Indiya Arie

**India Arie Simpson** (an haife ta a ranar 3 ga Oktoba, 1975) mawaƙiya ce kuma marubuciya 'yar Amurka.  Ta yi fice da kundin waƙoƙinta na farko, *Acoustic Soul (2001),* wanda ya kasance nasara ta kasuwanci da kuma mai muhimmanci. Tun daga lokacin ta fitar da kundin waƙoƙin *Voyage to India* (2002), *Test: Vol.* *1, Life &amp;amp; Relationship* (2006), *Songversation* (2013) da *Worthy* (2019). Waƙoƙinta sun haɗa abubuwan da suka shafi R&B, rai, da neo-soul, waɗanda galibi suna haɗa jigogi na ƙarfafa kai, ruhi, da kuma sanin zamantakewa.

Arie ta sayar da rikodin sama da miliyan biyar a Amurka da kuma miliyan 10 a duk duniya, kuma ta lashe kyaututtukan Grammy guda huɗu daga cikin zaɓaɓɓun 'yan takara 23, ciki har da Mafi Kyawun Kundin R&amp;amp;B .  An san Arie da fafutukarta ta kare wakilci mai kyau a kiɗa kuma ta shiga cikin shirye-shiryen agaji da lafiya. Ta yi magana a bainar jama'a game da batutuwan da suka shafi karɓar kai, launin fata, da asalin al'adu.

## Bayani
An haifi Arie a Denver,  'yar Joyce da Ralph Simpson . Iyayenta biyu sun ƙarfafa ƙwarewarta ta waƙa a lokacin ƙuruciyarta. Mahaifiyarta mawaƙiya ce (an sanya ta a Motown tun tana ƙarama kuma ta buɗe wa Stevie Wonder da Al Green )  kuma ta zama mai gyaran salon Arie. Arie tana da babban ɗan'uwa mai suna J'On da ƙanwarta mai suna Mary.  Arie 'yar Afirka-Amurka ce, kuma bisa ga binciken DNA, ta fito ne daga mutanen Mende na Saliyo, Kru na Liberia da Fula na Guinea-Bissau .  

Bayan da iyayen Arie suka rabu, mahaifiyarta ta ƙaura da iyalin zuwa Atlanta lokacin da Indiya ke da shekaru 13.  Arie's ta ɗauki jerin kayan kida a duk lokacin da take makaranta a Denver. Amma sha'awarta ga guitar, yayin da take halartar Kwalejin Fasaha da Zane ta Savannah, ta haifar da wani wahayi game da rubuta waƙa da kuma yin waƙa. "Lokacin da na fara fahimtar yadda nake ji, na fara fahimtar mutane sosai. Sakamakon rubuta waƙa ne kai tsaye," in ji ta a sanarwar manema labarai ta kundin wakokinta na farko, *Acoustic Soul* . 

Tare da kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai zaman kanta da ke Atlanta, Government Earthseed (Gwamnati ita ce sunan mawakan ƙungiyar kuma Earthseed ita ce sunan lakabinsu mai zaman kansa), waƙar da ta rera a cikin wani kundin waƙoƙi da aka fitar a yankin ta haifar da wani wasan kwaikwayo na mataki na biyu a bikin Lilith na 1998. A shekarar 1999, wani mai neman kiɗa na Universal /Motown ya sanya mata hannu kuma ya gabatar da tsohon shugaban kamfanin Motown Kedar Massenburg . Arie ta zauna a birnin New York tsawon sama da shekaru goma, kafin ta koma Atlanta don mayar da hankali kan aikinta da kiɗanta.

An sanya wa Oprah Winfrey suna a jerin masu hangen nesa da shugabanni masu tasiri *na SuperSoul100*,  Arie ta yi wa Songversation a lokacin balaguron motsa jiki na 2017.

## Sana'a
Arie ta fitar da kundin wakokinta na farko *Acoustic Soul* a ranar 27 ga Maris, 2001. Kundin ya samu kyakkyawan bita da kuma nasarar kasuwanci.  *Acoustic Soul* ta fara fitowa a lamba goma a kan kundin wakokin Amurka  200 da kuma lamba ta uku a manyan kundin wakokin Ramp;B/Hip-Hop . Cikin watanni, ba tare da ingantaccen tsarin rediyo wanda galibi ke amfani da kundin wakokin pop da rap ba, *Acoustic Soul* ta sami takardar shaidar platinum biyu daga kungiyar Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), inda ta sayar da kwafi 2,180,000 a Amurka da kwafi 3,000,000 a duk duniya.  Kundin ya kuma sami takardar shaidar Gold daga British Phonographic Industry  da kuma platinum daga Music Canada .  An tallata kundin tare da fitar da wakar " Video ". "Bidiyo" ya sami nasarar kasuwanci inda ya kai matsayi na 47 a kan kundin wakokin Amurka  Hot 100 kuma ya zama wakarta mafi girma a yankin har zuwa yanzu.  Waƙar " Brown Skin " ta biyu ta kundin ta kasa yin jadawali a kan  Hot 100, amma ta zama waƙarta mafi girma a Burtaniya, inda ta kai matsayi na 29. 

