Phoebe Ryan
American singer and songwriter (born 1990)
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Phoebe Holiday Ryan (born September 21, 1990) is an American singer and songwriter. In 2015, she released a mashup of R. Kelly's "Ignition" and Miguel's "Do You", followed by her first single "Mine" from her debut EP of the same name.[2] She signed with Columbia Records in 2015.[3][4]
September 21, 1990
- Singer
- songwriter
Phoebe Ryan | |
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Ryan in 2019 | |
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| Born | Phoebe Holiday Ryan September 21, 1990 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Origin | Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Website | phoeberyanofficial |
As a songwriter, she has written for artists such as Britney Spears, Oh Honey, Zara Larsson, Melanie Martinez, and Bea Miller, and featured on songs by the Knocks, Tritonal, Skizzy Mars, and the Chainsmokers, among others.[5]
Background
Born in Dallas, Texas[6] and raised in Red Bank, New Jersey,[7] Ryan attended Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University, where she studied engineering, production and business. She debated between being a songwriter or an artist before deciding to do both.[8]
Music career
Ryan's music career began as a vocalist with Town Hall, a band she was part of in college.[9] After the release of Town Hall's album Roots & Bells, she began writing songs for artists such as Oh Honey, rapper Skizzy Mars and Bea Miller. In 2014, she was featured on DJ duo Tritonal's single "Now or Never", and in 2015, she released her first song as an artist, "Ignition/Do You", a mashup of "Ignition" and "Do You". Her first two original singles, "Mine" and "Dead", followed shortly thereafter.[10][11] Previously, she auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol, making it to the Hollywood rounds before being eliminated.[12][13]
In 2015, Ryan signed a deal with Columbia Records, which released her debut EP, Mine.[14] Her songs have been praised by bloggers and artists alike, with Tove Lo calling "Mine" "GOLD", Taylor Swift including the song on a handwritten list titled "New Songs That Will Make Your Life More Awesome (I promise!)", The Fader calling it "excellent", and Billboard calling Ryan's voice "magnetic".[2][3][10] In 2015, Nylon called Ryan a pop singer "primed for stardom".[4]
On March 4, 2016, Ryan released "Chronic", an electropop song. The music video was released in April. "Boyz N Poizn" was released as the second single on May 5, 2016, with its music video released in June.
Bea Miller's song "Young Blood", co-written by Ryan, peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs and number 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40.[15] It received a Radio Disney Music Award for "Best Song to Rock Out to With your BFFs".[16]
On September 29, 2016, Ryan released the song "All We Know" as part of a collaboration with The Chainsmokers. The song peaked at number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. On February 3, 2017, Ryan released a new single, "Dark Side".[17]
On August 3, 2017, Ryan released the song "Forgetting All About You", featuring blackbear. It was produced by Big Taste and serves as the lead single from her second extended play, James (2017). James was released on October 27, 2017.
In May 2019, Ryan was announced as the opening act for the second half of Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated Tour in the U.S.[18]
In February 2020, Ryan began touring with K-pop artist Eric Nam, as the opening act for his Before We Begin World Tour.[19]
On July 31, 2020, Ryan released her first studio album, How It Used to Feel, consisting of 13 tracks,[20] including four released earlier as singles: "A Thousand Ways", "ICIMY", "Ring", and "Fantasy". She posted on her social media accounts that she began writing songs for her debut album in the summer of 2017. In an interview with V magazine, she said, "I’ve always been an open book as an artist and I think it’s better to share experiences with others. How else will people connect?”.[20]
Discography
Studio albums
| Album | Details |
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| How It Used to Feel |
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| Yours |
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Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
| Single | Year | Charts | Album | |||||||||||
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| US Dance Airplay [25] |
US Electro [26] | |||||||||||||
| "Ignition / Do You..." | 2015 | — | — | Mine | ||||||||||
| "Mine" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Dead" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Chronic" | 2016 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "Boyz n Poizn" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Dollar Bill" (featuring Kid Ink) | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Dark Side" | 2017 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Forgetting All About You" (featuring blackbear) | — | — | James | |||||||||||
| "Be Real" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "James Has Changed" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Almost Back"[27] (with Kaskade and LöKii) |
2018 | 40 | 48 | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Middle Finger"[28] (with Quinn XCII) |
— | — | ||||||||||||
| "A Thousand Ways"[29] | 2019 | — | — | How it Used to Feel | ||||||||||
| "Build Me Up"[30] | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||
