Benny Blanco

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Benny Blanco
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Blanco in 2018
Background information
Birth nameBenjamin Joseph Levin
Born (1988-03-08) March 8, 1988 (age 36)
Reston, Virginia, U.S.
Genres Pop [1]
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • songwriter
  • record executive
  • author
Discography Benny Blanco production discography
Years active2007–present
Labels
Formerly of
Partner(s) Selena Gomez (2023–present; engaged)
Website benny-blanco.com

Benjamin Joseph Levin (born March 8, 1988), known professionally as Benny Blanco (stylized in all lowercase), is an American record producer, songwriter, record executive and author. He is the recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. [2] He has also won five BMI Songwriter of the Year Awards, won the 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year Award, and received 11 Grammy Award nominations. [3]

Contents

Levin was initially mentored by American record producer Dr. Luke, who signed Levin to his production company Kasz Money Productions. Levin was thereafter credited on several of Luke's productions from 2008 to the mid-2010s. Since then, Levin has contributed to albums and singles that have sold a cumulative 500 million album-equivalent units; having produced or co-written for Ed Sheeran, BTS, Eminem, Justin Bieber, Halsey, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, Kesha, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Sia, The Weeknd, Kanye West, Avicii, Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, OneRepublic, Wiz Khalifa, J Balvin, Ariana Grande, Kali Uchis, Juice Wrld, and SZA, among others.

In July 2018, Blanco released his debut single as a lead artist, "Eastside" (with Halsey and Khalid). [4] The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100—marking his 27th top-ten song as a writer, a sum which includes seven number one singles on the chart—while peaking the charts in four countries, and reaching the top ten in several others. [5] Each released that same year, Levin's follow-up singles — "I Found You" (with Calvin Harris), "Better to Lie" (with Jesse and Swae Lee) and "Roses" (with Brendon Urie and Juice Wrld) — preceded the release of his debut studio album, Friends Keep Secrets , in December. [6] A deluxe issue, titled Friends Keep Secrets 2 was released in March 2021, a date which coincided with the original receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The latter spawned the top 40 single "Lonely" (with Justin Bieber). [7]

Blanco has founded two labels as imprints of Interscope Records—Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets—in 2014, through both of which he has signed artists including Tory Lanez, Jessie Ware, and Cashmere Cat, among others. [8] After both labels dissolved a decade later, Levin signed with A&M Records, an imprint of Interscope.

Early life and career beginnings

Benjamin Joseph Levin was born in Reston, Virginia [9] and has an older brother. [10] He is Jewish. [10] [11] He began producing hip-hop instrumentals in his bedroom and recording his own vocals on top of them. His first serious exposure to music came in 1994, when he was six years old with Nas's "The World Is Yours" and All-4-One's "I Swear" on cassette tapes, which influenced his early productions. [12] [13] 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. 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". Blanco 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. [13]

Career

2007–present

Blanco in 2015 Bennyblancostudio.jpg
Blanco in 2015

Blanco was mentored for several years by songwriter and producer Dr. Luke, who signed Blanco to his production company Kasz Money Productions. [14] While under 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".

In 2008, he took part in writing and producing Britney Spears' "Circus" (with Dr. Luke, and Claude Kelly). 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. [15] 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. [16]

In 2011, Blanco wrote and produced his first charting hits without Dr. Luke, among them Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger", Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts" and 3OH!3's "Don't Trust Me". The same year, Blanco went on to work on Maroon 5's Platinum-selling album Overexposed and its lead single "Payphone" featuring Wiz Khalifa. [17]

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. [18] 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." [19]

In the years since, Blanco has amassed 29 total number-one songs and is recognized for his achievements with artists including BTS, Gracie Abrams, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Britney Spears, Lana Del Rey, Miguel, Halsey, and Camila Cabello.

Blanco was named Producer of the Year at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards. [20]

Artist projects

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Blanco in 2008

In 2007, Blanco teamed up with Baltimore rappers Spank Rock to release Spank Rock and Benny Blanco Are...Bangers & Cash , a collaborative EP for both artists based on 2 Live Crew samples that caught the attention of many in the industry and sparked connections to future collaborators Amanda Blank and Santigold. The EP received acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and more.