Arie ta yi waƙar duet tare da mawaƙin rock da guitarist John Mellencamp a kan waƙar " Peaceful World " a cikin kundin waƙar sa na 2001 Cuttin' Heads . Yayin da aka zaɓi Arie da kundin waƙar don kyaututtukan Grammy guda bakwai a 2002, ba su sami kyaututtuka ba, inda suka sha kashi a cikin rukuni biyar daga cikin bakwai ga Alicia Keys . Ta rufe bikin da wasan kwaikwayo na waƙar ta " Video ". Arie ta yi waƙar duet tare da mawaƙin jazz Cassandra Wilson a kan waƙar "Just Another Parade" a cikin kundin waƙar ta na 2002 Belly of the Sun.

Arie ta biyo bayan nasarar da ta samu a karon farko a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 2002, bayan fitowar fim ɗin *Voyage zuwa Indiya* .  Ta fara fitowa a lamba ta shida a kan  200 da tallace-tallace na makon farko na kwafi 109,000  kuma ta hau kan manyan kundin wakokin R&amp;amp;B/Hip-Hop,  tare da RIAA da ta tabbatar da ita Platinum.  A bikin bayar da kyaututtuka na Grammy na 2003, ta lashe kyautar mafi kyawun kundin wakokin R&amp;amp;B, kuma wakar " Little Things " ta lashe kyautar mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo na Urban/Alternative .  Waƙar "Get It Together" ta fito a cikin waƙoƙin fina-finai da yawa ciki har da *Brown Sugar* (2002) da *Shark Tale* (2004). &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

A ranar 12 ga Satumba, 2005, Arie ta yi waƙar "Just 4 2day", waƙa da aka rubuta don fitowarta a farkon shirin *The Tyra Banks Show* .  Ta kuma yi waƙar "What About the Child", waƙa da ba a watsa ba amma aka samar da ita a matsayin saukewa ta intanet don tallafawa yaran da guguwar Katrina da Rita suka shafa.  Arie kuma ta fito a cikin kundin waƙar Stevie Wonder mai *suna A Time to Love*, wadda aka fitar a ranar 18 ga Oktoba, 2005. Arie da Wonder sun yi waƙar a kan waƙar "A Time to Love", wadda Arie ta rubuta. Wanda aka zaɓa don Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals a bikin bayar da kyaututtuka na Grammy na 2006. Shekaru uku da suka gabata, an zaɓi waƙar Mel Tormé ta 1944 mai suna " The Christmas Song ", wadda aka yi rikodin ta don tallan talabijin na hutu ga dillalin Target, don wannan rukuni, wanda hakan ya sa ta zama waƙar farko da aka ƙirƙira kuma aka ba da kuɗi don talla don kyautar Grammy. 

Tallace-tallacen kundin Arie *mai suna Testiment: Vol.* *1, Life &amp;amp; Relationship*, kwafi 161,000, su ne mafi kyawun tallace-tallacen da ta yi a makon farko zuwa yanzu. Kundin ya sami takardar shaidar zinare a watan Agusta na 2006, inda ya sayar da 730,000 a Amurka da kuma 1,300,000 a duk duniya. " I Am Not My Hair ", wanda aka yi tare da Akon, shi ne mafi nasara a cikin fitowar *littafin Testiment: Vol.* *1*, wanda ya kai ga  Hot 100 na Amurka a lamba 97 da kuma jadawalin waƙoƙin Burtaniya a lamba 65. A ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 2007, shirin *The Oprah Winfrey Show* mai taken "After Imus: Now What?", Arie ta fito a matsayin mai gabatarwa. Arie ta yi wa mawaƙiya Anthony David waka mai suna " Words " don kundin wakarsa ta 2008 mai suna *Acey Duecy* .

Kundin ta na gaba, *Shaida: Vol. * 2, Love & Politics an sake shi a ranar Talata, 10 ga Fabrairu, 2009. An fara shi a No. 3 a kan *Billboard* 200, da No. 2 a kan R & B chart. A cikin wannan CD, Arie ta haɗu da masu fasaha Alamar Sezen Aksu, Keb Mo, Gramps Morgan da Musiq Soulchild don cika burinta na "yi ayyukan tare da mutanen da ke yin kiɗa mai ma'ana, tare da amincin gaske da bambancin sauti". Arie ta kuma gano wannan CD a matsayin ta farko da ta rubuta da raira waƙa ba tare da damuwa game da ra'ayin jama'a ba bayan hutu da ake buƙata sosai a Hawaii. Kundin shine ta farko da aka samar kuma aka saki bayan tashi daga Motown zuwa Universal Records .  Arie ta yi "Video" tare da mawaƙan Burtaniya Adele a 2009 VH1 Divas . Arie na ɗaya daga cikin masu zane-zane sama da 70 da ke raira waƙa a kan "Mu ne Duniya: 25 ga Haiti", wata ƙungiya mai ba da agaji don taimakawa girgizar ƙasar Haiti ta 2010. Arie ta ba da gudummawa ga "Imagine" don kundin Herbie Hancock na 2010, The Imagine Project tare da Seal, Pink, Jeff Beck, Konono N°1, Oumou Sangare da sauransu.

