Emma Blackery

Emma Blackery
Blackery performing at the Manchester Arena, 2016
Personal information
Born Emma Louise Blackery
(1991-11-11) 11 November 1991
Basildon, Essex, England
Nationality English
Education Bromfords School[1]
Residence Brighton, East Sussex, England
Website emmablackery.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active 2010–present
Genre
Subscribers 1.4 million subscribers
Total views 157.5 million views (combined)
Network Maker Studios
Associated acts Busted
100,000 subscribers 2013
1,000,000 subscribers 2015
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 13 January 2018.

Emma Louise Blackery[2] (born 11 November 1991)[3] is an English singer-songwriter, YouTuber vlogger, and author from Basildon, Essex.[3][4] Her main YouTube channel has over 1.4 million subscribers and over 131 million video views.[5] She also has a Vevo channel for her music videos which has over 3.3 million views and almost 70 thousand subscribers.[6]

Career

Music

Blackery's first EP, Human Behaviour, was released in early 2012.[7] 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.[8] The EP reached No. 1 on the iTunes Rock chart within the first week of its release.[9][10] Blackery released her third EP, Perfect, on 11 November 2014, her 23rd birthday,[11] and the song "Perfect" entered the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart at number 8.[12] Her fourth EP, Sucks to Be You, came out in 2016.[13][14] The single peaked at No. 85 on the Scottish Singles Chart.[15]

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.[16] She toured by herself in October 2016 and from May to June 2017.[17] She is touring Europe in March 2018, rescheduled for October 2018.[18][19] She also occasionally performs at YouTube events.[20]

In April 2017, she launched her Vevo channel, with the videos for "Nothing Without You, "Don't Come Home", and "Magnetised".[21] On 26 May, Blackery released her fifth EP, Magnetised.[22] 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.[23] The EP peaked at No. 5 on the UK Independent Album Chart and No. 2 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.[24][25] On 6 August, Blackery received a Summer in the City Song of the Year award for "Nothing Without You".[26] 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.[27]

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 940k views so far.[28][29]

On 30 April 2018, via Twitter, Blackery announced that her next single 'Agenda' would be released on 4 May 2018.[30] A lyric video was released alongside the single release on Blackery's Vevo account.[31] The official music video was released on 22 May. [32] She later released "Icarus" and "Take Me Out" [33][34][35][36]

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.[37][38]

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.[39][40][41][42]

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.

  • 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.[43] During her Fifty Shades of Grey series, Blackery also began uploading comedy vlogs, inspired by Shane Dawson and Dan Howell.[44] 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
  • 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.
  • 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" [45]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[46]
Villains 24

Extended plays

Title Peak chart positions Release details
UK
[46]
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
  • 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
[47]		 SCO
[48]
"My Thoughts on Google+"[49] 2014 — — Non-album singles
"I've Been Worse" 2015 — —
"Your Own Shoes" — —
"Sucks to Be You" 2016 — 85 Sucks to Be You
"Nothing Without You" 2017 — — Magnetised
"Magnetised" — —
"Don't Come Home" — —
"Dirt" 2018 47 — Villains
"Agenda" — —
"Icarus" — —
"Take Me Out" — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ Howeson, Louise (19 February 2015). "Emma Blackery YouTube blog has grossed 57 million views so far and helped launch her music career". Echo News. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Blackery, Emma (4 March 2014). "My middle name is Louise. LOUISE. LIKE EVERY OTHER EMMA ON THIS PLANET". Twitter. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Emma Blackery FAQ – Web Archive". Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "DRAW MY LIFE – Emma Blackery" on YouTube
  5. ↑ "emmablackery - YouTube". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "EmmaBlackeryVEVO - YouTube". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Human Behaviour EP – Emma Blackery". Emma Blackery. 17 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Go The Distance – Music Video". Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "TuneCore Artists Score Big on iTunes July Charts". PRWeb. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "THE UPLOAD TOUR 3 – Emma Blackery, BriBry and Dave Giles". The Academy. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Perfect EP by Emma Blackery". iTunes. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". iTunes.
  13. ↑ "Emma Blackery's Sucks to Be You EP and Headline Tour". Celeb Mix. 28 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Emma Blackery Releases Single From Upcoming EP". Ten Eighty. 14 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 03 June 2016 - 09 June 2016". Official Charts.
  16. ↑ "Busted reveal Emma Blackery and Wheatus will join their UK tour". Newsbeat. BBC Online. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Emma Blackery Concert Setlists & Tour Dates". setlist.fm.
  18. ↑ "Emma Blackery Postpones European Tour". teneightymagazine.com.
  19. ↑ "Emma Blackery Announces European Tour". teneightymagazine.com.
  20. ↑ "Emma Blackery at Summer in the City 2017: Headline Recap". teneightymagazine.com.
  21. ↑ "Musical Discovery: 'Nothing Without You' by Emma Blackery". The Life of a Thinker. 12 April 2017.
  22. ↑ "Emma Blackery Announces New EP 'Magnetised'". Celeb Mix. 15 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017". Official Charts.
  24. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017". Official Charts.
  25. ↑ "Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20 02 June 2017 - 08 June 2017". Official Charts.
  26. ↑ ".@emmablackery won song of the year with her absolute BOP 'Nothing Without You' and we are all too emotional #sitc2017". Twitter. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  27. ↑ "DIY artist Emma Blackery reacts to album being featured during iPhone launch". NME. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  28. ↑ http://teneightymagazine.com/2018/03/22/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-dirt/
  29. ↑ https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-returns-with-sassy-new-single-dirt/
  30. ↑ https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/990989152756862976
  31. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZZzaVllIuQ
  32. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNaFG4JT8AY
  33. ↑ http://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/06/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/
  34. ↑ https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-icarus/
  35. ↑ https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/219274/9
  36. ↑ http://ventsmagazine.com/2018/08/10/emma-blackery-releases-new-single-take-me-out/
  37. ↑ https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/998971790830469121
  38. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/album/villains/1387446309
  39. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Emma Blackery Tells Us All You Need To Know About Her New Book".
  40. ↑ "Emma Blackery Discusses Feel Good 101 Book". teneightymagazine.com.
  41. ↑ "Review: Feel Good 101 by Emma Blackery". www.amysbookishlife.co.uk.
  42. ↑ "Emma Blackery Announces 'Feel Good 101' Book". 10 February 2017.
  43. ↑ 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.
  44. ↑ Lander-Boyce, Teoh. "EMMA BLACKERY: THE JEKYLL AND HYDE WITHIN". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  45. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdb9srR18czyU1zvUOytcg/videos
  46. 1 2 "EMMA BLACKERY Full Official Charts History". Official Charts.
  47. ↑ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 23 March 2018 - 29 March 2018". Official Charts.
  48. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 03 June 2016 - 09 June 2016". Official Charts.
  49. ↑ Emily Crispy (2013-11-15), Google+ [Emma Blackery], retrieved 2018-10-05
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