So have you ever sat there and wondered hmm whatever happened to Amerie? Well,
now you can find out, because in this video you get to learn what she’s has been up to.
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Amerie’s first album was called “All I have” which came out in 2002, but most people remember Amerie
because of her hit single named “1 Thing” from the album Touch, which came out in 2005 and also
won her a Grammy. She was definitely viewed as a triple threat being a singer songwriter,
dancer and an actress where she acted in movies like First Daughter.
Now why didn’t her single “1 Thing” almost not get released?
Well, the label that she was working with at the time Columbia Records,
weren’t supportive of the record and ultimately decided that they weren’t going to put that
single out. But she believed in it so much that she funded the promotion of the record herself,
which led to it reaching No.4 in the UK Charts! And after the label saw that it was a hit,
they ended up not only helping to make the music video, but they also promoted it.
And not long after the release of Touch, she started working on her 3rd album called “Because I
love it” which ended up being the last album made with Columbia records. Amerie went on to sign to
Def Jam in 2008, which allowed her to release her music under her own label, called Feenix Rising.
And the following year her album called “In Love and War” was released. She also had several
more singles come out between 2002 to 2019. Amerie was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
She has one sibling a younger sister. Her Korean mother and her American Military father
lived in many places across the world. Even though she moved often she was an exceptional
student and even found time to attend talent shows from elementary school all the way to high school.
She ended up graduating from Georgetown University with a bachelor degree in English and Fine Arts.
She seemed to retire from the music industry altogether in 2009.
So whatever happened to Amerie? Why did she disappear from the spotlight?
Well, Amerie said that she’s not a fame chaser and doesn’t really like a lot of the things that
come with fame, like red carpets, it tends to give her a lot of anxiety. And according to billboard,
Amerie said “I experienced pushback because I’m a female who knows herself and doesn’t
have problems speaking up,”. And after “amicably” parting ways with Def Jam in 2010,
she put music mostly on hold. But she did however make a
comeback with a few singles, one in 2014 called “What I want”,
and the other one in 2015 called “Out loud” from her EP called Drive which was hailed by Rolling
Stone as one of 2016’s best R&B albums. She also put out a single in 2017 called “Redrum”.
She also released two surprise albums in October 2018, called 4AM Mulholland and After 4AM,
both of which have been praised for their postmodern hip-hop/R&B innovation
and they were both released independently. And what is Amerie doing other than music?
Well in 2014 she started a YouTube channel called Amerie where it says she concentrates on books,
beauty, and lifestyle. And she also has a second YouTube channel called Study Read Write with Mi.
She has a blossoming book club called Amerie’s Book Club with nearly 600,000 followers,
and also has Merch available for purchase. And she was not only the editor of the New York Times
bestseller Because You Love to Hate Me. She was also one of the authors.
And what about her personal life? Well, she started dating her manager
Sony Music executive Lenny Nicholson in 2004 and got engaged six years later. They got married
in June 2011 and welcomed their first child together on May 15, 2018 named River.
Who does everybody think Amerie looks like? Well none other than, get ready for it,
Kourtney Kardashian! Yes I just said Kourtney. According to Life and Style a twitter user put
up a side by side picture of Amerie and Kourtney and tweeted “Kourtney Kardashian had the block hot
with this hit,” And while most agreed tweeting in response to the comparison “I’m just saying
I’ve never seen Kourtney Kardashian and Amerie in the same room before,” and “Now I can’t unsee
it.” While other weren’t seeing it saying things like “Someone called Amerie Kourtney
Kardashian earlier and I’m still upset,” And if you want to keep up with Amerie,
don’t forget to check out both of her YouTube channels Amerie and STUDY READ WRITE with Mi. She
also has an Instagram account @amerie. And don’t forget to look at her website at www.amerie.co.
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