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Amerie Rogers (born January 12, 1980 in Fitchburg,
Massachusetts), known professionally as Amerie, is an American R&B singer and
songwriter. She is signed to Sony Urban/Columbia Records.
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Roots
Rogers was born to an African-American father and
South Korean mother. As a result of her father being in the United States
military, Amerie traveled to and lived in many different places, including
Alaska, Texas, Germany and South Korea. She graduated from Georgetown University
in 2000 with a degree in English and Fine Arts. She considers Washington D.C. to
be her home and has a younger sister named Angela. Amerie and her sister
Angela's first language is Korean.
Music
Career
All I
Have
Throughout early 2002, Amerie's single, "Why Don't
We Fall In Love", from her debut album All I Have received much urban radio
airplay. Producer Rich Harrison wrote and produced All I Have in its entirety,
except for the "Outro" which Amerie co-wrote. Amerie's album was released amid
the success of her "Why Don't We Fall In Love" single, and the media immediately
began to judge her successes against those of other recent female R&B artists
such as Tweet and Ashanti.
The album's next single, "Talkin' To Me", did not
hit nearly as big at urban radio, yet its video still enjoyed strong support
from MTV2. VH1 Soul has been known to play both of Amerie's videos with
regularity since their debuts, and MTV Jams still occasionally spins "Why Don't
We Fall In Love".
Paradise
Amerie returned to the music scene briefly in 2003
as a featured vocalist, first on LL Cool J's "Paradise" (Which got to #18 on the
UK Charts) and later on DJ Kay Slay's "Too Much For Me". Neither single,
although their videos received a lot of attention from digital music video
channels. In fall 2003 she continued solo and released a cover of the classic
"I'm Coming Out" as a single to the "Maid In Manhattan" movie.
Around this time Amerie also spent some time as the
host of a brand new show on BET called The Center, Amerie left the show before
her contract was up because she had been offered a movie role.
On April 26, 2005 Amerie released her sophomore
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. It
debuted and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hp-Hop
Albums chart, even overtopping the success of All Have with its Gold status
(500,000 copies) so far.
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. 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, it peaked at #8 at the Bilboard Hot 100 chart and
#1 on the R&B charts. That song became her first #1 hit of her career. On August
2005, the album Touch was certifed GOLD by the RIAA. Amerie is signed to Ford
Models, Inc.
"1 Thing" earned two MTV Video Music Award
nominations for Best Female Video of the Year and Best Choreography in A Video.
The single also earned 4 Lady Of Soul Soul Train Award nominations, for 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 a newcomer named
Redhead.
At the 2005 World Music Awards, she performed her
hit "1 Thing". It has been noted as her best performance by critics.
Amerie is nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for:
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("1 Thing")
Best Contemporary Album ("Touch")
Discography
Albums
2002: All I Have (#9 US Certified: Gold)
2005: Touch (#5 US Certified: Gold) #28 UK,
(Silver, UK: Sales 60,000)
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Awards
& nominations
2002
2002 Won Soul Train Award for Best New Soul/R&B,
Rap Artist ("Why Don't We Fall In Love").
2002 Nominated for Soul Train Award for Best
R&B/Soul Single - Female ("Why Don't We Fall In Love").
2002 Nominated for NAACP Image Award for
Outstanding New Artist
2003
2003 Nominated BET Award for Best Female R&B
Artist.
2003 Nominated for 2 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
for Top R&B/hip-hop female artist, and Top R&B/hip-hop new artist.
2005
2005 Won Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for
"Entertainer Of The Year"
2005 Nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for
Best Female Video and Best Choreography in a Video ("1 Thing").
2005 Nominated for 2 BET Awards for Best Female R&B
Artist and Video Of The Year ("1 Thing").
2005 Nominated for 4 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
for Best R&B/Soul Single Solo, Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, Best R&B/Soul
or Rap Dance Cut, R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year ("1 Thing").
2005 Nominated for MOBO Music Award for Best Single
("1 Thing").
2005 Won for Vibe Music Award for Club Banger of
the Year ("1 Thing").
2005 Nominated for Kiss Award for Best Newcomer
2005 Nominated for 2 Virgin.Net Music Awards for
Best Single (1 Thing) and Babe Of The Year
2005 Nominated for a Billboard Music Award for Top
Soundtrack Single of the Year (1 Thing)
2006 Nominated for Groovolt & Fashion Award for R&B
Song Performance (1 thing)
2006 Nominated for People's Choice Award for Best
Song in a Movie (1 Thing)
2006 Nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Female
R&B Vocal Performance (1 Thing) & Best R&B Contemporary Album (Touch)
Film
Career
In 2004 Amerie made her motion picture debut
alongside Michael Keaton, Katie Holmes, Lela Rochon and Marc Blucas in the movie
First Daughter.
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