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Amerie

Amerie in the 2006 Red Dress Collection for the Heart Truth campaign
Background information
Birth name Amerie Mi Marie Rogers
Also known as Amerie
Ameriie
Born January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12) (age 32)
Origin Washington, D.C., U.S.
Genres R&B, pop, hip hop soul, funk
Occupations Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress
Years active 2001–present
Labels Columbia,Feeniix Rising Entertainment, Island Def Jam
Website www.ameriie.com

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980[1][2]), known professionally as Amerie or Ameriie, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have, primarily co-written and produced by Rich Harrison, and was well-received in the urban market. In 2005, Ameriie released her biggest hit to date, "1 Thing", the lead single from her second album, Touch, which garnered her crossover recognition and earned two Grammy Award nominations. Her third album, Because I Love It, achieved moderate international success in 2007, although it was not released in North America, and she subsequently left her label Columbia Records. Amerie released her fourth studio album, In Love & War, in 2009, her first album under Island Def Jam.

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[edit] Early life

Ameriie was born to Korean mother, artist Mi Suk,[3][4] and African American father, Charles.[3][5] A few months after she was born, the Rogers family moved to her mother's native Korea, where Ameriie lived for three years. Her father, Charles, was a chief warrant officer,[3] so Ameriie traveled to and lived in many different places, including South Korea, Alaska, Texas, Virginia, and Germany. He now works for the U.S. Intelligence Division United States military. She has a younger sister, Angela,[6] who is now her lawyer. Amerie describes her parents as conservative, protective, traditional Christians. Growing up, she and her sister were forbidden to leave the house or use the phone on school days. The singer enrolled at Georgetown University to study literature, and was in Navy ROTC: "I was in the Navy ROTC. My dad didn’t force me into it or anything. I joined so I could afford an education." She quit ROTC after her sophomore year, and graduated with a BA degree in English and Fine Arts minor in design. Amerie's first language is Korean.[7]

[edit] Career

[edit] 2001–04: Career beginnings and All I Have

AmerieMar05.jpg
Main article: All I Have (album)

While studying at Georgetown, Amerie befriended a Washington, D.C. club promoter who eventually put her in touch with producer Rich Harrison.[8] During an interview with Maxim, Amerie said she met up with Harrison at a McDonald's parking lot, and performed for him in her car.[9] Rich Harrison--who had just worked on Mary J. Blige's albums Mary and No More Drama--began making/developing demos with Amerie. This led to Ameriie's first record deal with Harrison's Richcraft Entertainment, in collaboration with Columbia Records.[8] According to Amerie, her and Harrison immediately hit it off. In a 2002 interview, she commented "For some reason we had a very special chemistry. When we would work together something great would happen."[10] The two worked together while recording Amerie's debut album, writing all of the songs featured on the album. To help Amerie get a start in the music field, she recorded the chorus for the song Rule, performed by Nas.[11][12] The single failed to make an impact on the music charts, but did peak at number 67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in the United States. The song was, however, featured in the 2003 film Honey, as well as the children's film, Like Mike. She also recorded a song with Detroit native rapper Royce da 5'9", titled Life. The song failed to chart on any music charts, and was a commercial failure. It served as the third and final single from his Rock City (Version 2.0) album.

On July 8, 2002, Amerie's debut single, "Why Don't We Fall in Love", was released for digital download and radio airplay. The song managed to have minor success in some countries. In the US, the song managed to reach a peak of 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as number 9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number 3 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. [13] In Australia, the song failed to make much of an impact, only reaching a peak of number 73. It did, however, peak inside the Top 20 of the 'Urban Singles Chart', halting at number 18.[14] Amerie's debut single also managed to enter the Top 40 in the United Kingdom, reaching a height of number 40 on the chart.[15] Amerie's debut album, All I Have, was released on July 30, 2002, to generally positive reviews.[16] It debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, selling 89,000 copies in its first week of release.[17] To date, the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA and has sold 657,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[18] To promote the album, Amerie went on tour with Usher and Nas, traveling on Usher's Evolution 8701 Tour in 2002.[19][20][21] Not only did she perform her debut single on the tour, but she also performed her duet with Nas.[22][23] Amerie also promoted the album by touring with rapper Nelly, performing on 12 dates in the tour.[24][25][26]

