Emile Ghantous is a Chicago born songwriter/musician from Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 origins, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and record producer

Record producer

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, who has worked on albums that have accumulated over 5 million in sales worldwide. He is, alongside Erik Nelson

Erik Nelson

Erik Nelson is an American songwriter and music producer. He is also, alongside Emile Ghantous, a founding member of the songwriting/music production duo The Insomniax.Erik Nelson was the owner of a local recording studio...

, a founding member of the successful songwriting/production duo The Insomniax. Ghantous has been at the heart of the current music scene, working with the who's who of current industry heavyweights, such as but not limited to, JLS

JLS

- Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

, Jason Derülo

Jason Derulo

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, Prince Royce

Prince Royce

Geoffrey Royce Rojas , known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from New York City, New York. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years, began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met...

, Che'Nelle

Che'Nelle

Cheryline Lim known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian recording artist. in 2005 she was signed to Virgin Records America, an imprint of EMI.-1983-2005: Early life:...

, Lemarvin Harris, Bobby V (formerly Bobby Valentino), JoJo, Fat Joe

Fat Joe

Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....

, Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men

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, Jon B.

Jon B.

Jon B. is a Grammy nominated American R&B singer and songwriter.-Early life:...

, and R. Kelly

R. Kelly

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. Ghantous was a writer/producer on the hit selling album by JoJo "The High Road", writing and producing on "Get It Poppin". The album has sold over 2 million units worldwide. Emile also worked with Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band, writing and producing "Never Got Enough" and "Throw It Away."

Emile Ghantous and The Insomniax have taken off to new levels in 2011. Lemarvin Harris is the first artist released through their Insomniax imprint with Swiss-based record label "Unique Army", a division of the brandgeneration AG. Other major projects include JLS, Prince Royce, Frankie J

Frankie J

Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr. , better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings....

, Fabian Buch, Clara Louise, Alfonso Loher, O-Town

O-Town (band)

O-Town is an American boy band formed from the first season of the MTV-produced reality television series Making The Band in 2000. The original members of the band were Jacob Underwood, Ashley Parker Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, and Dan Miller. After releasing two albums near the end...

, Jordyn Taylor, Velvet Angels, I-15, Ralph Tresvant

Ralph Tresvant

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 and more.

Discography

Year	Song	Artist	Album	Label
2005	Guessing Games Yep	Public Announcement	When The Smoke Clears'	Boss Entertainment
	Get It Poppin'	JoJo	The High Road	Blackground Records
2006	Ooh	Al	What's Going On	Universal Japan
2007	Muzak The Last Time Here I Come	Boyz II Men Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary...	The Remedy	MSM Records/Avex
	Rock Star	B5 AUDIO (group) Audio is an R&B boy band originating from St. Petersburg, Florida which later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2010, the group changed their name to Audio from B5. The group consists of 5 brothers, Dustin Michael Breeding, Kelly Allen Breeding, Patrick Owen Breeding, Carnell Fredrick Breeding...	Don't Talk, Just Listen	Bad Boy Records
	Checkin' For Me	Bobby Valentino	Special Occasion	DTP/Def Jam Records -
	Siamese Cat Song	B5 AUDIO (group) Audio is an R&B boy band originating from St. Petersburg, Florida which later relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2010, the group changed their name to Audio from B5. The group consists of 5 brothers, Dustin Michael Breeding, Kelly Allen Breeding, Patrick Owen Breeding, Carnell Fredrick Breeding...	Disneymania 5	Walt Disney Records-
	Red Dress (I Just Wanna Know Her) Change Your Mind Empty Shine I'm Not Used To That We'll Never Know	Marcos Hernandez	Endless Nights	Ultrax Records
2008	On And On	Jon B	Helpless Romantic	Arsenal Records -
	It Must Be You (Remix)	Ralph Tresvant	It Must Be You	Xzault Media Group -
2010	Feel Good Headphones Venus & Mars Eliminated Pretty Boy	Che'Nelle Che'Nelle Cheryline Lim known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian recording artist. in 2005 she was signed to Virgin Records America, an imprint of EMI.-1983-2005: Early life:...	Feel Good	EMI
	When You're With Me	Fabian Buch	Hello Hello	Unique Army / Sony
	Never Got Enough Throw It Away	Charlie Wilson	Just Charlie	Jive Records
2011	Almost Famous	Lemarvin	Outside Looking In	Unique Army/INSOMNIAX
	Take a Chance on Me Take a Chance on Me (JLS song) "Take a Chance on Me" is song by English boy band JLS from their third studio album, Jukebox. It was released as the album's second single on 4 November 2011. The pop ballad was written by Emile Ghantous, Frankie Bautista, Nasri Atweh and Nick Turpin, and it was produced by Chris Braide...	JLS JLS - Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...	Jukebox	Sony/BMG
	Loving You	Che'Nelle Che'Nelle Cheryline Lim known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian recording artist. in 2005 she was signed to Virgin Records America, an imprint of EMI.-1983-2005: Early life:...	Luv Songs	EMI
	Addicted	Prince Royce Prince Royce Geoffrey Royce Rojas , known professionally as Prince Royce, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from New York City, New York. At an early age, Royce took an interest in music and into his teenage years, began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen, Royce met...		Atlantic Records

External links

• The Insomniax MySpace
• Emile Ghantous page on Discogs.com