Besides, we’re always down for another summer classic. Her follow-up, Touch, was released in April 2005. To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. [38], The album's title track "Touch" was released as the second single from the album and peaked at #95 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the United States, although it was a top 20 entry in the UK. In 2009, "1 Thing" was sixth on The Root's list of Top 10 Hip-Hop/R&B Songs of the 2000s. Amerie is able to do in a short 40 minutes what most artists can’t do with FORTY-FIVE tracks. She really should have explored more acting roles. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. For my old heads it’s the Manhattans. Also in 2004, she began working on her sophomore album, Touch, in early 2004. Still no word on those missing LPs but I’m more than ready for a return to form. On October 17, 2018, Amerie posted on her Instagram a picture with the date "October 19" indicating new music coming. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. But if Soul In Stereo was around in 2002, All I Have would have received every one of those elusive 5 stars, not just because of “Why Don’t We Fall in Love,” but the smooth second single “Talkin’ to Me” and the incredibly deep album cuts as well. She assumed more creative control over the visual imagery accompanying the album, such as videos and artwork—"I feel like when you do a record, you have a vision in your mind and you want to carry it across—and it doesn't end with the studio", she has said. 1, and it remains unreleased in North America. [14][15] The single peaked at number 67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in the United States.

One of my favs singer much sucess returning you’ve been missed! [42], Amerie spoke of her difficulties with Columbia Records in a late 2007 interview, stating that the label was not promoting her third album Because I Love It adequately and that there had been major delays and shake-ups within the label executive teams, the politics effected many of the releases during that time.

This is also her second independent release since her EP Drive. It was a hot, fresh new sound that once again made Amerie the talk of the industry. [19] It peaked at #9 on the U.S.

Amerie gained fame after beginning her music career with American producer Rich Harrison. This is the perfect time to bring her boundless creativity back to R&B.

In the past five or six years, Ameriie has announced a couple of upcoming LPs, Cymatika Vol. ", written by Stanley Walden.Its lyrics focus on an unidentified "thing" that fuels a romantic attraction. Around this time, I wondered aloud on this very  site – what went wrong? Share. But I’m about the music, and summer isn’t OFFICIALLY summer until you hear that one song that signifies the season. They are on a completely different vibe from her previous albums but I am too excited to care. [80], Amerie listed diverse musical influences in a 2014 interview, including the musical Grease, Motown era soul music, late 1960s rock and roll, Heavy metal music, 1980s pop music and new wave music, music of Germany, Korean traditional music, R&B, and hip hop music. [83][84], In 2004, Amerie began dating her manager, Sony music executive LG Nicholson, On February 27, 2010, it was officially announced that Amerie and Nicholson were engaged. At the 2005 VIBE Awards, Amerie took home Club Banger of the Year for her hit. It wasn’t trash by any means but it wasn’t anywhere near as good as previous efforts. And I very clearly remember copping the CD from Best Buy on release day for like $5.99.

[20] The album was certified gold by the RIAA in August 2005,[37] having sold 406,000 copies in the United States as of June 2009. The following year, she signed to Def Jam after splitting with Columbia. And man, I have fond memories of this album. If not for you I’d still be wandering around Indiana eating dragonflies or something. [citation needed], Amerie described her fourth album, In Love & War, as "a fusion of hip-hop, soul, and rock" with elements of music of the 1970s, and "a direct extension of my first album [All I Have]". Amerie's Rule sample of Tears for Fears's Everybody Wants to Rule the World", "Amerie Interview with MVRemix Urban | US and Canadian Underground Hip Hop and Soul - exclusive interviews, reviews, articles", "Amerie - Why Don't We Fall In Love ft Ludacris", "Amerie Doesn't See Much Of Nellyville Tour-Mates", "Amerie's I'm Coming Out cover of Diana Ross's I'm Coming Out", "A Please Release Me Special: The Amerie Album Is Still M.I.A. [53] With little radio support, and hindered by distribution problems, In Love & War peaked #46 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [22][23][24][25][26] She promoted the album by touring with rapper Nelly, performing on 12 dates in the tour. * New subscribers only. I still remember the first time I heard “Why Don’t We Fall In Love” – the lush production was unlike anything on the scene at the time. "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. in English and a Fine Arts minor in design. First question: how come you have changed your name with an additional i?