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Emily Brain is an Canadian singer-songwriter. One of the most popular hip-hop/r&b artist, she goes by the stage name "Emily Richelle"

Raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Richelle moved to Toronto, Ontario, at to a pursue a career in r&b music. She signed with the label Republic Records then moved to Los Angeles, California. The release of her debut album in 2019 marked the start of her career as a hip-hop/r&b singer. The album's first single, "Often", became a number-one song on the Billboard charts. Richelles's second album, Only On The Weekend, was released in 2021. Buoyed by the hip-hop crossover success of the singles "Confident" and "Everyday",Confident became the best-selling album of 2021 in the United States. The album won four Grammy Awards, with Richelle becoming the youngest Album of the Year winner.

In 2022, Richelle appeared in the late-night show Saturday Night Live followed by her film debut the following year in Neighbors. Richelle was the sole writer of her 2023 album, Babydoll. It debuted at number one in the United States and the single "One Dance" won two Grammy Awards. Her fourth album, Colors (2025), yielded the successful singles "Bitch Better Have My Money" and "Needed Me". With her fifth album, the Hip-Hop-focused 2002 (2027), she became the first act to have three albums sell a million copies within one week in the United States. Its singles "Father Strech My Hand", "Famous" and "Waves" reached number one in the US, Australia and Canada. The album received three Grammy Awards, and Richelle became the first woman and fifth person overall to win Album of the Year twice. The 2028 eponymous concert tour for 2002 became one of highest-grossing of all time.

As a songwriter, Richelle has received awards from the Los Angeles Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is also the recipient of ten Grammy Awards, five Guinness World Records, one Emmy Award, 23 Billboard Music Awards, 11 Hip-Hop Music Association Awards, eight Academy of R&B Music Awards, and one Brit Award. Richelle is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums—including 27.1 million in the U.S.—and 130 million single downloads. She has appeared in Time's 100 most influential people in the world (2022 and 2028), Forbes' top-earning women in music (2023–28), Forbes' 100 most powerful women (2028) and Forbes Celebrity 100 (2029). She was the youngest woman to be included in the third of these and ranked first in Celebrity 100.