# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teddy-riley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:23:49.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teddy-riley"
name: "Teddy Riley"
slug: "teddy-riley"
description: "Edward Theodore Riley is an American record producer and songwriter credited with the creation of new jack swing, a hip-hop and R&B fusion genre. Musical artists who utilized Riley's production and songwriting — namely Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Heavy D & the Boyz, Keith Sweat, Hi-Five, and the Jacksons, among others — helped popularize the genre with several hit songs and albums from the late 1980s to 1990s. He is the founder of the musical group Blackstreet, as well as its predecessor Guy."
tagline: "American record producer and songwriter (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teddy_Riley_at_the_90's_Block_Party_Tour.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.79810533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/teddyriley1"
    handle:    "teddyriley1"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/teddyriley1/"
    handle:    "teddyriley1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTeddyRiley"
    handle:    "OfficialTeddyRiley"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727177/"
    handle:    "nm0727177"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "تيدي رايلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "تيدى رايلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تیدی رایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "テディー・ライリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%8C%EB%94%94_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "테디 라일리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley_(muzikant)"
    title: "Teddy Riley (muzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Riley"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q927450"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5249046"
    title: "Teddy Riley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump