Although she landed on the charts in a roundabout way, the retro-yet-modern stylings of “Back It Up” were perfectly suited for Caro Emerald’s personality. The singer, who grew up in a musical family, fell in love with singing after performing a solo during a school play, started her career studying jazz at a conservatory. Debut album was released on the Grandmono label with the production/writing team handling the business side; the indie record became a sensation throughout Europe, propelled by the #1 hit “A Night Like This.” In her home country of Holland, the record managed an astounding feat — it set a new record for number of weeks on top of the carts (30), breaking Michael Jackson’s previous 26-week reign for “Thriller”. Emerald also raised her profile with a sold-out European headlining tour that saw the singer attach a visual flair to her music, winking at the 40s/50s jazz era through both costumes and her performance. Surrounded by an eight-piece, all-male band Currently the singer is readying round two, writing songs with her producer/songwriter partners for a new album in 2013 and planning out another tour, hopefully including the U.S. this time out.  “We built this amazing thing together, in such an unusual way,” says Emerald. “And yet, this is also really personal to me on so many levels. I like the idea that this can keep growing.”