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India Arie Simpson (born October 3, 1975), professionally known as India.Arie, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American soul (neo soul) and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist.

Contents

1 Biography
1.1 Acoustic Soul (2001)
1.2 Voyage to India (2002)
1.3 Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006)
2 Grammy Awards history
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
3.2 Singles
4 References
5 External links

Biography

India.Arie was born in Denver, Colorado. She absorbed musical skill early in life, encouraged by both parents: her mother, Joyce, herself a former singer, and now her stylist; and her father, former ABA and NBA basketball player Ralph Simpson. She had taken up a succession of musical instruments throughout her schooling in Denver, but her interest in the guitar while attending the Savannah College of Art and Design led to a personal revelation about songwriting and performing. "When I started tapping into my own sensitivity, I started to understand people better. It was a direct result of writing songs", she said at the press release of her debut album, Acoustic Soul.

Co-founding the Atlanta-based independent music collective GroovmentEarthseed (Groovement was the collective artists' name and Earthseed was their independent label name), her one-song turn on a locally released compilation led to a second-stage gig at the Lilith Fair. Their Universal/Motown music scout spotted her and made an introduction to Motown CEO Kedar Massenberg. Sidestepping all the devices of flavor-of-the-month record-making, Acoustic Soul acquainted listeners with a brave and eloquent new voice, drawing an uncommonly broad swath of listeners from hip-hop, the so-called neo soul, blues, folk, and classic troubadour-style singer/songwriting, all at once.
[edit]Acoustic Soul (2001)

The album, released in 2001, debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months, without the concentrated radio airplay that typically powers pop and rap albums, Acoustic Soul was certified double Platinum. As a capstone to the album's success, India.Arie had the distinction of having the most total Grammy Award nominations of any single artist that year. Fans and peers alike were stunned when she was not awarded a Grammy Award in any of the nominated categories. Nonetheless, Arie stole the spotlight by closing the ceremony with a brave performance of her song "Video", accompanied only by herself on guitar.

India.Arie is also featured on Stevie Wonder's album A Time to Love, released on October 18, 2005. India.Arie and Stevie Wonder duet on the title track "A Time to Love", written by Arie, which was nominated for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals" at the 2006 Grammy Awards.

On the September 2005 première of The Tyra Banks Show, Arie performed "Just 4 2day", written especially for Tyra's show. She also wrote "What About the Child", a song that did not air but was made available as a one-dollar Internet download to support child victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.[1]

Voyage to India (2002)

India.Arie followed the success of her debut in 2002 with the release of Voyage to India. Debuting at number six on the Billboard 200 and number one on the R&B chart, the album eventually earned a Grammy Award in 2003 for "Best R&B Album". The single "Little Things" also won a Grammy for "Best Urban/Alternative Performance" in the same year. Soon after its release, Voyage to India was certified Platinum.

Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006)

India.Arie's third studio album, Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, was released on June 27, 2006. It gave India.Arie her first number-one on the Billboard 200 and was her second chart topper on the R&B chart. This album was also the first number-one album for Motown in thirty-three years since Diana Ross's 1972 Lady Sings the Blues. Its first-week sales of 161,000 copies is Arie's best sales week to date and was certified Gold in August 2006. She is expected to release Testimony: Vol. 2, Love and Politics in 2007.