Amerie shahararriyar mawakiya ce ta Amurka, marubuci kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo wacce ta fito a fagen yada labarai a shekarar 2002. Shahararriyar mawakiyar ta karu bayan ta fara hada kai da furodusa Rich Harrison. Yawancin masu sauraro sun san Amery godiya ga guda 1 Abu. A cikin 2005, ya kai lamba 5 akan jadawalin Billboard. Waƙar da kundin daga baya sun sami nadin na Grammy. A 2003, a Billboard Music Awards, singer samu lambar yabo a cikin nadin "Best New R & B / Soul ko Rap Artist".
Yaya kuruciyar Ameri da kuruciyarsa?
Cikakken sunan mai zanen shine Amery Mi Marnie Rogers. An haife ta a ranar 12 ga Janairu, 1980 a birnin Fitchburg (Massachusetts). Mahaifinta Ba’amurke ne, mahaifiyarta kuma ‘yar Koriya ce. Mahaifinta soja ne a sana'a, don haka mawakiyar ta shafe shekarunta na farko a cikin motsi. Ta zauna a sansanonin sojoji a duk faɗin Amurka da Turai. Amery ta ce irin wannan sauyin yanayi sau da yawa tun tana yarinya ya taimaka mata daga baya ta daidaita rayuwa a cikin sana’ar waka. "Lokacin da kuke motsawa akai-akai, kuna koyon sadarwa tare da sababbin mutane kuma ku dace da sabon yanayi," mai wasan kwaikwayo ya raba a cikin hira.
Ameri tana da kanwar Angela, wacce a yanzu ita ce lauyanta. Iyaye sun tarbiyyantar da 'yan mata sosai da kiyayewa. Ba a cika barin ’yan’uwan su fita waje ba, kuma a ranakun mako an hana su amfani da wayar hannu. Uwa da uba sun yi imanin cewa binciken da haɓaka iyawar ƙirƙira ya kamata su zama manyan.
Amerie tana da sha'awar kiɗan tun tana ƙarama ga mahaifiyarta, wacce mawaƙa ce kuma ƙwararrun ƴan pian. Yarinyar kuma ta zana wahayi daga tarin rikodin mahaifinta. Yawancin akwai Motown rai hits daga 1960s waɗanda suka haifar da sautin kiɗan nasu. "Masu fasaha mafi tasiri a rayuwata sune: Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey da Mary J. Blige," in ji Amery. Baya ga yin waka, mai wasan kwaikwayon ya shagaltu da raye-raye kuma yana shiga gasar kwararru.
Iyalin Amery sun koma Washington, DC bayan ta kammala karatun sakandare. Ko a lokacin, ta fara tunani sosai game da wata sana'a a cikin nishaɗi. Mai wasan kwaikwayo ya fara haɓaka iyawar murya da ƙoƙarin rubuta waƙoƙi. A layi daya, ta shiga Jami'ar Georgetown kuma ta sami "digiri" a Turanci da fasaha mai kyau.
Ta yaya aikin waƙar Amerie ya fara?
Babban “nasarar” Amery a masana’antar kiɗa ta zo lokacin da ta sadu da Rich Harrison. A wannan lokacin, Harrison ya riga ya kasance mai nasara na Grammy-lashe mawaƙa da furodusa. Ya kuma yi aiki a baya tare da diva na hip-hop Mary J. Blige. Jarumar ta hadu da furodusan ne ta hanyar wani mai tallata kulab, wanda ta hadu da shi a lokacin da take karatu a jami'a.
Ameri ta so ta hadu da Arziki a wurin jama'a, domin bata taba ganinsa ba. "Mun hadu a McDonald's, tun da farko mun ƙaddara shi a matsayin wurin taro," in ji mawaƙin. - Na san shi furodusa ne, amma ban san shi a matsayin mutum ba, don haka ba na son zuwa gidansa. Hakazalika, ban so ya san inda nake zaune ba idan ya zama mai ban mamaki.
