WHAT IT IS: The American record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame is a five-time BMI Songwriter of the Year Award winner and the 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year. He’s responsible for more than 100m album sales worldwide, due to his work with Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Sia, The Weeknd, Selena Gomez and Kanye West, among others. Blanco, a four-time Grammy-winner, recently released the song “Eastside” under his own name, with Halsey and Khalid.
ALBUM: TBA
SINGLE: “Eastside”
TV: American Music Awards performance with Halsey and Khalid; interview on Nightline following the release of Ed Sheeran’s Songwriter documentary
INTERNET: 22m monthly Spotify listeners; 227m+ “Eastside” Spotify streams; went #1 on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50, Global Viral 50 and U.K. Viral 50, went #1 on biggest Spotify playlist Today’s Top Hits; #1 on Official U.K. radio charts, #1 on Official NZ radio charts; hit #1 on Shazam U.K. Top 200; 82m+ official music video views on YouTube; 129m+ U.S. streams, 334m+ streams globally
RADIO: #19 Top 40, #29 Rhythmic; #1 Radio in the U.K.
PRESS: N.Y. Times (“How Benny Blanco Became the Most Popular Oddball in Music”), L.A. Times, Billboard, Grammy.com, Rolling Stone, Complex, more
PUBLISHING: UMPG
MANAGEMENT: Andrew Luftman & Zvi Edelman