Chelsea Emata (aka Chelsea E.), a native-born Filipino with Spanish and Chinese roots, was born In Cagayan De Oro Philippines, and has been an Los Angeles resident since the age of five. Perhaps living in the hub of entertainment known as “Hollywood” brought about the performer in her. Since Chelsea was eight, she was behind a mic, performing on stage. To better develop her passion for the arts, her parents showed their support by enrolling her in magnet schools and conservatories. She graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts where she studied voice, dance, and musical theater. Her major influences: Barbara Streisand, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey, helped her mold her vocals and gave her impressions of lasting careers to strive for in her music career.

During her junior year of high school, Chelsea officially became a member of SX4. At the age of fifteen, Chelsea joined an all Asian female music group called SX4 where she started her professional recording career. Despite worthy promise with 3 singles released under BMG, a recording contract offer with a major European label, and great exposure from such venues like the Hollywood Bowl and the Apollo NY, the group ended its run shortly after. After several years, conflicts of interest began to surface within the group, and they decided to disband.

After the girls went their separate ways, Chelsea decided to pursue her education further and attended The Academy of Radio and TV Broadcasting in Huntington Beach, California. Determined to keep her dream alive, to move people with her voice, Chelsea gathered her thoughts and ideas and began writing and collaborating for her own music. Besides performing at just about every venue in and around L.A., Chelsea has written and co-written nearly 40 songs to date, and has recorded close to 60 songs throughout her young career. She moved forward as a solo artist recording her debut album “Greenlight Girl.”

Greenlight Girl” is a combination of pop, acoustic, and urban sounds.Her style of music is classified in the pop category, as she prefers to sing songs that highlight her vocal range. Her music has been compared to the styles of Natasha Bedingfield, Nelly Furtado, Fergie and Pink. Excerpts from her private journal inspire her lyrics, and she describes her debut album as being “a musical diary.” Chelsea’s lyrics take listeners through heartbreak, relationship woes, love at first sight, and disappointments in love. In 2008, Chelsea’s album “Greenlight Girl” is available on iTunes. Outgoing, sexy, flirty, talented, and a rising star in the independent music scene, be prepared for Chelsea E. to change the face of pop music– as she is quickly becoming the most watched Asian American female to be on the rise in the music industry.

As for the Top Pop Group, Chelsea Emata and the other female vocalists formed 3 Daze through MySpace just, yes, three days before they auditioned. The journey of 3 Daze began when Corina “Noelle” Adaskaveg learned about MTV’s Top Pop Group auditions and sent out 40 emails to singers on MySpace. After spending hours interviewing girls on the phone, she hit it off with Chelsea Emata and Ingrid “Amaris Dupree” Olortegul. When they met in person, the three Hollywood hotties immediately became best friends … and 3 Daze was born. Catch 3 Daze on MTV tonite.

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Chelsea Emata “Do Whatcha Wanna Do” Music Video