Amerie | In Love & War (Coming Aug. 2009)
“WHY R U” GOES TO RADIO JUNE 15th AS FIRST SINGLE – VIDEO DIRECTED BY RAY KAY PREMIERES JUNE 8th ON BET
New album producers include The Buchanans (“Why R U”), Teddy Riley, Sean Garrett & Eric Hudson, Jim Johnson & Rico Love, Brian Cox and others.
Listen to "Why R U" by clicking here!!
(New
York, NY) Multiple award winning, RIAA platinum singer and songwriter
Amerie has completed her premiere album for Def Jam Recordings (her
fourth career album), entitled IN LOVE & WAR, scheduled to arrive
in the physical and digital marketplace in August.
Anticipation for Amerie’s new album reached a fever pitch when “Why R U” debuted May 11th on her MySpace website, http://www.myspace.com/ameriemimarie.
New York City Hot 97 radio dj Funk Master Flex caught the buzz when he
played “Why R U” for 15 minutes straight. The track officially goes to
all radio formats on June 15th as the first single from IN LOVE &
WAR. The video for “Why R U,” which premieres June 8th on BET, was
directed by Ray Kay (whose credits include fellow Def Jam artist
The-Dream’s “Shawty Is a 10” featuring Fabolous, Lady Gaga’s “Poker
Face,” and more).
“Why R U” was
produced by the Buchanans, who were among the roster of producers that
worked with Amerie on her last two albums, Touch (2005) and Because I
Love It (2007), as well as on album tracks with Jay-Z (The Black
Album), Beyoncé (Dangerously in Love), Black Rob, and Lupe Fiasco. In
addition to the Buchanans, other producers who worked on the
Atlanta,LA, and Miami sessions for IN LOVE & WAR include Teddy
Riley (“Tell Me You Love Me”), Sean Garrett & Eric Hudson (“Heard
’Em All”), and Jim Johnson & Rico Love (“Swagback”), Brian Michael
Cox ("Red Eye").
Born to Korean and
African-American parents, Amerie grew up in U.S. military sites around
the world before finding her roots in Washington , DC , where she
earned a degree in English and Fine Arts from Georgetown . Early demos
led the way to Columbia Records debut album All I Have. The album hit
RIAA gold on the strength of the R&B/pop crossover hit “Why Don’t
We Fall in Love,” which won Amerie the Soul Train Music Awards’ Best
R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist award.
Amerie
continued her string on the RIAA gold Touch (2005). The album contained
one of the top songs of the year, the #1 R&B smash “1 Thing,” which
won the VIBE Award for Club Banger Of the Year. The song’s rise to the
top was helped along by its inclusion in the soundtrack of the Will
Smith-Eva Mendes film, Hitch. “1 Thing” became a platinum-selling
digital download and mastertone, and was nominated for Best Female
R&B Vocal Grammy; Touch was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B
Album.
Amerie
In Love & War - In Stores This August
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www.myspace.com/ameriemimarie
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