AmaLee

AmaLee
AmaLee in 2023
Background information
Birth nameAmanda Lee
Also known as
  • AmaLee
  • Monarch
  • Multiverse Monarch
  • The Butterfly Queen
  • LeeandLie
Born (1992-03-13) March 13, 1992 (age 32)[1]
Genres
Occupations
InstrumentVocals
Years active2006–present
Websitewww.leeandlie.com
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers2.31 million[2]
Total views1.17 billion[2]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2021–present
GenreGaming
Followers430 thousand

Last updated: October 14, 2024

Amanda Lee (born March 13[3]), also known as AmaLee, is an American singer, voice actress, YouTuber, and virtual YouTuber (VTuber) under the name Monarch.[4] She is known for her English covers of anime and video game songs on YouTube,[1] which have been viewed over 1 billion times and has acquired her over 2 million subscribers.[5] As a voice actress, Lee has provided her voice in several titles such as Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Rio: Rainbow Gate!, SSSS.Dynazenon, Kageki Shojo!!, Girls' Frontline, Otherside Picnic, Adachi and Shimamura, My Dress-Up Darling, Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue, One Piece Film: Red, and Honkai: Star Rail.

Lee has also provided vocals for many independent video game soundtracks and theme songs – including a collaboration with Porter Robinson on "Fellow Feeling".[6] In early 2017, she released her debut album, Nostalgia, which brought together English-language versions of 12 songs beloved by gaming and anime fans. The album charted at No. 6 on Billboard Heatseekers Albums,[7] No. 27 on Billboard Independent Albums,[8] No. 43 on Billboard Top Rock Albums,[9] and No. 12 on UK Independent Album Breakers.[10]

  1. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "AmaLee | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018. Born Amanda Lee on March 13, 1992, she was a serious fan of Japanese animation and video games by her early teens, and in 2006 she began posting homemade videos of her covers of tunes popular with anime followers and gamers.
  2. ^ a b "About LeeandLie". YouTube.
  3. ^ "AmaLee 🦋 M̶̱̍ö̷̧́n̶̝͋a̷͔̓r̷̝̓c̶̼̈́h̸͕̀ (@LeeandLie)". Twitter. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "MonarchVerse : Villainess Vtuber 🦋 Queen of the Multiverse". Twitter.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "LeeandLie YouTube Channel". Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2019 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Greene, Scott (October 31, 2014). "Your EDM Exclusive Interview: Porter Robinson on 'Worlds'". Your EDM. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "AmaLee "Nostalgia" Heatseekers chart". Billboard. January 28, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "AmaLee "Nostalgia" Independent chart". Billboard. January 28, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  9. ^ "AmaLee "Nostalgia" Top Rock chart". Billboard. January 28, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Independent Album Breakers Chart Top 20". Official Charts. January 13, 2017. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.