Amerie ndi woimba wotchuka waku America, wolemba nyimbo komanso wochita zisudzo yemwe adawonekera mu media space mu 2002. Kutchuka kwa woyimbayo kudakula kwambiri atayamba kugwirizana ndi wopanga Rich Harrison. Omvera ambiri amamudziwa Amery chifukwa cha 1 Chinthu chimodzi. Mu 2005, idafika pa nambala 5 pa chartboard ya Billboard. Nyimbo ndi chimbale pambuyo pake zidalandira mayina a Grammy. Mu 2003, pa Billboard Music Awards, woimbayo analandira mphoto mu "Best New R&B / Soul or Rap Artist".
Kodi ubwana ndi unyamata wa Ameri unali bwanji?
Dzina lonse la wojambulayo ndi Amery Mi Marnie Rogers. Iye anabadwa January 12, 1980 mu mzinda US Fitchburg (Massachusetts). Abambo ake ndi aku America waku America ndipo amayi ake ndi aku Korea. Bambo ake anali msilikali ndi ntchito, kotero woimbayo anakhala zaka zake zoyambirira paulendo. Anakhala m'malo ankhondo ku United States ndi ku Ulaya konse. Amery ananena kuti kusintha kwa kaonekedwe kotereku kaŵirikaŵiri ali mwana kunam’thandiza kuzoloŵera moyo wa bizinesi ya nyimbo. "Mukasuntha nthawi zonse, mumaphunzira kulankhulana ndi anthu atsopano ndikusintha malo atsopano," woimbayo adagawana nawo poyankhulana.
Ameri ali ndi mlongo wake wamng'ono, Angela, yemwe tsopano ndi loya wake. Makolo amalera atsikana mosamalitsa komanso mosamalitsa. Kaŵirikaŵiri alongowo sankaloledwa kutuluka, ndipo mkati mwa mlungu ankawaletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafoni a m’manja. Amayi ndi abambo ankakhulupirira kuti maphunziro ndi chitukuko cha luso la kulenga chiyenera kukhala chachikulu.
Amerie ali ndi chidwi ndi nyimbo kuyambira ali mwana kwa amayi ake, omwe ndi woimba komanso woyimba piyano. Mtsikanayo adalimbikitsidwanso ndi zolemba za abambo ake. Nthawi zambiri panali nyimbo za Motown soul kuyambira m'ma 1960 zomwe zidapanga nyimbo zawo. "Ojambula otchuka kwambiri m'moyo wanga akhala awa: Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey ndi Mary J. Blige," anatero Amery. Kuwonjezera pa kuimba, woimbayo ankachita nawo kuvina ndipo adachita nawo mpikisano wa talente.
Banja la Amery linasamukira ku Washington, DC atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale. Ngakhale pamenepo, adayamba kuganizira mozama za ntchito yosangalatsa. Woimbayo anayamba kukhala ndi luso la mawu ndikuyesera kulemba nyimbo. Mofananamo, adalowa ku yunivesite ya Georgetown ndipo adalandira "digiri" mu Chingerezi ndi zaluso zabwino.
Kodi ntchito ya Amerie yoimba idayamba bwanji?
"Kupambana" kwakukulu kwa Amery mu makampani oimba kunabwera pamene anakumana ndi Rich Harrison. Panthawiyo, Harrison anali kale wolemba nyimbo wopambana wa Grammy komanso wopanga. Anagwiranso ntchito ndi hip-hop diva Mary J. Blige. Wosewerayo adakumana ndi wopangayo kudzera mwa wolimbikitsa kalabu yemwe adakumana naye akuphunzira ku yunivesite.
Ameri ankafuna kukumana ndi Rich pagulu, popeza anali asanamuwonepo. "Tidakumana ku McDonald's, titasankha kale kuti ndi malo ochitira misonkhano," akutero woimbayo. - Ndinkadziwa kuti anali wopanga, koma sindinamudziwe ngati munthu, choncho sindinkafuna kupita kunyumba kwake. Mofananamo, sindinkafuna kuti adziwe kumene ndimakhala ngati atakhala kuti ndi wongopeka chabe.
