Alicia Augello Cook
(born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys
, is an American recording artist, musician and actress. She was raised in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York by her single mother, where Keys made a television appearance on The Cosby Show
at the age of four. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16. She later attended Columbia University before dropping out to pursue her music career. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor
, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys
, was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged
, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged
album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.
Keys made guest appearances in several television series in the following years. She made her film debut in Smokin' Aces
and went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries
in 2007. Her third studio album, As I Am
, was released in the same year and sold six million copies worldwide, earning Keys an additional three Grammy Awards. The following year, she appeared in The Secret Life of Bees
, which earned her a nomination at the NAACP Image Awards. Throughout her career, Keys has won numerous awards and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, establishing herself as one of the best-selling artists of her time.
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Life and career
1981–2000: Early life and career beginnings
Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981, in the
Hell's Kitchen area of
Manhattan, in
New York City,
New York.
[1] [2] [3] She is the daughter and only child of
Irish-
Italian mother Teresa Augello, a
paralegal and part-time actress, and
Jamaican father Craig Cook, a
flight attendant.
[4] [5] [6] [7] She expressed that she was comfortable with her
biracial heritage because she felt she was able to "relate to different cultures".
Her parents separated when she was two and she was subsequently raised by her mother during her formative years in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
[9] In 1985, Keys made an appearance on
The Cosby Show
at the age of four, where she and a group of girls played the parts of
Rudy Huxtable's sleepover guests in the episode "Slumber Party".
[10] [11] Throughout her childhood, Keys was sent to music and dance classes by her mother.
[12] She began playing the
piano when she was seven and learned
classical music by composers such as
Beethoven,
Mozart and
Chopin.
She enrolled in the
Professional Performing Arts School at the age of 12, where she majored in
choir and began writing songs at the age of 14.
She graduated in three years as
valedictorian at the age of 16.
[14] She was accepted to
Columbia University and had a recording contract with
Columbia Records; she attempted to manage both, but dropped out of college after four weeks to pursue her musical career.
Keys signed a demo deal with
Jermaine Dupri and
So So Def Recordings, where she appeared on the label's
Christmas album performing "The Little Drummer Girl". She also co-wrote and recorded a song entitled "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film,
Men in Black
.
The song was Keys' first professional recording; however, it was never released as a single and her record contract with Columbia ended after a dispute with the label. Keys called
Clive Davis, who sensed a "special, unique" artist from her performance and signed her to
Arista Records, which later disbanded.
Keys almost chose Wilde as her stage name until her manager suggested the name Keys after a dream he had. Keys felt that name represented her both as a performer and person.
[16] Following Davis to his newly formed
J Records label, she recorded the songs "Rock wit U" and "Rear View Mirror", which were featured on the soundtracks to the films
Shaft
(2000) and
Dr. Dolittle 2
(2001), respectively.
[17] [18]
2001–2002: Songs in A Minor
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Germany, in 2002
Keys released her first studio album,
Songs in A Minor
, in June 2001. It debuted at number one on the
Billboard
200 and sold 236,000 copies in its first week.
[20] The album sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States,
[21] where it was certified six times
Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
[22] It went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide,
[23] establishing Keys' popularity both inside and outside the United States, where she became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001.
[24] The album's lead single, "
Fallin'", spent six weeks at number one on the
Billboard
Hot 100.
[25] The album's second single, "
A Woman's Worth", peaked at number three on the same chart.
[26] The following year, the album was reissued as
Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor
, which included eight
remixes and seven unplugged versions of the songs from the original.
Songs in A Minor
led Keys to win five awards at the
2002 Grammy Awards:
Song of the Year,
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and
Best R&B Song for "Fallin'",
Best New Artist, and
Best R&B Album; "Fallin'" was also nominated for
Record of the Year. Keys became the second female solo artist to win five Grammy Awards in a single night, following
Lauryn Hill at the
41st Grammy Awards.
[27] That same year, she collaborated with
Christina Aguilera for the latter's upcoming album
Stripped
on a song entitled "Impossible", which Keys wrote, co-produced, and provided with background vocals.
[28] During the early 2000s, Keys also made small cameos in television series
Charmed
and
American Dreams
.
2003–2005: The Diary of Alicia Keys
and Unplugged
Keys followed up her debut with
The Diary of Alicia Keys
, which was released in December 2003. The album debuted at number one on the
Billboard
200, selling over 618,000 copies its first week of release, becoming the largest first week sales for a female artist in 2003.
[29] It sold 4.4 million copies in the United States and was certified four times
Platinum by the
RIAA.
It sold eight million copies worldwide,
[31] becoming the sixth biggest-selling album by a female artist and the second biggest-selling album by a female R&B artist.
[32] The singles "
You Don't Know My Name" and "
If I Ain't Got You" both reached the top five of the
Billboard
Hot 100 chart, and the third single, "
Diary", entered the top ten.
[33] [34] [35] The fourth single, "
Karma", was less successful on the
Billboard
Hot 100, peaking at number 20.
