Ryan Frank Cabrera (born July 18, 1982) is a Colombian American musician and a TV presenter. He hosts "Score!", a reality dating television show on MTV. Cabrera plays Ricky in the upcoming film My Sexiest Year.
Dave Matthews gave Cabrera the inspiration to pick up an acoustic guitar . After years of making a name for himself in Dallas, he decided to finally branch out on his own. In 2001, Cabrera went into the studio to record his own independent album, Elm St..
Cabrera is managed by Joe Simpson, manager and father of pop singers Ashlee and Jessica Simpson. Simpson introduced Cabrera to record producer, songwriter Curt Frasca (Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Mariah Carey) late 2003 and along with songwriter Sabelle Breer the seeds for Ryan's first major-label album, Take It All Away were planted. Ryan got hooked up with John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls to co-produce the album. Reportedly, writing a bulk of the album in a week. It debuted on August 17, 2004, at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart.
In early 2004, Cabrera had become known for his up-tempo pop-rock single "On the Way Down", which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number seven on the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream and has since sold over two million copies. "On the Way Down" was followed by Cabrera's second single, "True", and his third single, "40 Kinds of Sadness" was top 40 airplay within weeks of release.
Cabrera's second album, You Stand Watching, was released on September 20, 2005, and it included his singles "Shine On" and "Photo".
In Wal-Mart stores, the You Stand Watching album comes with a bonus disc. The bonus disc includes two new songs, "All Night Train" and "I Know What It Feels Like," as well as acoustic versions of "Exit To Exit", "Take It All Away" and "Shame On Me". If you bought this cd on the iTunes Store it came with the bonus track "Sentimental." This record peaked at #24 on the Billboard charts, and is a reported Gold Album.
In 2006, Cabrera released a single entitled "I Will Remember You" via iTunes. The song never had a video shot for it nor has it appeared on any of Cabrera's current albums. However, the song was featured for promotion in the series finale of the NBC series Will & Grace.
Cabrera was romantically involved with singer and actress Ashlee Simpson from early 2004 to early 2005, and he appeared in many episodes of Simpson's reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show. Simpson also appeared as Cabrera's love interest in the music video for "On the Way Down." Simpson's first single, "Pieces of Me," was written about Cabrera and their relationship. The two were reported to have broken up in August 2004 because of their busy schedules, but their relationship continued and was featured in season two of The Ashlee Simpson Show. They did a series of high school concerts together in October 2004, which was seen on the show. At the time of their split they said that they remained friends.
In late 2005, after Ryan toured with The Veronicas, he became romantically involved with one half of the group, Lisa Origliasso. Ryan and Lisa then starred together in Ryan's video for "Photo" where Lisa played Ryan's love interest. They spent many times together going to several red carpet events and a couple of trips to Australia. Ryan was to tour with The Veronicas in Australia in August 2006, but cancelled after it was confirmed that Ryan and Lisa had broken up in Late June/Early July. They share two dogs, a golden retriever 'Romeo' and another dog 'Billie Jean'.
Ryan was later seen escorting Riley Keough, in NYC. Riley is a model and the granddaughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley and the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and her first husband, Danny Keough. On September 12, 2006, he was spotted with her in NYC. The couple was also seen in the audience of American Idol on March 21, 2007.
