Blanco Brown

Blanco Brown (born March 24, 1988 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American singer and record producer .

life and career

Brown was born on March 24, 1988 and grew up in Atlanta. His previous musical influences include OutKast and Johnny Cash . However, he was mainly interested in country music .

Initially, Brown worked as a producer for artists such as Chris Brown , Fergie and Pitbull . In April 2019 he released his debut single The Git Up as a singer . Only a little later, the song reached viral attention on the TikTok platform . In the line dance style , it is characterized in particular by explicit instructions for the individual dance steps. Characterized by Country- and rap elements, it is the successor of the successful Old Town Road by Lil Nas X designates. Both songs are assigned to the genre country rap . In August 2019, The Git Up reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 . At the same time, the song also made it into the German charts.

Discography

Albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2019	Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs BBR Music Group	-	-	-	US130 (1 week) US	First published: October 11, 2019

EPs

year	Title music label	Remarks
2019	Blanco Brown Broken Bow Records	First published: May 31, 2019 Sales: + 1,200

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
2019	The Git Up Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs	DE42 (14 weeks) DE	CH78 (3 weeks) CH	UK96 (2 weeks) UK	US14th × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: May 3, 2019 Sales: + 2,240,000

More singles

• 2019: Just the Way (with Parmalee)
• 2020: I Need Love
• 2020: Do si do (with Diplo )

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  New Zealand 2019: for the single The Git Up 3 × platinum record  Australia 2020: for the single The Git Up

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × platinum3	210,000	aria.com.au
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	platinum1	30,000	nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	riaa.com
All in all	-	6 × platinum6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blanco Brown Bio, Age, Net Worth, Married. In: liverampup.com. August 6, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Annie Reuter: How Blanco Brown's 'The Git Up' Has Him Primed to Be the Next Country Trap Sensation. In: Billboard . May 13, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 . 
3. ↑ LB Rogers: Blanco Brown Releases 'TrailerTrap' Style Self-Titled Debut EP. In: musicrow.com. May 31, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Jim Asker: Blanco Brown's 'The Git Up' Hits No. 1 on Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard. July 8, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Trace William Cowen: Blanco Brown's "The Git Up" Is the Latest TikTok Propelled Hit That Leans Into Country and Rap. In: Complex. June 25, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Maeve McDermott: The next 'Old Town Road?' Trap-country goes viral again with Blanco Brown's 'The Git Up'. In: USA Today . June 12, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Kristin Corry: 'The Git Up' Is the Next Viral Country Rap Song. In: Vice . June 14, 2019, accessed on August 11, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Christopher Wegner: Blanco Brown & The Git Up - The new viral country rap hit. In: cntry.de. June 19, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE CH UK US
10. ↑ Matt Bjorke: Top 10 Country Albums Chart: July 21, 2019. In: roughstock.com. July 26, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 .