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** The latter was really written to cheer up a BaldWoman(Robin Roberts) getting cancer treatment.

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** The latter was really written to cheer up a BaldWoman(Robin [[BaldnessMeansSickness bald woman (Robin Roberts) getting cancer treatment.treatment]].
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India Arie Simpson(born October 3, 1975), known professionally as India.Arie, is an American {{Soul}}, R&B, and NeoSoul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity".

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India Arie Simpson(born Simpson (born October 3, 1975), known professionally as India.Arie, is an American {{Soul}}, R&B, and NeoSoul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity".
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India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson; October 3, 1975) is an American {{Soul}}, R&B, and NeoSoul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity".

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India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson; Simpson(born October 3, 1975) 1975), known professionally as India.Arie, is an American {{Soul}}, R&B, and NeoSoul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity".
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* Acoustic Soul (2001)
* Voyage to India (2002)
* Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship (2006)
* Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics (2009)
* Songversation (2013)


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* Acoustic Soul ''Acoustic Soul'' (2001)
* Voyage ''Voyage to India India'' (2002)
* Testimony: ''Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship Relationship'' (2006)
* Testimony: ''Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics Politics'' (2009)
* Songversation (2013)

''Songversation'' (2013)
* ''Christmas with Friends'' (2015)
* ''Worthy'' (2019)

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Troping real life (with a NRLEP trope to boot!)


* ButNotTooBlack:
** Averted. India.Arie is a dark brown and that has not stood in the way of her success
** The 44th Grammy Awards implies otherwise, According to some of her fans, [[InternetBackdraft but it's probably best not to bring it up]].
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* DoingItForTheArt: Testimony Vol. 2,
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* EroticEating: At least, metaphorically in "Brown Skin", with the line "It makes me wanna Hershey's Kiss your licorice".


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** And lest we forget, "It makes me wanna Hershey's Kiss your licorice". She must have been horny as all hell when she wrote this.
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India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson; October 3, 1975) is an American [[{{Soul}} soul]], R&B, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity".

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India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson; October 3, 1975) is an American [[{{Soul}} soul]], {{Soul}}, R&B, and neo soul NeoSoul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity".
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India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson; October 3, 1975) is an American [[{{Soul}} soul]], R&B, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity". A new album is expected to be released in the spring of 2011.

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India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson; October 3, 1975) is an American [[{{Soul}} soul]], R&B, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist. Her debut album, Acoustic Soul was released on March 27, 2001 and debuted at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Within months it was certified double platinum and was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards, however she [[AwardSnub won none]]. Following the success of Acoustic Soul, India Arie released [[EvenBetterSequel Voyage to India]]. This won her two Grammy Awards. In 2006 she released Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. It was very successful landing India.Arie her first number one on the Billboard 200. Her highly anticipated next album, Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics was released in 2009 and debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200. It featured collaborations with artists such as Gramps Morgan and Musiq Soulchild to fulfill her self-proclaimed desire to "do projects with people who are making music that is meaningful, with a lot of integrity and a lot of sonic diversity". A new album is expected to be released in the spring of 2011.
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* Open Door (2013)


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* Open Door Songversation (2013)

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** ''The 44th Grammy Awards'' implies otherwise, According to some of her fans, [[InternetBackdraft But its probably best not to bring it up]].

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** ''The The 44th Grammy Awards'' Awards implies otherwise, According to some of her fans, [[InternetBackdraft But its but it's probably best not to bring it up]].
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\'because i am a queen \' is the same song as \'video\'


* Open Door (2011)


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* Open Door (2011)

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** Her songs "Video" and "I Am Not My Hair", both being about subverting beauty norms.
** It was really written to cheer up a BaldWoman(Robin Roberts) getting cancer treatment. "Because I Am A Queen" is a straighter example.

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** Her songs "Video" and "I Am Not My Hair", both being about subverting beauty norms.
** It The latter was really written to cheer up a BaldWoman(Robin Roberts) getting cancer treatment. "Because I Am A Queen" is a straighter example.

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* ButNotTooBlack: Averted. India.Arie is a dark brown and that has not stood in the way of her success

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Averted. India.Arie is a dark brown and that has not stood in the way of her success



* HitlessHitAlbum: Almost all of her albums have at least been certified as Gold, but only one of her songs has been a top 10 hit ("I Am Not My Hair", #10 on the U.S. dance charts).
* IAmSong: Her songs "Video" and "I Am Not My Hair", both being about subverting beauty norms.

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* HitlessHitAlbum: Almost all of her albums have at least been certified as Gold, but only one of her songs has been a top 10 hit ("I Am Not My Hair", #10 on the U.S. dance charts).
* IAmSong:
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Her songs "Video" and "I Am Not My Hair", both being about subverting beauty norms.

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* IntercourseWithYou: Not common in her songs, but "Brown Skin" basically contains a lot of candy related metaphors, such as chocolate or licorice. The most obvious innuendo is "Every time I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim/Higher and higher finally we reach heaven/Come back to earth and then we do it all again".

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* IntercourseWithYou: Not common in her songs, but "Brown Skin" basically contains a lot of candy related metaphors, such as chocolate or licorice. The most obvious innuendo is "Every time includes the strongly visual line, "I can't tell where yours begins, I let you in, abracadabra magic happens as we swim/Higher and higher finally we reach heaven/Come back to earth and then we do it all again".can't tell where mine ends"


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* ReincarnationRomance: "The Truth" implies this.

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