It took a few days to Blanco, stage name of Riccardo Fabbriconi, to dominate the Italian charts with his debut album "Celestial blue". Released on 10 September, the album immediately established itself as one of the most listened to and purchased. In the Spotify chart, the twelve songs on the album finished in the top thirteen positions. The only place left free is always by Blanco (eighth place) in a duet with Sfera Ebbasta in "You drive Me crazy“, Summer 2021 hit song.
Absolute domination with the album "Blu Celeste"
An extraordinary exploit for the eighteen-year-old rapper from Brescia who had already been noticed for some time thanks to his success "Our song”In collaboration with Mace and Salmo. The song won four platinum discs and was one of the most listened to in 2021. Subsequently Blanco he recorded “You make me crazy” and at the same time the previous single “Notti in bianco”, also one of the most listened to the summer 2021 songs, received a great response.
In an interview to present the debut album "Blu Celeste", the artist defined himself as follows: "Blanco was born to channel emotions in a positive way. Music for me is basically this: giving vent to emotions. Blanco is as if it were my surname: Riccardo and Blanco coexist, the person and the character are not there. They are the same thing". But who is Blanco really?
Who is Blanco
Born in 2003, Blanco reached the general public thanks to the SoundCloud and TikTok platforms. The passion for music was born in 2017 when he decided to write a song for a girl. Her first releases are "Sottogonna", "Ruggine" and "Amateur" but her first official single is "Belladonna (Adieu)", Published in June 2020. A month later comes"Sleepless nights“, A song that allowed him to open the doors of the mainstream. A farewell cry to toxic love written straight away by the singer himself and which one year after the release has reinvigorated his success.
In October comes the third single "Thief of flowers", another song that analyzes the love towards the girl for whom he started making music. Also in this Blanco unhinges the traditional canons of the classic love song with originality and unpredictability. In January 2021, participation in the song “La song nostra” which further increases Blanco's popularity until summer 2021 when with “You make me crazy” he wins the battle of catchphrases.
The Celentano myth and the love for the Italian songwriter
The young singer's dream is to collaborate with Adriano Celentano and also appreciates Gino Paoli, Lucio Dalla, Modugno, Queen, Yungblud, Machine Gun Kelly, Stromae, Blink-182, Mötley Crüe and Green day. A great variety of styles which are then carried over into the music proposed in the debut album “Blu Celeste”.
“I love the old songwriter. Battisti, Battiato, Lucio Dalla, Gino Paoli, Celentano, Luigi Tenco. I fell in love with Celentano thanks to my family, I discovered and deepened the others. Gino Paoli for me is the king of songwriters. It is very different from me, but I feel that in writing there is a poetry and an Italian spirit in which I recognize myself. In those years the Italian singer-songwriter was at the top ", these are the words of Blanco.
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