1. Rico Rene Granados Blanco was born on March 17,1973 and is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur.
35 Facts About Rico Blanco
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Rico Blanco began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya from 1994 until 2007, and has been a solo artist since 2008.
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Rico Blanco was born at Manila Doctors Hospital in Ermita, Manila on March 17,1973, to Rene Aldeguer Blanco of Iloilo City and Purita Crisostomo Granados of Leyte, Leyte.
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Rico Blanco was an A-student and was accelerated twice in grade school.
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At a young age, Rico Blanco listened heavily to his uncle's records which included The Beatles, jazz and 1970s rock.
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Rico Blanco was one of the founding members of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya, in varying roles as vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist, and main songwriter from 1994 to 2007.
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Rico Blanco wrote and produced an electronic dance music song titled "Control" for the album of Nancy Castiglione.
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In November 2008, Rico Blanco won the "Vocalist of the Year" award in the NU Rock Awards.
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Rico Blanco opened for Myx Mo 2008 and performed "Yugto".
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In December 2009, Rico Blanco launched his new music video for the single "Ayuz", it features his dance tribute to Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, with Cristine Reyes as special guest.
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On June 10,2010, Rico Blanco Collaborated with PLDT-SME with the title "Bossing Ako" with Arnel Pineda.
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In 2012, Rico Blanco released a new single, Amats, available for digital download via iTunes.
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On November 11,2015, Rico Blanco released a Lyric Video on his new carry single "Videoke Queen".
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On November 27,2015, Rico Blanco released his third album Dating Gawi.
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On July 3,2019, Rico Blanco collaborated with Filipino pop-funk band IV of Spades with the song "Nagbabalik" and a Music Video was released on July 15,2019.
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On May 1,2020, Rico Blanco released his new song "This Too Shall Pass" which served as a message to bring comfort to those who needed light and love amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and a music video was released on May 17,2020.
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On May 27,2021, Imperial Blue Whisky release a commercial with Rico Blanco singing the song "Alaala" as a tribute to summers past.
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On September 14,2021, Rico Blanco released his newest single, a reimagined version of "Pinoy Ako" entitled "Pinoy Tayo" for Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10, the 10th season of the Philippine reality show Pinoy Big Brother.
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Rico Blanco was a founding Sangguniang Kabataan chairman in his hometown of San Pedro, Laguna long before he started his music career.
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Rico Blanco co-wrote "Posible", which has been used as a theme song for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.
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When super typhoons ravaged the Philippines in September 2009, Rico Blanco responded quickly by writing, recording, and releasing "Bangon", to raise awareness and, ultimately, funds to help the victims of the typhoons.
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Rico Blanco gave away the song as a free download to give hope to the victims; it served as a salute to the volunteers and responders, and to inspire people to continue helping.
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Rico Blanco said that he is waiving all royalties due to him for the mobile downloads of the song, which he will instead give to affected families.
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When Typhoon Haiyan devastated his mother's home province, Rico Blanco decided to spend the New Year holidays in a still-reeling and electricity-less Leyte and perform in as many evacuation centers as possible to comfort the survivors and help educate them about the importance of hygiene in preventing the spread of post-calamity diseases.
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In 2016, Rico Blanco became the president of the Filipino Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, a non-profit, non-government collective management organization that champions intellectual property rights.
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Rico Blanco was formerly in a relationship with actress and singer-songwriter Maris Racal from 2019 to 2024.
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In May 2010, Rico Blanco was announced to be on the cast of ABS-CBN's supernatural-political thriller TV series Imortal which stars John Lloyd Cruz and Angel Locsin, Rico Blanco sang the song "Kahit Walang Sabihin" for the said TV series.
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Rico Blanco directed several music videos, won an award for his work as advertising musical arranger.
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Rico Blanco has several digital arts compiled in another Instagram account dedicated for such.
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Rico Blanco is currently a partner in Time in Manila in Makati and The Brewery at the Palace in Taguig.
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Also on the same year, following his endorsement in Human clothing brand, Rico Blanco launched his own brand named Koboi, located at San Juan City, Metro Manila.
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Also in 2010, Rico Blanco launched his very own record label company, Balcony Entertainment, in cooperation with Warner Music Philippines.
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In March 2022, Rico Blanco revealed his biggest project that has nothing to do with music, and that he is set to open a commercial space.
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Rico Blanco opened a hotel in San Juan, La Union in 2025.
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In February 2023, Rico Blanco opened the doors of Balcony Music House, a music hall catering to different music artist and music events.