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Emmalyn
Emmalyn performing at the Peppermint Club in September 2018
Background information
Birth name	Emmalyn Estrada
Born	(1992-04-05) April 5, 1992 (age 32)
Origin	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Pop R&B dance
Occupations	Singer songwriter dancer
Years active	2009–present
Labels	RCA Kemosabe
Member of	G.R.L.
Website	emmalyn.com

Emmalyn Estrada (born April 5, 1992), known professionally as Emmalyn, is a Canadian singer. Her first single, "Get Down", entered Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of August 29, 2009, at number 88 and peaked at number 59 for the week of October 31, 2009. She is best known as a member of the girl group G.R.L., formed by Robin Antin.

Personal life

Emmalyn is the youngest in her family and attended Holy Cross Regional High School in Surrey, British Columbia. She is of Filipino descent. In October 2009, Emmalyn decided to move to Los Angeles, California. In June 2011, Emmalyn moved back to her hometown of Surrey, British Columbia. She is the younger sister of Elise Estrada. She recently gave birth to a baby girl in May 2022.

Career

2009–2010: Career beginnings

In May 2009, Estrada competed in the 2009 Beat Music Awards hosted by Vancouver's The Beat 94.5. Estrada won the competition Her single, "Get Down" debuted on July 2, 2009, on the Kid Carson Show, again on The Beat 94.5. The single was nominated in the Dance/Urban/Rhythmic category of the 13th annual Canadian Radio Music Awards, which recognizes new songs that secured the most airplay on Canadian radio stations as recorded by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

In May 2009, Emmalyn released her first single "Get Down" with RockSTAR Music Corp after winning The 2009 Beat Music Awards. Emmalyn is not signed to RockSTAR Music Corp after winning The 2009 Beat Music Awards.

On November 29, 2010, Emmalyn's first music video for her first single "Don't Make Me Let You Go" premiered on her YouTube account. This is her first music video with her new record label TUG (The Ultimate Group) Music Entertainment.

2013–2015: Rise to fame and G.R.L.

In March 2013, Estrada had a recurring role in the popular A&E television series Bates Motel.

She was a member of the girl group G.R.L. alongside Lauren Bennett, Natasha Slayton, Paula van Oppen and Simone Battle from 2013 to 2015, which delivered the hits "Vacation" from The Smurfs 2, "Wild Wild Love" with Pitbull, "Ugly Heart", and "Lighthouse" dedicated to group-mate Simone Battle, who died by suicide in September 2014.

2016–2019: Solo career

On July 13, 2016, Estrada released "#FreeTitties", her first solo record since departing G.R.L. On September 28, 2016, Estrada released her follow up single "Hungover", which was accompanied by a music video released on October 4.

Eight months after the release of "Hungover", Estrada released "Phone Off" on May 5, 2017. "Bigger Than You", her next single, shortly followed and released on June 2, 2017. Estrada performed at Galore's first ever Girl Cult Festival on August 20, 2017, in Los Angeles.

2020–present: G.R.L. reunion

In 2020, she began to post short dance clips with former bandmates Lauren Bennett, Natasha Slayton, and Paula Van Oppen on Instagram and TikTok. In 2021, Estrada announced that she, Slayton, and Bennett would be reuniting as G.R.L. to release new music starting in 2021.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

Other releases

As featured artist

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Billboard Canadian Hot 100 : Aug 29, 2009 – (Biggest Jump) | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. August 29, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
2. "Billboard Singles Charts". www.billboard.biz. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
4. Archived December 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
5. "CBC News – Music – Nickelback, Karl Wolf lead race for radio airplay awards". Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
6. "0405 – EP by Emmalyn". Apple Music. April 5, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
7. "Emmalyn Estrada". IMDb. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
8. "Nickelback, Karl Wolf lead race for radio airplay awards". CBC Arts. January 13, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2023.

External links

• Website

• 1992 births
• Canadian dance musicians
• Canadian musicians of Filipino descent
• Canadian contemporary R&B singers
• Living people
• Singers from British Columbia
• People from Surrey, British Columbia
• Canadian women pop singers
• 21st-century Canadian women singers
• G.R.L. members