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'''Emlyi''' is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer. She made her debut in 2003 as an R&B singer under the name '''EMYLI'''. In 2004 Emyli started working as one of the main artists in [[m-flo]]'s ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' series. As of 2010 Emyli has returned to working on her solo career as an indie artist.
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'''Emlyi''' is a [[J-Pop|Japanese pop]] singer-songwriter. She made her debut in 2003 as an R&B singer under the name '''EMYLI'''. In 2004 Emyli started working as one of the main artists in [[m-flo]]'s ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' series. As of 2010 Emyli has returned to working on her solo career as an indie artist.
  
 
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[[Image:Emyli Flowerof.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli promoting ''[[Flower of Life]]'' (2003)]]
 
[[Image:Emyli Flowerof.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli promoting ''[[Flower of Life]]'' (2003)]]
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[[Image:Emyli Tekito.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli promoting "[[Tekitou Lover]]" (2007)]]
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[[Image:Emyli Tekito.jpg|thumb|200px|Emyli promoting "[[Tekito Lover]]" (2007)]]
  
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EMYLI was born in Japan to parents with deep roots in music. She attended American schools from a young age and began ballet lessons at the age of three. When she was seven, she began learning hip-hop dancing and from 11 starting singing.
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Emyli was born and raised in a residential area in [[Tokyo]], Japan not far from [[Wikipedia:Shibuya, Tokyo|Shibuya]]. She grew up with her parents having deep roots in music, as her father was a vocalist, music producer, and a vocal coach. She attended American schools from a young age. Since a child, Emyli has taken a variety of dance class and began taking ballet lessons at the age of three and when she was seven, she began learning hip-hop dancing. At the age of 11 she started working towards a professional career in singing and started working with a vocal coah.<ref>[http://www.j-popworld.com/Interviews/Emyli.php J-Pop World: Interview with Emyli (2007)]</ref>
  
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EMYLI debuted in 2003 on [[BMG Japan|BMG Japan]] with the single "[[Rain (EMYLI)|Rain]]". In September she released both her second single and first album, and was included in the collaboration project [[VOICE OF LOVE POSSE|VOICE OF LOVE POSSE]]. EMYLI was also part of the "VOICE OF LOVE 2003 LIVE TOUR" charity tour.
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In 2003, she signed with major record label [[BMG Japan|BMG Japan]] at the age of 15 and made her debut as '''EMYLI''' with the single "[[Rain (EMYLI)|RAIN]]". In September she released both her second single and which was soon followed by her debut album, ''[[Flower of Life]]''. After this EMYLI would take a break from her solo work and became part of the collaboration project [[VOICE OF LOVE POSSE|VOICE OF LOVE POSSE]]. EMYLI was also part of the ''VOICE OF LOVE 2003 LIVE TOUR'' charity tour.
  
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In 2004, EMYLI collaborated with [[m-flo]] for the song "The Other Side of Love", where she was credited as "Sister E". The following year she collaborated with m-flo several more times on [[m-flo loves|m-flo loves]] singles. It wasn't until September 2005 that she released her third single, and with this single her stagename changed from all capital letters to "Emyli".
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In 2004, EMYLI collaborated with [[m-flo]] for his ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' series. They worked together on the song "[[The Other Side of Love]]", where she was credited as '''Sister E'''. The song was the B-side track to m-flo's best selling "[[Let Go|let go]]" single with [[YOSHIKA]]. The following year she collaborated with m-flo several more times on [[m-flo]] ''[[m-flo loves|loves...]]'' singles, working this time on two a-side tracks: "[[Dopamine|DOPAMINE]]" and "[[Loop in My Heart|Loop In My Heart]]". It wasn't until September 2005 that she released her third single, "[[Come Home]]". With the release of this single her stagename changed from all capital letters to "Emyli". She also released the single independently, instead of with her previous major label.
  
