Influenced deeply throughout his formative years by legendary songwriter/producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Dallas Austin, DJ Eddie F, Quincy Jones and L.A. Reid and Babyface, Emile Ghantous has developed a rep over the past two decades as a multi-talented force in the studio -  songwriter, producer, mixer, engineer, and “sometime therapist” – that artists and label heads circle back to over and over again to create collaborative hits from scratch. The Grammy nominated and NAACP Award winning hit maker’s keen instincts, impeccable taste and innate ability to create sonic magic and amazing vocals while assembling top flight ensembles of studio musicians have made him one of today’s most in demand, ready to deliver creatives.

Though Emile’s ever expanding discography seems like an endless flow of referrals, dynamic sessions, legendary and upcoming artists and multiple success stories, there are several distinct eras of his career since his breakthrough first placement with the bonus track “Get It Poppin’” from teen sensation JoJo’s 2006 album The High Road. As part of the Chicago based songwriting/production duo The Insomniax with his friend Erik Nelson, Emile created tracks with Boyz II Men, Bobby Valentino, B5, Fat Joe, Jon B and Australian singer Che’Nelle.
Starting with British boy band JLS’ “Take A Chance on Me” in 2011 – which reached #2 on the UK singles chart – Emile, post-Insomniax, launched a decade of dynamic sessions, collaborations, prominent album placements and/or chart hits with the likes of Pitbull, TI, Frankie J, Prince Royce. Jason Derulo, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Johnny Gill,  Babyface, Deniece Williams and New District, whose single “Ain’t Got Money” Emile wrote and co-produced with Randy Jackson.

Though Emile’s ever expanding discography seems like an endless flow of referrals, dynamic sessions, legendary and upcoming artists and multiple success stories, there are several distinct eras of his career since his breakthrough first placement with the bonus track “Get It Poppin’” from teen sensation JoJo’s 2006 album The High Road. As part of the Chicago based songwriting/production duo The Insomniax with his friend Erik Nelson, Emile created tracks with Boyz II Men, Bobby Valentino, B5, Fat Joe, Jon B and Australian singer Che’Nelle.
Starting with British boy band JLS’ “Take A Chance on Me” in 2011 – which reached #2 on the UK singles chart – Emile, post-Insomniax, launched a decade of dynamic sessions, collaborations, prominent album placements and/or chart hits with the likes of Pitbull, TI, Frankie J, Prince Royce. Jason Derulo, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Johnny Gill,  Babyface, Deniece Williams and New District, whose single “Ain’t Got Money” Emile wrote and co-produced with Randy Jackson.

Two of his most significant long term creative associations have been with R&B legend Charlie Wilson (onetime lead vocalist of The Gap Band) and Now United, the a global pop vocal group formed in Los Angeles in 2017 by Idols creator Simon Fuller. In 2015, Emile received a Grammy nomination for his writing and production work on Wilson’s Forever Charlie album, which included “Unforgettable” (featuring Shaggy), “Infectious” (featuring Snoop Dogg” Ghantous was nominated for a Grammy Award for his writing and production work on Charlie Wilson’s Billboard #2 R&B album Forever Charlie,[1] which included the songs "Unforgettable" (featuring Shaggy), "Infectious" (featuring Snoop Dogg), and the #6 Billboard Adult R&B hit “Goodnight Kisses.” The album also received an NAACP nomination for Outstanding Album.

Emile also wrote and produced three songs on Wilson’s 2017 follow-up collection In It To Win It, which also received an NAACP nomination (Best Duo or Group) and spawned the hit single “I’m Blessed” (featuring T.I.), which hit #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and Hot Gospel chart and won an ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Award for Most Airplay on the R&B and Gospel charts. Emile also co-wrote and produced the follow-up single “Good Time” featuring Pitbull, Teddy Riley and Ray Parker, Jr.

Emile has been working very closely with prominent music executive Iain Pirie since early 2020 to create music for Now United and other XIX Entertainment projects. When the world shut down due to Covid, he came up with the idea of recording the group members remotely using their iPhones as microphones.  He would send loops of the sections of the song he wanted each member to sing via email, and then have the artist playback using headphones on their laptop and record their vocal part directly into their iPhones.  The singer would then send the voice note via text message to Emile for him to edit the vocals. One of the recordings was “Feel It Now” which led to a major sync with Pepsi.

For all the high profile artists who dominate his discography, Emile is most excited and creatively energized by a parallel phase of his career, developing - from the ground floor up - emerging young artists whose genres range from underground indie pop soul (M’lynn) and edgy, progressive R&B (Autumn Paige). Another young singer-songwriter he’s been working with, Australian pop/R&B singer Celina Sharma, is currently enjoying her biggest hit ever with the Emile co-written and co-produced “24/7,” which has over 80 million Spotify streams.
Whether he’s working with established superstars or emerging talent, Emile’s process is the same. He’s all about building friendships and chemistry, which is important because each artist is different. Some are not songwriters and want great songs to sing. Others who are songwriters may come in with an idea they may want to build out, or Emile will spark an idea by talking about what’s going on in their lives.

“Anytime I work with an artist, I usually like to do several sessions,” he says. “Some people just take a single session, but I don't think that is enough time to really get to know the person you are working with. The longer I can work with an artist, the more ideas I will have for them and the better the songs will be. In this regard, I’m inspired by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who helped shape and craft the sound for Janet Jackson. That is my goal when I find artists who I feel really have something.”