![]() In his acceptance speech, he joked, "They picked the wrong person, I'm in a room with people I should probably be serving food to." On June 13, 2013, Blanco was presented with the Hal David Starlight Award at the 44th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony, an honor awarded to young artists who have already made an impression on the music industry. The same year, Blanco went on to work on Maroon 5's Platinum-selling album Overexposed and its lead single " Payphone" featuring Wiz Khalifa. ![]() ![]() Luke, among them Maroon 5's " Moves Like Jagger", Gym Class Heroes' " Stereo Hearts" and 3OH!3's " Don't Trust Me". In 2011, Blanco wrote and produced his first charting hits without Dr. On a global scale, "Circus" was one of the top 10 best selling songs of 2009 with 5.5 million digital copies sold that year across the world, according to the IFPI. ![]() The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on American pop radio and is her second best-selling digital song in the United States, having sold over 3.2 million downloads as of July 2016. In 2008, he took part in writing and producing Britney Spears' " Circus" (with Dr. Luke's tutelage, Blanco co-produced and co-wrote many songs, including hits such as Katy Perry's " Teenage Dream", Kesha's " TiK ToK", and Taio Cruz's " Dynamite". Luke, who signed Blanco to his production company Kasz Money Productions. 2007–present īlanco was mentored for several years by songwriter and producer Dr. He attended Camp Airy for many years of his childhood in Thurmont, Maryland, where he would routinely perform and host a radio show under the name “Ebba Ebba”.īlanco eventually secured an apprenticeship with producer Disco D after multiple trips to New York City from his home in Virginia to meet with labels and producers. After early experiments with beat making and recording himself on his boombox, Blanco's rapping earned the attention of The Source and executives at Columbia Records. His first serious exposure to music came in 1994, when he was 6 years old with Nas' " The World Is Yours" and All-4-One's " I Swear" on cassette tapes, which influenced his early productions. Life and career Career beginnings īlanco, who is Jewish and a native of Northern Virginia, began producing hip-hop instrumentals in his bedroom and recording his own vocals on top of them. Levin is also the founder of two labels in collaboration with Interscope Records, Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets. A deluxe version of his debut album was released in March 2021 and certified RIAA platinum on release day. "Eastside" was followed by " I Found You" with Calvin Harris, " Better to Lie" with Jesse and Swae Lee, and two songs with Juice Wrld, " Roses" (also with Brendon Urie), and " Graduation", then he released his debut album later in 2018. "Eastside" was also a global success, topping the charts in New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, and peaking within the top ten of the charts in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, Denmark, and Norway. The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Blanco's first top ten song credited as an artist and his 27th top ten song as a writer, a sum that includes seven number ones. In July 2018, Blanco released his debut single as a lead artist, " Eastside" a collaboration with singer-songwriters Halsey and Khalid. Blanco has contributed to the sale of over 500 million albums worldwide through his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Kesha, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Sia, The Weeknd, Avicii, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Tory Lanez, Wiz Khalifa, J Balvin, Kali Uchis, Juice Wrld and SZA. While under his tutelage, Blanco co-produced and co-wrote a multitude of hit singles in the late 2000s and thereafter. He is also a five-time BMI Songwriter of the Year award winner and 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year award winner.īlanco was initially mentored by songwriter and producer Dr. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Benjamin Joseph Levin (born March 8, 1988), known professionally as Benny Blanco (stylized in all lowercase), is an American record producer. ![]()
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