Emii
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- This article is about the American musician. For the village in Nigeria see Emii (village).
Emii is an American pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
recording artist originally from Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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Life and career
Emii (Emily Rose Morrison) received fame after releasing her first single, "Magic", on April 6, 2010, which reached #32 on The Pop Indicator Chart and holds the #66 position on the R&R/Mediabase Top 40 Pop Chart. The music video for "Magic" was the most viewed music-related video on YouTubeYouTube
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on the day of its release and the sixth most viewed video overall. Emii has since released a five song EP Magic on iTunes
ITunes
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and is currently working with producer, Adrian Gurvitz
Adrian Gurvitz
Adrian Gurvitz is an English singer, musician and songwriter.-Career:...
, towards releasing a full album. On October 26, 2010, Emii released her follow-up single, "Mr. Romeo" featuring rapper Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
. She accompanied the release with a collection of remixes, including mixes by critically acclaimed DJs Seamus Haji
Seamus Haji
Seamus Haji is a British record producer, who had a number one on the UK Dance Chart, with a cover of Indeep's, "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life". He originally released this as a single in 2004. The single originally reached #69 on the UK Singles Chart, and #13 on re-issue in March 2007 and #1 on...
and Mike Rizzo
Mike Rizzo
Michael "Mike" Rizzo, is an American DJ/remixer from New York City since the early 1990s. He is well known for working with various artists such as Jennifer Green and Sun, all of whom scored hits on both Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts.He also achieved success on both...
. A music video for "Mr. Romeo" was released January 2011 and hit over 1,000,000 views on youtube. Emii is very active on social networking sites, often answering fans on Twitter
Twitter
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Facebook
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, YouTube
YouTube
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and MySpace
MySpace
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. She was featured on the homepage of iLike
ILike
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, a popular music community. She is also an avid fan of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
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and recently toured the New York
New York
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Headquarters with Editor Ryan Penagos and staff. She currently lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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Singles
- 2010: "Magic"
- 2011: "Mr. Romeo" (featuring Snoop DoggSnoop DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
) - 2011: "Zombie Boyfriend"
- 2011: "Stilettos"