Pambuyo pa msonkhano, adagwirizana kuti Harrison apanga chiwonetsero cha wojambula wofuna. Pamene oyang'anira Columbia Records adamva chiwonetserocho, adasaina Amery. Ndi izi, njira ya woimbayo yopita ku siteji yaikulu inayamba.
Kupambana koyambirira kwa nyimbo za Amerie
Atafika ku Columbia Records, woimbayo anayamba kugwira ntchito pa album yake yoyamba. Nthawi yomweyo, adalemba vesi la Rule limodzi la rapper Sitefana. Nyimboyi idafika pachimake pa nambala 67 pa chart ya Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles and Tracks ku United States. Mu 2002, woyimbayo adatulutsa nyimbo yake yoyamba, Why Don't We Fall in Love. Idafika pachimake pa nambala 23 pa Billboard Hot 100 ndipo idakhala imodzi mwa nyimbo 10 zapamwamba kwambiri za R&B/Hip-Hop.
Kumapeto kwa Julayi 2002, Columbia Records idatulutsa chimbale chawo choyamba, All I Have. Inali ndi nyimbo 12 ndipo inapangidwa ndi Harrison. Albumyi inayamba ndikufika pa nambala 9 pa Billboard 200 ya sabata iliyonse. Komanso, albumyi inatsimikiziridwa ndi golide ndi Recording Industry Association of America.
Mu February 2003, All I have got Amery Three Soul Train Music Awards. Analandira mphoto imodzi m’gulu la Best New Artist. Ngakhale kuti woimbayo akanatha kubwerera ku studio nthawi yomweyo kuti ayese kubwereza kupambana kwa album yoyamba, m'malo mwake adapumula kuti afufuze mbali zina za bizinesi ya zosangalatsa.
Mu 2003, Amerie adapanga ndikuchititsa pulogalamu ya kanema wawayilesi The Center on BET. Patatha miyezi itatu kujambula, nthawi yomweyo anayamba ntchito ya filimuyo. Ndipo adasewera limodzi ndi Katie Holmes mufilimu ya First Daughter (yotsogoleredwa ndi Forest Whitaker). Anatuluka mu 2004.
Panthawiyi, Rich Harrison anali kuganizira kale malingaliro osiyanasiyana a Album yachiwiri ya woimbayo. Chopereka choyamba chinalembedwa makamaka ndi Harrison. Mu chimbale chachiwiri, woimbayo adakhala wolemba nawo nyimbo zonse, kupatula imodzi. Anagwiranso ntchito pazithunzi zowonekera za album, mavidiyo a nyimbo, zophimba limodzi.
Kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chachiwiri komanso nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri ya Ameri
Chimbale chachiwiri cha studio Touch (nyimbo 13) chinatulutsidwa kumapeto kwa Epulo 2005. Nyimbozi zimakhala ndi zokopa, zoyimba mosangalatsa, zoyimba zokhala ndi maziko ozungulira nyanga ndi piano yamagetsi. Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa Album ya Touch, wojambulayo adalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa nyimbo. Iwo adayamika mawu a Ameri ndi kupanga kwa Harrison. Albumyo inalandira mphoto zambiri, kuphatikizapo mavoti awiri a Grammy.
Albumyi inatenga malo a 5 pa Billboard 200. Chifukwa cha kusonkhanitsa, wojambulayo adalandira chiphaso cha "golide" kuchokera ku RIAA. Chimbalecho chinaphatikizapo 1 Chinthu chimodzi, chomwe mpaka lero chidakali chodziwika kwambiri cha woimbayo. Nyimboyi idapangidwa ndi Harrison ndipo idalimbikitsidwa ndi nyimbo yamutu wakuti Oh, Calcutta! yolembedwa ndi Stanley Walden. Atakonzanso nyimboyi pang'ono ndikulemba mawu ake, Harrison ndi Amery adajambula nyimboyi m'maola 2-3.
