Jorge Blanco (musician)

Blanco began his television career in 2007 when he participated in the reality show High School Musical: La Selección which allowed him to participate in a spin-off movie of the successful U.S. High School Musical.[2] Despite not winning the program, Blanco gave his voice to the album of the program, took part in the movie High School Musical: El Desafío Mexico playing the character of Jorge and participated in the tour promoting the movie and the program between 2007 and 2008.[3] In the film, Blanco played the best friend of the protagonist Cristóbal Rodríguez (Cristobal Orellana), which was published in 2008[4] in Mexico and the following year in Italy.[5]

Blanco in 2016

In 2011, Blanco appeared in the tenth episode of the miniseries Highway: Rodando la Aventura and he was also one of the protagonists of the first season of the television series Cuando toca la campana[6] in which he shot several music videos as "Es el momento" or "A Celebrar".[7] In May of that same year, Blanco traveled to the U.S. to participate in the Disney's Friends for Change Games in the yellow team to help the agency UNICEF,[8] he represents, hereinafter to Mexico in the music video by Bridgit Mendler "We Can Change the World" of the project Disney's Friends for Change.[9]

In 2012, Blanco was cast in the Argentine Disney Channel telenovela Violetta as León, the love interest of Violetta. Due to the filming of Violetta, Blanco participated in only four episodes of the second season of Cuando toca la campana.[10] From 2012 to 2015, Blanco gave his voice to the show's soundtracks and also participated in the concert tours promoting the show.[11]

In February 2016, Blanco announced on his YouTube channel that he signed a recording deal with the Hollywood Records to release his own solo material.[2] On April 22, 2016, Blanco released the music video for his solo song, "Light Your Heart", that is featured on the debut album of Argentine singer and Violetta co-star, Martina Stoessel, Tini, which is also the soundtrack for the movie Tini: The Movie, which Blanco starred alongside Stoessel.[12]

On October 12, 2016, Blanco performed the song "Beautiful Mistake" on One Nación. The song was planned to be released as Blanco's debut single in December that year, but these plans never materialized. Blanco's yet-to-be-titled debut solo album is set for release in 2020.[2][13] Blanco's debut single "Risky Business" was released on March 17, 2017. The music video for the song premiered on April 14, 2017. The song "Summer Soul" was released on May 19, 2017 as the follow-up second single. The music video for the song premiered on May 25, 2017. The collaboration between Blanco and fellow artist Saak titled "Una Noche" was released on August 18, 2017. The music video for "Una Noche" premiered on August 31, 2017. From September till October 2017, Blanco opened the European concerts of R5's New Addictions Tour. Blanco was featured on "Gone Is the Night" by Kris Kross Amsterdam, released on November 24, 2017. Blanco's debut extended play titled Conmigo was released on February 14, 2019.[14] On July 20, 2018, Blanco released the original Spanish-language song titled "Si Te Tuviera" as the lead single from the album.[15] On August 17, 2018, Blanco released "Escondida" as the second single from the album.[16] On September 7, 2018, Blanco released "Opciones" as the third single from the album.[17] In September 2018, Blanco opened Sebastián Yatra's concerts in several cities of Mexico. On October 26, 2018, Blanco released "Te La Dedico" as the fourth single from the album. On January 18, 2019, Blanco released the title track "Conmigo" as the fifth single from the album. Blanco performed the songs from the album at an acoustic showcase on the day of the album's release.[14] On May 9, 2019, Blanco began his first solo concert tour, Conmigo Tour.

On May 31, 2019, Blanco released a song titled "Vamos" as a single.[18] On August 23, 2019, Blanco released a song titled "Me Voy Contigo" as the follow-up single.[19] The collaboration between Blanco and Drake Bell titled "No Perdamos Más Tiempo" was released on September 6, 2019.[20] During the fall of 2019, Blanco opened Martina Stoessel's Quiero Volver Tour concerts in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• High School Musical: El Desafio Mexico (2008)
• Cuando toca la campana (2011)
• Violetta (2012)
• Cantar es lo que soy (2012)
• Hoy somos más (2013)
• Gira mi canción (2014)
• Crecimos juntos (2015)