Benny Blanco

Benjamin Levin (born March 8, 1988), professionally known as Benny Blanco, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter and record producer. With 13 number-one singles to his name (and counting), the 24-year-old producer and songwriter Benny Blanco has already made an indelible mark on the contemporary pop-music scene. A partial accounting of his hits includes smashes by Katy Perry ("California Gurls", "Teenage Dream"), Maroon 5 ("Moves like Jagger, "Payphone"), Britney Spears ("Circus"), Taio Cruz ("Dynamite"), Kesha ("Tik Tok") and Gym Class Heroes ("Stereo Hearts"), as well as hits such as "Work Hard, Play Hard" by Wiz Khalifa and "Heart Attack" by Trey Songz. Additionally, Blanco (who received the Songwriter of the Year Award at the BMI Pop Awards in early 2012) has collaborated in the studio with such music heavyweights as Dr. Luke, Shellback, Ryan Tedder, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Dan Wilson, Mike Posner, Max Martin, Sean Paul and Paul Epworth.