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'''Emma Louise Blackery'''<ref>{{cite web|last=Blackery|first=Emma|url=https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/440995290577776640|title=My middle name is Louise. LOUISE. LIKE EVERY OTHER EMMA ON THIS PLANET|website=Twitter|date=4 March 2014|accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref> (born 11 November 1991)<ref name="dob">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmablackery.com/p/faq.html |title=Emma Blackery FAQ – Web Archive |accessdate=5 June 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701094034/http://www.emmablackery.com/p/faq.html |archivedate=1 July 2013 }}</ref> is an English singer-songwriter, [[YouTuber]] [[vlogger]], and author from [[Basildon]], [[Essex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2017/sep/13/will-singer-emma-blackery-benefit-from-the-iphone-x-factor|title=''Will singer Emma Blackery benefit from the iPhone X factor? '' - The Guardian p.13 September 2017|accessdate=26 November 2018}}</ref> Her main YouTube channel has over 1.4 million subscribers and over 131 million video views.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/emmablackery/about | title=emmablackery - YouTube |accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> She also has a [[Vevo]] channel for her music videos which has over 3.3 million views and almost 70 thousand subscribers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdb9srR18czyU1zvUOytcg/about | title=EmmaBlackeryVEVO - YouTube |accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
'''Emma Louise Blackery'''<ref>{{cite web|last=Blackery|first=Emma|url=https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/440995290577776640|title=My middle name is Louise. LOUISE. LIKE EVERY OTHER EMMA ON THIS PLANET|website=Twitter|date=4 March 2014|accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref> (born 11 November 1991)<ref name="dob">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmablackery.com/p/faq.html |title=Emma Blackery FAQ |accessdate=5 June 2013 |website=emmablackery.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701094034/http://www.emmablackery.com/p/faq.html |archivedate=1 July 2013 }}</ref> is an English singer-songwriter, [[YouTuber]] [[vlogger]], and author from [[Basildon]], [[Essex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2017/sep/13/will-singer-emma-blackery-benefit-from-the-iphone-x-factor|title=''Will singer Emma Blackery benefit from the iPhone X factor? '' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 September 2017|accessdate=26 November 2018}}</ref> Her main YouTube channel has over 1.4 million subscribers and over 143 million video views.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/emmablackery/about | title=emmablackery - YouTube |accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> Her [[Vevo]] music channel has almost 70 thousand subscribers and over 4 million views.<ref name="EmmaBlackeryVEVO" />


==Career==
==Career==
===Music===
===Music===
Blackery's first [[Extended play|EP]], ''Human Behaviour'', was released in early 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emmablackery.bandcamp.com/album/human-behaviour-ep|title=Human Behaviour EP – Emma Blackery|date=17 May 2012|work=Emma Blackery}}</ref> Blackery initially created her YouTube channel, emmablackery, to promote her music. In July 2013, Blackery released her second EP, ''Distance'', accompanied by a music video for the lead track, "Go the Distance". The music video was uploaded to her main YouTube channel and currently has more than 1,000,000 views.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4celeq-Um6o | title=Go The Distance – Music Video | accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref> The EP reached No. 1 on the iTunes Rock chart within the first week of its release.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10963148.htm | title=TuneCore Artists Score Big on iTunes July Charts | publisher=PRWeb | date=25 July 2013 | accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theacademydublin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1829 | title=THE UPLOAD TOUR 3 – Emma Blackery, BriBry and Dave Giles | publisher=The Academy | accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref> Blackery released her third EP, ''Perfect'', on 11 November 2014, her 23rd birthday,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/perfect-ep/id930518676 | title=Perfect EP by Emma Blackery | publisher=iTunes | date=20 October 2014 | accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref> and the song "Perfect" entered the [[UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts|UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart]] at number 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/10/2014-11-22/|title=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40|publisher=iTunes}}</ref> Her fourth EP, ''Sucks to Be You'', came out in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackerys-sucks-ep-headline-tour/|title=Emma Blackery’s Sucks to Be You EP and Headline Tour|publisher=Celeb Mix|date=28 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/05/14/emma-blackery-releases-single-from-new-ep/|title=Emma Blackery Releases Single From Upcoming EP|publisher=Ten Eighty|date=14 May 2016}}</ref> The single peaked at No. 85 on the Scottish Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20160603/41//|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 03 June 2016 - 09 June 2016|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref>
Blackery's first [[Extended play|EP]], ‘Human Behaviour’, was released in early 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emmablackery.bandcamp.com/album/human-behaviour-ep|title=Human Behaviour EP – Emma Blackery|date=17 May 2012|work=bandcamp.org |author=Emma Blackery |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20141229134937/https://emmablackery.bandcamp.com/album/human-behaviour-ep |archivedate=29 December 2014 |accessdate=4 January 2019}}</ref> Blackery initially created her YouTube channel, emmablackery, to promote her music. In July 2013, Blackery released her second EP, ‘Distance’, accompanied by a music video for the lead track, ‘Go the Distance’. The music video was uploaded to her main YouTube channel and currently has more than 1,600,000 views.<ref>Emma Blackery (21 July 2013). {{YouTube|4celeq-Um6o|Go The Distance (Official Video)}}.</ref> The EP reached No. 1 on the iTunes Rock chart within the first week of its release.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10963148.htm | title=TuneCore Artists Score Big on iTunes July Charts | publisher=PRWeb | date=25 July 2013 | accessdate=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theacademydublin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1829 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140225041728/www.theacademydublin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1829 |archive-date=2014-02-25 |deadurl=yes | title=THE UPLOAD TOUR 3 – Emma Blackery, BriBry and Dave Giles | website=theacademydublin.com<!-- The New Academy Dublin -->|year=2014}}</ref> Blackery released her third EP, ‘Perfect’, on 11 November 2014, her 23rd birthday,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/perfect-ep/id930518676 | title=Perfect EP by Emma Blackery | publisher=iTunes | date=20 October 2014 | accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref> and the song ‘Perfect’ entered the [[UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts|UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart]] at number 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/10/2014-11-22/|title=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40|publisher=iTunes}}</ref> Her fourth EP, ‘Sucks to Be You’, came out in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackerys-sucks-ep-headline-tour/|title=Emma Blackery’s Sucks to Be You EP and Headline Tour |author=Annemarie Cutruzzola |publisher=Celeb Mix|date=28 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/05/14/emma-blackery-releases-single-from-new-ep/ |author=Rachel Kiki |date=14 May 2016|title=Emma Blackery Releases Single From Upcoming EP |website=teneightymagazine.com |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> The single peaked at No. 85 on the Scottish Singles Chart.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20160603/41//|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 03 June 2016 - 09 June 2016|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref>


On 4 April 2016, Blackery announced that she would be joining [[pop punk]] band [[Busted (band)|Busted]] as a special guest on their [[Pigs Can Fly Tour 2016]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959647/busted-reveal-emma-blackery-and-wheatus-will-join-their-uk-tour|title=Busted reveal Emma Blackery and Wheatus will join their UK tour|date=4 April 2016|work=[[Newsbeat]]|accessdate=4 April 2016|publisher=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> She toured by herself in October 2016 and from May to June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/emma-blackery-43d98bef.html|title=Emma Blackery Concert Setlists & Tour Dates|publisher=setlist.fm}}</ref> She was due to tour Europe in March 2018, but the dates were rescheduled for October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/02/12/emma-blackery-postpones-european-tour/|title=Emma Blackery Postpones European Tour|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/11/28/emma-blackery-announces-european-tour/|title=Emma Blackery Announces European Tour|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref> She also occasionally performs at YouTube events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/06/emma-blackery-at-summer-in-the-city-2017-headline-recap/|title=Emma Blackery at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref>
On 4 April 2016, Blackery announced that she would be joining [[pop punk]] band [[Busted (band)|Busted]] as a special guest on their [[Pigs Can Fly Tour 2016]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35959647/busted-reveal-emma-blackery-and-wheatus-will-join-their-uk-tour|title=Busted reveal Emma Blackery and Wheatus will join their UK tour|date=4 April 2016|work=[[Newsbeat]]|accessdate=4 April 2016|publisher=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> She toured by herself in October 2016 and from May to June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/emma-blackery-43d98bef.html|title=Emma Blackery Concert Setlists & Tour Dates|website=Setlist.fm}}</ref> She also occasionally performs at YouTube events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/06/emma-blackery-at-summer-in-the-city-2017-headline-recap/ |author=Christy Ku |date=6 August 2017 |title=Emma Blackery at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref> ‘Sucks to Be You’ was the runner-up for the first [[Summer in the City (event)|Summer in the City]] Song of the Year award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/08/14/summer-in-the-city-awards-2016-round-up/ |title=Summer in the City Awards 2016 Round-Up |author=Erin Sutton |date=14 August 2016 |access-date=17 January 2019 |website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref>