| "ICIMY"[31] | — | — | How it Used to Feel | |||||||||||
| "Ring"[32] | 2020 | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Fantasy"[33] | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "A World I Don’t Know" (with Alan Walker and Kaeleb) |
2026 | — | — | World of Walker, Season One: Rise of The Drones | ||||||||||
| "Something to Hope For"[34] | — | — | Yours | |||||||||||
| "Fall With Me" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Yours" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Love Is A River" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "Still Your Girl" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [35] |
AUS [36] |
AUT [37] |
BEL [38] |
CAN [39] |
FRA [40] |
NL [41] |
NOR [42] |
SWE [43] |
UK [44] | ||||
| "Chasing" (Mt Eden featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Walking On Air | |
| "Now or Never" (Tritonal featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2014 | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Metamorphic II EP | |
| "The City" (Skizzy Mars featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Red Balloon Project EP | |
| "We Won't" (Jaymes Young featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Feel Something | ||
| "Purple Eyes" (The Knocks featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | |
| "All We Know" (The Chainsmokers featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
18 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 185 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 24 | Collage | ||
| "Haze" (Lemaitre featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Afterglow | ||
| "SO DONE" (SEBASTIAN PAUL featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | BOY OH BOY | ||
| "Ride or Die" (Cash Cash featuring Phoebe Ryan)[48] |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Say It Like You Feel It | |
| "Product of the 90s" (Phangs featuring Phoebe Ryan) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Love Everything That You Hate About Yourself | ||
| "HORNY" (Pussy Riot featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Matriarchy Now | ||
| "Bad Decisions" (Stefan Alexander featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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| "Heart Attack"[49] | 2018 | Tove Lo | NGX: Ten Years of Neon Gold |
| "Brave Enough To Be Unknown" | 2026 | Alan Walker | World of Walker, Season One: Rise of The Drones |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Note(s) | ||
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| "Mine" | 2015 | Jon Hoeg | Official Video | ||
| "Dead" | Jon Hoeg, Jesse Deflorio | ||||
| "Homie" | Lisa Paclet | ||||
| "Ignition / Do You... (Mashup)" | 2016 | John Hoeg | |||
| "Mine" | Kimi Selfridge | Lyric Video | |||
| "Chronic" | Simian Design | ||||
| "Chronic" | Anthony Churro | Official Video | |||
| "Boyz N Poizn" | Blythe Thomas | ||||
| "Dollar Bill" (featuring Kid Ink) | |||||
| "Dark Side" | 2017 | – | Lyric Video | ||
| "Forgetting All About You" (featuring blackbear) |
Phoebe Ryan | Animation | |||
| "A Thousand Ways" | 2019 | Shane Scherholz | Official Video | ||
| "Build Me Up" | Matt Porter | ||||
| "ICIMY" | Matthew Lyons | ||||
| "Ring" | |||||
| "Fantasy" | Richie Brown | Animation | |||
| "Something to Hope For" | 2026 | Paige Strabala | Official Video | ||
| "Fall With Me" | |||||
| As featured artist | |||||
| "Now Or Never" (Tritonal featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2013 | GulpFims | Lyric Video | ||
| "All We Know" (The Chainsmokers featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2016 | Rory Kramer | Official Video | ||
| "We Won't" (with Jaymes Young) |
2017 | Alexander Brown | |||
| "Ride or Die" (Cash Cash featuring Phoebe Ryan) |
2021 | Basa | Lyric Video | ||
Songwriting credits
| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
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| 2013 | Oh, Honey | With Love | "Be Okay"[5] |
| "Lonely Neighbor"[5] | |||
| "Get It Right"[5] | |||
| "Sugar, You"[5] | |||
| "It Can't Rain Forever"[5] | |||
| "Until You Let Me"[5] | |||
| Take All the Time You Need[5] | |||
| Mt Eden | Walking on Air | "Walking On Air" | |
| Tritonal | Metamorphic II – EP | "Now or Never"[50][51] | |
| 2014 | Alli Simpson | – | "Guilty"[5] |
| Benjamin | Square One | "Underdogs"[5] | |
| Bea Miller | Young Blood | "Young Blood"[52] | |
| 2015 | Melanie Martinez | Cry Baby | "Teddy Bear"[5] |
| Skizzy Mars | The Red Balloon Project | "The City"[5] | |
| 2016 | Benjamin | Fingerprints | "Young and Restless"[5] |
| Britney Spears | Glory | "Man On The Moon" | |
| The Knocks | 55 | "The Key" | |
| "Purple Eyes" (featuring Phoebe Ryan) | |||
| Wyclef Jean | Non-album single | "My Girl" (featuring Sasha Mari) | |
| 2017 | The Chainsmokers | Memories...Do Not Open | "Bloodstream" |
| Danny L. Harle | 1UL | "1UL" | |
| "Heavy Eyelids" (featuring Phoebe Ryan) | |||
| Jaymes Young | Feel Something | "We Won't"[5] | |
| All Time Low | Last Young Renegade | "Ground Control" (featuring Tegan and Sara) | |
| 2018 | LPX | Junk of the Heart – EP | "Might Not Make It Home" |
Notes
- Singles from Phoebe Ryan' second studio album were released to digital retailers atop a new EP containing each previous single. Love Is A River – EP includes the first four singles released for the Yours album.
- "Now or Never did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 20 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, number 5 on the Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, and 30 on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart.[45]
