Amerie Profile and Facts

Amerie Profile and Facts

Amerie (pronounced A-Marie) is an American singer-songwriter under Amerie Inc. She is managed by Courtney Lowery. Amerie debuted with the album All I Have on July 30, 2002.

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Official SNS:
Official Website: @amerie.co
Amerie’s Book Club Website: @ameriesbookclub.com
Goodreads: @Amerie
Instagram: @amerie (Personal) / @ameriesbookclub (Amerie’s Book Club)
Myspace: @ameriemimarie
River Row (Merch): @river-row.com
SoundCloud: @officialameriie
Threads: @amerie
TikTok: @ameriemimarie
X: @Ameriie
YouTube: @Amerie / @STUDY READ WRITE with Mi

Stage Name: Amerie
Birth Name: Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson
Birthday: January 12, 1980
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Goat
Height: 165 cm (5’4″)
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Nationality: American

Amerie Facts:
– Amerie was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA.
– She is ethnically Korean from her mother’s side and Black American from her father’s side.
– Because her father was a military officer when she was a child, she had to move to different areas of the world. When she was three months old, she moved to South Korea and lived there for 3 years. Then, she lived in Germany and Texas, USA for elementary and middle school. Next, she spent three and a half years attending high school in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Once she started college in 1998, her family moved to Virginia, and she moved to Washington, D.C.
– She currently lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
– Her mother was a singer, painter, and classical pianist. Her father was a chief warrant officer in the U.S. military.
– She attended Georgetown University, where she earned a bachelor of art’s degree in English and a minor in fine arts/design.
– Amerie is the author for the books titled Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy (July 11, 2017), You Will Do Great Things (March 28, 2023), and This Is Not a Ghost Story (June 10, 2025). Amerie also wrote some parts for the books Behind The Song (September 5, 2017), A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope (March 10, 2020), Cool. Awkward. Black. (January 10, 2023), and Black Girl Power: 15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood (November 12, 2024).
– Several of her musical influences include Whitney Houston, David Ruffin, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson (mainly the Off The Wall, Thriller, and Bad eras), and Mariah Carey.
– She is the founder of Amerie’s Book Club, which is “a book club that highlights diverse and unique perspectives and voices” (Source).
– In her senior year of high school, she realized that she wanted to become a singer.
– She said reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King at age seven, along with watching movies like Poltergeist and Chucky at age ten, contributed to her lifelong fear of clowns and dolls.
– Her first language is Korean.
– Amerie has a son.
– When asked how she would spend $66,136.35 in 2005, she answered that she would spend the money on True Religion jeans; designer footwear from Cesare Paciotti and Gucci; Bose noise-canceling headphones; a custom Louis Vuitton shoe trunk; M.A.C eyeliner; Crème de la Mer; dinner at Mr. Chow; Fendi Spy bags; Callaway golf clubs; Hublot watches; a spa package, carrier, and four Polo shirts in different colors for her Yorkie; and food treats like Odwalla soy drinks and green-tea Häagen-Dazs.
– She has a younger sister named Angela (born December 1980).
– Her mother named her after a heroine in a French novel.
– Amerie got her big break after meeting producer Rich Harrison at a McDonald’s parking lot, a public spot she picked for safety just in case he was a weird person.
– Amerie hosted the BET music video series The Center.
– In 2008, she and Lenny Nicholson officially launched Feeniix Rising Entertainment, which was named after the phoenix because it represents creative energy that never dies and is always born again.
– She was under Columbia Records (2001 – January 2008), Def Jam Recordings (April 2008 – 2010), and Feenix Rising Entertainment.
– In 2004, she debuted as an actress in the film First Daughter as Mia Thompson.
– Amerie has a soprano vocal range spanning 3 octaves.
– She said rewarding herself with a few Doritos guacamole tortilla chips after completing verses on her song “1 Thing” kept her going through the sessions. She also had green tea.
– Amerie started competing in dance competitions in third grade.
– She says she is an Aquarius rising and Pisces moon. She says she is on life path number 11.
– Her top 5 R&B songs are “Real Love” by Mary J. Blige, “Moment of Love” by Mary J. Blige, “Cry For You” by Jodeci, “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye, If This World Were Mine (both versions by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell and Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn).
– Amerie has synesthesia.
– Growing up, Amerie admitted to having “two left feet” and struggled with learning choreography until she went to college.
– In 2010, she changed her stage name to Ameriie. She changed her stage name because she felt adding a second “I” created the right energetic vibration for her intuition without altering the pronunciation. She then changed it back to Amerie in 2018.
– She has a tattoo of her name in Hangul on her lower back.
– Amerie played basketball and did the long-jump for track & field during her high school years.
– She has opened for Usher, Nas, Nelly, Destiny’s Child, and Keyshia Cole.
– Her first big purchase after achieving success was buying a Cartier ring, which she ultimately gifted to her sister.
– During her time at Georgetown University, she briefly participated in the Navy ROTC.
– Amerie grew up listening to soul music, heavy metal (a phase she went through in 5th and 6th grade), classical music, and pop music.
– She would like to collaborate with Kehlani, kwn, and Metro Boomin.
– When in New York, she enjoys dining at Nobu. Her go-to order is the bento box, specifically for the chocolate ganache and green tea ice cream.
– Amerie reads about 50 to 60 books annually.
– Her top 5 R&B artists are Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, David Ruffin, Mary J. Blige, and Sam Cooke.
– She prefers releasing EPs over full albums because it allows her to maintain a cohesive sound for each project.
– Amerie used to perform in the vocal group called Impromp2.
– She used to play the flute and participate in her school orchestra.
– When she lived in Alaska, she performed in a gospel choir.
– Amerie started writing short fiction stories about fairies, pirates, and phantoms at just seven years old. Amerie used to craft and write books starting in fourth grade.
– She provided guest vocals on Nas‘s song “Rule” in 2001 before her own debut.
– Amerie married her then manager and music executive, Lenny Nicholson, on June 25, 2011. They personally separated in 2023, legally separated in April 2024, and later officially divorced in 2026.
– Her favorite book genres are science fiction, fantasy, and adult literary fiction intersecting with speculative or magical element.
– She named her clothing brand River Row after her son who is named River Rowe.

Amerie Awards:
2003 | Soul Train Music Awards | Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
2005 | Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards | Aretha Franklin Award for Entertainer of the Year
2005 | Vibe Awards | Song: “1 Thing” | Club Banger of the Year

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