In April 2017, she launched her [[Vevo]] channel, with the videos for "Nothing Without You", "Don't Come Home", and "Magnetised".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelifeofathinker.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/nothing-without-you-emma-blackery-magnetised-ep-pop-youtube-youtuber-review/|title=Musical Discovery: ‘Nothing Without You’ by Emma Blackery|publisher=The Life of a Thinker|date=12 April 2017}}</ref> On 26 May, Blackery released her fifth EP, ''Magnetised''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-new-ep-magnetised/|title=Emma Blackery Announces New EP ‘Magnetised’|publisher=Celeb Mix|date=15 March 2017}}</ref> On 2 June, the EP debuted at No. 63 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her first EP to chart on the Official Album Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20170602/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> The EP peaked at No. 5 on the UK Independent Album Chart and No. 2 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170602/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-breakers-chart/20170602/255/|title=Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> On 6 August, Blackery received a [[Summer in the City (event)|Summer in the City]] Song of the Year award for "Nothing Without You".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/wetheunicorns/status/894253247267057665|title=.@emmablackery won song of the year with her absolute BOP 'Nothing Without You' and we are all too emotional #sitc2017|date= 6 August 2017|website=Twitter|accessdate= 6 August 2017}}</ref> The music video for "Nothing Without You" has also achieved over 1,000,000 views on YouTube. The cover art for ''Magnetised'' was also featured in the [[Apple Keynote]] event for the [[iPhone X]] in September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/diy-artist-emma-blackery-iphone-launch-apple-event-2140036|title=DIY artist Emma Blackery reacts to album being featured during iPhone launch|date= 13 September 2017|website=NME|accessdate= 28 February 2018}}</ref>
In April 2017, she launched her [[Vevo]] channel, with the videos for ‘Nothing Without You’, ‘Don't Come Home’, and ‘Magnetised’.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelifeofathinker.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/nothing-without-you-emma-blackery-magnetised-ep-pop-youtube-youtuber-review/|title=Musical Discovery: ‘Nothing Without You’ by Emma Blackery|publisher=The Life of a Thinker|date=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/emma-blackery-wcw/ |title=#WCW Emma Blackery rocks for all the Harry Potter-loving introverts out there |author=Carly Lanning |date=29 March 2017 |access-date=15 January 2019 |publisher=[[The Daily Dot]]}}</ref> On 26 May, Blackery released her fifth EP, ‘Magnetised’.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-new-ep-magnetised/|title=Emma Blackery Announces New EP ‘Magnetised’|publisher=Celeb Mix|date=15 March 2017}}</ref> On 2 June, the EP debuted at No. 63 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her first EP to chart on the Official Album Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20170602/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> The EP peaked at No. 5 on the UK Independent Album Chart and No. 2 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170602/131/|title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-breakers-chart/20170602/255/|title=Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref> On 6 August, Blackery received a [[Summer in the City (event)|Summer in the City]] Song of the Year award for ‘Nothing Without You’.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/wetheunicorns/status/894253247267057665|title=.@emmablackery won song of the year with her absolute BOP ‘Nothing Without You’ and we are all too emotional #sitc2017|date= 6 August 2017|website=Twitter|type=video|accessdate= 6 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/08/07/summer-in-the-city-awards-2017-round-up/ |title=Summer in the City Awards 2017 Round-Up |author=Louise Griffin |date=7 August 2017 |accessdate=1 January 2019 |website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref> The music video for ‘Nothing Without You’ achieved over 1,250,000 views on YouTube. The cover art for ‘Magnetised’ was also featured in the [[Apple Keynote]] event for the [[iPhone X]] in September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/diy-artist-emma-blackery-iphone-launch-apple-event-2140036|title=DIY artist Emma Blackery reacts to album being featured during iPhone launch |author=Helen Meriel Thomas |date= 13 September 2017 |work=[[NME]] |accessdate= 28 February 2018}}</ref>


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On 16 March 2018 Emma released the single 'Dirt'. The song entered the UK iTunes chart at Number 28 and rose as high as number 15. ‘Dirt’ has approximately 948k streams on [[Spotify]] thus far. Furthermore, the 'Dirt' music video which was released on the same date on her [[Vevo]] Channel has amassed over 1 million views so far.<ref>http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/03/22/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-dirt/</ref><ref>https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-returns-with-sassy-new-single-dirt/</ref>
On 16 March 2018 Blackery released the single ‘Dirt’, distributed as [[FLAC]] under her RWG Records label.<ref name="dirt">{{cite web |url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/2018-03-20/dirt-2018 |title=Dirt |date=20 March 2018 |website=recordoftheday.com |accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref> The song entered the UK iTunes chart at Number 28 and rose as high as number 15. The music video on her [[Vevo]] Channel amassed over 1 million views.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/03/22/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-dirt/ |author=Joanna Turner |date=22 March 2018|title=Emma Blackery Releases New Single Dirt |website=teneightymagazine.com|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-returns-with-sassy-new-single-dirt/|title=Emma Blackery Returns With Sassy New Single "Dirt"|date=19 March 2018|website=Celebmix.com|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref> She was due to tour Europe in March 2018, but the dates were rescheduled for October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/02/12/emma-blackery-postpones-european-tour/ |author=Beth Jefferies |date=12 February 2018|title=Emma Blackery Postpones European Tour|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/11/28/emma-blackery-announces-european-tour/ |author=Beth Jefferies |date=28 November 2017|title=Emma Blackery Announces European Tour|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref>