In July 2018, Blanco released his debut song as a standalone solo artist, "Eastside" featuring Halsey and Khalid, on his own label Friends Keep Secrets with Interscope Records. The song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, and 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. [21] Later in 2018, he released his second, third, and fourth singles: "I Found You" with Calvin Harris, "Better to Lie" with Jesse and Swae Lee, and "Roses" with Juice Wrld featuring Brendon Urie, respectively. [22] His debut album Friends Keep Secrets was released on December 7, 2018. [23]

In January 2019, Blanco released "I Found You / Nilda's Story" with Calvin Harris and Miguel in conjunction with the launch of The While They Wait Fund to benefit asylum seekers in the United States, an initiative by Brooklyn Defender Services, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services and American Civil Liberties Union. [24] [25] The song debuted with a video directed by Jake Schreier highlighting the story of one Honduran woman, Nilda, and her two-year-old son Keyden. [26]

In February 2019, Blanco released "I Can't Get Enough" with Tainy, Selena Gomez, and J Balvin. On August 30, 2019, Blanco released a song with Juice Wrld called "Graduation", their second collaboration after "Roses". [27]

In October 2020, Blanco released his first artist collaboration with Justin Bieber titled "Lonely". [28] The second and third singles ("Real Shit" with Juice Wrld [29] and "Unlearn" with Gracie Abrams [30] ) followed in December 2020 and March 2021, respectively.

A deluxe version of his album Friends Keep Secrets 2 was released on March 26, 2021, and was certified RIAA platinum on the day of release. [7]

On August 5, 2022, Blanco released his first artist collaboration with BTS members Jin, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook as well as Snoop Dogg titled "Bad Decisions". [31]

On December 16, 2023, a posthumous Juice Wrld song with Blanco and Eminem titled "Lace It" was released. [32]

Media

On March 9, 2020, Blanco and acclaimed chef Matty Matheson debuted a new collaborative cooking show, Matty and Benny Eat Out America, on Blanco's YouTube channel. The first episode featured a behind-the-scenes visit to fellow YouTuber Kenny Beats's show The Cave where Blanco teaches Matheson to rap. Additional episodes included Lil Dicky, Mason Ramsey, Diplo, Laird Hamilton and more. [33]

On April 16, 2020, Blanco made his TV debut playing a fictionalized version of himself on the first and second seasons of the FXX series Dave with Lil Dicky. [34]

On March 31, 2021, Blanco and chef Matty Matheson debuted a new cooking show on Blanco's YouTube channel, called Stupid F*cking Cooking Show.

Books

Blanco's first book, Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends, [35] was published on April 30, 2024, by Dey Street Books/HarperCollins. [36] Co-authored with Jess Damuck, Open Wide debuted on best seller lists from The New York Times , Los Angeles Times and USA Today , [37] sitting on The New York Times list for two weeks at publication. The book is a guide to entertaining and features Blanco's own recipes as well as dishes and advice from friends including Matty Matheson, Lil Dicky, Mike Solomonov, Mario Carbone and Eric André.

Record labels

In 2014, Blanco founded two imprint labels under Interscope, Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets. [38] The former label includes the following artists, many of whom were initially signed with the former, which served as its predecessor. [39] [40]

As of 2024, they were both defunct, Interscope relaunched a new A&M Records label, operated by Blanco.

Personal life

Blanco has been in a relationship with singer and actress Selena Gomez since June 2023. [47] [48] They formally announced their engagement on December 11, 2024, following a period of media rumors. [49]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[50] 		AUS
[51] 		CAN
[52] 		IRE
[53] 		NOR
[54]
Friends Keep Secrets 4139217435

Reissues

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
IRE
[53]
Friends Keep Secrets 2
  • Released: March 26, 2021 [56]
  • Label: Friends Keep Secrets, Interscope
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
97

