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Ameriie
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson (born January 12, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and writer. She has released four studio albums to date: ''All I Have (album), All I Have'' (2002), ''Touch (Amerie album), Touch'' (2005), ''Because I Love It'' (2007), ''In Love & War (Amerie album), In Love & War'' (2009). She is best known for her 2005 single "1 Thing". Early life and education Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to a Korean mother named Mi Suk and a Black American father, Charles Rogers. A few months after she was born, the Rogers family moved to South Korea, where Amerie lived for three years. Her father was a chief warrant officer in the U.S. military, so the family lived in many different places, including Alaska, Texas, Virginia and Germany. She has a younger sister, Angela Rogers, who is now her lawyer. Amerie has described her parents as conservative, protective, traditional Christians. Growing up, she and her sister were forbidden to leave t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Love & War (Amerie Album)
''In Love & War'' is the fourth studio album by American singer Amerie, released November 3, 2009, on Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions for the album took place between 2008 and 2009 at Record Plant Studios in Hollywood, California and at other recording studios in Miami, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. The album serves as Amerie's first release after leaving Columbia Records and forming her own label, Feeniix Rising, which released the album under exclusive license and distribution through the Island Def Jam Music Group. The album debuted at number forty-six on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 12,500 copies in its first week. Upon its release, ''In Love & War'' received generally positive reviews from most music critics. Background In January 2008, ''Entertainment Weekly'' reported that Amerie had left her record label, Columbia Records, and in April 2008, Amerie's name was removed from the label's roster. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Don't We Fall In Love
"Why Don't We Fall in Love" is a song written and produced by Rich Harrison for American R&B singer Amerie's debut album, '' All I Have'' (2002). Released as the album's lead single in the United Kingdom in October 2001 and in the United States in July 2002. After being sent to US Urban/Urban AC, Top 40 and Rhythmic radio in April 2002, the song reached number twenty-three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and became a top ten hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It performed moderately elsewhere, peaking at number forty in the United Kingdom and number seventy-three in Australia. The song is also used for the promo of the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. It is also one of the songs used in the American version of the 2004 video game '' Donkey Konga 2''. Part of the lyrics, along with the background music, was sampled in the song " Rule the World" by 2 Chainz and Ariana Grande from the 2019 album ''Rap or Go to the League'' and the 2023 song "No Fake Love" by Queen Naija and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch (Amerie Album)
''Touch'' is the second studio album by American singer Amerie, released on April 26, 2005, by Rich Harrison, Richcraft Records, Sony Urban Music, and Columbia Records. Following the release of her debut album, ''All I Have (album), All I Have'' (2002), and her first acting role (in the 2004 film ''First Daughter (2004 film), First Daughter''), Amerie began work on her second studio album. As with ''All I Have'', the album was co-written and produced by mentor Rich Harrison, with contributions from additional productions. Unlike her debut, Amerie co-wrote every track but one, and assumed more creative control over the visual imagery accompanying the album, such as music videos and artwork. ''Touch'' is an Contemporary R&B, R&B album with a diverse musical style, marking a transition from Amerie's neo-soul debut. Its songs feature pulses, funky percussion, pumping energy, go-go beats with an organic core built around horns and electric pianos. Upon release, ''Touch'' received gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Fitchburg is a city in northern Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The third-largest city in the county, its population was 41,946 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Fitchburg State University is located here. History Fitchburg was first settled in by Europeans in 1730 as part of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Lunenburg, and was officially set apart from that town and incorporated in 1764. The area was previously occupied by the Nipmuc tribe. It is named for John Fitch, one of the committee that procured the act of incorporation. In July 1748 Fitch and his family, living in this isolated spot, were abducted to Canada by Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans, but returned the next year. Fitchburg is situated on both the Nashua River and a railroad line. The original Fitchburg Railroad ran through the Hoosac Tunnel, linking Boston and Albany, New York. The tunnel was built using the Burleigh Rock Drill, designed and built in Fitchburg. Fitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C., and the nation's first University charter#Federal, federally chartered university. The university has eleven Undergraduate education, undergraduate and Postgraduate education, graduate schools. Its main campus, located in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown historic neighborhood, is on a hill above the Potomac River and identifiable by Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States#Universities_classified_as_"R1:_Doctoral_Universities_–_Very_high_research_activity", "R1: Doctoral Universities – V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nielsen SoundScan
