'''Emily Alves da Silva de Deus''' (born February 3, 1996), known professionally as '''Emily Ray''', is a singer and songwriter, from [[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]. She moved to the United States at age 17. <ref>https://epopnaweb.com.br/emily-ray-a-cantora-brasileira-que-vem-despontando-no-cenario-pop-americano/</ref>
==Early life==
For the last decade, she has been a multi-talented artist with passion for music and great accomplishments. She is a Pop/Hip-Hop R&B singer and songwriter. Emily Ray has amassed millions of views on her videos, performed concerts for audiences of 100,000+, and given TV appearances, along with collaborating with major artists and producers in her upcoming album.
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She is a unique artist, vocally gifted and multilingual, who writes and sings in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Emily Ray’s most recent single, "911", went viral on Youtube, accumulating millions of views.
Her song speaks about her experience with domestic violence and has helped many people across the world and granted her visibility and fans at an international level. Hundreds of well-knows influencers and pages such as “Virginia <ref>https://instagram.com/virginia?utm_medium=copy_link </ref> ”, “Yarley <ref>https://instagram.com/yarleyutm_medium=copy_link </ref> ”, “NBC”, Fox News”, and others supported the artist well as shared her music. <ref>https://www.wboc.com/story/43521374/singer-speaks-out-against-domestic-violence-exclusive-interview-with-emily-ray</ref>Multiple articles have written that Emily Ray is on her way to becoming a musical sensation. <ref>https://observatoriodosfamosos.uol.com.br/publieditorial/vitima-de-violencia-domestica-emily-ray-transformou-sua-dor-em-talento-e-hoje-inspira-pessoas-por-meio-da-musica</ref><ref>https://utahvalley360.com/2017/03/07/2017-fab-40-emily-ray/</ref><ref> https://emilyrayofficial.com/</ref>
In October 2016, Emily Ray released her first music video "With Me" which gave her exposure by hitting 200.000 views on YouTube.