Emi Maria
Introduction '''Emi Maria''' (stylized as '''EMI MARIA'''; born 9 June 1987) is a Japanese Papua New Guinean R&B singer-songwriter who debuted in 2007 with the EP ''Between the Music''.
Biography Emi Maria was born in 1987 in Papua New Guinea. Her mother is Japanese-New Guinean, while her father is Papua New Guinean. She spent the first five years of her life in Papua New Guinea, before moving to Kobe in Japan.She first started listening to R&B at 6 due to her sister, listening to such artists as Janet and Michael Jackson, and K-Ci & JoJo. She began writing lyrics in junior high school. By high school, she had started writing music and producing her own tracks. She participated in the MTV Star Tour, and started performing lives in the Kansai area from 2006 onwards. In 2007, she started appearing on many different Japanese urban artists' albums as a guest artist, such as Seeda and MC Moggy.In 2007, Emi Maria released her first EP, ''Between the Music'' on Freest Inc., a label she had created for herself. Her debut single "I Gotta (Summer Kiss)" was picked as the iTunes Japan single of the week in August 2008.She debuted as a major label artist in 2009, with the release of a digital single "One Way Love" under Victor Entertainment. During this time, she had some of her highest profile collaborations. "Luv Is..." was a song Emi Maria performed with R&B singer Jay'ed, which features on his top 10 album Musication. In December, she had her first top 10 hit, as a featured artist on Seeda's single "Wisdom", which reached number 8 on the Oricon singles charts. After the release of her first physical single in 2010, "Show Me Your Love", Emi Maria released her first major label album, ''Contrast''.
Discography ===Albums=== Year Album information OriconAlbumcharts2008'''''A Ballad of My Own'''''*Released: 5 November 2008*Label: K.S.R. (KCCD-347)*Formats: CD, digital download442010'''''Contrast'''''*Released: 3 March 2010*Label: Victor Entertainment (VICL-63538)*Formats: CD, digital download502011'''''Blue Bird'''''*Released: 9 March 2011*Label: Victor Entertainment (VICL-63712)*Formats: CD, digital download1512014'''''In My World'''''*Released: 5 February 2014*Label: Village Again (B00H7OBCMC)*Formats: CD, digital download—2015'''''Euphoria'''''*Released: 20 May 2015*Label: Village Again, KSR Corp. (B00VHN9F9Q)*Formats: CD, digital download—===Extended plays=== Year Album Information OriconAlbumcharts2007'''''Between the Music'''''*Released: 24 October 2007*Label: Freest Inc. (FRUR-001)*Formats: CD, digital download—2008'''''iTunes Live from Tokyo'''''*Released: 8 October 2008*Formats: Digital download—2010'''''Cross Over'''''*Released: 17 November 2010*Label: Victor Entertainment (VICL-63685)*Formats: CD, digital download166===Singles=======As lead artist==== Release Title Notes Chart positions AlbumOricon Singles Charts''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100RIAJ digital tracks*2008"I Gotta (Summer Kiss)"Appears as a remix on album — — —''A Ballad of My Own''Radio single, music video filmed — 55 —2009"One Way Love"Digital download — 37 —''Contrast''2010"Show Me Your Love" 141 27 31"We Standing Strong" feat. Jay'edDigital download — — —"Summer Night Bxxxh / Change My Life (Red Spider Dub)" — — ——"Mr. Alien" — — —''Cross Over''"Mirror" — — —''Cross Over''/''Blue Bird''"Nobody Like You" — — —2011 — — —''Blue Bird''"Proud" — — —2017"Lost in Tokyo" — — — —  "—" denotes that the song was not released in that format, or it did not chart.Japan Hot 100 established February 2008, RIAJ Digital Track Chart established April 2009.====As featured artist==== Release Title Notes Chart positions AlbumOricon Singles Charts''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100RIAJ digital tracks2008"Flash"DJ Komori feat. Chie (Foxxi Misq), Emi MariaDigital download — — —''What's R&B? ''2009"Wisdom"Seeda feat. Ill-Bosstino, Emi Maria 8 — —''Seeda Best''===Other appearances=== Release Title Notes Album2007"In da Club"Tomogen feat. Emi Maria, GS (Doberman Inc.), Yūgi (Infumiaikumiai)''06 Out Side''"Free"I-Dea (performed by Emi Maria)Deniece Williams cover''Re;cover''MC Moggy feat. Wolf Pack, Emi Maria''Katrina''2008"2 My Fans"10forefdee feat. Kayzabro, Emi Maria''104: 4 Japanese''Wolf Pack feat. MC Moggy, Emi Maria''Gold Experience''HannyaBackground vocals. ''Doctor Tokyo''"Sky55"L-Vokal feat. Emi Maria''Free''2009"Luv Is..."Jay'ed feat. Emi Maria''Musication''"My Life Is One Way..."Urali feat. Emi Maria''Departure''"2 My Fans" (Live)10forefdee feat. Kayzabro, Emi MariaDVD release. ''10forefdee Release Tour Final''"I Gotta (Winter Kiss)" (Live)Emi Maria
References
External links *  Official Victor Label Site *  Official Blog *  Official MySpace on Myspace * * *