Asher Monroe Book (born September 18, 1988), known professionally as Asher Monroe, is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor. In 2006, after starring in an extensive run of national tours including ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', Monroe signed to

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, under which he released his first top 40 single "Love Struck" as lead singer for the boy band

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. From 2006 to 2009, he starred in multiple prime time TV & film roles including '' Parenthood'' on

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the

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remake of '' Fame'' and ''

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'' on

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, after which he signed on as the flagship solo artist to the music label D Empire Entertainment. In 2011, under new label and management, he was named one of

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's Top Ten Artists, alongside other artists such as

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, and

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. In December 2012, he appeared on the sponsored cover of ''

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'' magazine, after he which he released his two latest singles: ''Here With You'' (co-written by Monroe and produced by

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frontman

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) and ''Hush Hush'' (co-produced by Monroe). Monroe began recording collaborations in late 2013 with

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and

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in Los Angeles, CA for his forthcoming solo album. * * *

Early life

At the age of seven, he landed the role of “Chip” in the first national tour of the

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Production of ''

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''.

Career

V Factory

Monroe became lead singer of

shortly after high school. On April 29, 2008, their ''These Are The Days'' EP was released on

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, including "Round and Round", "She Bad" (featuring

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), and the namesake, "These Are the Days" produced by Bryan Todd. In May 2008, V Factory performed on Johnny Wright's Bandemonium Tour alongside Menudo and NLT. V Factory's first single, "Love Struck", was released to iTunes on February 3, 2009. The single broke top 40 on mainstream radio peaking at No. 37 and No. 70 on the Pop 100. The song was produced by Swedish production team Twin. V Factory shared the stage with other notable artists such as

Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of ''American Idol'' in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debu ...

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, M.C. Hammer, and

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before ultimately disbanding in 2009.

Solo Recording career

In 2011, under the shortened name 'Asher Monroe', he began co-writing and producing new songs with various Los Angeles based talent. When Monroe's first solo music video for "Like I Do" was released on YouTube, it garnered up more than 1.6 million views, half of them within the first 24 hours. His second music video "Hello Baby" was featured on the

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and

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. "Every Night" (released in late February 2012) garnered over 2.5 million views just prior to a 20 city co-headlining national tour. After the tour, Monroe founded independent music label D Empire Entertainment with global activist and entrepreneur

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. In August 2012, Monroe collaborated with frontman for

on "Here With You". The song was added to full rotation on nationally broadcast radio station

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, and entered the top ten on

charts. In Feb 2013, Monroe released a remix EP for "Here With You" featuring remixes by

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nominated DJ,

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and

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. Monroe co-wrote and produced his next July 2013 release "Hush Hush" alongside Alon Levitan in Hollywood Hills, CA. Monroe filmed the music video for "Hush Hush" in

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with

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winner

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. "Hush Hush" became a top 10

song and was featured on

and

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. "Hush Hush" was Monroe's first D Empire Entertainment release with new distribution partner Ingrooves/Fontana. In December 2012, D Empire Entertainment secured a joint venture/album collaboration between Monroe,

and Senior VP of A&R for

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, Bu Thiam. In late 2013, Monroe wrote and recorded new material with

and recording artist

at the

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in Los Angeles, CA. In December 2013, Monroe released his "Christmas Is Here To Stay" EP on iTunes, featuring the title track as well as the ballad "Warm Winter Night". Both songs included music videos directed by Giuliano Bekor. In February 2014, Monroe released the music video "Memory" featuring

(co-written by Monroe, Justin Tarin, and

)

Discography

Albums

* ''Windows of Time'' (2022)

Extended plays

Singles

Theater

Filmography

Movies

Television

References

External links

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