H.E.R. Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, born
and raised in Vallejo California on June 27, 1997. Gabi a nickname given by her parents, learned to play music at a very early age. The inspirations for music came from her father Kenny Wilson, who was a member of a California band named Urban Bushmen. Gabriella played at the legendary Apollo Theatre when she was nine years old. The first major appearance was “The Today Show” where she covered piano for Alicia Keys. Gabriella was twelve years old at the time. Gabriella would go on to perform two songs at the ASCAP Awards and was later voted one among the three Radio Disney’s “Next Big Thing.” Gabriella was still, only twelve years old. Gabriella continued to write and produce music. She eventually caught the attention of Sony Entertainment and signed with the label. She was fourteen when she released her debut single titled ‘Something to Prove’. As expected “The Artist H.E.R” which means “having everything revealed” was slowly catching more and more attention. H.E.R decided to put more energy into the next EP. She took a two year hiatus but continued to write music. Back from the hiatus now 2016 H.E.R signed with RCA records. She dropped the debut EP titled ‘H.E.R. Volume one.” Kehlani, K. Michelle and Zhavia were executive producers on the EP. Noted artists Alicia Keys and Bryson Tiller helped in bringing attention to the EP and once again H.E.R was right back in the ears of music fans. Usher, Pusha T and Rianna assisted in promoting the EP via social media. Rianna posted a video clip with H.E.R’s track “Focus” playing in the background. The views of the video exceeded five million and H.E.R’s numbers on her social media and sales began rising quickly. Spotify showed the tracks from the album had been reviewed, at the lest twenty million times. The numbers on all combined streaming platforms, the album was listened to sixty five million times. Shortly afterwards, Forbes and The Rolling Stones magazines included H.E.R. on their lists of artists to look out for. 2017, she released her sophomore EP titled “H.E.R. Vol two”’ which was also executively produced by Kehlani, K Michelle and Zhavia. The track “Say it Again” was listed as the favorite and the album hit the seventh spot in the R&B chart.
