Benny Blanco is a name you might have just recently heard of from the hit single Eastside featuring Khalid and Halsey. However, Benny Blanco has been a major player in the music industry since he was a teenager. He started recording music when he was six, but was officially discovered at the age of fourteen by Columbia Records.

In 2008, Blanco was signed to the publishing company Prescription Songs where he helped write “Teenage Dreams” by Katy Perry, “Tik Tok” by Kesha, and “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz. Benny Blanco then produced on his own in 2011 with Maroon 5 on their album “Overexposed” with the famous song “Payphone” that features Wiz Khalifa.

At the age of twenty-five, Blanco was awarded with the Hal David Starlight Award at the 44th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame. In the years since his award, Blanco has gotten 26 total number one songs with artists like Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd. Basically, Benny Blanco has been a part of or written/produced any hit song that has been on the radio for the past five years.

Benny Blanco has been nominated for Producer of the Year and has won Producer of the Year many times. There are so many popular songs that no one knows that he wrote them. For example, three major songs on the radio now were written by Benny Blanco like “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran, “Freaky Friday” by Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown, and “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber.

Benny Blanco is truly a hidden music legend that has grown his career exponentially since he was a young boy. He is the epitome of a millennial entrepreneur.