On 30 April 2018, via [[Twitter]], Blackery announced that her next single 'Agenda' would be released on 4 May 2018.<ref>https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/990989152756862976</ref> A lyric video was released alongside the single release on Blackery's Vevo account.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZZzaVllIuQ</ref> The official music video was released on 22 May. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNaFG4JT8AY</ref> She later released "Icarus" and "Take Me Out" <ref>http://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/06/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/</ref><ref>https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/</ref><ref>https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219274/9</ref><ref>http://ventsmagazine.com/2018/08/10/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-take-me-out/</ref>
On 30 April 2018 Blackery announced that her next single ‘Agenda’ would be released on 4 May 2018. A lyric video was released alongside the single release on Blackery's Vevo account.<ref>Emma Blackery &ndash; {{YouTube|DZZzaVllIuQ|Agenda (Lyric Video)}}, 2018</ref> The official music video was released on 22 May. <ref>Emma Blackery &ndash;
{{YouTube|cNaFG4JT8AY|Agenda (Official Video)}}, 2018</ref> She later released ‘Icarus’ and ‘Take Me Out’.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/06/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/|title=Emma Blackery Releases New Single ‘Icarus’|date=23 June 2018|website=Essentiallypop.com|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/|title=Emma Blackery releases new single ‘Icarus’|date=23 June 2018|website=CelebMix|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219274/9|title=Emma Blackery Shares New Song Take Me Out From Upcoming Debut Album ‘Villains’ - Stereoboard|first=Jon|last=Stickler|website=Stereoboard.com|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ventsmagazine.com/2018/08/10/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-take-me-out/|title=Emma Blackery releases new single ‘Take Me Out’|date=10 August 2018|website=Ventsmagazine.com|accessdate=22 December 2018}}</ref>


On 22 May 2018 Blackery announced her debut album, ''Villains'', which was released on 31 August 2018. She then partnered with [[HMV]] for a UK-wide tour where she did small in-store performances and album signings. The album reached #5 in the Pop ITunes Charts as well as being in the top 20 Official UK Charts.<ref>https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/998971790830469121</ref><ref>https://itunes.apple.com/album/villains/1387446309</ref>
On 22 May 2018 Blackery announced her debut album, ‘Villains’, which was released on 31 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/08/emma-blackerys-new-album-villains-is-deeply-introspective-and-conceptual/ |title=Emma Blackery’s New Album ‘Villains’ Is Deeply Introspective And Conceptual |website=Essentiallypop.com|date=30 August 2018 |access-date=25 December 2018 |quote=It’s a rollercoaster of a listen, but it’ll appeal to both fans and the casual listener alike.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/emma-blackery-youtube-musician-villains-album-uk-tour |title=How Emma Blackery went from YouTube fame to IRL music career |date=10 August 2018 |author=Chris Stokel-Walker |work=Music |publisher=[[Wired UK]] |accessdate=25 December 2018}}</ref> In June she performed ‘Third Eye’ live at the [[VidCon#2018 (9th annual VidCon US, 2nd annual VidCon Europe/Australia)|9th VidCon]] ''Night Of Awesome''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://girlscoutsnow.com/2018/07/03/girl-report-vidcon-2018/ |author=Hailey Mim |date=3 July 2018 |title=Girl Report {{!}} VidCon 2018 |publisher=[[Scouting_in_California#Girl_Scouts_of_San_Gorgonio_Council|GSSGC]] |accessdate=4 January 2019}}<!-- vidcon.com/vidconus2018/ is a weird slideshow with 3 search hits for Blackery --></ref> She then partnered with [[HMV]] for a UK-wide tour where she did small in-store performances and album signings. The album reached #5 in the Pop ITunes Charts as well as being in the top 20 Official UK Charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/villains/1387446309|title=Villains by Emma Blackery|accessdate=22 December 2018|website=Itunes.apple.com}}</ref>