The second and final single from All I Have was "Talkin' to Me", a top twenty entry on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It failed to match the success of Amerie's previous single, peaking outside of the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song failed to chart in any other countries other than the United States. In 2003, Amerie won the Soul Train Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist and was also nominated for Best Female R&B/Soul Single, for "Why Don't We Fall In Love", and Best Female R&B/Soul Album, for "All I Have". She received a BET Award nomination for Best Female R&B Artist and an Image Award nomination for Outstanding New Artist.[27] To continue her success, Amerie lent her vocals to the LL Cool J song "Paradise", which peaked at number fourteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song also entered the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the second of Amerie's songs to reach the Top 40. She was also featured on DJ Kayslay's "Too Much for Me", on his 2003 album StreetSweeper Vol. 1. Although it failed to garner much attention, it did reach a peak of number 53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Amerie appeared on Bow Wow's third album Unleashed singing the hook on "To My Mama". She was also featured on the soundtrack to the Jessica Alba dance film Honey in the Rodney Jerkins-produced track "When I Think of You". Also in 2003, Amerie covered the song "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross for the soundtrack to the film Maid in Manhattan.[28] In 2004, Amerie earned her first acting role, portraying the role of Mia Thompson, a college student who rooms with the president's daughter, in the film "First Daughter", alongside actress Katie Holmes.[29]

[edit] 2005–07: Touch and Because I Love It

Ameriie live in concert
Main articles: Touch (Amerie album) and Because I Love It

Despite the quick success of her debut album, Amerie was in no rush while recording her second studio album. As with All I Have, the album was co-written and produced by mentor Rich Harrison, who contributed seven (new) tracks to the record; additional productions came from Lil Jon, Bryce Wilson, Red Spyda, and Dre & Vidal. Unlike on her first album, Amerie co-wrote every track but one, "Come with Me", which Harrison wrote. She also assumed more creative control over the visual imagery accompanying the album, such as videos and artwork—"I feel like when you do a record, you have a vision in your mind and you want to carry it across—and it doesn't end with the studio", she has said.[30] On March 23, 2005, Amerie released the lead single from her sophomore album, Touch, titled 1 Thing. The dance-pop song, which sampled The Meters's 1970 funk recording "Oh, Calcutta!", would go on to become Amerie's biggest hit to date. In the United States, it debuted at the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100 on February 12, 2005. The song gradually climbed the chart over a ten week period, peaking at number eight, and exited the chart after a total of twenty weeks.[31] It received play from urban contemporary stations and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in late April 2005.[32] "1 Thing" also charted on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Pop 100, reaching numbers thirteen and twenty-eight respectively.[13] The Recording Industry Association of America awarded a gold certification to its digital download in October 2005, and another gold certification to its ringtone release in June 2006.[33] The song was successful in the British Isles. On the UK Singles Chart, "1 Thing" debuted at number four in May 2005. It was unable to reach a higher position and spent fourteen weeks on the chart. The song ended the year as the thirty-eighth best-selling single in the UK.[34] In Ireland, the song debuted at number ten on the Irish Singles Chart. It climbed to number six in two weeks, remaining on the chart for another nine weeks.[31] "1 Thing" was successful in continental Europe, where it peaked at number thirteen on the European Hot 100 Singles chart.[35] It reached the top ten in Denmark, Finland, and Norway; the top twenty in Belgium and the Netherlands; and the top forty in France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland.[31]

