's second album, You Stand Watching

You Stand Watching

You Stand Watching #"I Know What It Feels Like"#"All Night Train"#"Take It All Away" #"Exit To Exit" #"Shame On Me" Japan & iTunes Bonus Track...

, was released on September 20, 2005, and it included his singles "Shine On

Shine On (song)

"Shine On" is the first single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2005 studio album You Stand Watching. The song is a discussion of Cabrera's former relationship with Ashlee Simpson. In the song, Cabrera tells Simpson that he was never good enough for her but he still loves her. The music video for...

" and "Photo

Photo (song)

"Photo" is the second single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2005 studio album You Stand Watching. Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas, Cabrera's girlfriend at the time, played his love interest in the song's music video. In the Philippines, the song reached #21....

". Cabrera's relationship with Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Nicole Simpson is an American singer and actress. In 2004, she rose to prominence with the success of her number-one debut album Autobiography and the reality series, The Ashlee Simpson Show. In October 2005, following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released...

 inspired "Photo". Several songs were co-written with singer/songwriter Andrew Ripp

Andrew Ripp

Andrew Ripp is a singer-songwriter from Palatine, Illinois. Before releasing his debut album, Fifty Miles to Chicago, in 2008, Andrew first broke into the national music scene as a songwriter; his contributions, such as Ryan Cabrera's album, You Stand Watching, have charted on the Billboard Hot...

. You Stand Watching debuted at #24 on the Billboard 200 and sold around 37,000 in its first week and eventually got certified gold.

On MTV, Cabrera hosted a dating series Score, which also incorporated songwriting in its format.

I Will Remember You

In 2006, Cabrera released a single called I Will Remember You. The song quickly got heard by television executives, and used as the closing montage for the entire series of Will & Grace. Soon after, another show requested to use the song as their good-bye anthem. The song I Will Remember You was used to send off the female contestants of So You Think you Can Dance's 3rd season. Cabrera was then asked to perform the song on the season finale and after he did so, the song cracked into iTunes 100 most downloaded songs. He then added a re-recorded version of the song at the end of his third record, The Moon Under Water.

2008: The Moon Under Water

The Moon Under Water

The Moon Under Water (album)

The Moon Under Water is the third studio album by American pop/rock singer Ryan Cabrera. It was released on May 13, 2008 in the U.S.. The album was preceded by its first single, "Say", which was released in February...

was released on May 13, 2008, under Frolic Room Records/ Papa Joe Records and peaked at #177 on the Billboard 200.

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak positions	Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold)
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
Elm St. Elm St. Elm St. is the debut album of singer/songwriter Ryan Cabrera. It was released in 2001 by AMP .- Track listing :#Last Winter Intro#Spanish Song - 6:06#Yesterday's Gone - 3:54#In My Life - 5:04...	Release date: 2001 Label: AMP Formats: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	—
Take It All Away Take It All Away Take It All Away is the debut major-label studio album from American pop rock singer-songwriter Ryan Cabrera, and was released in 2004 on Atlantic Records...	Release date: August 17, 2004 Label: Atlantic Records Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz... Formats: CD, music download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	8	US Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Gold
You Stand Watching You Stand Watching You Stand Watching #"I Know What It Feels Like"#"All Night Train"#"Take It All Away" #"Exit To Exit" #"Shame On Me" Japan & iTunes Bonus Track...	Release date: September 20, 2005 Label: Atlantic Records Formats: CD, music download	24
The Moon Under Water The Moon Under Water (album) The Moon Under Water is the third studio album by American pop/rock singer Ryan Cabrera. It was released on May 13, 2008 in the U.S.. The album was preceded by its first single, "Say", which was released in February...	Release date: May 13, 2008 Label: EMI America Formats: CD, music download	177
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions						Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold)	Album
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US AC	US Adult	US Pop Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	NZ
2004	"On the Way Down On the Way Down "On the Way Down" is the debut single by Ryan Cabrera, released from his 2004 studio album, Take It All Away. The song won a 2006 ASCAP Pop Award for most performed song of that year. The song was co-written with Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer who also helped create hit songs for Stacie Orrico and... "	15	35	6	4	48	26	US Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : Gold	Take It All Away
	"True True (Ryan Cabrera song) "True" is the second single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2004 studio album, Take It All Away. It peaked at at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #8 on the Pop 100 in January, 2005. The music video for True reached #4 on the TRL countdown.... "	18	9	13	8	—	—	US: Gold
2005	"40 Kinds of Sadness 40 Kinds of Sadness "40 Kinds of Sadness" is the third and last single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2004 multi-platinum selling debut album Take It All Away. The song was co-written by hit makers Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer, the same team responsible for Ryan's biggest hit to date "On the Way Down". The song... "	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Shine On Shine On (song) "Shine On" is the first single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2005 studio album You Stand Watching. The song is a discussion of Cabrera's former relationship with Ashlee Simpson. In the song, Cabrera tells Simpson that he was never good enough for her but he still loves her. The music video for... "	86	—	—	25	—	—		You Stand Watching
	"Photo Photo (song) "Photo" is the second single Ryan Cabrera released from his 2005 studio album You Stand Watching. Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas, Cabrera's girlfriend at the time, played his love interest in the song's music video. In the Philippines, the song reached #21.... "	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"I Will Remember You I Will Remember You (Ryan Cabrera song) "I Will Remember You" is a hit single from Ryan Cabrera, available via online music stores.The song is about a love that is far away, but even though they cannot be seen, they will always be remembered by the one they left behind.... "	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Moon Under Water
2008	"Say Say (Ryan Cabrera song) "Say" is a selfwritten song by American pop singer Ryan Cabrera, produced by Daniel James, Leah Haywood for Cabrera's third studio album The Moon Under Water . The track was released as the first single from the album in the first quarter of 2008... "	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Enemies Enemies (song) "Enemies" is a self-written song by American pop singer Ryan Cabrera. The song appears on Cabrera's third studio album The Moon Under Water . The track was released as the second single from the album in the first quarter of 2008. The song was sent to American mainstream radio stations on June 10,... "	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)
2004	"On the Way Down"	Dean Paraskevopoulos
	"True"	Kevin Kerslake
2005	"40 Kinds of Sadness"	Bill Fishman
	"Shine On"	Kevin Kerslake
2006	"Photo"	Everado and Leopoldo Gout
2008	"Say"	Ken Hoppus
	"Enemies"	Evan Kaufmann