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Perth Now
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Amerie split from husband two years ago
Amerie split from her husband two years ago. The 1 Thing hitmaker revealed she and Lenny Nicholson - with whom she has seven-year-old son River - have quietly parted ways and are in the process of getting divorced. Speaking on Way Up with Angela Yee, Amerie, Muni Long and Jasmine Linford were discussing relationships and the host noted: 'Amerie been locked in for a long time." But the 45-year-old star said: 'I was, but not now." The trio seemed surprised and while talking over one another, Amerie mentioned the word "divorced". Jasmine said: 'I missed that memo." Referring to an appearance on the Joe Budden Podcast, Amerie said: 'Because everyone didn't know that. I only mentioned it with Joe. I told him about it. We talked about it. It came up inadvertently.' She then clarified she and Lenny - who she met in 2007 and married in 2011 - are currently "going through" their divorce but had separated in 2023. Angela noted: 'It takes a short time to get married and a long time to get divorced." The Paradise singer replied: 'That's what they say." Amerie was then asked if she is looking forward to dating again. She noted: 'Well, it's been a couple of years since we've been separated." Despite the relationship ending, Amerie doesn't regret her marriage. She said: 'All the relationships that we have I believe we have them because we're supposed to learn something, and so everything is a blessing. So I don't believe in, like, placeholders … everything is a lesson to help you grow.' And when she is looking for a new partner, Amerie wants to find someone who can "amplify" her. She said: 'One thing that's important, too, is to remember you want to find someone that you can amplify, that amplifies you. 'Because sometimes — and this is not necessarily my situation — but when I really started looking at it and I really started thinking about how people pair off and what that is ... You can be with someone where you stay the same. You can be with someone that can dim your light, and maybe you dim their light. You can be with someone who amplifies you and who you amplify.'
Black America Web
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Amerie Leaked '1 Thing' To Keep It From Being Given To This Artist
Source: Kayla Oaddams / Getty Amerie's 2005 smash hit '1 Thing' is widely remembered as one of the most iconic R&B songs of the 2000s. But behind its infectious go-go beat and explosive energy is a story of creative defiance and bold self-preservation. In a move that could've cost her career, Amerie leaked her own single to keep it out of this artist's hands. Read more inside. The song, produced by Rich Harrison (also behind Beyoncé's 'Crazy in Love'), was crafted specifically with Amerie's raspy vocals, rhythmic delivery, and eclectic taste in mind. Yet, as she recently revealed in a resurfaced interview and Instagram clip, Columbia Records had other plans. The label, which represented both Amerie and at the time, was reportedly considering offering the song to Lopez—a more commercially dominant artist—despite it being tailor-made for Amerie. Sensing the political tides turning against her, Amerie made a daring choice: she leaked '1 Thing' to the public. Her strategy was clear: if fans heard her version first and connected with it, the label couldn't pull a bait-and-switch. It was a risky gamble, but one that paid off in full. '1 Thing' exploded onto the charts, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning Amerie a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The single went gold, selling over 500,000 copies in the U.S., and cemented her status as a defining voice in 2000s R&B. More than just a career milestone, '1 Thing' became a case study in the music industry's recurring marginalization of Black women artists. It also became a symbol of how artists often have to fight tooth and nail for control over their own work. Amerie's story isn't just about preserving a hit, but it's about betting on yourself when no one else will. Her decision to leak the song not only ensured that her voice would be the one the world heard, but also challenged a music industry often dominated by commercial over artistry. Nearly two decades later, '1 Thing' still resonates and Amerie's bold move is one of the reasons we're still dancing to it. Watch the viral video of Amerie sharing the story below: SEE ALSO Amerie Leaked '1 Thing' To Keep It From Being Given To This Artist was originally published on Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jennifer Lopez missed out on huge global hit song after rival singer pulled sneaky move to snatch it back
Jennifer Lopez missed out on an iconic, global hit song after her rival pulled a sneaky move. This week, a fellow R&B singer revealed that she leaked her recording of a song just so that their record label, Columbia Records, wouldn't give it to JLo, who was a bigger artist at the time. Over two decades ago, newcomer Amerie, 45, was bursting onto the scene in the competitive music industry, then-dominated by Lopez — whom the former said the record label considered an established, 'pinnacle artist.' Reflecting on that time, on the 20-year anniversary of the famous song, Amerie talked about how she leaked her global hit, 1 Thing, so that it wouldn't become Lopez's. '1 Thing came out in 2004 because I leaked it over Christmas,' she recalled while making an appearance on Joe Budden 's eponymous podcast this week. 'Because everybody would be on break so they can't stop anything. 'So I was like, "I'm gonna be out here. I'm gonna drop a match",' she confessed. 'For me I was like, "Look, I might get dropped, so I just want people to hear the music.'" Amerie explained: 'I don't really care about getting paid for it. I just want people to hear it because I believe in it.' She again recalled how she waited until the record label execs were all on holiday to pull her sneaky stunt. 'And they're on Christmas break, so we can just do it,' she said. 'At the time, they were trying to give the record to somebody else. They were trying to do that but they couldn't,' she said before explaining that she had some rights to the song since she was a writer listed on the track. 'You can't just take it, and that was frustrating for them, I guess.' She claimed that the record label did not 'totally understand' the hit song they had on their hands and wanted to release the track under a more well-known artist at the time, so she decided to take action herself. Shortly afterwards, producer Rich Harrison helped Lopez, now 55, record and release Get Right, a track with a similar sound and nearly identical elements. She also ended the ongoing rumor that Beyoncé's song, Crazy In Love, was supposed to be her record first as she claimed she never even heard the track before Beyoncé got it. She denied that the up-tempo track was crafted for her as she explained the producer, Harrison, did not play it for her before he did for Beyoncé. 'I didn't hear anything about it, but a lot of people would be like, "Wait, that's not your record? Why didn't he give that record to you?" And I'm like, he never, he never played that record for me,' she told Revolt TV in an interview published on Saturday. Beyoncé's solo debut project, Dangerously In Love, was a major success upon its release in June 2003, which was two years before 1 Thing was leaked and ever played on the radio. About the comparison between the similar sounds, Amerie explained that it was because she and Harrison 'created a sound together.' 'After the first video came out, it made a lot of noise, and people, like, really love that album... But during that, he's also a producer that's coming up, so now he has all these people coming to him for records, you know what I mean? 'And we did create a sound together,' she added. She added: 'There were so many artists who were trying to work with him, so you know, he's going to work with different artists. He's going to have different songs... 'He's gonna want to play some songs for me as his artist, right? But he's going to want to play some songs elsewhere because he's trying to grow and make his name as a producer.' Her admission comes just weeks after she dropped music for the first time in seven years. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter released her new solo single Mine in March, just ahead of her highly anticipated, sixth studio album's release set for sometime in 2025.
