INDIA.ARIE is known and cherished by fans 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 worldwide. With over eight million albums sold, her 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), India.Arie has worked steadily throughout her career to champion causes close to her heart. 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 was featured on BET Honors in February where she presented Stevie Wonder with a Lifetime Achievement Musical Arts Award. She released Songversation in 2013 and continues to tour the world.
