Teddy Geiger
Teddy Geiger | |
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Background information | |
Born | September 16, 1988 Rochester, New York, U.S.[1] |
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Years active | 2005–present |
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Website | teddyxo |
Teresa "Teddy" Geiger[2][3] (born September 16, 1988[4]), is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.[5]
Early life
Geiger was born on September 16, 1988, to Lorilyn Rizzo-Bridges and John Theodore Geiger, I.[6][7] She has two siblings, brother A. J. and sister Rachel.[6] Geiger attended McQuaid Jesuit High School.[8]
Career
Originally signed to Columbia Records as a teenager, Geiger's debut album, Underage Thinking, released in 2006, peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200 albums chart and spawned two singles, "For You I Will (Confidence)" and "These Walls."
Geiger's second album, The Last Fears, was released in 2013 through iTunes and Spotify.[9] The album involved many peers and collaborators including John Ryan, A Great Big World, Holly Miranda, Theo Katzman, as well as Levon Helm's producer and musical director Larry Campbell.
Geiger released her third album, LillyAnna under the name Teddy <3 or teddy❤️, in 2018. The album received some acclaim from the likes of New York Times,[10] Paper,[11] Billboard,[12] and Rolling Stone.[13]
Personal life
Geiger came out as a trans woman in October 2017, and has said that she "knew she was female at 5 years old."[14][15] She has also said that she intends to keep the name Teddy and use female pronouns.[15]
She was engaged to Canadian actress Emily Hampshire, but they ended their engagement in June 2019 after seven months.[16][17][18]
Discography
Albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US [19] |
AUS | CAN | ||
Underage Thinking |
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8 | 27 | 59 |
The Last Fears |
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— | — | — |
Lillyanna[20] |
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— | — | — |
Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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US [21] |
US Adult Pop [22] |
US Pop [23] |
AUS [24] | ||||||
"For You I Will (Confidence)" | 2005 | 29 | 10 | 18 | 12 | Underage Thinking | |||
"These Walls" | 2006 | — | 32 | 34 | 50 | ||||
"Better Now" (Live from Harro East Ballroom) | 2007 | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
"I Was in a Cult" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | LillyAnna | |||
"Lilyanna" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Body and Soul" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Sharkbait" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | Sharkbait | |||
"Love Somebody" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Spotify Singles | |||
"Brass in Pocket" | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Numb" (Teddy <3 Version) | — | — | — | — | Numb | ||||
"Scream Drive Faster" (Teddy Geiger Remix) | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
As featured artist
Year | Title | Album |
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2013 | "Love and Run" (Tiësto, Mark Alston, Baggi Begovic and Jason Taylor featuring Teddy Geiger) | Club Life: Volume Three Stockholm |
Promotional singles
Year | Title | Album |
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2018 | "Under Pressure" (Shawn Mendes featuring Teddy<3) |
Non-album promotional single |
Other appearances
Title | Year | Album |
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"You'll Be in My Heart" | 2006 | Disneymania 4 |
"Tomorrow Never Comes" | 2008 | The Rocker: Music from the Motion Picture |
"Bitter" | ||
"Living for the First Time" | ||
"Down" | ||
"Great Escape" | ||
"Coming Through In Stereo" | ||
"Nothin' But a Good Time" | ||
"Too Far" | ||
"I'm So Bitter" | ||
"Afraid (My Brother's Cries)" | 2009 | SingSOS: Songs of the Spectrum |
Songwriting and production credits
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Songwriter | Producer |
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"You're Not Thinking" | 2011 | Drake Bell | A Reminder EP | ||
"Love and Run" (with Mark Alston, Baggi Begovic, and Jason Taylor, featuring Teddy Geiger) |
2013 | Tiesto | Club Life: Volume Three Stockholm | ||
"Little Black Dress" | 2013 | One Direction | Midnight Memories | ||
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" | 2014 | One Direction | Four | ||
"Stitches" | 2015 | Shawn Mendes | Handwritten | ||
"Real Thing" | 2015 | LunchMoney Lewis | Bills EP | ||
"Emergency" | 2015 | Icona Pop | Emergency EP | ||
"First Time" | 2015 | Icona Pop | Emergency EP | ||
"Clap Snap" | 2015 | Icona Pop | Emergency EP | ||
"I Feel Good" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis) |
2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | ||
"Wonderful Life (Mi Oh My)" | 2015 | Matoma | Hakuna Matoma | ||
"Work It Out" (featuring Digital Farm Animals) |
2016 | Netsky | III | ||
"Save Yourself" | 2016 | Birdy | Beautiful Lies | ||
"New Girl" | 2016 | Reggie 'n' Bollie | Uncommon Favours | ||
"Treat You Better" | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | ||