===Book===
===Book===
Blackery released a book she wrote called ''[[Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life]]'', based upon a series featured on her main channel. In September 2017, the book was released and went on to become a best-seller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/emma-blackery-book-feel-good-101/#L4Xucyt6dbZ2XvOQ.97|title=EXCLUSIVE: Emma Blackery Tells Us All You Need To Know About Her New Book|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/02/09/emma-blackery-discusses-feel-good-101-book/|title=Emma Blackery Discusses Feel Good 101 Book|website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amysbookishlife.co.uk/2017/09/review-feel-good-101-by-emma-blackery.html|title=Review: Feel Good 101 by Emma Blackery|website=www.amysbookishlife.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-feel-good-101-book/|title=Emma Blackery Announces 'Feel Good 101' Book|date=10 February 2017|publisher=}}</ref>
Blackery released a book she wrote called ''Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life'', based upon a series featured on her main channel. In September 2017, the book was released and went on to become a best-seller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wetheunicorns.com/news/emma-blackery-book-feel-good-101/#L4Xucyt6dbZ2XvOQ.97 |author=Liam Dryden |date=9 February 2017 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Emma Blackery Tells Us All You Need To Know About Her New Book|website=Wetheunicorns.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2017/02/09/emma-blackery-discusses-feel-good-101-book/|title=Emma Blackery Discusses Feel Good 101 Book |author=Conor Riley |date=9 February 2017 |website=Teneightymagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amysbookishlife.co.uk/2017/09/review-feel-good-101-by-emma-blackery.html|title=Review: Feel Good 101 by Emma Blackery |date=2017 |type=blog |website=Amysbookishlife.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-announces-feel-good-101-book/|title=Emma Blackery Announces 'Feel Good 101' Book|date=10 February 2017 |author=Annemarie Cutruzzola
|website=Celebmix.com}}</ref>


===YouTube===
===YouTube===
Blackery currently has three active YouTube channels, and multiple previously active channels which have either been deleted, left inactive, or re-branded into new channels.
Blackery currently has three active YouTube channels, and multiple previously active channels which have either been deleted, left inactive,<ref>{{YouTube|u=TheseSilentSeas|TheseSilentSeas}}, 2011</ref> or re-branded into new channels.<ref>Emma Blackery (28 Aug 2016). {{YouTube|dj7i4eicuyM|So when are you gonna delete THIS channel?}}.</ref>

* Emma Blackery – Blackery's main channel, created in May 2012, on which she hosts her primary content including vlogs, music videos, comedy sketches and other miscellaneous content. She began to gain a following from reading excerpts from ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' on her channel, but these videos were later removed due to copyright complaints.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/apr/07/youtube-uk-20-online-video-bloggers | title=YouTube UK: 20 of Britain's most popular online video bloggers | publisher=The Guardian | date=7 April 2013 | accessdate=21 February 2014 | first1=Tim|last1=Lewis|first2=Killian|last2=Fox|first3=Lizzi|last3=Michael}}</ref> During her ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' series, Blackery also began uploading comedy vlogs, inspired by [[Shane Dawson]] and [[Daniel Howell|Dan Howell]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/29/emma-blackery-the-jekyll-and-hyde-within/ | title=EMMA BLACKERY: THE JEKYLL AND HYDE WITHIN | accessdate=11 April 2016 | first=Teoh|last=Lander-Boyce}}</ref> Some of her most viewed videos which are public as of April 2018 are The Sims in Real Life with over 3.7 million video views and If Websites Started dating which has over 3.2 million video views, showing the most popular of her online videos to fit in with her target audience of teens aged 14-19
* Emma Blackery – Blackery's main channel, created in May 2012, on which she hosts her primary content including vlogs, music videos, comedy sketches and other miscellaneous content. She began to gain a following from reading excerpts from ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' on her channel, but these videos were later removed due to copyright complaints.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/apr/07/youtube-uk-20-online-video-bloggers | title=YouTube UK: 20 of Britain's most popular online video bloggers | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=7 April 2013 | accessdate=21 February 2014 | first1=Tim|last1=Lewis|first2=Killian|last2=Fox|first3=Lizzi|last3=Michael}}</ref> During her ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' series, Blackery also began uploading comedy vlogs, inspired by [[Shane Dawson]] and [[Daniel Howell|Dan Howell]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/08/29/emma-blackery-the-jekyll-and-hyde-within/ | title=EMMA BLACKERY: THE JEKYLL AND HYDE WITHIN | accessdate=11 April 2016 | first=Teoh|last=Lander-Boyce}}</ref> Some of her most viewed videos which are public as of January 2019 are The Sims in Real Life with 3.8 million views, If Websites Started dating with 3.3 million views, and If Tampon Commercials Were Honest with 5.3 million views, showing the most popular of her online videos to fit in with her target audience of teens aged 14-19.{{cn}}
*Vloggery – Blackery's second active channel which is dedicated to vlogs, tips, advice, serious talk subjects and any other content in which she feels doesn’t belong on her main channel.
*Vloggery – Blackery's second active channel which is dedicated to vlogs, tips, advice, serious talk subjects and any other content in which she feels doesn’t belong on her main channel. She presented [[Summer in the City (event)|Summer in the City]] 2017 in three videos.
*EmmaBlackeryVEVO – Blackery also has a channel created solely to upload her music videos, currently there are eight videos, "Nothing Without You (Official Video)", "Magnetised (Official Video)", "Don't Come Home (Official Lyric Video)", "Dirt", "Dirt (Acoustic)", "Agenda (Lyric Video)", "Agenda (Official Video)", "Icarus (Lyric video)" and "Take Me Out" <ref>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdb9srR18czyU1zvUOytcg/videos</ref>
*EmmaBlackeryVEVO – Blackery also has a channel created solely to upload her music videos, including "Nothing Without You (Official Video)", "Magnetised (Official Video)", "Don't Come Home (Official Lyric Video)", "Dirt", "Dirt (Acoustic)", "Agenda (Lyric Video)", "Agenda (Official Video)", "Icarus (Lyric video)" and "Take Me Out".<ref name="EmmaBlackeryVEVO">{{YouTube|c=UCtdb9srR18czyU1zvUOytcg|EmmaBlackeryVEVO|suffix=}}, 2017</ref>