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[57] 		AUS
[58] 		CAN
[59] 		DEN
[60] 		GER
[61] 		IRE
[53] 		NOR
[54] 		NZ
[62] 		SWE
[63] 		UK
[64]
"Eastside"
(with Halsey and Khalid)		201892621513171Friends Keep Secrets
"I Found You"
(with Calvin Harris)		—5495——24—— [A] 8629
"Better to Lie"
(with Jesse and Swae Lee)		—————88—— [B] — [C] —
"Roses"
(with Juice Wrld featuring Brendon Urie)		85—58——8138— [D] — [E] —
"I Found You / Nilda's Story"
(with Calvin Harris and Miguel)		2019——————————Non-album singles
"I Can't Get Enough"
(with Tainy, Selena Gomez and J Balvin)		664333—5320—— [F] 5342
"Graduation"
(with Juice Wrld)		— [G] —90——56—— [H] —88Friends Keep Secrets 2
"Lonely"
(with Justin Bieber)		2020121114973121517
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [55]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum [81]
  • BPI: Gold [66]
  • BVMI: Gold [67]
  • GLF: Platinum [68]
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum [82]
  • IFPI NOR: 2× Platinum [70]
  • MC: 2× Platinum [71]
Justice and Friends Keep Secrets 2
"Real Shit"
(with Juice Wrld)		725252——57—— [I] — [J] 75Friends Keep Secrets 2
"You"
(with Marshmello and Vance Joy) [85] 		2021—5562——77—— [K] 38—
"Unlearn"
(with Gracie Abrams) [87] 		——————————
"Bad Decisions"
(with BTS and Snoop Dogg)		2022103131—8963—— [L] — [M] 53
  • RIAA: Gold [7]
Non-album single
"Lace It"
(with Juice Wrld and Eminem)		202385—55————— [N] —95 The Party Never Ends
"Degenere"
(with Myke Towers)		2024——————————La Pantera Negra
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ↑ "I Found You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [73]
  2. ↑ "Better to Lie" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [74]
  3. ↑ "Better to Lie" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [75]
  4. ↑ "Roses" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [76]
  5. ↑ "Roses" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [77]
  6. ↑ "I Can't Get Enough" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [78]
  7. ↑ "Graduation" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [79]
  8. ↑ "Graduation" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 12 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [80]
  9. ↑ "Real Shit" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [83]
  10. ↑ "Real Shit" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [84]
  11. ↑ "You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [86]
  12. ↑ "Bad Decisions" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [88]
  13. ↑ "Bad Decisions" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart. [89]
  14. ↑ "Lace It" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Hot Singles Chart. [90]

Songwriting and production discography

Blanco has written and produced songs for artists including Ed Sheeran ("Don't" and "Castle on the Hill"), [91] Justin Bieber ("Love Yourself"), Major Lazer ("Cold Water"), Maroon 5 ("Moves Like Jagger", "Payphone", "Maps", "Animals", "Don't Wanna Know"), Katy Perry ("Teenage Dream", "California Gurls"), Rihanna ("Diamonds"), Kesha ("TiK ToK"), Taio Cruz ("Dynamite"), Wiz Khalifa ("Work Hard, Play Hard"), Gym Class Heroes ("Stereo Hearts"), Lil Dicky ("Freaky Friday"), Tory Lanez ("Luv"). [92]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, nominee(s) of the award, category, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremonyYearNominee(s)/work(s)CategoryResultRef.
BMI Awards 2011benny blancoPop Songwriter of the YearWon
2012Won
"Moves like Jagger" ( Maroon 5 )Song of the YearWon
benny blancoR&B/ Hip Hop Songwriter of the YearWon
benny blancoPop Songwriter of the YearWon
2013benny blancoUrban Songwriter of the YearWon [93]
2014Pop Songwriter of the YearWon
2024benny blancoPresidents AwardWon
Clio Awards 2019"I Found You / Nilda's Story" (Benny Blanco, Calvin Harris, and Miguel )Music VideosGold [94]
DirectionGold
Golden Globe Awards 2017 "Faith" ( Stevie Wonder featuring Ariana Grande )Best Original SongNominated
Grammy Awards 2011 Teenage Dream Album of the Year Nominated [95]
2013 "Heart Attack" Best R&B Song Nominated
2015 x Album of the Year Nominated
2017 Purpose Nominated
"Love Yourself" Song of the Year Nominated
"Luv" Best R&B Song Nominated
Benny Blanco Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominated
2018 "Issues" Song of the Year Nominated
2022 "Lonely" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominated
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) Album of the Year Nominated
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2017 "Love Yourself" ( Justin Bieber )Best LyricsWon [96]
Benny BlancoProducer of the YearWon
2018 Nominated [97]
iHeartRadio Titanium Award2019"Eastside" (with Khalid & Halsey)1 Billion Total Audience Spins on iHeartRadio StationsWon
Ivor Novello Awards 2018"Castle on the Hill" ( Ed Sheeran )PRS for Most Performed WorkNominated [98]
Songwriters Hall of Fame 2013Benny Blanco Hal David Starlight Award Won [99]
Spotify Secret Genius Awards2018Secret Genius: PopWon [100]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleRef.
2020 Dave Actor and Producer
2021 Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss Himself [101]

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