India Arie Simpson (born October 3 1975) is a Grammy Award-winning American neo soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is professionally known as Indie Arie or India.Arie.

Biography

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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 India Arie's stylist; and her father, basketball star Ralph Simpson. She had taken up a succession of musical instruments throughout her schooling in Denver, Colorado, 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 an Atlanta-based independent music collective, her one-song turn on a locally released compilation led to a second-stage gig at the Lilith Fair, where a Universal/Motown music scout spotted her and made an introduction to Motown CEO Kedar Massenburg. 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, neo-soul, blues, folk, and classic troubadour-style singer/songwriting, all at once. The album, released in 2001, debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart and number three on the R&B album chart. Within months, without the concentrated radio play that typically powers pop and rap albums, Acoustic Soul was certified double-platinum.

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#funnystory (kinda fxcked up too) when i walked by this one dude at the mall, he sang "i am not my hair" by india.arie (my hair is curly)
mlvoecali (B.) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:14:07 -0000
#funnystory (kinda fxcked up too) when i walked by this one dude at the mall, he sang "i am not my hair" by india.arie (my hair is curly)
♫ Pearls - India.Arie ♪
ninaquintana (Nina Quintana) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:58:58 -0000
♫ Pearls - India.Arie ♪
#nowplaying India Arie-Ready for love
TianaKristin (Tiana Kristin) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:42:25 -0000
#nowplaying India Arie-Ready for love
Listening to I'm Ready For Love ♪ India Arie http://bit.ly/5SPGja via @twitbird Love love this song, I'm ready !
tweetpod (A Global Playlist) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:52:32 -0000
Listening to I'm Ready For Love ♪ India Arie http://bit.ly/5SPGja via @twitbird Love love this song, I'm ready !
jadul ah! RT @olganathania: Mandi,ditemenin sama India Arie -Chocolate High
reditz29 (Octavianus Ruben) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:39:11 -0000
jadul ah! RT @olganathania: Mandi,ditemenin sama India Arie -Chocolate High
Listening to I'm Ready For Love ♪ India Arie http://bit.ly/5SPGja via @twitbird Love love this song, I'm ready !
tweetpod (A Global Playlist) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:22:04 -0000
Listening to I'm Ready For Love ♪ India Arie http://bit.ly/5SPGja via @twitbird Love love this song, I'm ready !

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