# Emily Ann Roberts

Emily Ann Roberts (born October 23, 1998) is an American country singer and songwriter. She was a contestant on NBC's The Voice, as a member of team Blake Shelton, and she became a finalist on season 9. Songs she performed on the show charted on the Billboard magazine charts, where three songs were on the Hot Country Songs and one placed on the Hot Christian Songs chart. After the show, she finished school before focusing on her music career. In 2018 she released her first single "Stuck on Me and You," which charted in the top 40 on iTunes. On May 14, 2019, Roberts returned to The Voice stage to perform her latest single "Someday Dream". As of June 2019, she is signed to Starstruck Records. A full album was to be released sometime in 2019. Her debut album, Can't Hide Country, was released on September 22, 2023.

## Early and personal life

Emily Ann Roberts was born on October 23, 1998, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Tommy and Kelly Roberts. She has an older sister named Abby, who graduated from Karns High School, in Karns, Tennessee, in 2015. On Nov 7, 2020, she married high school boyfriend Chris Sasser.

## Career
### The Voice

Roberts' music career started in 2015, with her appearance on season 9 of NBC's The Voice, where she got a two chair turn during the auditions, when she chose to be part of Blake Shelton's team on the show. Her renditions of the songs, "Blame It on Your Heart", "Why Not Me", and "She's Got You", during show, charted on the Billboard magazine chart, where they placed at Nos. 43, 33, and 21 respectively on the Hot Country Songs chart. She performed, "In the Garden", on the program, where it placed at No. 14 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.
Roberts finished in second place on the finale to Jordan Smith from Team Adam.
| Episode | Song | Original Artist | Order | Results |
| Blind Auditions (September 22) | "I Hope You Dance" | Lee Ann Womack & Sons of the Desert | 2.8 | Adam Levine and Blake Shelton turned Joined Team Blake |
| Battle Rounds – Top 48 (October 20) | "I'm That Kind of Girl" (vs. Morgan Frazier) | Patty Loveless | 10.6 | Saved by Coach |
| Knockout Rounds – Top 32 (November 2) | "Cowboy Take Me Away" (vs. Nadjah Nicole) | The Chicks | 13.4 | Saved by Coach |
| Live Playoffs – Top 24 (November 10) | "In the Garden" | C. Austin Miles | 16.10 | Saved by Coach |
| Live Top 12 (November 16) | "Blame It on Your Heart" | Patty Loveless | 18.4 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Live Top 11 (November 23) | "Why Not Me" | The Judds | 20.10 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Live Top 10 (November 30) | "She's Got You" | Patsy Cline | 22.2 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Semi-finals – Top 9 (December 7) | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton | 24.7 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Finale (December 14) | "Burning House" | Cam | 26.12 | Runner-up |
| Finale (December 14) | "Islands in the Stream" (with Blake Shelton) | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | 26.7 | Runner-up |
| Finale (December 14) | "Blue Christmas" | Elvis Presley | 26.2 | Runner-up |

### After The Voice

After the show she returned to school for the rest of her junior year. She took online night classes and graduated in May 2016, and started working full-time in Nashville in June. An opportunity opened in 2017 to be on a gospel tour called "The Gospel Through Girls & Guitars" which led to Emily Ann Roberts' first gospel album titled "Bigger Than Me" in August 2017. She continued to play and sell out all her live shows ending 2017 very strong. In 2018 Starstruck Records signed her and in September "Stuck On Me + You" was released as her first country music single. A second single, "I Got Forever," was released the following month. November saw the release of a third single "Your Christmas Eve". A full album is expected for a 2019 release. April saw a fifth single "Someday Dream" released. In May The Voice asked her back to perform her new single on the show.
In 2024, Roberts both covered the song Try Everything and provided the voice of Trixie for the reimagined Country Bear Musical Jamboree attraction at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US | US Indie | CAN | Sales |
| The Voice: The Complete Season 9 Collection | Released: December 15, 2015 Label: Republic Records Format: Digital download | 43 | — | 99 | |
| Bigger Than Me | Released: August 2017 Label: Format: CD | — | — | — | |
| Someday Dream (EP) | Released: July 12, 2019 Label: Starstruck Records Format: Digital downloads | — | 47 | — | |
| Can't Hide Country | Released: September 22, 2023 Label: Starstruck Records Format: Digital downloads | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Debut week sales |
| Year | Title | US Country | US | US Christ | CAN | Debut week sales |
| 2015 | "In the Garden" | 34 | — | 3 | — | US: 21,000 |
| 2015 | "Blame It on Your Heart" | 43 | — | — | — | US: 10,000 |
| 2015 | "Why Not Me" | 33 | — | — | — | US: 21,000 |
| 2015 | "She's Got You" | 21 | 103 | — | — | US: 41,000 |
| 2015 | "9 to 5" | 25 | 119 | — | — | US: 35,000 |
| 2015 | "Burning House" | 4 | 56 | — | 99 | US: 83,000 |
| 2015 | "Islands in the Stream" (with Blake Shelton) | 19 | 101 | — | — | |
| 2015 | "Blue Christmas" | 34 | — | — | — | |
| 2017 | "Silent Night" | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | "Stuck On Me + You" | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | "I Got Forever" | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | "Someday Dream" | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

### Theme parks

| Year | Title | Role | Note |
| 2024 | Country Bear Musical Jamboree | Trixie | |