D'Mile

Emile is the son of Haitian vocalist Yanick Étienne, who was featured in recordings by and toured with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in the 1980s, and music producer Dernst Emile.{{Cite web |url=http://yanicketiennemusic.com/?section=music |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161519/http://yanicketiennemusic.com/?section=music |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |last1=Leight |first1=Elias |title=D'Mile Almost Quit Music. Now He's Up for Multiple Grammys |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/d-mile-producer-grammy-profile-lucky-day-her-934015/|magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110140831/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/d-mile-producer-grammy-profile-lucky-day-her-934015/ |archive-date=January 10, 2020 |date=January 9, 2020}} He grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, and began learning to play the keyboard as a young child.

Emile made his major production debut on Rihanna's 2005 album Music of the Sun, 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 Mary J. Blige'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 Rodney Jerkins, with whom he had an apprenticeship for two years.

He scored his first main chart success with Janet Jackson's tenth studio album, Discipline. He produced and co-wrote the lead single "Feedback," which reached number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, the R&B hit "Luv" as well as the album tracks "I.D.," "Truth or Dare," and "The Meaning."

Justin Bieber 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 Justin Timberlake's production group The Y's and featured guest vocals from Timberlake, Lil Wayne, Bilal, and James Fauntleroy II. He also has several productions on Jennifer Lopez'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, The Back-up Plan.

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 Melanie Amaro, which she performed live on the show on December 6, 2012.

D'Mile has a strong production record with Ty Dolla Sign, including his Beach House series, Beach House,{{Cite web|url=http://www.datpiff.com/Ty-Dolla-ign-Beach-House-mixtape.402161.html|title = Beach House Mixtape by Ty Dolla Sign (Ty$) Hosted by DJ Ill Will & DJ Mustard}} Beach House 2,{{Cite web|url=http://www.datpiff.com/Ty-Dolla-ign-Beach-House-2-mixtape.494390.htmll|title = Beach House 2 Mixtape by Ty Dolla Sign (Ty$) Hosted by DJ Drama}} Beach House EP, and Beach House 3. Ty Dolla Sign has said that D'Mile is "literally the best producer [he has] ever worked with" following their collaborations. He also produced "Livin' It Up" from Ciara's 2013 album Ciara.

In 2016, he produced the two tracks "Mind Of A Man" and "FWM" for Hard II Love by Usher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/2224135-DMile|title = D'Mile|website = Discogs}}

Throughout 2016 and 2017, D'Mile produced all 13 songs on Lucky Daye's debut album titled Painted after the two met in LA. D'Mile also provided background vocals on the song "Paint It."{{cite magazine |last1=Lamarre |first1=Carl |title=Lucky Daye on His Debut Album 'Painted,' Learning Melodies Through Dr. Seuss Books & Craving His Mother's Acceptance |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8510135/lucky-daye-interview-painted-album-d-mile-frank-ocean |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226042537/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8510135/lucky-daye-interview-painted-album-d-mile-frank-ocean |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |date=May 7, 2019}} 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").{{cite web |last1=Turner-Williams |first1=Jaelani |title=Grammy Contender Lucky Daye Is Waving R&B's Melodic Flag With Pride |url=https://www.vibe.com/2020/01/grammys-lucky-daye-interview |website=Vibe |date=January 26, 2020}}

In 2020, he co-produced Charlie Wilson's "Forever Valentine" with Bruno Mars and The Stereotypes. He and Mars also composed Arashi's "Whenever You Call."

This is a non-comprehensive list of D'Mile's production credits, adapted from Tidal.{{cite web |title=Credits for D'Mile |url=https://listen.tidal.com/credits/11983636 |website=Tidal |access-date=November 18, 2020}}

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! scope="row"| 2021

| "Fight for You"

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! scope="row"| 2017

| "Still"

| Best Traditional R&B Performance

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|rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/Dernst-Emile-II/32230|title=GRAMMY Award Results for Dernst Emile II|work=The Grammys|access-date=January 25, 2023}}

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! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2019

| "Could've Been"

| rowspan="2"| Best R&B Song

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| "Roll Some Mo"

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! scope="row"| 2020

| "I Can't Breathe"

| Song of the Year

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!scope="row" rowspan="6"| 2022

| rowspan="3"| "Leave the Door Open"

| Record of the Year

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| Best R&B Song

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| rowspan="2"| Song of the Year

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| rowspan="2"| "Fight for You"

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|Best Song Written for Visual Media

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| Table for Two

| Best Progressive R&B Album

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!scope="row" rowspan="4"|2023

| Good Morning Gorgeous

| Album of the Year

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| rowspan="4"|{{Cite web|date=2022-11-15|title=2023 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2023-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2022-11-16|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}

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| rowspan="2"|"Good Morning Gorgeous"

| Record of the Year

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| Best R&B Song

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| rowspan="2"|Himself

| rowspan="2"|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

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!scope="row" rowspan="3"|2024

| {{Nominated}}

| rowspan="3"|{{Cite web|date=2022-11-15|title=2023 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2023-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2022-11-16|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}

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| rowspan="2"|"On My Mama"

| Record of the Year

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| Best R&B Song

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! scope="row"| 2025

| Himself

| Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

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| {{cite web |last1=Monroe |first1=Jazz |title=Daniel Nigro Wins Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, at 2025 Grammys |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/daniel-nigro-wins-producer-of-the-year-non-classical-at-2025-grammys/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=February 3, 2025 |date=February 2, 2025}}

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| "Fight for You"

| Best Original Song

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |last1=Bahiana |first1=Ana Maria |title=Nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) Announced |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/2021-nominations-78th-golden-globe-awards-have-been-announced |website=goldenglobes.com |date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=February 4, 2021}}

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