Party: Emjay "The Queen Of Euro" Live

Party: Emjay "The Queen Of Euro" Live

Emjay’s passion for music began at age 12, with a 7 year stint singing as a backup vocalist with a local Ottawa band. She devoted virtually all her spare time practicing the many different choreographs, along with aerobic training to ensure she was in top shape for her live performances of non-stop singing and dancing. Even at that young age, Emjay was willing to work hard and do what it took to attain her dream; to one day become a lead singer. The effort was well recognized; the band won 8 American Guild Awards. Still with the band in 1993, Emjay won first place as Pop Solo Artist at the American Guild Awards. Emjay was an excellent and advanced voice student of Cantor Stephen Chaiet of the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing of America).

In 1994 she recorded a solo project, resulting in her first recording contract with Primus Records, (composed and produced by Jean-Francois Laprise.). The song "Sound Of My Heartbeat" charted at #7 on The Record's Dance chart. More singles followed, "Fascinated" (a cover of the 1986 hit by Company B) rose to #5, "Flying To The Moon" to #3, and her biggest success yet to come, "In Your Arms". In July 1995, she performed at le Forum de Montreal alongside Bananarama, Whigfield, Los Del Mar, BKS and others, in front of a 10 000 capacity-crowd.

In August 1995, Emjay's first album, In Your Arms was released. This debut earned her five hit singles in Canada, along with the honour of a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 26th Annual Juno Awards and a MuchMusic Video Award.

In 1996, Emjay performed live at the Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada's Wonderland in Toronto in front of an estimated 15 000 capacity-crowd. The event, sponsored by Energy 108, also included artists Coolio, BKS, Ruffneck, Temperance, and many others. She was also nominated on The First Annual Cyberspace Euro-Energy Awards. In 1997, she performed for the second year in a row on the Parliament Hill at Ottawa's Winterlude. The memorable event was broadcasted live across the nation on the Much Music's flagship dance show Electric Circus, including several reruns on CityTV and Musique Plus. Then in 1997, she was at the 26th Annual Juno Awards at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.

In November 1997, Emjay signed with Tycoon Records. She had recorded her first new single "We All Need Love" (produced by Mark Ryan, which was Emjay's second single to be nominated for the Juno Awards as Best Dance Recording). She was chosen as the opening act for The Backstreet Boys' Canadian Tour, starting in Halifax in 1997 and ending in Québec City in 1998. In 1998, she performed with various artists in front of 70 000 people in Little Italy in Toronto for the World Cup soccer game. Throughout 1998 she continued to work releasing several singles including "Let It Go", "Over & Over" (both produced by Mark Ryan, "Over & Over" was once again nominated for Juno Awards as the Best Dance Recording), "Love Will Keep Us Together" (a cover of the 1975 release by Captain and Tennille) and "Is It For Real?" in 1999. In January 1999 music video "We All Need Love" entered into rotation on Much Music. In June 1999, single "Over & Over" entered the regular airplay on two of Toronto's radio stations Power 88.5 and Z103.5. In July 1999, "Over & Over" made it to the Z103.5's weekly Top 40 countdown

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