[36] "If I Ain't Got You" became the first single by a female artist to remain on the
Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for over a year.
[37]
Keys won
Best R&B Video for "If I Ain't Got You" at the 2004
MTV Video Music Awards; she performed the song and "
Higher Ground" with
Lenny Kravitz and
Stevie Wonder.
[38] [39] Later that year, Keys released her novel
Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics
, a collection of unreleased poems from her journals and lyrics. The title derived from one of her poems, "Love and Chains" from the line: "I don't mind drinking my tears for water."
[40] She said the title is the foundation of her writing because "everything I have ever written has stemmed from my tears of joy, of pain, of sorrow, of depression, even of question".
[41] The book sold over
$500,000 and Keys made
The New York Times
bestseller list in 2005.
[42] [43] The following year, she won a second consecutive award for Best R&B Video at the MTV Video Music Awards for the video "Karma".
[44] Keys performed "If I Ain't Got You" and then joined
Jamie Foxx and
Quincy Jones in a rendition of "
Georgia on My Mind", the
Hoagy Carmichael song made famous by
Ray Charles in 1960 at the
2005 Grammy Awards.
[45] That evening, she won four Grammy Awards: Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "If I Ain't Got You", Best R&B Song for "You Don't Know My Name", Best R&B Album for
The Diary of Alicia Keys
, and
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for "
My Boo" with
Usher.
[46]
Keys performed and taped her installment of the
MTV Unplugged
series in July 2005 at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
[47] During this session, Keys added new arrangements to her original songs and performed a few choice
covers.
[48] The session was released on
CD and
DVD in October 2005. Simply titled
Unplugged
, the album debuted at number one on the U.S.
Billboard
200 chart with 196,000 units sold in its first week of release.
[49] The album sold one million copies in the United States, where it was certified Platinum by the RIAA, and two million copies worldwide.
The debut of Keys'
Unplugged
was the highest for an
MTV Unplugged
album since
Nirvana's 1994
MTV Unplugged in New York
and the first
Unplugged
by a female artist to debut at number one.
The album's first single, "
Unbreakable", peaked at number 34 on the
Billboard
Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
[51] It remained at number one on the
Billboard
Hot Adult R&B Airplay for 11 weeks.
[52]
Keys opened a recording studio in
Long Island,
New York, called The Oven Studios, which she co-owns with her production and songwriting partner
Kerry "Krucial" Brothers.
[53] The studio was designed by renowned studio architect
John Storyk of
WSDG, designer of
Jimi Hendrix'
Electric Lady Studios. Keys and Brothers are the co-founders of KrucialKeys Enterprises, a production and songwriting team who assisted Keys in creating her albums as well as create music for other artists.
[54]
2006–2008: Film debut and As I Am
In 2006, Keys won three
NAACP Image Awards, including
Outstanding Female Artist and
Outstanding Song for "Unbreakable".
[55] She also received the Starlight Award by the
Songwriters Hall of Fame.
[56] In October 2006, she played the voice of Mommy Martian in the "
Mission to Mars" episode of the children's television series
The Backyardigans
, in which she sang an original song, "Almost Everything Is Boinga Here".
[57] That same year, Keys nearly suffered a
breakdown. Her grandmother had died and her family was heavily dependent on her. She felt she needed to "escape" and went to
Egypt for three weeks. She explained: "That trip was definitely the most crucial thing I've ever done for myself in my life to date. It was a very difficult time that I was dealing with, and it just came to the point where I really needed to—basically, I just needed to run away, honestly. And I needed to get as far away as possible."
[58] [59]
Keys made her film debut in early 2007 in the crime film
Smokin' Aces
, co-starring as an assassin named Georgia Sykes opposite
Ben Affleck and
Andy García. Keys received much praise from her co-stars in the film; Reynolds said that Keys was "so natural" and that she would "blow everybody away".
[60] [61] In the same year, Keys earned further praise for her second film,
The Nanny Diaries
, based on the 2002
novel of the same name, where she co-starred alongside
Scarlett Johansson and
Chris Evans.
[62] She also guest starred as herself in the "
One Man Is an Island" episode of the drama series
Cane
.
[63]
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Keys released her third studio album,
As I Am
, in November 2007; it debuted at number one on the
Billboard
200, selling 742,000 copies in its first week. It gained Keys her largest first week sales of her career and became her fourth consecutive number one album, tying her with
Britney Spears for the most consecutive number-one debuts on the
Billboard
200 by a female artist.
[64] [65] The week became the second largest sales week of 2007 and the largest sales week for a female solo artist since singer
Norah Jones' album
Feels like Home
in 2004.
[66] The album has sold nearly four million copies in the United States and has been certified three times
Platinum by the
RIAA.
[67] [68] It has sold nearly six million copies worldwide.
[69] Keys received five nominations for
As I Am
at the 2008
American Music Award and ultimately won two.