A kaka ta shekarar 2010, ta kasance bako a cikin waƙar Carlos Santana ta The Beatles mai suna " While My Guitar Gentlely Weeps " daga kundin waƙar sa mai suna *Guitar Heaven* . Waƙar ta kuma ƙunshi Yo-Yo Ma a cikin cello.

A watan Satumba na 2012, ta fito a wani kamfe mai suna "Waƙoƙi 30/Kwanaki 30" don tallafawa *Half the Sky: Juya Zalunci Zuwa Dama ga Mata a Duniya*, wani aikin kafofin watsa labarai da aka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar littafin Nicholas Kristof da Sheryl WuDunn. 

A shekarar 2015, ta fitar da wani kundin haɗin gwiwa tare da mawaƙi Joe Sample mai taken *Kirsimeti tare da Abokansa* . 

A watan Yulin 2016, ta fara fitar da sabuwar wakarta mai suna "Breathe" wacce aka yi wahayi zuwa gare ta daga ƙungiyar Black Lives Matter, musamman kalmomin Eric Garner na ƙarshe. Ta kuma sanar da cewa wani sabon kundin waƙoƙi mai suna *Worthy* yana kan aiki.  Ta yi waƙar a bikin bayar da kyaututtuka na Soul Train tare da mai masaukin baki Erykah Badu a watan Nuwamba. 

 

A watan Satumba na 2018, ta fara fitar da sabuwar wakarta mai suna "That Magic". Wakar ta kasance jagora a cikin kundin wakokinta na shida mai suna *Worthy* wanda aka fitar a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 2019.  

A watan Fabrairun 2022, Arie ta haɗu da wasu mawaka don sanar da shirin cire wakokinta daga kamfanin kiɗa na Spotify saboda ta kafa mai masaukin baki na shirin podcast Joe Rogan . A cewar rahotannin kafofin watsa labarai, shirin Arie na barin aikin ya samo asali ne daga amfani da kalmomin Rogan marasa tausayi da suka shafi launin fata a baya. Kiɗan Arie yana nan a Spotify. 

## Gidan wasan kwaikwayo
A shekarar 2009, Indiya Arie ta nuna Nina Simone a wani shiri na karatu a Roundabout Theatre Company of the Broadway, wani waƙar *Soul Doctor*, game da rayuwar Shlomo Carlebach wanda Daniel Wise ya rubuta.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A watan Yunin 2025, an bayyana cewa mahaifin Indiya Arie ya yi mata cin zarafi ta hanyar lalata da kuma lalata da ita da mahaifiyarta. 

## Kundin Waƙoƙi
 

### Kundin waƙoƙin studio

* *Soul Mai Sanyi* (2001)
* *Tafiya zuwa Indiya* (2002)
* *Shaida: Juzu'i na 1, Rayuwa &amp;amp; Dangantaka* (2006)
* *Shaida: Juzu'i na 2, Soyayya &amp;amp; Siyasa* (2009)
* *Fassarar Waƙoƙi* (2013)
* *Kirsimeti tare da Abokai* (2015)
* *Mai Kyau* (2019)

### Haɗin gwiwa

* *Gitar Sama: Mafi Kyawun Gitar Na Duk Lokaci* Na Carlos Santana (2010) – Indiya tana rera waƙa *Yayin da gitar dina ke kuka a hankali* tare da Yo Yo Ma a kan cello
* *Aikin Tunani* na Herbie Hancock (2010) – Indiya ta rera wakar *Imagine* tare da Pink, Seal, Konono No. 1, Oumou Sangare da Jeff Beck.
* "Komai na" ta Sauti Sol (2020) - *Jirgin Tsakar dare*
* "Soyayya Is Like" na Omar (2025) - daga kundin Brighter The Days

## Kyaututtuka

; Kyaututtukan Grammy

Kyautar Grammy girmamawa ce da Kwalejin Rikodi ta bayar domin girmama gagarumin ci gaba a masana'antar kiɗa ta harshen Ingilishi. Arie ta lashe kyaututtukan Grammy guda huɗu daga cikin zaɓaɓɓun mutane ashirin da uku. 
 

; Kyaututtukan BET  

## Yawon shakatawa

; Babban taken kai

* Tafiya zuwa Yawon Bude Ido na Duniya (2002/03)
* Yawon Shaida (2006/10)
* Yawon Waƙoƙin Waƙoƙi (2013/14)

; Aikin buɗewa

* Yawon shakatawa na Lovers Rock (2001)

## Fim ɗin fim

## Duba kuma
 

## Manazarta