Amber Mark

Amber Mark (born December 29, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. She released her debut mini-album, 3:33am, in May 2017. Her multifaceted style implements sounds from hip hop, R&B, soul, and bossa nova.[1] She was nominated for "Best Engineered Album" at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.[2]

Amber Mark
Born (1993-12-29) December 29, 1993
Tennessee, United States of America
Occupation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
Years active2016–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsPMR Records, Virgin EMI Records
Websiteambermarkmusic.com

Life and career

1993–2015: Early life

Amber Mark was born on December 29, 1993 on a farm in Tennessee to a Jamaican father and a German mother whose name was Mia. The family lived in Miami, New York and eventually moved to a Darjeeling monastery in India so that her mother could learn thangka painting. After spending a few years there, they moved back to her mother's home country.[3] Mia died on June 3, 2013, at the age of 60. It was she who gave Mark her first guitar, which is when she started to teach herself how to play music. In high school, she joined the school choir and an "after school band program". She stated in an interview that this was when she realized that being an artist was what she wanted to do.[4]

2016–present: Musical career

Mark released her debut single "S P A C E" to her Soundcloud in 2016.[5] In 2017 she released her first album, "3:33am". As Mark explained, "[t]hree has been a really common number in my life. My mother was born in 1953, my brother was born in 1983 and I was born in 1993. Then my mum passed away on June 3, at 10:23pm in 2013. Since then, I'd see threes everywhere. When I was writing the EP in New York ... and out of the zone, I would check the clock and I always remember it being 3:33am."[6] The album art features a photo taken by her sister, in which Mark is wearing a watch that reads 3:33.[7]

Each song on the record represents one of the six stages of grief.[8] The song "Monsoon" includes samples of her mother's voice, which she explained in an interview with Sound of Boston as "a video recording of me flying back to New York for the summer while we were living in Berlin. I wanted to make a video for my godmother from my mother. Hence why I’m telling her that they don’t speak German and that she needs to speak English. When she says she loves me that is from a more recent recording she made for me while she was in hospice."[7] Her mother, Mia, also influenced her fashion greatly and Mark elaborates on this influence in her 2017 interview with Vogue as the "3:33am" album was just released.[9]

In 2018 she issued the EP "Conexão" that included the single "Love Me Right".[10]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
Three Dimensions Deep

Mini-albums
Title Details
3:33am

Extended plays
Title Details
Conexão

As lead artist
Title Year Album
"S P A C E"[11] 2016 3:33am
"Monsoon"[12]
(featuring Mia Mark)
"Way Back"[13]
"Lose My Cool"[14] 2017
"Can You Hear Me?"[15]
"Heatwave"[16] 2018 non-album single
"Love Me Right"[17] Conexão EP
"Put You On"[18]
(featuring DRAM)		 non-album singles
"High On Your Love"[19]
"Mixer"[20] 2019
"What If"[21]
"Generous"[22] 2020
"Heart Shaped Box"[23] COVERED-19 singles
"Waiting"[24]
"1894"[25]
"My People"[26]
"Thong Song"[27]
"I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City"[28] non-album singles
"Heat"[29]
(with Paul Woolford)		 2021
"Worth It"[30] Three Dimensions Deep
"Competition"[31]
"Foreign Things"[32]
"What It Is"[33]
Title Year Album
"Trees On Fire"[34]
(DJDS featuring Amber Mark & Marco Mckinnis)		 2017 Big Wave More Fire
"Like A Hunger"[35]
(Wilma Archer featuring Amber Mark)		 Like A Hunger
"I Feel Energy"[36]
(Dirty Projectors featuring Amber Mark)		 2018 Lamp Lit Prose
"You've Got To Feel"[37]
(Empress Of featuring Amber Mark)		 2020 non-album single

Awards and nominations
Year Awarding Body Category Nominated work Result
2018 Grammy Awards Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical[2] Head Over Heels Nominated

References
  1. "Amber Mark". Interscope Records. June 13, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. "Amber Mark". Grammy.com. November 19, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. https://www.vogue.com/article/fashion-amber-mark-singer-style
  4. Wilford, Carly (August 21, 2017). "Amber Mark Interview". YouTube. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  5. Taylor Bennett, Kim (April 25, 2016). "Who the Hell Is Amber Mark?". Vice. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. Fanthorpe, Katie (July 19, 2017). "Amber Mark: a songwriter's desire for more S P A C E". Here Comes The Song. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. Bedian, Knar (October 7, 2017). "Interview: Amber Mark". Sound of Boston - Boston Music Blog. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  8. Evans, Steph (May 15, 2017). "Amber Mark shows prowess in life and music on debut '3:33am' EP". EARMILK. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  9. Bobb, Brooke (May 12, 2017). "Interview: Amber Mark". Vogue. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  10. "Amber Mark | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  11. "Amber Mark - Space". Discogs. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  12. "Amber Mark - Monsoon". Discogs. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  13. "Amber Mark - Way Back". Discogs. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  14. "Lose My Cool By Amber Mark". Spotify. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  15. "Can You Hear Me (Rework) – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  16. "Heatwave – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  17. "Love Me Right (Remixes) – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  18. "Put You On – Single by Amber Mark & DRAM". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  19. "High on Your Love – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  20. "Mixer – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  21. "What If – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  22. "Generous by Amber Mark". Spotify. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  23. "Heart Shaped Box - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  24. "Waiting (Demo) - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  25. "1894 – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  26. "My People - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  27. "Thong Song - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  28. "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City (From "Grand Army") - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  29. "HEAT - Single by Paul Woolford & Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  30. "Worth It - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  31. "Competition (Single Edit) - Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  32. "Foreign Things – Single by Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  33. "Three Dimensions Deep by Amber Mark". iTunes Store.
  34. "Trees On Fire (feat. Amber Mark & Marco Mckinnis) – Single by DJDS". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  35. "This Alt Pop Tune Has The Heady Rush Of Your First Summer Crush". The Fader. April 20, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  36. "I Feel Energy (feat. Amber Mark)". Spotify. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  37. "You've Got To Feel (feat. Amber Mark)". Spotify. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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