Luminate Data, LLC (formerly MRC Data and P-MRC Data) is a provider of music and entertainment data. Established as a joint-venture in 2020, it brought together Nielsen Music, Alpha Data (formerly BuzzAngle Music) and Variety Business Intelligence (formerly TVtracker). In December 2019, Eldridge Industries' MRC (company), Valence Media, then parent company of ''Billboard'', acquired Nielsen's music data business, reuniting it with ''Billboard'' for the first time since its spin-off to Prometheus Global Media, E5 Global Media from Nielsen Business Media. It was renamed MRC Data in 2020 after Eldridge Industries merged Valence with the film and television studio MRC (company), MRC. and was then brought under its PMRC joint venture with Penske Media Corporation as P-MRC Data. It was renamed once more to Luminate Data in March 2022. In August 2022, the MRC merger was unwound, with Eldridge Industries taking sole ownership of its stake in PMRC. Nielsen Music Nielsen Music, origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official UK Charts Company Limited (formerly Music Industry Chart Services Limited), trading as the Official Charts Company (OCC) or the Official Charts (formerly the Chart Information Network), is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock City (Version 2
Rock City may refer to: Places *Rock City (venue), a music venue in Nottingham, England *Rock City, an area in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago United States *Rock City (attraction), tourist attraction in Lookout Mountain, Georgia *Rock City, Illinois, village *Rock City, Kansas, National Natural Landmark in Kansas, United States *Rock City, New York, a hamlet in Dutchess County * Rock City State Forest, which includes Little Rock City, near Little Valley, New York *Rock City Falls, New York, a hamlet in Saratoga County *Rock City Park, New York, a location in Olean (town), New York *Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests, a location in Little Valley, New York *A nickname for Detroit, Michigan Music Artists *Rock City (band), an American rock band, predecessor to Big Star *Rock City (duo), an U.S. Virgin Islands songwriting and production team Albums * ''Rock City'' (Riot album) or the title song, 1977 * ''Rock City'' (Royce da 5'9" album) or the title song (see below), 2002 Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royce Da 5'9"
Ryan Daniel Montgomery (born July 5, 1977), known professionally as Royce da 5'9" (or simply Royce 5'9"), is an American rapper. Best known for his association with fellow Detroit rapper Eminem, they became acquainted in 1997 and formed the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil the following year. Their 2011 single "Lighters (Bad Meets Evil song), Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars) peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and preceded the release of their debut extended play (EP), ''Hell: The Sequel'' (2011). The song and its parent EP, which debuted atop the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, have yielded Montgomery's furthest commercial success. Montgomery first embarked on a solo career with his debut studio album, ''Rock City (Royce da 5'9" album), Rock City'' in 2002; originally slated for release the year prior, disputes with Columbia Records led it to an independent release. He released eight follow-up studio albums to critical acclaim; his latest, ''The A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rule (Nas Song)
"Rule" is the first single from American rapper Nas' 2001 album '' Stillmatic''. It features a chorus sung by Amerie and production provided by Poke and Tone of Trackmasters Entertainment. The song is known for both sampling and interpolating " Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. Overview The song's lyrics are political, reminiscent of those on Nas' 1996 single " If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)", as referenced in the beginning of the song: This references the intro to "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)": As a single, "Rule" was not heavily promoted, but still reached #67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. " Got Ur Self a Gun" is mistakenly thought to be the first single on ''Stillmatic'' because "Rule" was not heavily promoted, did not receive music video treatment and was never released in compact disc format. It was released as a vinyl 12-inch single with "No Idea's Original" as its B-side. It was featured in the 2003 film, ''Honey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More Drama
''No More Drama'' is the fifth studio album by American singer Mary J. Blige, released on August 28, 2001, by MCA Records. Following the critical and commercial success of her fourth studio album, ''Mary'' (1999), ''No More Drama'' was similarly well received. It debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and at number one on the R&B Albums chart, selling 294,000 copies in its first week. It has spawned four singles that have attained ''Billboard'' chart success, including its lead single "Family Affair", which became Blige's first career number-one single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and a worldwide number-one hit. The album received two Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Album and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (for "Family Affair") at the 44th Grammy Awards. Blige would win her first in the latter category for the track "He Think I Don't Know" the following year. As of December 2016, the album has been certified triple platinum for shipping more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