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After graduating from an American school in June 2006, she began attending the prestigious [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_University Sophia University]. She has since signed with [[Up-Front Works]] and has been releasing singles from there.
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After graduating from an American school in June 2006, she began attending the prestigious [[Wikipedia:Sophia University|Sophia University]] where she plans to major in Japanese literature. That year she signed with [[Up-Front Works]] and has been releasing singles under [[zetima]]'s [[Seventh Code]] sub-label. With the release of her first single on the label, "[[Don't Vanish Love]]", Emyli had already run into problems with the label. She was not given full artist control like she wanted and the song and it's [[PV|music video]] "involved some ideas that were out of [her] control."<ref>[http://www.j-popworld.com/Interviews/Emyli.php J-Pop World: Interview with Emyli (2007)]</ref>
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After the release of two more singles, Emyli parted ways with [[Seventh Code]]. She is currently recording songs as an indie artist. In 2010, Emyli released her eighth single "[[Take Me Away]]" exclusively to [[Wikipedia:iTunes|iTunes]] and [http://cdbaby.com CD Baby] for world-wide digital purchase.
 
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==Discography==
 
==Discography==
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=== Singles ===
 
=== Singles ===
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* [2003.06.25] [[Rain (EMYLI)|Rain]]
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* [2003.06.25] [[Rain (EMYLI)|RAIN]]
 
* [2003.09.10] [[Someday (EMYLI)|Someday]]
 
* [2003.09.10] [[Someday (EMYLI)|Someday]]
 
* [2005.09.02] [[Come Home]]
 
* [2005.09.02] [[Come Home]]
 
* [2006.10.25] [[Don't Vanish Love]]
 
* [2006.10.25] [[Don't Vanish Love]]
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* [2007.04.18] [[Day By Day (EMYLI)|Day By Day]]
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* [2007.04.18] [[Day By Day (Emyli)|Day By Day]]
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* [2007.07.18] [[Tekitou Lover|Tekitou LOVER]] feat. [[VERBAL]] (テキトーLOVER; ''The Right Lover'')
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* [2007.07.18] [[Tekito Lover|Tekito LOVER]] feat. [[VERBAL]] (テキトーLOVER; ''The Right Lover'')
 
* [2010.04.29] [[Take Me Away]]
 
* [2010.04.29] [[Take Me Away]]
  
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* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]'' (#3 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #10 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>, #12 ''The Other Side of Love'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>)
 
* [2005.08.24] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Beat Space Nine|BEAT SPACE NINE]]'' (#3 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #10 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>, #12 ''The Other Side of Love'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>)
 
* [2005.11.02] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Dope Space Nine|DOPE SPACE NINE]]'' (#3 ''DOPEMAN? (MABOROSHI REMIX)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>, #6 ''The Other Side of Love (cubismo grafico mix)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>, #7 ''Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)
 
* [2005.11.02] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Dope Space Nine|DOPE SPACE NINE]]'' (#3 ''DOPEMAN? (MABOROSHI REMIX)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>, #6 ''The Other Side of Love (cubismo grafico mix)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves Sister E''')</small>, #7 ''Loop In My Heart (Home Grown Remix)'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)
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* [2006.02.22] [[m-flo]] - ''[[m-flo Tour 2005 Beat Space Nine at Nippon Budokan|m-flo Tour 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan]]'' (#2 ''Taste Your Stuff'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #3 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #12 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>)   
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* [2006.02.22] [[m-flo]] - ''[[m-flo Tour 2005 Beat Space Nine at Nippon Budokan|m-flo Tour 2005 BEAT SPACE NINE at Nippon Budokan]]'' (#2 ''Taste Your Stuff'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #3 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>, #6 ''VANESSA'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI''')</small>, #11 ''COZMO-NAUGHTY'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI''')</small>, #12 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>)   
 
* [2006.08.16] [[Shinhwa]] - ''[[Inspiration #1]]'' (#6 ''HIGHWAY STAR (feat. Emyli)'')
 
* [2006.08.16] [[Shinhwa]] - ''[[Inspiration #1]]'' (#6 ''HIGHWAY STAR (feat. Emyli)'')
 
* [2007.10.31] [[m-flo]] - ''[[m-flo Tour 2007 Cosmicolor at Yokohama Arena|m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena]]'' (DVD1: #4 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>; DVD2: #3 ''Taste Your Stuff'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)  
 