Amerie's second studio album, Touch, was released on April 26, 2005 to a generally positive reception. The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, selling 124,000 copies in its first week of release.[36] The first week sales for the album were positively received by Amerie and her label, seeing as how it was 35,000 copies more than that of her debut album. To date, Touch is Amerie's highest peaking album on the Billboard 200, as well as her best selling album. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on August 4, 2005,[37] four months after its release, having sold 406,000 copies in the United States as of June 2009.[38] The album's title track was released as the official second single from the album. Despite the mainstream success of the lead single, Touch failed to chart in most countries. It did, however, debut and peak at number 95 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the United States. A third single, titled Talkin' About, was released as a promotional single for the album. Although an official music video was planned, it was eventually scrapped. The success of the album's lead single led to Amerie being nominated for several more awards. The album itself was nominated for two Grammy Award nominations in 2006: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for its lead single, "1 Thing", and Best Contemporary R&B Album. "1 Thing" also earned several awards and nominations: two nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards—Best Female Video and Best Choreography—and four nominations for the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards—Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo, R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year, Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut. At the 2005 VIBE Awards, Ameriie took home Club Banger of the Year for her hit. "1 Thing" also spawned into a variety of remixes by rappers such as Eve, Fabolous, and Jay-Z. In 2009, "1 Thing" was sixth on The Root's list of Top 10 Hip-Hop/R&B Songs of the 2000s.[39]

In late 2005, Amerie was featured alongside Fat Joe on "I Don't Care", the lead single of Ricky Martin's album Life. The single entered the top twenty in several European countries and Australia, and became a minor hit for all of the artist involved. After being featured in the collaboration, Amerie revealed she had returned to the studio, and was recording for her third studio album. Amerie enlisted in producers such as Bryan-Michael Cox, The Buchanans, One Up, and Chris & Drop to help work on the album with her. She cited music of the 1980s as a major influence on the album, saying "I love 80's music period! That's why I did Because I Love It, since it had mostly R&B, soul, and 80's new wave. When I said I wanted to do that in 2006, people were like, 'what?!' [...] but I love it."[40] The album, revealed to be titled Because I Love It, was her first album not to feature writing and production from her long-time collaborator, friend, and producer Rich Harrison. Because I Love It was scheduled to be released in the U.S. in 2007, and its then-impending release made the Blender magazine list of "25 Reasons to Love '07", ranking nineteenth.[41] "Take Control", which was co-produced by Mike Caren, Amerie and Nicholson and co-written by Amerie along with Cee-Lo Green, was the first single from the album. The song was released in the U.S. in late 2006, to a generally positive reception. It failed to chart on the Hot 100, and peaked at sixty-six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The single wasn't a complete failure, however, as it reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 10. The album's second single, Gotta Work, was released on November 30, 2006 for digital download and radio airplay.[42] Much like the previous single, Gotta Work failed to make an impact on the charts, with its highest peak being at number 21 in the UK. After the failure of the album's first two singles, Amerie recorded a collaboration with Chingy, titled Fly Like Me. The song peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100, and failed to help Amerie promote her upcoming album.[43] In early 2007, it was reported that Korean pop sensation Seven would collaborate with Ameriie on the album.[44] She has stated several times in interviews that she has been very eager to work with Korean pop/R&B singers, being a fan of K-pop herself. It was later reported that a re-worked version of "Take Control" featuring Se7en would be featured on the Asian editions of the album Because I Love It. The album was eventually released on May 14, 2007 in worldwide territories, excluding the United States. Amerie confirmed that a United States release would be coming soon, with an altered track listing. Despite her initial statement, both Amerie and Columbia Records eventually announced the album's cancellation. The album was eventually released into the US in 2008, with no promotion from Amerie. Despite the album's US cancellation, Amerie announced a third single, Crush, would be released from the album. The song was never released however, as Amerie would later be dropped by Columbia Records.[45]

