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During an interview with Maxim, Amerie said she met up with Harrison at a McDonald's parking lot, and performed a song for him in her car. club promoter who eventually put her in touch with producer Rich Harrison. While studying at Georgetown, Amerie befriended a Washington, D.C. 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. My dad didn’t force me into it or anything. The singer enrolled at Georgetown University to study literature, and was in Navy ROTC: "I was in the Navy ROTC. Growing up, she and her sister were forbidden to leave the house or use the phone on school days. Amerie describes her parents as conservative, protective, traditional Christians. She has a younger sister, Angela, who is now her lawyer.
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Intelligence Division United States military. Her father, Charles, was a chief warrant officer, so Ameriie traveled to and lived in many different places, including South Korea, Alaska, Texas, Virginia, and Germany. A few months after she was born, the Rogers family moved to her mother's native Korea, where Ameriie lived for three years. I and The Prelude.īiography Early life and career beginningsĪmerie was born to Korean mother, artist Mi Suk, and African American father, Charles. 1.3 2005–07: Touch and Because I Love It.Amerie released her fourth studio album, In Love & War, in 2009, her first album under Island Def Jam. 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. 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. 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. Singer-songwriter, record producer, actressĬolumbia, Feeniix Rising Entertainment, Island Def JamĪmerie Mi Marie Rogers (born Janu ), known professionally as Amerie or Ameriie, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Amerie in the 2006 Red Dress Collection for the Heart Truth campaign