* [2007.10.31] [[m-flo]] - ''[[m-flo Tour 2007 Cosmicolor at Yokohama Arena|m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena]]'' (DVD1: #4 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>; DVD2: #3 ''Taste Your Stuff'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)  
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* [2008.02.13] [[m-flo]] - ''[[Award Supernova -Loves Best-|Award SuperNova -Loves Best-]]'' (#1 ''love comes and goes'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves [[YOSHIKA]] & [[Hinouchi Emi]] & [[Ryohei]] & Emyli & [[LISA]]''')</small>, #6 ''Loop In My Heart'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[YOSHIKA]]''')</small>)
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* [2009.10.07] [[m-flo]] - ''[[MF10 -10th Anniversary Best-|MF10 -10th ANNIVERSARY BEST-]]'' (CD2: #6 ''DOPEMAN?'' <small>('''[[m-flo]] loves EMYLI & [[Diggy-MO']]''')</small>)
 
* [2010.04.28] [[MAKAI]] - ''[[Love Lite|LOVE LITE]]'' (#3 ''Your #1 feat. Emyli & [[WISE]]'', #7 ''I Belong 2 U feat. [[Hinouchi Emi]] & Emyli & [[Hiromi]]'')
 
* [2010.04.28] [[MAKAI]] - ''[[Love Lite|LOVE LITE]]'' (#3 ''Your #1 feat. Emyli & [[WISE]]'', #7 ''I Belong 2 U feat. [[Hinouchi Emi]] & Emyli & [[Hiromi]]'')
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== References ==
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Revision as of 20:10, 7 May 2010

Emyli (2009)

Emlyi is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. She made her debut in 2003 as an R&B singer under the name EMYLI. In 2004 Emyli started working as one of the main artists in m-flo's loves... series. As of 2010 Emyli has returned to working on her solo career as an indie artist.

Profile

Information

Emyli promoting Flower of Life (2003)
Emyli promoting "Tekito Lover" (2007)

Emyli was born and raised in a residential area in Tokyo, Japan not far from Shibuya. She grew up with her parents having deep roots in music, as her father was a vocalist, music producer, and a vocal coach. She attended American schools from a young age. Since a child, Emyli has taken a variety of dance class and began taking ballet lessons at the age of three and when she was seven, she began learning hip-hop dancing. At the age of 11 she started working towards a professional career in singing and started working with a vocal coah.[1]

In 2003, she signed with major record label BMG Japan at the age of 15 and made her debut as EMYLI with the single "RAIN". In September she released both her second single and which was soon followed by her debut album, Flower of Life. After this EMYLI would take a break from her solo work and became part of the collaboration project VOICE OF LOVE POSSE. EMYLI was also part of the VOICE OF LOVE 2003 LIVE TOUR charity tour.

In 2004, EMYLI collaborated with m-flo for his loves... series. They worked together on the song "The Other Side of Love", where she was credited as Sister E. The song was the B-side track to m-flo's best selling "let go" single with YOSHIKA. The following year she collaborated with m-flo several more times on m-flo loves... singles, working this time on two a-side tracks: "DOPAMINE" and "Loop In My Heart". It wasn't until September 2005 that she released her third single, "Come Home". With the release of this single her stagename changed from all capital letters to "Emyli". She also released the single independently, instead of with her previous major label.

After graduating from an American school in June 2006, she began attending the prestigious Sophia University where she plans to major in Japanese literature. That year she signed with Up-Front Works and has been releasing singles under zetima's Seventh Code sub-label. With the release of her first single on the label, "Don't Vanish Love", Emyli had already run into problems with the label. She was not given full artist control like she wanted and the song and it's music video "involved some ideas that were out of [her] control."[2]

After the release of two more singles, Emyli parted ways with Seventh Code. She is currently recording songs as an indie artist. In 2010, Emyli released her eighth single "Take Me Away" exclusively to iTunes and CD Baby for world-wide digital purchase.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Others / Collaborations

References

  1. ↑ J-Pop World: Interview with Emyli (2007)
  2. ↑ J-Pop World: Interview with Emyli (2007)

External Links

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