19 Facts About Emma Stevens

Emma Nadine Stevens was born on 4 May 1986 and is an English singer-songwriter based in Guildford, Surrey.

Emma Stevens achieved mainstream success with her single "Riptide" from her first album Enchanted, which was featured as iTunes Single of the Week in October 2013 and had over 150,000 downloads.

Emma Stevens grew up in Shalford just outside Guildford, where she lived until the age of 17.

Emma Stevens attended Shalford First School, St Theresa's in Effingham and St Peter's in Merrow where she studied GCSE Music.

Emma Stevens watched her mother play Spanish acoustic guitar at the age of two or three and made up "useless melodies".

From 2006 to 2007, Emma Stevens attended the Academy of Contemporary Music and graduated with a diploma in Guitar and Contemporary Performance.

Emma Stevens met her first manager, Bob James, and started collaborating with writers across multiple genres.

The band's self-titled and only album release features Emma Stevens on backing vocals on four of the tracks.

Tina Emma Stevens designed the cover artwork that would be used, in four sections, for each of the EPs.

Emma Stevens toured extensively during the remainder of 2012, promoting the Heart on Hand EP.

In early 2013, Terry Wogan continued to champion the Heart on Hand EP, culminating in a live appearance on Weekend Wogan on 17 March 2013, where Emma Stevens performed the next single to be released, "Once".

Sunflower, the final EP, was released on 20 October 2013 and contained the third single "Riptide" as well as the title track "Sunflower", the second of two songs Emma Stevens wrote about coping with the loss of her mother.

In January 2014, Emma Stevens' manager announced that "Riptide" would be released via Go Entertainment in Benelux and Universal in Ireland.

Emma Stevens performed the song live on Weekend Wogan on 7 September 2014.

Emma Stevens married her long-term boyfriend Sam Rommer at Croyde Bay in July 2022.

Emma Stevens embarked on the Heart on Hand Tour following the release of her first EP.

In March 2014, Emma Stevens embarked on the Enchanted Tour, a national headline tour accompanied by her full band: Sam Whiting on guitar, Pete Snowdon on bass and James Rees-Flynn on drums.

In June 2017, Emma Stevens embarked on the to My Roots Tour, a full band national tour to promote her third studio album, with musicians Stu Wilkinson, Sam Rommer, Sam Whiting and Tom O Mitchell.

In May 2019, Emma Stevens embarked on the Atoms Tour promoting her Atoms EP.