Emanuela Bellezza

EMAYLA, also known as Emanuela Bellezza is an Italian-American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, who gained popularity with her original music, after appearing on television networks MTV Très, Univision, RAI, Telefutura and TV Azteca. 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.

Early life Emayla was born in San Remo, and graduated for the Vocal Program in 2009.

Career In 2009, Emayla song "Stay With Me" was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Song by The Hollywood Music In Media Awards and she was featured on Music Connection magazine where she earned a recognition as Hottest Unsigned Artist of The Year. 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 , that went live on Italian radio called Radio Rai, which is part of Italian main TV Station, RAI. She was a finalist in the 2011 John Lennon Songwriting Contest with her own song Esperanza de Amor. 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. At the 2015 Rumi Awards in Las Vegas, Bellezza was the winner of "Best Artist - Europe" and "Best Singer - Duet". In 2016 Emayla worked with bass player Nathan East on the song "I Love To Dance", composed by the group "80's DNA Reloaded".

Musical style and influences

Emayla describes her music as a fusion of pop and soul.