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| Birth Name: | Emanuela Alexa | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1992 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Lugoj, Romania | ||||||
| Years Active: | 2015–present | ||||||
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Emanuela Alexa (born April 2, 1992), known professionally as Emaa (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer and songwriter. She became known in 2020 after the release of the song "Insula",[1] in collaboration with The Motans, which brought her collaboration with Global Records.[2] [3]
Emanuela Alexa was born on April 2, 1992, in Lugoj, Romania. Emaa started singing as a child, being encouraged by her mother and grandparents.[4] At the age of three, she participated in Tip Top MiniTop, a televised children's talent contest.[5] She finished high school in her hometown and moved to Timișoara, where she studied at the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology at West University.
After graduating from college, Emaa started playing with the alternative rock band BAB from Timişoara as a composer and vocal soloist. In 2015, she began a long-term collaboration with Silent Strike and released her first single, "Mâine", with Deliric.[6]
In 2017, Emaa was the female voice in the tracks on the album released by Silent Strike and entitled It`s Not Safe To Turn Off Your Computer.
In 2018, she worked with Silent Strike, Deliric, Seek Music and Paul Parker on the soundtrack for the HBO-based Hackerville television series.[7]
In 2020, after signing with Global Records,[8] she had a collaboration with Sickotoy for the song "Gasolina".[9]
In October 2020, The Motans and Emaa released the song "Insula".[10] On December 1, 2020, the artist released her first studio album, Macii înfloresc iarna, which contains four songs performed by Emaa and three collaborations with Bastien, Bruja and Killa Fonic.[11]
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROU [13] | ||||||||||||
| "The City (City light)" | 2019 | — | rowspan="4" | |||||||||
| "Ego The Friend" (Live Acoustic Session) | — | |||||||||||
| "The Movie" | — | |||||||||||
| "Fun" | 2020 | — | ||||||||||
| "Macii înfloresc iarna" | — | Macii înfloresc iarna | ||||||||||
| "Zboară" | — | |||||||||||
| "Extaz murdar" | — | |||||||||||
| "Kundalini" | — | |||||||||||
| "Copilul" | — | |||||||||||
| "Nebună" | — | |||||||||||
| "Luna și stelele" | — | |||||||||||
| "Zburătorul" | 2021 | 4 | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Sufletu' imun" | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "Atât de noi" | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROU | CIS [14] | |||||||||||
| "Mâine" | 2016 | — | — | Deliric X Silent Strike | ||||||||
| "It`s Not Safe To Turn Off Your Computer" | 2017 | — | — | It's Not Safe to Turn off Your Computer | ||||||||
| "The Edge" | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Melancholia" | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Synopsis" | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Under Skies" | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Under Skins" | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Invaders" | 2018 | — | — | Hackerville (Original TV Soundtrack) | ||||||||
| "Control" | 2019 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Sinsanity" | — | — | Qb Sessions, Vol. 1 | |||||||||
| "Azi" | — | — | Deliric X Silent Strike II | |||||||||
| "Gasolina" | 2020 | 10 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Insula" | 1 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Extaz murdar" | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Curaj Lichid" | 2021 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Pură ficțiune, Zburătorul | Piano Session" | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Gloanțe" | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "N-aud" | 1 | 137 | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "Armada" | — | — | Terra Vista | |||||||||
| "La timpul lor" | 2022 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Grimme-Preis | Grimme Preis for Film Music | [15] | ||
| Berlin Music Video Awards | Best Editor | "Control" | [16] |
| Year | Title | Role | Credit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | Original TV Soundtrack | |||
| 2020 | — | Original TV Soundtrack | [17] |