Emily King is a Grammy

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-nominated American singer and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

. She started her career in 2004 and her debut album East Side Story

East Side Story (Emily King album)

East Side Story is the Grammy Award-nominated debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Emily King. The album was released in the United States on August 28, 2007...

was released three years later in August 2007. In December 2007, King was listed as a Grammy nominee for Best Contemporary R&B Album.

Biography

Born in New York City in 1985, King grew up in a small apartment on the lower east side. Her parents were a singing duo who performed and traveled regularly, bringing her and her older brother along with them. At age 16, King left school to pursue her music career. She began playing shows in restaurants and venues around New York City including CBGB'S http://www.cbgb.com and The Bitter End. http://www.bitterend.com/

Career

Signing her first record deal with J Records in 2004, her debut album "East Side Story" was released 3 years later in August 2007. It went on to earn a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary R&B Album of the Year." During that time King toured with John Legend and Floetry. She also opened for various artists such as Nas, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan and Erykah Badu. After parting ways with her label, King continues her work independently. Her sophomore EP entitled Seven is scheduled to be released on iTunes on July 12, 2011.

EP's

East Side Story Sampler (2006)

1. "Walk in My Shoes"
2. "Colorblind"
3. "You & I"
4. "Hold Me"
5. "Ain't No Sunshine"

Albums

Year	Information	Chart positions			Sales and certifications
		U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
2007	East Side Story East Side Story (Emily King album) East Side Story is the Grammy Award-nominated debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Emily King. The album was released in the United States on August 28, 2007... Released: August 28, 2007 Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	TBA	60	TBA	Worldwide sales: RIAA Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... : 18,000+ BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... :

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions			Album
		U.S. Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	U.S. R&B	Hot Adult R&B Airplay Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
2007	"Walk In My Shoes"	—	74	22	East Side Story East Side Story (Emily King album) East Side Story is the Grammy Award-nominated debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Emily King. The album was released in the United States on August 28, 2007...
2008	"U & I"	—	101	26

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