{"id":176443997,"date":"2014-10-04T01:23:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T06:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176443997"},"modified":"2014-10-04T01:23:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T06:23:13","slug":"video-happy-birthday-india-arie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2014\/10\/04\/video-happy-birthday-india-arie\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Happy Birthday India Arie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INDIA ARIE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 October 3, 1975 India. Arie, singer, songwriter and record producer, was born India Arie Simpson in Denver, Colorado. Arie\u2019s mother moved the family to Atlanta, Georgia when she was 13. She attended Savannah College of Arts and Design to study jewelry making and while there gained an interest in the guitar. Arie eventually formed an independent record label, Groovement\/Earthseed, and released a compilation album of songs by several artists, including one of her own. Arie released her debut album, \u201cAcoustic Soul\u201d in 2001 and within months it had sold more than three million copies worldwide. This was followed the next year by \u201cVoyage to India\u201d which sold more than 1.4 million copies and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album and contained the single \u201cLittle Things\u201d which won the Grammy Award for Best Urban\/Alternative Performance. Arie\u2019s most recent albums are \u201cTestimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationships\u201d (2006) and \u201cTestimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics\u201d (2009), both of which were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, and \u201cSongversation\u201d (2013).<\/span><\/p>\n

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