Amerie's third album, Because I Love It, was her first album not to feature production from her long-time collaborator, friend, and producer Rich Harrison. Other producers—such as Bryan-Michael Cox, The Buchanans, Len Nicholson [her manager] and —were enlisted to work with Amerie. "Take Control", which was co-produced by Mike Caren, Amerie and Nicholson and co-written by Amerie and Cee-Lo Green, was the first single from the album and was released in the U.S. in late 2006. It failed to chart on the Hot 100, reaching the lower half of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Because I Love It was released in Europe in May 2007 and was scheduled to be released in the U.S. in 2007 (the release of the album made the Blender magazine list of "25 Reasons to Love '07", ranking nineteenth), but its release date was pushed back numerous times—it is available only as an import and through a limited release of the album in U.S. Wal-Mart stores. Allmusic described the album as "enthuastic", "unwavering", and being able to "lasso each song, whether it requires salt, sugar, heartache, delight, or any combination thereof."

In early 2007, it was reported that Korean pop sensation Se7en would collaborate with Amerie on the album. She has stated several times in interviews that she has been very eager to work with Korean pop/R&B singers, being a fan of K-pop herself. It was later reported that the re-worked version of "Take Control" would be featured on the Asian editions of the album Because I Love It. A limited amount of promotional albums that were released in Japan and Korea in late April include the remix featuring Se7en.

In late 2007 , Amerie accepted an offer to appear in advertisement celebrating the 10th anniversary of the world's second largest cable provider ,AXN as they had previously bought the rights to her single Gotta Work for an estimated £800,000 for usage in their ad campaign. She was paid an additional £200,000 for actually appearing in the commercial which was broadcast to just under a billion viewers across Asia (Brunei, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam). In late 2007, EW.com reported that Amerie had left her label Columbia Records, and in April 2008, Amerie's name was removed from the label's roster. She signed with the Island Def Jam Music Group, and is currently working on her next studio album with L.A. Reid who is heading up the entire project.

• MOBO Awards 2007 (2007) (TV) .... Herself
• "The Best Hit USA" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
       - Episode dated 29 May 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
       - Episode dated 29 May 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
       - Episode dated 24 July 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
• "Chancers" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
       - Episode #2.6 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
• "The Tyra Banks Show" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2005-2006)
       - 20-Something and Still Living at Home (2006) TV episode .... Herself
       - Tyra's Favorite Moments (2006) TV episode .... Herself
       - Queen of Cheap (2005) TV episode .... Herself
• "TRL Italy" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
  ... aka TRL Italia (Italy)
  ... aka Total Request Live (Italy)
       - Episode #8.1 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
       - Episode #7.1 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
• "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
  ... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
  ... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
       - Episode dated 20 October 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
• MOBO Awards 2005 (2005) (TV) .... Herself
• "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
       - Episode dated 14 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
• The 2005 World Music Awards (2005) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
• MTV Video Music Awards 2005 (2005) (TV) .... Herself
• "Tavis Smiley" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
       - Episode dated 13 July 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
• "106 & Park Top 10 Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
  ... aka 106 & Park (USA: short title)
       - Episode dated 21 June 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself