Benny Blanco

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Benny Blanco
Born March 8, 1988 (1988-03-08) (age 23)
Origin Reston, Virginia
Genres Electro, pop rock, power pop
Occupations Rapper, musician, songwriter, record producer

Benjamin Levin (born March 8, 1988), better known as Benny Blanco, is an American songwriter and producer from Reston, Virginia.[1] He first came to the attention of Internet blogosphere producing a collaborative EP with Spank Rock. Working with producer Dr. Luke, Blanco helped to write and produce number one singles for female pop superstars such as Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Ke$ha, as well as artists like Justin Bieber, Mike Posner and Taio Cruz.[2] He has had a part in co-writing or co-producing twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as other top ten hits.

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[edit] Life and career

[edit] Early Life

When Blanco was 17 he received an e-mail from Disco D, and went to his penthouse in Brooklyn and asked if he could work for him. He said, “I’m leaving for Brazil next week, and you’re going to come and fill the studio for me. If you book someone to work at the studio every day of the week, you’re hired.” When Disco came back he hired Blanco and would come up every weekend from Virginia during high school. After he graduated he enrolled in the IAR (Institute of Audio Research) and worked with Disco D every day until being picked up by Pilot Creative Services Inc, a boutique management firm that had been working with D in the latter part of his career.[3]

[edit] Career Beginnings

His first beat was created for a pornography series called Hip Hop Honeys, created by Jonathan Shecter, the cofounder of The Source.[1][1]

Spank Rock was friends with Disco D and his manager, James Johnson, so when Disco died, Spank Rock came over to Pilot's Studio to mourn Disco like a family. They started to freestyle over this beat that Disco did. Blanco says "D was doing all these crazy, weird beats, and I decided to do something like that and carry on his legacy." Blanco decided he wanted to step away from hip-hop and work with weird bass sounds. Blanco thought that Spank was the only one who could do his new production style justice. Blanco sampled 2 Live Crew songs and begged Spank to work with him. After doing one demo in his manager's loft, Spank shopped it and had a deal for "Bangers & Cash" the next week.[3] The EP featured guest appearances from Amanda Blank and Santogold.[4]

[edit] Current

Since early 2008, Benny Blanco has worked with Dr. Luke.[5] After providing additional production for Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold",[6] Blanco jumped into co-producing Britney Spears' "Circus"(as well as two other songs on the album) and 3OH!3's breakthrough single "Don't Trust Me", where he received widespread attention for both.[7][8]

More recently, Blanco has been working side by side with Neon Hitch on her debut album "Beg, Borrow and Steal" for which he is the Executive Producer.

In addition, Blanco recently Co-Wrote & Co-Produced two tracks for Britney Spears' album Femme Fatale and has been working on new material with Bruno Mars, Mike Posner, Ke$ha, Gym Class Heros, Maroon 5, Sean Paul, Pitbull, and many more.

In 2010, Blanco's song for Katy Perry, "California Gurls" debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. On the issue dated June 19, 2010 the song reached #1, becoming Perry's second number-one song and Snoop Dogg's third. In 2011 Blanco's song for Ke$ha, "We R Who We R" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was the seventeenth song in the history of the chart to debut at number one and became Kesha's fifth straight top-ten hit in the United States.[9]

In 2011 it was announced that Blanco would also be collaborating with Rapper Wiz Khalifa on his album Rolling Papers (Wiz Khalifa album). Blanco produced the track "No Sleep" which debuted at #6 on Billboard Hot 100.

[edit] Top Ten Singles

The following singles peaked inside the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs) and/or the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Production Discography

