Jorge Blanco Güereña (born December 19, 1991) is a Mexican musician, singer, dancer and actor, best known for portraying

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on the Disney Channel television series '' Violetta''.

Early life

Blanco was born on December 19, 1991 in

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Career

2007–2008: Beginnings with ''High School Musical''

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. ''

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''."Jorge Blanco prepara álbum debut con ritmos muy variados,"
yucatan.com, May 25, 2016. 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. In the film, Blanco played the best friend of the protagonist Cristóbal Rodríguez ( Cristobal Orellana), which was published in 2008 in Mexico and the following year in Italy.

2011–2015: ''Cuando toca la campana'' and success with ''Violetta''

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 ''

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'' in which he shot several music videos as "Es el momento" or "A Celebrar". In May of that same year, Blanco traveled to the U.S. to participate in the

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in the yellow team to help the agency

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, he represents, hereinafter to Mexico in the music video by

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" of the project

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. 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''. From 2012 to 2015, Blanco gave his voice to the show's soundtracks and also participated in the concert tours promoting the show.

2016–2020: Musical solo debut and ''Conmigo''

In February 2016, Blanco announced on his

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channel that he signed a recording deal with the

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to release his own solo material. 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, Tini, '' Tini (Martina Stoessel)'', which is also the soundtrack for the movie '' Tini: The Movie'', which Blanco starred alongside Tini. 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 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

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, released on November 24, 2017. Blanco's debut

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titled ''Conmigo'' was released on February 14, 2019. On July 20, 2018, Blanco released the original Spanish-language song titled "Si Te Tuviera" as the lead single from the album. On August 17, 2018, Blanco released "Escondida" as the second single from the album. On September 7, 2018, Blanco released "Opciones" as the third single from the album. In September 2018, Blanco opened

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's concerts in several cities of

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. 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. On May 9, 2019, Blanco began his first solo concert tour, Conmigo Tour. On May 31, 2019, Blanco released a song titled "

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" as a single. On August 23, 2019, Blanco released a song titled "Me Voy Contigo" as the follow-up single. The collaboration between Blanco and

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titled "No Perdamos Más Tiempo" was released on September 6, 2019. During the fall of 2019, Blanco opened Tini's

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concerts in

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, and

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2021–present: ''Daddies on Request'' and new music

On March 12, 2021, Blanco was featured on "Say O" from Brazilian DJ and producer Bruno Martini's debut album ''Original''. On March 19, 2021, Blanco released "Polvo De Estrellas", a collaboration with DJ duo AtellaGalli, as a single. On March 26, 2021, the collaboration between Blanco and singer Anna Chase titled "Antídoto" was released as a single. On September 24, 2021, Blanco released a song titled "Hot Damn" as a single. On October 29, 2021, Blanco released a song titled "Bad Karma" as the follow-up single. Blanco voiced Noah in the Latin American version of the animated film ''

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'', released in October 2021. On November 5, 2021, Blanco appeared on the remix of Lalo Brito's song "La Culpa". On March 11, 2022, the collaboration between Blanco and musical group Grupo Cañaveral De Humberto Pabón titled "Dime Que Regresarás" was released as a single. Blanco was cast in a

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original series '' Papás por Encargo '' (''Daddies on Request'' in English) as Miguel, one of the female lead character's three adoptive fathers. The first season of the series was released on July 13, 2022. Blanco sang alongside his co-stars

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, Lalo Brito and Farah Justiniani the series' theme song, "Vivo", which was released on June 24, 2022 to promote the show. Blanco appeared alongside some of the cast members of '' Violetta'' in a

special celebrating the show's 10th anniversary, ''Solo Amor y Mil Canciones'', released on December 8, 2022.

Personal life

Blanco lived in

for three years while working on '' Violetta''. Following the end of the ''Violetta Live'' musical tour and the production of '' Tini: The Movie'', Blanco relocated to

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where he resided for few years before moving back to his home country

. Blanco is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese and French. Since 2007, Blanco has been in a relationship with actress and singer Stephie Caire, whom he had met the same year on ''High School Musical: La Selección''. In August 2016, Blanco and Caire became engaged. In January 2021, Blanco revealed through his social media that he married Caire a few years ago.

Filmography

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Other appearances

Soundtracks

* '' High School Musical: El Desafio Mexico'' (2008) * ''

'' (2011) * '' Violetta'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''Hoy somos más'' (2013) * ''Violetta en Vivo'' (2013) * ''Gira mi canción'' (2014) * ''Crecimos juntos'' (2015) * ''Papás por encargo'' (2022)

Music videos

Concert tours

* Violetta en Vivo (2013–14) *

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(2015) * R5 opening act, Europe (2017) * Conmigo Tour (2019)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco, Jorge 1991 births Living people Mexican male television actors Mexican male film actors Mexican pop singers Male actors from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexican male child actors 21st-century Mexican male singers Mexican expatriates in Argentina Mexican people of Spanish descent Singers from Guadalajara, Jalisco English-language singers from Mexico Hollywood Records artists 21st-century Mexican male actors Male pop singers