Emerson Mancini

Emerson Mancini is an American mastering engineer based in Los Angeles. He has mastered songs and albums for numerous artists, including Jon Batiste, Camila Cabello, The Chainsmokers, Halsey, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo, Migos, Paramore, Portugal. The Man, Charlie Puth, Bebe Rexha, and Ed Sheeran. For his engineering work, Mancini has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning Record of the Year for Lizzo's "About Damn Time" and Album of the Year for Batiste's We Are. Additionally, he has worked on film and television soundtracks, including Top Gun: Maverick.

Life and career Mancini was raised in Long Island, New York, a first-generation American born to Argentine parents. he attended Berklee College of Music and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 2008.

Shortly after graduation, Mancini was hired by fellow mastering engineer Dave Kutch as an assistant at the Mastering Palace in New York, , he does not utilize analog tools for mastering and works entirely in Magix's Sequoia digital audio workstation using audio plug-ins. At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, he received his first nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Chromeo's album Head over Heels,

In July 2025, Mancini was signed to the management division of Errant Records, a Canadian independent record label.

Personal life In a guest column for Billboard, Mancini came out as a trans man in October 2022, having struggled with his gender identity "decade after decade". He credited Kendrick Lamar's "Auntie Diaries", a song from Lamar's 2022 album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers for which Mancini served as mastering engineer, for being " rap song about trans acceptance" that made him feel hopeful about his identity. He had previously received top surgery sometime in 2021, which "gave [him] a lot of space and freedom to operate".

Record of the Year "Freedom"

Album of the Year We Are

"About Damn Time" Lizzo

"The Heart Part 5" Kendrick Lamar

Special Lizzo Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar

Latin Grammy Awards + Year Category Nominated work Artist(s) Result 2021 Record of the Year "Amén" Ricardo Montaner, Mau y Ricky, Camilo, and Evaluna Montaner

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