Bayan taron, sun yarda cewa Harrison zai samar da demo ga mai zane mai sha'awar. Lokacin da shugabannin Columbia Records suka ji demo, sun sanya hannu kan Amery. Da wannan ne aka fara hanyar da mawakin ya kai ga babban mataki.
Nasarorin farko na waƙar Amerie
Lokacin da ya isa alamar Columbia Records, mai wasan kwaikwayo ya fara aiki a kan kundi na farko. A daidai wannan lokacin, ta rubuta aya don Dokokin Rapper guda ɗaya Nas. Waƙar ta kai kololuwa a lamba 67 akan ginshiƙi na Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles and Tracks a Amurka. A shekara ta 2002, mawakiyar ta saki waƙarta ta farko Me Ya sa Ba Mu Faɗi cikin Soyayya ba. Ya kai kololuwa a lamba 23 akan Billboard Hot 100 kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan waƙoƙin R&B/Hip-Hop guda 10.
A ƙarshen Yuli 2002, Columbia Records sun fitar da kundi na farko na studio, All I Have. Ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi 12 kuma Harrison ne ya shirya shi. Kundin ya yi muhawara kuma ya kai kololuwa a lamba 9 a kan Billboard 200 na mako-mako. Bugu da ƙari, Ƙungiyar Masana'antar Rikodi ta Amurka ta ba wa kundin shaidar zinare.
A cikin Fabrairu 2003, Duk Na sami Amery uku Soul Train Music Award gabatarwa. Ta sami lambar yabo guda ɗaya a cikin Mafi kyawun Sabon Artist. Ko da yake mawaƙin na iya komawa ɗakin studio nan da nan don ƙoƙarin yin kwafin nasarar da aka samu na kundi na farko, maimakon haka ta ɗauki hutu don bincika sauran fannonin kasuwancin nishaɗi.
A cikin 2003, Amerie ya haɓaka kuma ya dauki nauyin shirin talabijin The Center akan BET. Bayan wata uku tana daukar fim, nan take ta fara aikin fim. Kuma ta yi tauraro tare da Katie Holmes a cikin fim ɗin 'Yar Farko (wanda Forest Whitaker ya jagoranta). Ya fito a shekara ta 2004.
A wannan lokacin, Rich Harrison ya riga ya yi la'akari da ra'ayoyi daban-daban don kundi na biyu na mawaƙin. Tarin farko Harrison ne ya rubuta shi. A albam na biyu, mawakin ya zama mawallafin dukkan wakokin, sai daya. Ta kuma yi aiki akan hotuna na gani don kundin, bidiyon kiɗa, murfin guda ɗaya.
Fitar da albam na biyu kuma mafi shaharar guda na Ameri
Kundin studio na biyu Touch (waƙoƙi 13) an sake shi a ƙarshen Afrilu 2005. Waƙoƙin suna da ƙwaƙƙwalwa, kaɗa mai ban sha'awa, tafi-da-hannun raye-raye tare da ginshiƙan halitta da aka gina a kusa da ƙaho da piano na lantarki. Bayan fitowar kundi na Touch, mai zane ya sami tabbataccen sake dubawa daga masu sukar kiɗa. Sun yaba da muryoyin Ameri da aikin Harrison. Kundin ya sami kyaututtuka da yawa, gami da nadin Grammy guda biyu.
Kundin ya ɗauki matsayi na 5 akan Billboard 200. Godiya ga tarin, mai zane ya sami takardar shedar "zinariya" daga RIAA. Faifan ya haɗa da abu guda 1, wanda har yau ya kasance mafi shaharar abun da ke cikin mawaƙa. Harrison ne ya shirya waƙar kuma ta jigo da waƙar Oh, Calcutta! wanda Stanley Walden ya rubuta. Bayan sake yin waƙar kaɗan da rubuta masa waƙoƙi, Harrison da Amery sun yi rikodin waƙar a cikin sa'o'i 2-3.
