Ryan Cabrera (born July 18, 1982 in Dallas, Texas) is an American musician who released his first album, Take It All Away, on August 17, 2004; it debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart. Cabrera had become known earlier in the year for his uptempo pop-rock single "On the Way Down", which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Billboard Top 40 Tracks, and for his relationship with the singer Ashlee Simpson; he appeared in several episodes of the first season of Simpson's reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show, and Simpson appeared in Cabrera's 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 sch