# Blanco Brown

Bennie Julius Amey III (born March 24, 1985), known professionally as Blanco Brown, is an American country rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has produced for Fergie and Pitbull. Brown's debut single "The Git Up" was released in April 2019 and as of October 2022 has over 300 million streams on Spotify. In June 2019, Brown debuted on the Billboard charts, appearing at No. 41 on the Emerging Artists. "The Git Up" later topped the Hot Country Songs chart and reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.

## Early life

Amey was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, listening to hip hop artists, such as Outkast. In his younger days, Amey would listen to country music, such as Johnny Cash. Amey would go on to appreciate both forms of music.

## Career
### "The Git Up" challenge

Brown posted a YouTube video with country music artist Lainey Wilson to teach people how to do the dance. "The Git Up" Challenge increased in popularity after the video was released and was featured in over 130,000 videos on TikTok. The song reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
In 2021, Brown achieved a second number-one single on the country music charts as a featured vocalist on the band Parmalee's single "Just the Way". In 2024, he appeared in the country music documentary, Rebel Country.

## Personal life

On August 31, 2020, Brown was in a motorcycle accident that broke his wrists, arms, legs, and pelvis. He underwent a 12-hour surgery and successfully recovered one month later.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US | US Country | AUS Dig. | CAN | Sales |
| Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs | Released: October 11, 2019 Label: BBR Formats: CD, digital download | 130 | 16 | 10 | 58 | US: 5,000 |

### Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Sales |
| Blanco Brown | Released: May 31, 2019 Label: Broken Bow Formats: Digital download | US: 1,200 |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US Country Songs | US Country Airplay | AUS | CAN | GER | IRE | NZ | UK | Sales | Certifications | Album |
| "The Git Up" | 2019 | 14 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 76 | 8 | 96 | US: 475,000 | RIAA: 4× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum | Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs |
| "Just the Way" (with Parmalee) | 2019 | 31 | 3 | 1 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | US: 6,000 | RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum | For You |
| "Do Si Do" (with Diplo) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil |
| "Nobody's More Country" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | TBA |
| "High Horse" (with Nelly and Breland) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | Heartland |

### Written and co-written songs

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| 2015 | Monica | Code Red | "Suga" | Atia Boggs, Monica Brown, Jocelyn A. Donald, Jamal Jones, Teena Marie, Richard J. Rudolph |
| 2016 | Malachiae Warren | Hear U Was in My City | "Do 2 U" | Jasper Cameron, Malachiae Warren |
| 2017 | 2 Chainz | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music | "Burglar Bars" | Gabriel Arillo, Joshua Banks, Monica Brown, Mike Dean, Barbara Jean English, Tauheed Epps, Salomes Jackson, George Kerr |
| 2017 | Demetria McKinney | Officially Yours | "Sextraordinary (Interlude)" | Quintin Amey, Travis Cherry, Demetria McKinney, Donald Woolfolk |
| 2017 | Demetria McKinney | Officially Yours | "No, No, No" | Travis Cherry, Kid Class, Demetria McKinney, Anthony Wyley |
| 2017 | Demetria McKinney | Officially Yours | "Sextraordinary" | Quintin Amey, Travis Cherry, Demetria McKinney, Donald Woolfolk |
| 2018 | Pitbull | Goalie Goalie | "Goalie Goalie" | Mohombi, Cederic Lorrain, Christian Pérez, Alexandru Cotoi, Andrei Ropcea, Cezar Cazano |
| 2018 | Case | Therapy | "Heaven" | Case Woodward |
| 2019 | Raheem DeVaughn | The Love Reunion | "K.I.N.G." | Quintin Amey, Ahmad Rashad Brown, Rodreges Jabar Copeland, Lil King Tutt, Ursula Yancy |
| 2019 | Raheem DeVaughn | The Love Reunion | "Black Girl Magic" | |
| 2019 | Raheem DeVaughn | The Love Reunion | "Metronome" | Raheem DeVaughn |

### Produced and co-produced songs

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Produced with |
| 2015 | Monica | Code Red | "Suga" | Polow da Don |
| 2018 | Fergie | Double Dutchess | "M.I.L.F. $" | Polow da Don, Fergie Duhamel, Steve Macke |
| 2018 | Pitbull | Goalie Goalie | "Goalie Goalie" | Alexandru Cotoi, Andrei Ropcea |