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| Birth Name(s) : Amerie Mi Marie Rogers |
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Singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, model |
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Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980), known professionally as Amerie, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and model. She debuted in 2002 with the contemporary R&B album All I Have, primarily written and produced by Rich Harrison. "1 Thing", the lead single of her second album Touch, introduced go-go elements, on which she expanded with the 2007 album Because I Love It.
Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to an African-American father and a Korean mother. Her father was in the United States military, so Amerie traveled to and lived in many different places, including Alaska, Texas, Germany, and South Korea. She has a younger sister, Angela Rogers, who is now her lawyer. She finally settled in Washington, D.C., which she considers her hometown. In 1996 she started studying at Georgetown University for a degree in English and Fine Arts and graduated in 2000.
In the fall of 2002, she once again continued solo and released a cover of Diana Ross' 1980 single "I'm Coming Out" as a single for the soundtrack to the 2002 film Maid in Manhattan. Afterwards, in 2003, Amerie returned to the music scene briefly as a featured vocalist, first on LL Cool J's "Paradise" (a top twenty entry in the UK and a top forty single in the U.S.) and later on DJ Kayslay's "Too Much for Me" singing background. Although their videos received attention from digital music video channels, none of the singles became major hits.
Around this time, Amerie spent some time as the host of a brand new show on BET called The Center. However, she left the show before her contract was up because she had been offered a supporting role as Mia Thompson in the 2004 romantic comedy First Daughter alongside Katie Holmes, Michael Keaton, Lela Rochon, and Marc Blucas.
On April 26, 2005, Amerie released her second album, Touch. Once again, the album was primarily 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 her first album, Amerie co-wrote every track except "Come with Me", which Rich Harrison wrote. Touch debuted and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album was certifed Gold by the RIAA in August that year. It received two Grammy Award nominations in 2006: "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" for "1 Thing" and "Best Contemporary R&B Album".
Along with Touch, Amerie's biggest hit came with the first single "1 Thing". The track was also featured on the soundtrack to Hitch, a romantic comedy film starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes. Producer Rich Harrison sampled the distinctive main drum-and-guitar loops of the song from a 1970 version of "Oh! Calcutta!" by funk group The Meters. The song was later certified Platinum (200,000+ downloads) and became her first top ten hit in the U.S., where it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. "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, Amerie 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 the fall of 2005, Amerie went on with the second single "Touch" and "I Don't Care", the lead single of Ricky Martin's album Life in collaboration with Fat Joe. Though the latter one entered the top twenty in several European countries and Australia, the album's title track failed to reprise the success of "1 Thing". It didn't even enter the Billboard Hot 100, though peaked at number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart. "Talkin' About", the third single, was released only as a promo.
Amerie's third album, Because I Love It, was her first album not to feature production from her long-time collaborator, friend, and producer Rich Harrison. Other producers were enlisted to work with Amerie, such as Bryan Michael Cox, The Buchanans, Tim & Bob, and DJ Premier. "Take Control", which was produced by Mike Caren and co-written by Amerie and Cee-Lo Green, was the first single from the album and was released in the U.S. in late 2006. It failed to chart on the Hot 100, reaching the lower half of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Because I Love It was released in Europe in May 2007, and it is set to be released in the U.S. in the end of 2007. There was a limited release of the album in Wal-Mart stores. The release of the album made the Blender magazine's list of "25 Reasons to Love '07", ranking at nineteenth.
In early December 2006, it was reported that South Korean singer Se7en would collaborate with Amerie on her new album. 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 confirmed that the re-worked version of "Take Control" will be featured on the Asian editions of the album Because I Love It. A limited amount of promotional albums that were released in Japan and Korea (in late April) included the remix featuring Se7en. |
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