India.Arie

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India.Arie is known and cherished by fans and fellow musicians as a poet, a songwriter, a producer, a musician, a singer, an advocate, a friend and a philanthropist — but she is possibly best known for the love in her music that has inspired and motivated people around the globe.

With over eight million albums sold worldwide, her most recent fourth studio album Testimony Vol. 2; Love & Politics, hit # 1 on Billboard R&B Chart and #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Praised by both the New York Times, “one of the most determinedly virtuous songwriters in R&B or pop, India.Arie strives to make faith, goodness and positive thinking seductive,” and Oprah Winfrey for her steadfast refusal to succumb to female stereotypes that have plagued other female artists, she has also worked steadily throughout her career to champion causes close to her heart. She has traveled to Africa numerous times to address the AIDS crisis while her songs have been used in various campaigns including “I Am Not My Hair” in Lifetime’s “Stop Breast Cancer for Life” campaign, “What About the Child” in conjunction with UNICEF events, and “There’s Hope” for the ‘By the People, For the People; The Election of Barack Obama soundtrack where 100% of the proceeds were given to rebuilding efforts in the gulf coast.

Since the release of her first album Acoustic Soul in 2001, she has received 21 Grammy nominations and won 4 Grammy Awards, 4 NAACP Image Awards, alongside various awards from BET, Billboard, MTV, VH1, Vogue, Essence, and others. In 2009 she received the DC Branch NAACP Centennial Award, was featured in the 2010 Image Award nominated documentary “Leading Women”, and had the privilege of meeting with the Dalai Lama prior to performing at an event for the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN. In September 2010 she was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

She recently started her own companies Soulbird World Wide and www.soulbirdmusic.com, and begun a new journey towards molding her life long passion of music and words into a career she really loves. The award winning artist has become a new woman and continues to follow her heart, immersing herself in projects including recent recordings with Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana and Marc Cohn on their respective new albums.

In her highly anticipated new project, Open Door, .Arie partners with Israeli super star Idan Raichel, a driving force in contemporary world music. Together, they present a cross-genre collection of songs that are poignantly relevant to a global audience. Delivering consistent themes of acceptance, and love, Open Door is an inspired and authentic East-meets-West experience. A record release is expected later this year.

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“A gentle genius lives in the mind, voice and hands of this woman.”
Stevie Wonder

“India.Arie strives to make faith, goodness and positive thinking seductive.”
The New York Times

“Arie provides a multicultural dialogue about love and human politics.”
Billboard

“Arie has devised a fresh musical language appropriate to her concerns, a lighter form of acoustic-guitar-based R&B”
The Independent