Emjay
title: "Emjay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["living-people", "singers-from-ottawa", "canadian-techno-musicians", "eurodance-musicians", "1974-births", "franco-ontarian-people", "21st-century-canadian-women-singers"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emjay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Emjay |
| birth_name | Marie-Josée Riel |
| birth_date | |
| origin | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| genre | Eurodance |
| occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| years_active | 1987–2006, 2018–present |
| label | Numuzik Inc., Tycoon Records |
| :: |
| name = Emjay | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Marie-Josée Riel | birth_date = | origin = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | genre = Eurodance | occupation = Singer-songwriter | instrument = | years_active = 1987–2006, 2018–present | label = Numuzik Inc., Tycoon Records | website = Marie-Josée Riel also known as Emjay (born December 9, 1974) is a Canadian eurodance musician.
Musical career
After fronting a local Ottawa band for several years, she recorded a solo project in 1994 and signed a recording contract. She released several singles and one album in her career.
In 2000, she received a Juno Award nomination for Best Dance Recording, for her single "Over and Over".
In July 2018, Emjay announced she would be releasing a new single. It would be her first original release in nearly 20 years. She continues to perform occasionally in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal nightclubs.
Discography
Studio albums
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| Title and album details |
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| In Your Arms |
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Singles
::data[format=table] | Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | CAN Dance | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1994 | "Sound of My Heartbeat" | 14 | In Your Arms | | | 1995 | "Fascinated" | 10 | | | | "Flying to the Moon" | 4 | | | | | "In Your Arms" | — | | | | | 1996 | "Point of No Return" | — | | | | "Be My Man" | — | | | | | 1997 | "We All Need Love" | — | Singles Only | | | 1998 | "Let It Go" | — | | | | 1999 | "Over and Over" | — | | | | "Love Will Keep Us Together" | — | | | | | "Is This For Real" | — | | | | | 2019 | "Living My Life" (with ABA/Z Project) | | | | | 2020 | "As Above So Below" (with Phoenix Lord & Saggian) | | | | | "You Keep Me Hanging On" | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart | | | | | ::
References
References
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Emjay Discogs biography]
- [http://www.eurokdj.com/search/eurodb.php?name=Emjay Eurodance encyclopedia biography]
- Gill, Alexandra (February 3, 2000). "Morissette, Prozzak lead Juno race", ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', p. R6.
- "Canada dance peaks".
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