In 2005, I was a junior in high school. At the few parties I attended, the song we most wanted to hear at house parties, birthday shendigs and on our self-created mixes, was Amerie’s “1 Thing.” With ...

This week Amerie develops into a real artist with her latest, “Touch.” Ben Folds proves that he’s more than a one-hit wonder with “Songs for Silverman.” And the passionate and inventive Diane Schuur ...

Amerie, Touch (Columbia)Amerie first caught our ear in 2002 with the sugary Why Dont We Fall In Love, an uptempo love ditty that had just enough of a groove to keep our attention but just barely.Now ...

When Amerie's debut single "Why Don't We Fall in Love" burst on the airwaves like a gardenia-scented breeze in summer 2002, most listeners had no problem doing exactly what the leggy songbird proposed ...

She co-wrote the romantic ballad with the song’s producer, Troy Taylor. “Something about you babe, I’ll make you mine / I’ll make you mine / Don’t want no one else / I’ll make you mine,” Amerie sings ...

Amerie first caught our ear in 2002 with the sugary "Why Don't We Fall In Love," an uptempo love ditty that had just enough of a groove to keep our attention - but just barely. Now Amerie has ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Xowié and Crimeapple. For the first time in what feels like a century, the temperature in NYC broke 80 degrees — time to break out ...