Born India Arie Simpson in Denver, Colorado, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age 13. Arie didn't pick up guitar until after graduating from high school and getting a lot of encouragement from her mother. Before that, she already had experience with the French horn, trumpet, sax, baritone clarinet, and three different types of recorders. She also sang in the school choir.
She gained a lot of publicity from her second stage slot on the 1998 Lilith Fair, which was a festival of female singer/songwriters.
She established an independent music label called Earthshare to release her first few singles. She wound up getting signed to Motown with a guarantee for complete artistic control.
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