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Italian singer-songwriter

EMAYLA

Background information
Born	San Remo, Liguria, Italy
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupations	Singer-songwriter record producer
Years active	2005–present
Website	http://www.emayla.com
Musical career
Genres	R&B/Soul Pop Ambience
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, guitar

EMAYLA, also known as Emanuela Bellezza is an Italian-American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist,[1] who gained popularity with her original music, after appearing on television networks MTV Très,[1][2] Univision, RAI, Telefutura and TV Azteca.[3] In 2012, she won a nationwide contest by MTV Très and was chosen by Colombian singer Juanes to sing a duet with him for inclusion on the Deluxe Edition of his album Juanes MTV Unplugged. Emayla won the contest by performing a cover of Juanes' song Fotografia.[3] The album won a Grammy in 2013 as Best Latin Pop Album category. It also won two Latin Grammys: Album of The Year and Best Long Form Music Video. The video of their performance counts over a million and a half views on YouTube. As a result of these achievements, Emayla's song titled Ella Se Va was played in different main radios in Venezuela and reached the top 40 national music charts in the same country.[4]

Emayla was born in San Remo,[1] a small town in the Italian Riviera (North of Italy) and started taking music lessons when she was three years old. At age seven she took her first piano lesson, at age fifteen her first guitar lesson and at age eighteen her first vocal lesson. She began songwriting as a teenager, and aspired to a music career in Los Angeles.[3]

At age sixteen she wrote her very first song, which was in English and it was called Fly Away. She studied foreign languages in high school and she graduated at the University La Sapienza of Rome in Foreign Languages and Modern Cultures. During the high school and university years, she kept writing songs and she continued her musical studies. At age eighteen, Bellezza joined her first band and started having live performance experience. She participated to various Italian music competitions and festivals with her original songs and she was one of the finalists at Castrocaro and Singing for Life music contest.

In 2007, at age twenty-three, Bellezza decided to move to Los Angeles, California where she attended Musicians Institute [5] and graduated for the Vocal Program in 2009.[6]

In 2009, Emayla song "Stay With Me" was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Song by The Hollywood Music In Media Awards [7] and she was featured on Music Connection magazine[8] where she earned a recognition as Hottest Unsigned Artist of The Year.[7][9]
In August 2010, Emayla and her band were finalists at the competition called Battle Of The Bands, at the Hard Rock Cafe, in Las Vegas. She was also finalist as a songwriter and singer at the Italian contest called Demo D'Autore[10], that went live on Italian radio called Radio Rai, which is part of Italian main TV Station, RAI.[11][12][13]
She was a finalist in the 2011 John Lennon Songwriting Contest with her own song Esperanza de Amor.[14]
In 2012, besides performing with Juanes at the MTV Unplugged on MTV Tres, Emanuela also performed in duet with singer Franco De Vita at the Gibson Amphitheater and opened for Italian singer Jovanotti, at the El Rey Theatre, in Los Angeles.
In 2013, Emayla released her album Ella Se Va, which was produced by multi-Grammy award winner Gustavo Borner.[1]
In 2013, her song "Lo Que Se Da Regresa" made her the finalist at the U.S.A. Songwriting Competition. On February 18 of that year, Emanuela appeared on Italian national television RAI and specifically on Rai Gulp, during the program "La TV Ribelle".
In July 2014, Emayla songs, "Eres Tú" and "Emilia" were featured in a Season 2 episode of Hulu's series, East Los High.[15]
At the 2015 Rumi Awards in Las Vegas, Bellezza was the winner of "Best Artist - Europe" and "Best Singer - Duet".[16]
In 2016 Emayla worked with bass player Nathan East on the song "I Love To Dance", composed by the group "80's DNA Reloaded".[16]
In 2019 Emayla released her album titled "New Freedom", written by herself and produced by Darryl Swann. and herself.

Emayla at Rumi Awards 2015 in Las Vegas, winning "Best Artist Europe" and "Best Duet Singer" award.

2011 Matices De Amor
2019 New Freedom
2009 Rain And Sunshine Of Heart
2013 Ella Se Va

Songs appearing in film and television

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2009 Tu Estilo - Univision 34
2011 Lanzate - Telefutura
2012 Lanzate - Telefutura
2013 Primer Impacto - Univision 34
2014 East Los High - Episode #3
2014 East Los High - Episode #8

Television appearances

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2009 Tu Estilo - Univision 34
2011 Lanzate - Telefutura
2012 Lanzate - Telefutura
2012 MTV Unplugged With Juanes - MTV Tres
2013 News - CNN en Español
2013 News - TV Azteca
2013 Despierta America - Univision 34

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Nominated Work	Category	Result
2009	Hollywood Music In Media Award	"Stay With Me"	Best R&B/Soul Song	Nominated
2011	The John Lennon Songwriting Contest	"Esperanza De Amor"	Best Latin Song	Finalist
2013	U.S.A. Songwriting Competition	"Lo Que Se Da Regresa"	Best Song	Finalist
2015	Rumi Awards	Performance	Best Artist Europe	Winner
2015	Rumi Awards	Performance	Best Singer - Duet	Winner

YouTube recognition

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Because of her notability on YouTube, Emayla has been mentioned on Italian magazine Idea Web as "one of the most talented and beautiful musicians on YouTube".[17]

Musical style and influences

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Emayla describes her music as a fusion of pop and soul.[1] She cites Aretha Franklin, Joss Stone, Jhené Aiko and Tracy Chapman as influences when she was younger.[1] Some of her early stages' work has been compared to Laura Pausini.[18]

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^ a b c Phillips, Erica E. (27 February 2012). "Emanuela Bellezza: Hand-Picked by Juanes, She's About to Pop". LA Weekly. Culver City, CA. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Mueve 40 Musica Venezuela".
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^ a b "Emanuela Bellezza". Musicians Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
^ "Music Connection Magazine". December 2009.
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^ "Oliveto Citra - Premio demo d'autore 2010". www.montegargano.it. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
^ "2011 Finalists". The John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "The Music of East Los High: Season 2, Episode 3". East Los High. hulu. July 16, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ a b "Emanuela Bellezza la voce di 'I love to dance', il brano del musicista sanremese Ferdinando Mongelli" (in Italian). Cuneo, Italy: Sanremo News. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
^ ""Idea Web" - November 2015".
^ Hernán Vera Álvarez (September 20, 2013). "Emanuela Bellezza: Una rival para Laura Pausini" (in Spanish). Miami, Florida: Caracol 1260. Retrieved July 22, 2016.