Ameriie KoreAm September 09' cover shot

[edit] 2008–present: New label, In Love & War and Cymatika Vol. I

Main article: In Love & War

After the announcement that Amerie had parted ways with Columbia Records, rumors began appearing online as to what would become of Amerie's career. Rumors quickly began that she would be signing a contract with Island Def Jam Music Group, after her collaboration with Chingy was released the previous year. On June 12, 2008, Amerie officially confirmed she had signed a label/production deal through the Island Def Jam Music Group, which allowed her to release her music under her own label, Feenix Rising.[46][47][48][49][50] After announcing she had signed with the label, she also revealed she was recording new material for her upcoming fourth studio album. On October 21, 2008, Columbia Records released the compilation album Playlist: The Very Best of Amerie.[51] On March 18, 2009, Columbia Records released a second compilation album by Amerie, titled Best 15 Things, as there were 15 songs on the album. '15' was only released in Japan, where it failed to make an impact on the charts. In 2009, Amerie revealed to fans more about her upcoming album, describing it as "a fusion of hip-hop, soul, and rock" with elements of '70s music, and "a direct extension of my first album [All I Have]".[52] It features production from The Buchanans, Warryn Campbell, Bryan-Michael Cox, Sean Garrett, Eric Hudson, Jim Jonsin, Jonas Jeberg, Karma, Rico Love, M-Phazes, Teddy Riley, and TrackNova. The album's lead single, "Why R U", was released on June 15, 2009. The song was her first single to be released from the Island Def Jam Music Group. The song failed to make much of an impact, due to release issues and lack of promotion.[53] The song did, however, chart at number 55 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the US.[54] "Heard 'Em All", which featured rapper Lil Wayne, was released as the album's second official single on August 31, 2009. The song performed worse than its predecessor, only reaching a peak of number 81 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[55] It did, however, enter the Top 10 on the Korean pop charts.[56] With little radio support, and hindered by distribution problems, In Love & War debuted at number forty-six on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with first week sales of 12,500 copies.[57] The album was a commercial failure, and is her first US released album to not receive a certification from the RIAA.

In July 2011, it was reported that Amerie was in the studio working on her fifth studio album, to be released in 2012. Amerie later revealed the album's title to be Cymatika Vol. I.[58][59][60] The album's title is based on the word cymatics, the study of visible sound and vibration. The production lineup consists of Riley Urick, The Buchanans, Julian Perretta, and Andre Harris (of Dre & Vidal), amongst others; Amerie said that she may reunite with Rich Harrison for the project but that it would be "a matter of when and in what way." Cymatika will also include special guest appearances from Drunken Tiger's Tiger JK and Tasha Reid.[61] In an interview with Rap-Up.com, Ameriie revealed more details about the album, which she said was inspired by trance, electronica, house, New Wave, and dubstep. Amerie also stated that Cymatika would explore freedom, androgyny, and the new world order.[62]

[edit] Artistry

[edit] Music and voice

Rogers possesses a full lyric soprano, vocal range that spans three octaves. She's known for having an aggressive vocal delivery, incorporated with a soulful and emotive, distinct tone.[63] Since the start of her career, Amerie has been heavily involved within the creative process of her music, receiving not only writing credits but producing credits as well, Amerie has also vocally produced, played instruments and arranged on her own music. In an interview "My-Play" she stated "“I’ve always loved creating music. When I was in high school, I used to record songs that I wrote by using two different tape recorders and two separate tapes. I would start by recording myself on the first tape, singing the song down from top to finish. Then, I would play it back, while singing the harmonies and recording them onto the second tape. I’d just keep repeating the process, going back and forth between tapes until I had a final version of the full song on one tape, with stacked harmonies, backgrounds and everything!”[64] Critics often feel that Amerie is underrated in her own right, in an article from R&B/Hip Hop blog "Earstyle" wrote "Ameriie may be one of the most underrated chicks in the game. Not only does she writes her own songs, but she assists in the production, the creative process, and plays instruments on her own tracks. Talk about talented.""[65] Roger's music is generally contemporary R&B, but she also incorporates pop, funk, hip hop, soul, go-go, rock and new wave into her albums. While she almost exclusively releases English songs, Amerie has recorded a few English songs with some Korean artists such as 4minute and Se7en.

[edit] Personal life

In 2004, Amerie began dating her manager, Lenny Nicholson. They continued their relationship while Amerie recorded her second album, Touch. On March 1, 2010, it was officially announced that Amerie and Nicholson were engaged.[66] The couple married on June 25, 2011, in an oceanfront ceremony in Anguilla.[67][68][69]

[edit] Discography

Main article: Amerie discography

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