Title Year Album Songwriter Producer
"Send Some Shooters" 2007 Hell RellEat With Me Or Eat A Box Of Bullets
YesY
"Shake That" Spank RockBangers & Cash
YesY
YesY
"B-O-O-T-A-Y"
YesY
YesY
"Pu$$y"
YesY
YesY
"Bitch!"
YesY
YesY
"Loose"
YesY
YesY
"Circus" 2008 Britney Spears - Circus
YesY
YesY
"Shattered Glass"
YesY
YesY
"Lace and Leather"
YesY
YesY
"Broken Pieces" Lil MamaVoice Of The Young People
YesY
"Hot n Cold" Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
YesY
"I Kissed A Girl"
YesY
"Don't Ask Why" Vanessa Hudgens - Identified
YesY
"Amazed"
YesY
"Set It Off"
YesY
"Identified"
YesY
"Watch You Go" 2009 Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
YesY
YesY
"Tell Me What Your Name Is" CiaraFantasy Ride
YesY
YesY
"Dollhouse" Priscilla ReneaJukebox
YesY
YesY
"Touch Me" Flo RidaR.O.O.T.S
YesY
YesY
"Don't Trust Me" 3OH!3Want
YesY
YesY
"Rich Man"
YesY
YesY
"So Human" Lady SovereignJigsaw
YesY
YesY
"Pennies"
YesY
YesY
"Stupid Love Letter" Friday Night BoysOff The Deep End
YesY
YesY
"Dynamite" 2010 Taio CruzRokstarr
YesY
YesY
"Eenie Meenie" Justin Bieber & Sean KingstonMy World 2.0
YesY
YesY
"Blah Blah Blah" Ke$haAnimal
YesY
YesY
"Tik Tok"
YesY
YesY
"Party At A Rich Dude's House"
YesY
YesY
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes"
YesY
YesY
"Blind"
YesY
YesY
"Your Love Is My Drug"
YesY
"Somebody to Love [Remix]" Justin Bieber & UsherVersus
YesY
"California Gurls" Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
YesY
YesY
"Teenage Dream"
YesY
YesY
"My First Kiss" 3OH!3 - Streets of Gold
YesY
YesY
"Streets of Gold"
YesY
YesY
"Double Vision"
YesY
"Please Don't Go" Mike Posner - 31 Minutes to Takeoff
YesY
YesY
"Cheated"
YesY
YesY
"We R Who we R" Ke$ha - Cannibal
YesY
YesY
"Sleazy"
YesY
YesY
"Blow"
YesY
YesY
"Grow A Pear"
YesY
YesY
"Who Dat Girl" Flo Rida - Only One Flo (Part 1)
YesY
YesY
"Get Over U" 2011 Neon Hitch - Beg Borrow and Steal
YesY
YesY
"Bad Dog"
YesY
YesY
"Silly Girl"
YesY
YesY
"(Drop Dead) Beautiful" Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
YesY
YesY
"Gasoline"
YesY
YesY
"No Sleep" Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers
YesY
YesY
"Stereo Hearts" Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles II
YesY
YesY
"Ass Back Home"
YesY
YesY
"Moves Like Jagger" Maroon 5 - Hands All Over
YesY
YesY
"Come N Go" Pitbull - Planet Pit
YesY
YesY
"She Doesn't Mind" Sean Paul
YesY
YesY

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Tiffany N. D'Emidio (July 23, 2008). "A wild and crazy ride with producer Benny Blanco". Eclipse. Entertainment News Network. http://eclipsemagazine.com/Music/6131/. Retrieved November 1, 2008. 
  2. ^ http://poppingdance.tk/2010-spoilers-a-list-of-the-new-decades-best-young-music-producers/[dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Virginia native Benny Blanco becomes an in-demand producer at 22 | New Music Reviews, Music News, Music Videos, Lyrics and much more!". Newmusicreviews.net. http://newmusicreviews.net/virginia-native-benny-blanco-becomes-an-in-demand-producer-at-22/. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  4. ^ "Interview with: Benny Blanco". popwreckoning. http://popwreckoning.com/2008/08/02/interview-with-benny-blanco/. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  5. ^ "Interview with: Benny Blanco". popwreckoning. http://popwreckoning.com/2008/08/02/interview-with-benny-blanco. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  6. ^ "Katy Perry - One Of The Boys (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2008-06-17. http://www.discogs.com/release/1371111. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  7. ^ "Britney Spears' 'Circus' in stores". Yahoo! Biz. Yahoo!. October 31, 2008. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081031/ny43349.html?.v=1. Retrieved November 1, 2008. [dead link]
  8. ^ Tjames Madison (September 4, 2008). "3OH!3 to support new LP with headlining dates". LiveDaily. Ticketmaster. http://www.livedaily.com/news/14834.html. Retrieved November 1, 2008. 
  9. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Kesha: "We R Who We Are"". About.com. New York Times Company. http://top40.about.com/b/2010/11/03/kehas-we-r-who-we-r-to-debut-at-1-on-billboard-hot-100.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-03. 

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