American pop-rock group OneRepublic was founded in Colorado Springs in 2002. Ryan Tedder, the group’s lead singer, and multi-instrumentalist is joined by pianist and violinist Brian Willett, bassist Brent Kutzle, lead guitarist Zach Filkins, rhythm guitarist Drew Brown, and drummer Eddie Fisher. As an unsigned group, the band had its first commercial breakthrough on Myspace. OneRepublic had interest from various record labels in late 2002 after performing in the Los Angeles region, but the band ultimately chose to sign with Velvet Hammer, a Columbia Records imprint. In the summer and fall of 2005, they worked on their debut album with producer Greg Wells at his Culver City, California, studio, Rocket Carousel. On June 6, 2006, the album was supposed to be released, however, two months before that date, Columbia fired the band. On April 30, 2006, the album’s debut song, “Apologize,” was made available on Myspace. It eventually peaked at the top of the Myspace rankings.
OneRepublic’s debut album, Dreaming Out Loud, was released in 2007. The album’s debut track, “Apologize,” which Timbaland remixed, became a massive international hit, peaking at number one in sixteen nations and garnering them a Grammy Award nomination. The success of the second single, “Stop and Stare,” was similar to that of the first. The Recording Industry Association of America later awarded the record a Platinum certification (RIAA). The tracks “All the Right Moves,” “Secrets,” “Marchin On,” and “Good Life” from the band’s second album, Waking Up (2009), reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100.
Native (2013), the third album by OneRepublic, peaked at number four on the Billboard 200, making it the band’s highest-charting album to date. While the album’s third song, “Counting Stars,” became the group’s most successful in recent years after reaching the top five in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, the US, and the UK, the album’s lead single, “If I Lose Myself,” reached within the top ten in a number of nations. Their highest-charting single in the UK to date is this one. It also reached its highest point on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number two, matching “Apologize’s” 2007 peak.