In 2017 she expressed her unhappiness with [[YouTube Rewind]].<ref>Emma Blackery (8 December 2017). {{YouTube|jNsWYq7Bo9E|YouTube Rewind: The Truth (Why I'm saying NO next year)}}.</ref> Her video ''My thoughts on Google+'' was [[Viral_video|viral]] in 2013 and updated at the end of 2018 to celebrate the end of [[Google+]].<ref name="g+">Emma Blackery (8 November 2013). {{youtube|LTq8TrA3hb4|My Thoughts on Google+}}.</ref><ref name="Ed.2018">Emma Blackery (4 November 2018). {{YouTube|Li7RvLKoVlQ|My Thoughts on Google+ <nowiki>[2018 EDITION]</nowiki>}}.</ref>

In April 2018 she experimented with a paid promotion in ''Cute Without Ya'' published under a [[Creative_Commons_license#Types_of_licenses|<abbr title="Creative Commons BY attribution">CC-BY</abbr>]] licence.<ref>Emma Blackery (14 April 2018). {{YouTube|K7r58jQqK8I|Cute Without Ya}}.</ref>


==Discography==
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* Released: 31 August 2018
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* Released: 11 November 2014
* Label: Fireflight<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2016/07/14/fireflight-merch-halts-sales/ |title=Fireflight Merch Halts Sales |author=Kiersten Nordin |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=17 January 2019 |website=teneightymagazine.com}}</ref>
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK<br>Sales]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/20180323/7509/|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 23 March 2018 - 29 March 2018|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles Chart|SCO]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20160603/41//|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 03 June 2016 - 09 June 2016|publisher=Official Charts}}</ref>
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== Bibliography ==
* ''Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life'' ([[Sphere Books|Sphere]], 2017, {{ISBN|978-0751569230}})

==See also==
* [[Jacksepticeye]]
* [[PewDiePie]]


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==References==
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Emma Blackery
Blackery performing at the Manchester Arena, 2016
Personal information
Born
Emma Louise Blackery

(1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 33)
NationalityEnglish
EducationBromfords School[1]
Websiteemmablackery.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
Subscribers1.4 million subscribers[2]
Total views157.5 million views (combined)[2]
NetworkMaker Studios
Associated actsBusted
100,000 subscribers2013
1,000,000 subscribers2015

Last updated: 13 January 2018

Emma Louise Blackery[3] (born 11 November 1991)[4] is an English singer-songwriter, YouTuber vlogger, and author from Basildon, Essex.[5] Her main YouTube channel has over 1.4 million subscribers and over 143 million video views.[6] Her Vevo music channel has almost 70 thousand subscribers and over 4 million views.[7]

Career

Music

Blackery's first EP, ‘Human Behaviour’, was released in early 2012.[8] Blackery initially created her YouTube channel, emmablackery, to promote her music. In July 2013, Blackery released her second EP, ‘Distance’, accompanied by a music video for the lead track, ‘Go the Distance’. The music video was uploaded to her main YouTube channel and currently has more than 1,600,000 views.[9] The EP reached No. 1 on the iTunes Rock chart within the first week of its release.[10][11] Blackery released her third EP, ‘Perfect’, on 11 November 2014, her 23rd birthday,[12] and the song ‘Perfect’ entered the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart at number 8.[13] Her fourth EP, ‘Sucks to Be You’, came out in 2016.[14][15] The single peaked at No. 85 on the Scottish Singles Chart.[16]

