INDIA.ARIE

India.Arie is a multi-platinum selling singer known and cherished by fans and fellow musicians as a poet, songwriter, producer, musician, singer, advocate and philanthropist –– but she is possibly best known for the love in her music that has inspired and motivated people worldwide. Influenced heavily by her mother, India’s mission is to spread love, healing and peace through the power of words and music. Although they’ve been understated, the politics of India.Arie’s Grammy-honored music have also been on open display ever since Oprah Winfrey pointedly thanked her for writing the sentiment “I may not be built like a supermodel/But I’ve learned to love myself unconditionally” – a declaration of independence from a set agenda that, eight years later, remains as politically definitive as any protest song ever written. Winfrey also singled out the Testimony: Vol. 1 track “There’s Hope” as “music that really stimulates and revives the soul,” and India’s music was known to be heard on campaign buses and planes, rallies and fundraisers during the historic Presidential run of Barack Obama. “I want people to hear my music for a long time,” says India, “for this generation to say decades from now: ‘This still says what I think’. A broadening awareness of her own calling and of our collective worldwide dialogue is central to her new album - Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics. “I feel my music is even more in accordance with where people are”, says India, “Everybody’s looking for ways to feel better -- the world is so unpredictable, people are looking inside themselves to ask what’s meaningful in life. My music has always addressed this, and now it’s so much in vibrational accordance with what people are thinking.” India.Arie has stood often with her peers in the top echelon of entertainment as an activist for global health and human dignity. 

INDIA.ARIE has sold over 8 million albums worldwide, including the double-platinum Acoustic Soul, the platinum Voyage to India and her number one album Testimony: Vol.1, Life & Relationship. Her honors include 17 Grammy nominations, 2 Grammy Awards, 4 NAACP Image Awards, and various awards from BET, Billboard, MTV, VH-1, Vogue, Essence, and others. She actively supports UNICEF and AIDS research and many charitable organizations.

Artist Website: www.myspace.com/indiaarie
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