Lenny Nicholson (Mai sarrafa Ameri) ya ji cewa waƙar ita ce "kaɗai ɗaya" wanda ya cancanci a sake shi a lokacin. Mawaki da furodusa sun aika abu 1 zuwa lakabin, amma an hana su saki. Hukumar gudanarwar ta ji cewa ana buƙatar sake bugun bugun kuma ana buƙatar yin manyan mawaƙa. Bayan haɓakawa da yawa ga abun da ke ciki, lakabin har yanzu ya ƙi sakin guda ɗaya.
Sakamakon haka, Amery da Harrison sun aika, ba tare da gaya wa Columbia Records ba, waƙar zuwa gidajen rediyon Amurka a ƙoƙarin fitar da ita a hukumance. Halin DJs da masu sauraro ya kasance tabbatacce. Sakamakon haka, an watsa shirye-shiryen a gidajen rediyo a duk fadin kasar. A Amurka, waƙar ta hau ginshiƙi a hankali. A cikin tsawon makonni 10, ya hau saman lamba 8 akan Billboard Hot 100. Kuma ba ya cikin ginshiƙi sai bayan makonni 20.
Amerie ta ƙarin sana'ar kiɗa
Kundin studio na uku Domin Ina son shi an sake shi a watan Mayu 2007. Ko da yake aikinta ne mafi ƙarfi da haske. Kuma ya buga manyan 20 a Burtaniya, shirye-shiryen sakin lokaci a Amurka sun canza. Saboda wannan, kundin bai yi nasara a kasuwanci ba a cikin Jihohi kuma ya kasa yin zane.
A shekara mai zuwa, mawaƙin ya ƙare haɗin gwiwa tare da Columbia Records. Kuma ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da lakabin Def Jam. Ta yi rikodin kundinta na huɗu, In Love & War, wanda ta saki a cikin Nuwamba 2009. An yi muhawara a lamba 3 akan jadawalin R&B na Amurka. Amma da sauri ya ɗauki matsayi na ƙarshe, saboda an yi ƙarami a gidajen rediyo.
A shekara ta 2010, mawaƙin ya canza rubutun sunan wasanta zuwa Ameriie. A karkashin wani sabon suna, ta fito da wakoki Abin da nake so (2014), Mustang (2015). Hakanan EP Drive akan lakabin Fenix Rising. Bayan barin Def Jam a cikin 2010, ta yanke shawarar dakatar da aikin kiɗan ta. Na ɗan lokaci, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo yana rubuta litattafai masu ban sha'awa da kuma gyara 2017 New York Times mafi kyawun siyar da gajerun labarai na manya.
A cikin 2018, an sake fitar da kundi biyu (4AM Mullholand cikakken tsayi da EP Bayan 4AM). Aikin ninki biyu ya nutsar da masu sauraro a cikin mafi ƙasƙantar da kai, R&B mai ban tsoro da ƙaƙƙarfan ra'ayi idan aka kwatanta da fitattun mawaƙin na baya.
Menene Ameri ke yi banda kiɗa?
Duk da cewa har yanzu mai yin waka na da sha’awar waka, ya zuwa yanzu ana yin rikodi a bayan fage. A cikin 2018, Amerie yana da ɗa mai suna River Rove. Don haka, yanzu mawakin yana ba da lokaci mai yawa wajen renon sa. Ta kuma auri Lenny Nicholson (Daraktan Kiɗa na Sony Music).
Mawaƙin na da tashar YouTube inda take saka bidiyo game da littattafai, kayan shafa da kuma shafukan yanar gizo game da rayuwarta. Yanzu fiye da mutane dubu 200 ne suka yi rajista da shi. Ameri kuma yana siyar da kaya akan gidan yanar gizon Row River. Catalog ɗin ya ƙunshi ɗaruruwan abubuwa - daga sweatshirts da T-shirts zuwa kayan shayi, ƙirar wanda mai yin wasan ya haɓaka da kansa.