On 4 April 2016, Blackery announced that she would be joining pop punk band Busted as a special guest on their Pigs Can Fly Tour 2016.[17] She toured by herself in October 2016 and from May to June 2017.[18] She also occasionally performs at YouTube events.[19] ‘Sucks to Be You’ was the runner-up for the first Summer in the City Song of the Year award.[20]

In April 2017, she launched her Vevo channel, with the videos for ‘Nothing Without You’, ‘Don't Come Home’, and ‘Magnetised’.[21][22] On 26 May, Blackery released her fifth EP, ‘Magnetised’.[23] On 2 June, the EP debuted at No. 63 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her first EP to chart on the Official Album Chart.[24] The EP peaked at No. 5 on the UK Independent Album Chart and No. 2 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.[25][26] On 6 August, Blackery received a Summer in the City Song of the Year award for ‘Nothing Without You’.[27][28] The music video for ‘Nothing Without You’ achieved over 1,250,000 views on YouTube. The cover art for ‘Magnetised’ was also featured in the Apple Keynote event for the iPhone X in September 2017.[29]

On 16 March 2018 Blackery released the single ‘Dirt’, distributed as FLAC under her RWG Records label.[30] The song entered the UK iTunes chart at Number 28 and rose as high as number 15. The music video on her Vevo Channel amassed over 1 million views.[31][32] She was due to tour Europe in March 2018, but the dates were rescheduled for October 2018.[33][34]

On 30 April 2018 Blackery announced that her next single ‘Agenda’ would be released on 4 May 2018. A lyric video was released alongside the single release on Blackery's Vevo account.[35] The official music video was released on 22 May. [36] She later released ‘Icarus’ and ‘Take Me Out’.[37][38][39][40]

On 22 May 2018 Blackery announced her debut album, ‘Villains’, which was released on 31 August 2018.[41][42] In June she performed ‘Third Eye’ live at the 9th VidCon Night Of Awesome.[43] She then partnered with HMV for a UK-wide tour where she did small in-store performances and album signings. The album reached #5 in the Pop ITunes Charts as well as being in the top 20 Official UK Charts.[44]

Book

Blackery released a book she wrote called Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life, based upon a series featured on her main channel. In September 2017, the book was released and went on to become a best-seller.[45][46][47][48]

YouTube

Blackery currently has three active YouTube channels, and multiple previously active channels which have either been deleted, left inactive,[49] or re-branded into new channels.[50]

  • Emma Blackery – Blackery's main channel, created in May 2012, on which she hosts her primary content including vlogs, music videos, comedy sketches and other miscellaneous content. She began to gain a following from reading excerpts from Fifty Shades of Grey on her channel, but these videos were later removed due to copyright complaints.[51] During her Fifty Shades of Grey series, Blackery also began uploading comedy vlogs, inspired by Shane Dawson and Dan Howell.[52] Some of her most viewed videos which are public as of January 2019 are The Sims in Real Life with 3.8 million views, If Websites Started dating with 3.3 million views, and If Tampon Commercials Were Honest with 5.3 million views, showing the most popular of her online videos to fit in with her target audience of teens aged 14-19.[citation needed]
  • Vloggery – Blackery's second active channel which is dedicated to vlogs, tips, advice, serious talk subjects and any other content in which she feels doesn’t belong on her main channel. She presented Summer in the City 2017 in three videos.
  • EmmaBlackeryVEVO – Blackery also has a channel created solely to upload her music videos, including "Nothing Without You (Official Video)", "Magnetised (Official Video)", "Don't Come Home (Official Lyric Video)", "Dirt", "Dirt (Acoustic)", "Agenda (Lyric Video)", "Agenda (Official Video)", "Icarus (Lyric video)" and "Take Me Out".[7]

In 2017 she expressed her unhappiness with YouTube Rewind.[53] Her video My thoughts on Google+ was viral in 2013 and updated at the end of 2018 to celebrate the end of Google+.[54][55]

In April 2018 she experimented with a paid promotion in Cute Without Ya published under a CC-BY licence.[56]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[57]
Villains 24

Extended plays

Title Peak chart positions Release details
UK
[57]
Human Behavior EP
  • Released: 17 May 2012
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download
Distance EP
  • Released: 16 July 2013
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download
Perfect EP
  • Released: 11 November 2014
  • Label: Fireflight[58]
  • Formats: Digital download
Sucks to Be You
  • Released: 27 May 2016
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download
Magnetised 63
  • Released: 26 May 2017
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download, CD, Vinyl
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
Sales

