Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou
Emanuel Kiriakou is a producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose hit singles include David Archuleta’s “Crush” (#1 iTunes; #2 Billboard) and Nick Lachey’s “What’s Left of Me” (Top 5 Billboard), which garnered Eman an ASCAP Pop Award. Eman succeeds in scoring singles across a range of diverse artists, from Whitney Houston (“I Look to You”) to Friday Night Boys (“Stupid Love Letter”) and Crosby Loggins (“Seriously”). Other current releases include Westlife, Michael Bolton, Ashley Tisdale, Elliot Yamin, and the American Idol finale song, “No Boundries.” Forthcoming are cuts with Jason Derulo, Charice, Backstreet Boys, and Big Time Rush. Eman is currently in the studio working on Simple Plan, Sofi Bonde, David Archuleta, Raemon and Jessica Mauboy.
Emanuel started playing music at the age of 12 in his father’s Greek band and distinguished himself throughout the 90s as a session guitarist, ultimately winning a Clio award for his work. Eman has also recorded and released over 20 instrumental records under the Lifescapes moniker.
Eman’s current collaborations include Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, Tricky, Andrea Martin, Andrew Goldstein, Liz Rose, Darrell Brown, Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Inara George, Claude Kelly, Steve McEwan, David Hodges, Jess Cates, Ashley Gorley, Lindy Robbins, Evan Bogart, Bryan Michael Cox, Craig Wiseman, Chris Tompkins, Cary Barlowe, JR Rotem, Andrew Merritt, Lil Eddie, Nathan Chapman , Whitney Duncan.