Lenny Nicholson (mtsogoleri wa Ameri) adawona kuti nyimboyi inali "yokhayo" yoyenera kumasulidwa panthawiyo. Woyimba komanso wopanga adatumiza 1 Thing ku chizindikirocho, koma adakanidwa kumasulidwa. Oyang'anira anaona kuti kugundako kukufunika kukonzedwanso ndipo nyimbo zazikuluzikulu ziyenera kupangidwa. Pambuyo pakusintha kambiri pakupanga kwake, chizindikirocho chinakanabe kutulutsa imodzi.
Amery ndi Harrison adamaliza kutumiza nyimboyi ku wayilesi yaku US osauza Columbia Records poyesa kuitulutsa. Zomwe DJs ndi omvera anachita zinali zabwino. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, nyimboyi inaulutsidwa pawailesi m’dziko lonselo. Ku United States, nyimboyo inakwera tchati pang’onopang’ono. Pa nthawi ya masabata a 10, idafika pa nambala 8 pa Billboard Hot 100. Ndipo sizinali pa tchati mpaka masabata a 20 pambuyo pake.
Ntchito inanso yoimba ya Amerie
Chimbale chachitatu cha studio Chifukwa I Love It chinatulutsidwa mu May 2007. Ngakhale inali ntchito yake yamphamvu komanso yowala kwambiri. Ndipo idafika pamwamba pa 20 ku UK, mapulani omasulidwa munthawi yake ku US asintha. Chifukwa cha izi, chimbalecho sichinapambane pazamalonda ku States ndipo sichinalembedwe.
Chaka chotsatira, woimbayo anamaliza mgwirizano wake ndi Columbia Records. Ndipo adasaina mgwirizano ndi dzina la Def Jam. Adalemba nyimbo yake yachinayi, In Love & War, yomwe adatulutsa mu Novembala 2009. Idayamba pa nambala 3 pa tchati cha US R&B. Koma mwamsanga anatenga malo otsiriza, popeza panali ma audition ang’onoang’ono pa wailesi.
Mu 2010, woimbayo adasintha kalembedwe ka dzina lake kukhala Ameriie. Pansi pa pseudonym yatsopano, adatulutsa nyimbo zomwe Ndikufuna (2014), Mustang (2015). Komanso EP Drive pa label yake ya Feenix Rising. Atachoka ku Def Jam mu 2010, adaganiza zosiya ntchito yake yoimba. Kwa nthawi yayitali, wosewerayo wakhala akulemba zolemba zongopeka ndikusintha 2017 New York Times ogulitsa kwambiri nkhani zazifupi za akulu.
Mu 2018, nyimbo iwiri idatulutsidwanso (4AM Mullholand kutalika ndi EP Pambuyo pa 4AM). Pulojekiti yapawiriyi idamiza omvera mu nyimbo za R&B zofowoka, zapang'onopang'ono kuyerekeza ndi nyimbo zoimbira zam'mbuyomu za pop.
Kodi Ameri amachita chiyani pambali pa nyimbo?
Ngakhale kuti woimbayo amakondabe nyimbo, mpaka pano kujambula kwa nyimbo kuli kumbuyo. Mu 2018, Amerie anali ndi mwana wamwamuna dzina lake River Rove. Chifukwa chake, woimbayo tsopano akupereka nthawi yochulukirapo pakuleredwa kwake. Anakwatiwanso ndi Lenny Nicholson (Wotsogolera Nyimbo wa Sony Music).
Woimbayo ali ndi njira ya YouTube pomwe amayika makanema okhudza mabuku, zodzoladzola ndi mabulogu okhudza moyo wake. Tsopano anthu oposa 200 zikwizikwi adalembetsa. Ameri amagulitsanso malonda patsamba la River Row. Katunduyu ali ndi zinthu zambiri - kuyambira ma sweatshirts ndi T-shirts mpaka makapu a tiyi, mapangidwe ake omwe wosewerayo adapanga pawokha.
