Original sentence: " by funk groupThe Meters.Amerie Rogers, born 12 January 1980 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is an American female R&B singer.Amerie had the succesful single "1 Thing"  which received much success; the song came from her  album Touch.Amerie has an African-American father and Korean-American mother; she grew up in Washington, DC, and many of her musical influences are from this area.Amerie's debut album was released amid the success of "Why Don't We Fall In Love", and the media immediately began to judge her successes against those of other recent female R&B artists suchs as Tweet and Ashanti.Throughout the spring and summer of 2002, her single, "Why Don't We Fall In Love", from her first album received much urban radio play
Edited sentence: " by funk legends The Meters.Amerie Rogers, born 12 January 1980 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is an American female R&B singer, with an African-American father and Korean-American mother.Amerie's debut album was released amid the success of "Why Don't We Fall In Love", and the media immediately began to judge her successes against those of other recent female R&B upstarts, Tweet and Ashanti.Currently, Amerie has the chart-topping single "1 Thing" spinning on airwaves and it is receiving much success from her sophomore album entitled Touch.She grew up in Washington, DC, and many of her musical influences are from this area.The album's next single, "Talkin' To Me", did not hit nearly as big at urban radio, yet its video still enjoyed strong support from MTV2.The video was spun in heavy rotation on the American music video stations MTV and BET, and Amerie was toted as the next big thing in hip-hop music.Throughout the spring and summer of 2002, the hit single, "Why Don't We Fall In Love", from her first album received heavy urban radio play.VH1 Soul has been known to spin both Amerie's videos with regularity since their debuts, and MTV Jams still occasionally spins "Why Don't We Fall In Love"