Emma Brown, known simply as Emma, represents one of the most distinctive Italian voices in the national music and television scene. Her artistic career took off during the ninth edition of Friends by Maria De Filippi, where it emerges as lead vocals and then landed, in 2020, on the jury of X Factor, alongside Manuel Agnelli, Mika and Hell Raton. Born on May 25, 1984 in Florence under the sign of Gemini, Emma moved from Sesto Fiorentino to Aradeo, in the province of Lecce, where her parents, Maria Marchese and Rosario Marrone, reside. It is precisely the latter who transmits to her the passion for music, including her in the his Karadreon group until the age of nine and occasionally in H2O, of which he himself was a guitarist. After completing her studies at classical high school, with a thesis focused on music, Emma undertook work experiences such as warehouse worker and sales assistant for three years. Then, the turning point in Sanremo in 2012, with the triumph of It’s not hell. In 2024, she returns to the Ariston stage again with the single Apnea.