Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980), known profe ionally as Amerie, is an American R sin
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980), known profe ionally as Amerie, is an American R singer-songwriter.
Early life
Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Ma achusetts, to an African American father and a 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 co iders Washington, D.C. to be her home and has a younger sister named Angela. Amerie and her sister's first language is Korean.
Amerie received her big break in 2001 when she ble ed a track from Nas' Stillmatic release entitled "Rule". 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 track "Outro" which Amerie co-wrote. Amerie's album was released amid the succe of her "Why Don't We Fall In Love" single, and the media immediately began to judge her succe es agai t those of other recent female R 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 su ort from MTV2. VH1 Soul has been known to play both of Amerie's videos with regularity since their debuts, and MTV Jams still occasionally i "Why Don't We Fall In Love". The album was a surprise succe , going gold with 623,000 units sold.
In fall 2002 she once again continued solo and released a cover of the Diana Ro ' cla ic "I'm Coming Out" as a single to the Maid in Manhattan movie. Afterwards, in 2003, Amerie returned to the music scene briefly as a featured vocalist, first on LL Cool J's "Paradise" (a top 20 entry in the UK, top 40 in the U.S.) 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 cha els, went on to become a hit.
Around this time Amerie also ent 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 su orting role as Mia Thom on in the 2004 romantic comedy First Daughter alongside Michael Keaton, Katie Holmes, Lela Rochon, and Marc Blucas.
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 productio came from Lil Jon, Bryce Wilson, Red yda and Dre
Early life
Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Ma achusetts, to an African American father and a 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 co iders Washington, D.C. to be her home and has a younger sister named Angela. Amerie and her sister's first language is Korean.
Amerie received her big break in 2001 when she ble ed a track from Nas' Stillmatic release entitled "Rule". 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 track "Outro" which Amerie co-wrote. Amerie's album was released amid the succe of her "Why Don't We Fall In Love" single, and the media immediately began to judge her succe es agai t those of other recent female R 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 su ort from MTV2. VH1 Soul has been known to play both of Amerie's videos with regularity since their debuts, and MTV Jams still occasionally i "Why Don't We Fall In Love". The album was a surprise succe , going gold with 623,000 units sold.
In fall 2002 she once again continued solo and released a cover of the Diana Ro ' cla ic "I'm Coming Out" as a single to the Maid in Manhattan movie. Afterwards, in 2003, Amerie returned to the music scene briefly as a featured vocalist, first on LL Cool J's "Paradise" (a top 20 entry in the UK, top 40 in the U.S.) 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 cha els, went on to become a hit.
Around this time Amerie also ent 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 su orting role as Mia Thom on in the 2004 romantic comedy First Daughter alongside Michael Keaton, Katie Holmes, Lela Rochon, and Marc Blucas.
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 productio came from Lil Jon, Bryce Wilson, Red yda and Dre
