Amerie

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1980 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts), known professionally as Amerie, is a two time Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have, primarily co-written and produced by Rich Harrison. "1 Thing", the lead single from her second album, Touch released in 2005, introduced elements of D.C.'s go-go, and became her biggest hit to date. Her third album Because I Love It, had an international only release in 2007. Amerie released her fourth studio album titled In Love & War on November 3, 2009. The lead single is "Why R U" [1]. The dual second singles are "Heard 'Em All"[2] and the radio-only single "Pretty Brown" featuring Trey Songz.[3]

In late 2007, Entertainment Weekly reported that Amerie had left her label Columbia Records. In April 2008, Amerie's name was removed from the label's roster. She signed a label/production deal with her imprint Feenix Rising Entertainment, through the Island Def Jam Music Group, and is currently working on her next studio album with L.A. Reid. On her Twitter account, Amerie revealed that she has been secretly recording new music in Atlanta, Georgia, and that a late summer July/August release date is confirmed, with a possible first single in late May or early June. It has also been revealved that the album will be in fact a concept album. The final tracklisting, album art and release date will be confirmed after Def Jam launches the albums promotional campaign later after the first single is sent for radio adds.

It will be executively produced by LA Reid, Len Nicholson and Amerie herself. The album will also be expecting contributions from Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Jim Jonsin, Bryan Michael Cox, Dre & Vidal, Teddy Riley, Warryn Campbell, M Phazes, TrackNova, Sean Garrett, Eric Hudson, Rico Love, Jonas Jeburg, and Karma; among others. It has been confirmed by Amerie in multiple interviews, Rich Harrison will not be contributing to this album because he has been busy with his new group Richgirl; but Amerie wishes to work with him on her fifth album. On her Twitter account itsmeamerie, Amerie revealed the album title to be changed from Breakups To Makeups to In Love & War. Amerie also announced that her first single off the album was "Why R U", produced by Amerie & The Buchanans. The single premiered on radio in NYC on Funkmaster Flex 's radio show where he played the record for 15 minutes straight stating "He never thought this record would ever be flipped so well You got one Amerie!" [14]. The song appeared online the week of May 4,2009 and received rave reviews[citation needed]. The second single was "Heard Em All" and "Pretty Brown" was also released as a radio-only single. ""More Than Love" featuring Fabolous is the third single from the album. The video for the song premiered on Christmas Eve 2009.