Teddy Geiger
Teresa "Teddy" Geiger[2][3] (born September 16, 1988[4]), is an American singer-songwriter and record producer.[5]
Teddy Geiger | |
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 Teddy Geiger | |
| 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 |
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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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 |  |
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| "Love and Run" (with Mark Alston, Baggi Begovic, and Jason Taylor, featuring Teddy Geiger) |
2013 | Tiesto | Club Life: Volume Three Stockholm | |
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| "Little Black Dress" | 2013 | One Direction | Midnight Memories | |
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| "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" | 2014 | One Direction | Four | |
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| "Stitches" | 2015 | Shawn Mendes | Handwritten | |
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| "Real Thing" | 2015 | LunchMoney Lewis | Bills EP | |
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| "Emergency" | 2015 | Icona Pop | Emergency EP | |
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| "First Time" | 2015 | Icona Pop | Emergency EP | |
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| "Clap Snap" | 2015 | Icona Pop | Emergency EP | |
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| "I Feel Good" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis) |
2015 | Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | |
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| "Wonderful Life (Mi Oh My)" | 2015 | Matoma | Hakuna Matoma | |
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| "Work It Out" (featuring Digital Farm Animals) |
2016 | Netsky | III | |
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| "Save Yourself" | 2016 | Birdy | Beautiful Lies | |
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| "New Girl" | 2016 | Reggie 'n' Bollie | Uncommon Favours | |
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| "Treat You Better" | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | |
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| "Summer Nights" (featuring John Legend) |
2016 | Tiësto | Non-album single | |
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| "Girls Talk Boys" | 2016 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Ghostbusters: OST | |
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| "Sober" (featuring JRY) |
2016 | DJ Snake | Encore | |
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| "Mercy' | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | |
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| "No Promises" | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | |
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| "Patience" | 2016 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | |
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| "Digital Life" | 2016 | Empire of the Sun | Two Vines | |
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| "Express Myself" | 2016 | Ricky Reed | Non-album single | |
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| "Be the 1" | 2017 | Ricky Reed | Non-album single | |
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| "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" | 2017 | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | |
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| "Pray" (featuring Rooty) |
2017 | John Ryan | Fifty Shades Darker: OST | |
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| "I Don't Wanna Dance" | 2017 | Coin | How Will You Know If You Never Try | |
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| "Bartender" | 2017 | James Blunt | The Afterlove | |
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| "Over" | 2017 | James Blunt | The Afterlove | |
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| "O.D.D." | 2017 | Hey Violet | From the Outside | |
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| "All We Ever Wanted" | 2017 | Hey Violet | From the Outside | |
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| "Do You Think of Me" | 2017 | NVDES | La Nvdite Vol. I EP | |
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| "Capital Letters" | 2017 | Grace Mitchell | 21st & Motley EP | |
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| "Who I Am" (featuring LunchMoney Lewis) |
2017 | Maroon 5 | Red Pill Blues | |
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| "Dance" | 2018 | DNCE | Non-album single | |
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| "Lost in Japan" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "In My Blood" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "Fitness" | 2018 | Lizzo | Non-album single | |
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| "Machine" | 2018 | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | |
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| "Youth" (featuring Khalid) |
2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)" | 2018 | Leon Bridges | Good Thing | |
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| "Spaceship" (featuring Uffie) |
2018 | Galantis | Non-album single | |
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| "Where Were You in the Morning?" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes[26] | |
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| "Nervous" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | | |
| "Fallin' All in You" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "Why" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "Because I Had You" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "Queen" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "Mutual" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "When You're Ready" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | | |
| "Perfectly Wrong" | 2018 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | |
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| "Unless It's With You" | 2018 | Christina Aguilera | Liberation | |
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| "Woke Up in Japan" | 2018 | 5 Seconds of Summer | Youngblood | |
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| "Jump on It" | 2018 | Sean Paul | Mad Love: The Prequel EP | |
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| "Low Key" | 2019 | Ally Brooke | TBA | |
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| "We Lied To Each Other" | 2019 | Olivia O'Brien | Was It Even Real? | |
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| "Call Me" | 2019 | Olivia O'Brien | Was It Even Real? | |
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| "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings" | 2019 | Caroline Polachek | Pang | |
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| "Black and White" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | |
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| "Dear Patience" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | |
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| "Cross Your Mind" | 2020 | Niall Horan | Heartbreak Weather | |
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| "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 | |
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| "Sleep at Night" | 2020 | The Chicks | Gaslighter | |
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| "Focused" | 2020 | John Legend | Bigger Love | |
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| "Overloved" | 2021 | Greyson Chance | Overloved | |
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| "Scream Drive Faster Teddy Geiger Remix" | 2021 | LAUREL | Scream Drive Faster (Teddy Geiger Remix) | |
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| "Teenage Boys" | 2021 | Julianna Joy | Garden of Eden | |
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| "Hold on to Me" | 2021 | JP Saxe | Dangerous Levels of Introspection (Deluxe Edition) | |
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| "Blondes" | 2021 | Blu DeTiger | Blondes | |
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| "Colors" | 2021 | Dillon Francis, Liza Owen | Happy Machine | |
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| "Numb Teddy <3 Version" | 2021 | Sylvan Esso | Numb | |
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| "Holy Feeling" | 2021 | Greyson Chance | Trophies | |
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| "Old Her" | 2022 | YDE | Old Her | |
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| "Normal to Feel" | 2022 | YDE | Normal to Feel | |
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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) |
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