[59]
SCO
[16]
"My Thoughts on Google+"[54] 2014 Non-album singles
"I've Been Worse" 2015
"Your Own Shoes"
"Sucks to Be You" 2016 85 Sucks to Be You
"Look What You Made Me Do"
"Let Me Be"
"Nothing Without You" 2017 Magnetised
"Magnetised"
"Don't Come Home"
"Dirt"[30] 2018 47 Villains
"Agenda"
"Icarus"
"Take Me Out"
"Dirt (acoustic)"[60] Non-album singles
"My Thoughts on Google+ [2018 EDITION]"[55]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Bibliography

  • Feel Good 101: The Outsiders' Guide to a Happier Life (Sphere, 2017, ISBN 978-0751569230)

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "About emmablackery". YouTube.
  3. ^ Blackery, Emma (4 March 2014). "My middle name is Louise. LOUISE. LIKE EVERY OTHER EMMA ON THIS PLANET". Twitter. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Emma Blackery FAQ". emmablackery.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Will singer Emma Blackery benefit from the iPhone X factor? ". The Guardian. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ^ "emmablackery - YouTube". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b EmmaBlackeryVEVO channel on YouTube, 2017
  8. ^ Emma Blackery (17 May 2012). "Human Behaviour EP – Emma Blackery". bandcamp.org. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2019. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Emma Blackery (21 July 2013). Go The Distance (Official Video) on YouTube.
  10. ^ "TuneCore Artists Score Big on iTunes July Charts". PRWeb. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  11. ^ "THE UPLOAD TOUR 3 – Emma Blackery, BriBry and Dave Giles". theacademydublin.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Perfect EP by Emma Blackery". iTunes. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". iTunes.
  14. ^ Annemarie Cutruzzola (28 May 2016). "Emma Blackery's Sucks to Be You EP and Headline Tour". Celeb Mix.
  15. ^ Rachel Kiki (14 May 2016). "Emma Blackery Releases Single From Upcoming EP". teneightymagazine.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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  17. ^ "Busted reveal Emma Blackery and Wheatus will join their UK tour". Newsbeat. BBC Online. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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  19. ^ Christy Ku (6 August 2017). "Emma Blackery at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap". teneightymagazine.com.
  20. ^ Erin Sutton (14 August 2016). "Summer in the City Awards 2016 Round-Up". teneightymagazine.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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  25. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017". Official Charts.
  26. ^ "Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017". Official Charts.
  27. ^ ".@emmablackery won song of the year with her absolute BOP 'Nothing Without You' and we are all too emotional #sitc2017". Twitter (video). 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  28. ^ Louise Griffin (7 August 2017). "Summer in the City Awards 2017 Round-Up". teneightymagazine.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  29. ^ Helen Meriel Thomas (13 September 2017). "DIY artist Emma Blackery reacts to album being featured during iPhone launch". NME. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Dirt". recordoftheday.com. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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  32. ^ "Emma Blackery Returns With Sassy New Single "Dirt"". Celebmix.com. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  33. ^ Beth Jefferies (12 February 2018). "Emma Blackery Postpones European Tour". teneightymagazine.com.
  34. ^ Beth Jefferies (28 November 2017). "Emma Blackery Announces European Tour". teneightymagazine.com.
  35. ^ Emma Blackery – Agenda (Lyric Video) on YouTube, 2018
  36. ^ Emma Blackery – Agenda (Official Video) on YouTube, 2018
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  43. ^ Hailey Mim (3 July 2018). "Girl Report | VidCon 2018". GSSGC. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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  45. ^ Liam Dryden (9 February 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: Emma Blackery Tells Us All You Need To Know About Her New Book". Wetheunicorns.com.
  46. ^ Conor Riley (9 February 2017). "Emma Blackery Discusses Feel Good 101 Book". Teneightymagazine.com.
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  48. ^ Annemarie Cutruzzola (10 February 2017). "Emma Blackery Announces 'Feel Good 101' Book". Celebmix.com.
  49. ^ TheseSilentSeas's channel on YouTube, 2011
  50. ^ Emma Blackery (28 Aug 2016). So when are you gonna delete THIS channel? on YouTube.
  51. ^ Lewis, Tim; Fox, Killian; Michael, Lizzi (7 April 2013). "YouTube UK: 20 of Britain's most popular online video bloggers". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  52. ^ Lander-Boyce, Teoh. "EMMA BLACKERY: THE JEKYLL AND HYDE WITHIN". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  53. ^ Emma Blackery (8 December 2017). YouTube Rewind: The Truth (Why I'm saying NO next year) on YouTube.
  54. ^ a b Emma Blackery (8 November 2013). My Thoughts on Google+ on YouTube.
  55. ^ a b Emma Blackery (4 November 2018). My Thoughts on Google+ [2018 EDITION] on YouTube.
  56. ^ Emma Blackery (14 April 2018). Cute Without Ya on YouTube.
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