Amerie

Fun Facts: Amerie was born to an African American father and Korean mother. Her first language is Korean. She often signs her name in both English and Korean when giving autographs. When asked about her Ebony/Korean mix, she sometimes remarks that she gets "her eyes from her Korean mother and her butt from African-American father."

Claim to Fame: Amerie debuted in 2002 with the album “All I Have.” “Why Don’t We Fall in Love,” the leading single, received a wealth of radio air play. Since the release of “All I Have,” Amerie has released two albums and co-stared in the Forest Whitaker directed film, “First Daughter.”

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, 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". The dual second singles are "Heard 'Em All" and "Pretty Brown" featuring Trey Songz.


Rogers was born to Korean mother, artist Mi Suk, and African-American father Charles. A few months after she was born, the Rogers family moved to her mother?s native Korea, where Amerie lived for three years. Her father Charles was a chief warrant officer, who is now her lawyer. She finally settled in Washington DC, which she considers her hometown. Amerie describes her parents as conservative, protective, traditional Christians. Growing up.

Amerie enrolled at Georgetown University to study literature, and was in Army ROTC: ?I was in the Navy ROTC. My dad didn?t force me into it or anything. I joined so I could afford an education?. She quit ROTC her after her sophmore year, and graduated with a BA degree in English and Fine Arts minor in design.

Amerie's first language is Korean. However, after the family left Korea, Amerie's mother made a conscious effort to limit the use of Korean with her daughters out of fear that it would impede their development of English proficiency. In an interview with KoreAm Journal, Amerie stated that she is now only "conversational" in the Korean language and speaks it at home with her mother, Angela, and extended Korean family members. Amerie also bears a tattoo featuring her given name in Hangul on her lower back, which can be seen in the music video for "1 Thing". Amerie is noted for signing autographs in Hangul with her Korean name when giving autographs.

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