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Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II (born January 24, 1985) is an American record producer and songwriter from
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, New York City. He received his first production credits on
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's 2005 album ''
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'', as well as
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's '' The Breakthrough'' that same year. Afterward, he expanded his production work as a protégé of Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. At a young age, he signed with Sean and Colin Muhammad's Medinah Entertainment. His production work with artists H.E.R. and
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was nominated for seven
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s in 2020. D'Mile became the first songwriter in Grammy history to win Song of the Year two years running. He won in 2021 as co-writer on H.E.R.'s song " I Can't Breathe" and in 2022 for
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's "
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". D'Mile also won an
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for co-writing the song " Fight for You" from the film '' Judas and the Black Messiah''.


Early life

Emile is the son of Haitian vocalist Yanick Étienne, who was featured in recordings by and toured with
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and
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in the 1980s, and music producer Dernst Emile. He grew up in
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, New York City, and began learning to play the keyboard as a young child.


Career


2005–2012: Career beginnings

Emile made his major production debut on
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's 2005 album ''
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,'' for which he produced & co-wrote "That La, La, La" with fellow Brooklyn hip-hop group Full Force. Later the same year, he also made an appearance on
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's 2005 album '' The Breakthrough'' with the song "Gonna Breakthrough," which he co-wrote and produced. After these bodies of work, a friend introduced D'Mile to
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, with whom he had an apprenticeship for two years. He scored his first main chart success with
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's tenth studio album, ''
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''. He produced and co-wrote the lead single "
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," which reached number one on the U.S.
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chart, the R&B hit "Luv" as well as the album tracks "I.D.," "Truth or Dare," and "The Meaning."
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worked with D'Mile on " Favorite Girl," which is the fourth single from his debut album '' My World''. D'Mile is also listed as producing the R&B ballad "In the Morning" for Mary J. Blige's ninth album '' Stronger with Each Tear''. He then worked with Diddy and Dirty Money on their album '' Last Train To Paris'', which was released December 14, 2010. D'Mile produced the song "Shades," which was co-produced with
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's production group The Y's and featured guest vocals from Timberlake,
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,
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, and James Fauntleroy II. He also has several productions on
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's 2011 comeback album, '' Love?'' including "One Love"; and the dance-pop number "(What Is) Love?" which was released as the lead soundtrack single and scored in Lopez's 2010 romantic comedy, ''
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''. D'Mile produced several songs and served as the executive producer for Diggy Simmons' album, '' Unexpected Arrival,'' which was released March 20, 2012 on Atlantic Records. D'Mile produced the single "Long Distance" by 2011 X-Factor winner
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, which she performed live on the show on December 6, 2012.


2013–present: Current projects

D'Mile has a strong production record with
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, including his Beach House series, ''Beach House'', ''Beach House 2'', ''
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,'' and ''
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''. Ty Dolla Sign has said that D'Mile is "literally the best producer e hasever worked with" following their collaborations. He also produced "Livin' It Up" from
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's 2013 album ''
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''. In 2016, he produced the two tracks "Mind Of A Man" and "FWM" for '' Hard II Love'' by Usher. Throughout 2016 and 2017, D'Mile produced all 13 songs on
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's debut album titled '' Painted'' after the two met in LA. D'Mile also provided background vocals on the song "Paint It." The album was released in 2019 and went on to be nominated at the 2020 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album, with two album tracks being nominated for Best R&B Performance ("Roll Some Mo") and Best Traditional R&B Performance ("Real Games"). In 2020, he co-produced Charlie Wilson's " Forever Valentine" with
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and The Stereotypes. He and Mars also composed
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's " Whenever You Call."


Selected discography

This is a non-comprehensive list of D'Mile's production credits, adapted from Tidal.


Awards and nominations


Academy Awards

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Grammy Awards

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
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Golden Globe Awards

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References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Mile 1985 births Living people Best Original Song Academy Award–winning songwriters Grammy Award winners Musicians from New York (state) Record producers from New York (state) Songwriters from New York (state) American musicians of Haitian descent