Ashlie Amber is challenging herself to not only make her mark on country music but to also normalize her milestones as a woman of color. Her goal? To be a leading force as the first black female country artist to dominate the Top 40. Her dream? To abolish the stigma that this feat was something no one saw coming. For Ashlie Amber, this isn\u2019t just about breaking records; it\u2019s about changing the course of history so that her success will not be an anomaly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a gimmick,\u201d Amber asserts, \u201cand my brand isn\u2019t a sales piece. I didn\u2019t choose country music to elicit some kind of shock value; I\u2019m a country artist because that\u2019s who I am at my core. I\u2019m also a Black woman, and those two facts shouldn\u2019t be such a rare combination.\u201d<\/p>\n
The release of Ashlie Amber\u2019s single \u201cThose Nights\u201d reminds us that the scope of country music hasn\u2019t evolved, but rather, its roots have been uncovered. A collaboration with Universal songwriter Morgan Matthews\u2014 who recently celebrated a Billboard #1 as the producer of Alicia Keys and Miguel\u2019s \u201cShow Me Love\u201d \u2014 \u201cThose Nights\u201d proves that country, soul and R&B have always been cut from the same cloth. The track also serves as the first self-penned release of Ashlie\u2019s career, along with the launch of her publishing company Diva Music Group.<\/p>\n
Ashlie Amber anticipates 2021 being a year full of \u2018firsts\u2019, and with every step forward, she\u2019s blazing a trail for both aspiring women of country and budding women of color to follow. Merely speaking her piece isn\u2019t enough; she wants the charts to reflect it, and she\u2019s not alone in her plight.<\/p>\n
Southern soul frontrunner and Apple Music\u2019s Color Me Country host Rissi Palmer spotlighted Amber in her own handpicked Class of 2021, praising her \u201cangelic voice, strong work ethic and unapologetic drive to succeed.\u201d Rissi went as far as to proclaim, \u201cthere is absolutely no reason why Ashlie Amber shouldn\u2019t be a huge star, period.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGrowing up, my hometown was one of the most undiversified towns in America,\u201d Ashlie jokes. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t trade that for anything. In a neighborhood with one black family, in a school system with one afro, I never tried to fit in or even break the mold; I decided to become my own mold instead. At the end of the day, I want my personal history to prove that country music knows no bounds. If it did, I wouldn\u2019t be here.”<\/p>\n
About Ashlie Amber<\/b>
\nThere are artists who perform, but Ashlie Amber astonishes; effortlessly injecting country music with unapologetically vivid bravado, she\u2019s shattering derivatives and demolishing partitions. Praised by Sounds Like Nashville as one of 2021\u2019s Artists to Watch, Ashlie Amber is an enigma to some, but magnetic to all. For Ashlie, dreams and goals are one and the same, and hers is to emerge as one of the first black females to ever dominate country\u2019s Top 40 and beyond. Having already established a global fan base with her previous singles \u201cAlmost Love,\u201d \u201cMy Revenge,\u201d and \u201cFight With You,\u201d 2021 poses to be Ashlie Amber\u2019s fiercest year to date. With the unveiling of her February 26 single \u201cThose Nights,\u201d Ashlie Amber will celebrate the first self-penned release of her career, along with the launch of her publishing company Diva Music Group. At the pinnacle of her artistry, Ashlie Amber has founded the unconventional, unstoppable sub-genre Country Vogue; she is her music, and this is only the beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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