"Summer Nights" (featuring John Legend) |
2016 | Tiësto | Non-album single | ||
"Girls Talk Boys" | 2016 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Ghostbusters: OST | ||
"Sober" (featuring JRY) |
2016 | DJ Snake | Encore | ||
"Mercy' | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | ||
"No Promises" | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | ||
"Patience" | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | ||
"Digital Life" | 2016 | Empire of the Sun | Two Vines | ||
"Express Myself" | 2016 | Ricky Reed | Non-album single | ||
"Be the 1" | 2017 | Ricky Reed | Non-album single | ||
"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" | 2017 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | ||
"Pray" (featuring Rooty) |
2017 | John Ryan | Fifty Shades Darker: OST | ||
"I Don't Wanna Dance" | 2017 | Coin | How Will You Know If You Never Try | ||
"Bartender" | 2017 | James Blunt | The Afterlove | ||
"Over" | 2017 | James Blunt | The Afterlove | ||
"O.D.D." | 2017 | Hey Violet | From the Outside | ||
"All We Ever Wanted" | 2017 | Hey Violet | From the Outside | ||
"Do You Think of Me" | 2017 | NVDES | La Nvdite Vol. I EP | ||
"Capital Letters" | 2017 | Grace Mitchell | 21st & Motley EP | ||
"Who I Am" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis) |
2017 | Maroon 5 | Red Pill Blues | ||
"Dance" | 2018 | DNCE | Non-album single | ||
"Lost in Japan" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"In My Blood" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Fitness" | 2018 | Lizzo | Non-album single | ||
"Machine" | 2018 | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | ||
"Youth" (featuring Khalid) |
2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)" | 2018 | Leon Bridges | Good Thing | ||
"Spaceship" (featuring Uffie) |
2018 | Galantis | Non-album single | ||
"Where Were You in the Morning?" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes[26] | ||
"Nervous" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Fallin' All in You" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Why" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Because I Had You" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Queen" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Mutual" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"When You're Ready" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Perfectly Wrong" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | ||
"Unless It's With You" | 2018 | Christina Aguilera | Liberation | ||
"Woke Up in Japan" | 2018 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Youngblood | ||
"Jump on It" | 2018 | Sean Paul | Mad Love: The Prequel EP | ||
"Low Key" | 2019 | Ally Brooke | TBA | ||
"We Lied To Each Other" | 2019 | Olivia O'Brien | Was It Even Real? | ||
"Call Me" | 2019 | Olivia O'Brien | Was It Even Real? | ||
"So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" | 2019 | Caroline Polachek | Pang | ||
"Black and White" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | ||
"Dear Patience" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | ||
"Cross Your Mind" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | ||
"San Francisco" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | ||
"Whatever It Is" | 2020 | Loyal Lobos | Everlasting | ||
"Criminals" | 2020 | Loyal Lobos | Everlasting | ||
"Bad To Myself" | 2020 | Greyson Chance | Bad To Myself | ||
"Sleep at Night" | 2020 | The Chicks | Gaslighter | ||
"Focused" | 2020 | John Legend | Bigger Love | ||
"Overloved" | 2021 | Greyson Chance | Overloved | ||
"Scream Drive Faster Teddy Geiger Remix" | 2021 | Laurel | Scream Drive Faster (Teddy Geiger Remix) | ||
"Teenage Boys" | 2021 | Julianna Joy | Garden of Eden | ||
"Hold on to Me" | 2021 | JP Saxe | Dangerous Levels of Introspection (Deluxe Edition) | ||
"Blondes" | 2021 | Blu DeTiger | Blondes | ||
"Colors" | 2021 | Dillon Francis, Liza Owen | Happy Machine | ||
"Numb Teddy <3 Version" | 2021 | Sylvan Esso | Numb | ||
"Holy Feeling" | 2021 | Greyson Chance | Trophies | ||
"Old Her" | 2022 | YDE | Old Her | ||
"Normal to Feel" | 2022 | YDE | Normal to Feel |
Television and movie appearances
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | VH1's In Search of the Partridge Family | Keith Partridge | Finalist |
2006 | Love Monkey | Wayne Jensen | 4 episodes (Pilot, "Nice Package", "Coming Out", "Confidence") |
2008 | The Rocker | Curtis | Film |
2012 | Royal Pains | Lucky | 2 episodes ("Off-Season Greetings", Parts 1 and 2) |
References
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External links
- 1988 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American women singers
- American LGBT singers
- American LGBT songwriters
- American women pop singers
- American women record producers
- LGBT people from New York (state)
- LGBT record producers
- Musicians from Buffalo, New York
- Musicians from Rochester, New York
- Record producers from New York (state)
- Transgender singers
- Transgender songwriters
- Transgender women musicians
- American transgender musicians
- American transgender women
- American alternative rock musicians
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