[70] The album's lead single, "
No One", peaked at number one on the
Billboard
Hot 100 and
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, becoming Keys' third and fifth number-one single on each chart, respectively.
[71] The album's second single, "
Like You'll Never See Me Again", was released in late 2007 and peaked at number 12 on the
Billboard
Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
[72] The album's third single, "
Teenage Love Affair", peaked at number three on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
She released the fourth single, "
Superwoman", which peaked at number 82 on the
Billboard
Hot 100 and number 12 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
in Tokyo, Japan
"No One" earned Keys the awards for
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and
Best R&B Song at the
2008 Grammy Awards.
[74] Keys opened the ceremony singing
Frank Sinatra's 1950s song "
Learnin' the Blues" as a "duet" with archival footage of Sinatra in video and "No One" with
John Mayer later in the show.
[75] Keys also won Best Female R&B Artist during the show.
[76] She starred in "Fresh Takes", a commercial micro-series created by
Dove Go Fresh, which premiered during
The Hills
on
MTV from March to April 2008. The premiere celebrated the launch of new Dove Go Fresh.
[77] She also signed a deal as spokesperson with
Glacéau's VitaminWater to endorse the product,
[78] and was in an
American Express commercial for the "Are you
a Cardmember?" campaign.
[79] Keys, along with
The White Stripes' guitarist and lead vocalist
Jack White, recorded a theme song to
Quantum of Solace
, the first duet in Bond soundtrack history.
[80] In 2008, Keys was ranked in at number 80 the
Billboard
Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists.
[81] She also starred in
The Secret Life of Bees
, a film adaptation of
Sue Monk Kidd's acclaimed 2003 bestseller
novel of the same name alongside
Jennifer Hudson and
Queen Latifah, released in October 2008 via
Fox Searchlight.
[82] Her role earned her a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture at the
NAACP Image Awards.
[83] She also received three nominations at the
2009 Grammy Awards and won
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Superwoman".
[84]
In an interview with
Blender
magazine, Keys allegedly said "'
Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other, 'gangsta rap' didn't exist" and went on to say that it was created by "the government". The magazine also claimed she said that
Tupac Shakur and
The Notorious B.I.G. were "essentially assassinated, their beefs stoked by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing".
Keys later wrote a statement clarifying the issues and saying her words were misinterpreted.
[85] Later that year, Keys was criticized by anti-smoking campaigners after billboard posters for her forthcoming concerts in Indonesia featured a logo for the A Mild cigarette brand sponsored by tobacco firm
Philip Morris. She apologized after discovering that the concert was sponsored by the firm and asked for "corrective actions". In response, the company withdrew its sponsorship.
[86]
2009–present: Upcoming projects
Keys and manager Jeff Robinson signed a film production deal to develop live-action and animated projects with
Disney. Their first film will be a remake of the 1958 comedy
Bell, Book and Candle
and will star Keys as a witch who casts a love spell to lure a rival's fiancé.
[87] Keys and Robinson also formed a television production company called Big Pita.
[88] Keys and Robinson will develop live-action and animated projects from their company, Big Pita and Little Pita, with Keys as producer, thespian, banner spearheading soundtrack and music supervision.
[89]
Keys is expected to play a 1940s biracial piano
child prodigy,
Philippa Schuyler, in an upcoming film entitled
Compositions in Black and White
. It is based on a 1995 biographical book of the same name by Kathryn Talalay.
[90] "The challenge, in order to actually be able to play classical piano as a woman of mixed race, was by far more than I could ever imagine", Keys said, "That's what intrigued me about that role." The biopic will tell the difficult tale of Schuyler's controversial career,
love-hate relationship with her mother, and the black community, her second career as a writer, and her eventual death in a helicopter accident. "Her story is very deep, even up to the point where the relationship between her and her mother gets very strained and she chooses to go to Europe and pass as a
Spanish woman in order to be able to play, in order to be able to live a more normal life", Keys said, adding that she and
Halle Berry hoped to start shooting in early 2008, but has not been filmed to date. "As of right now, we're still in the first, second draft of the script", she said, "So a little bit of time—at least a year."
[91]
Keys collaborated with record producer
Swizz Beatz to write and produce "Million Dollar Bill" for
Whitney Houston's seventh studio album,
I Look to You
. It was reported that Keys approached
Clive Davis for permission to submit a song for the album.
[92] She also collaborated with
Jay-Z on "Empire State of Mind", a track off his upcoming album,
The Blueprint 3
.
[93] Keys will release her fourth
studio album in late 2009. As part of the promotional drive for the album, she will be performing at the Cayman Island Jazz Festival on December 5, the final night of the three day festival which will be broadcast on
Black Entertainment Television (BET).
[94] In June 2009, the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored Keys with the Golden Note Award, an award given to artists "who have achieved extraordinary career milestones".
[95]
Musical style
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An accomplished pianist, Keys incorporates piano into a majority of her songs and often writes about love, heartbreak and female empowerment.
She was inspired by several musicians, including
Prince,
Nina Simone,
Barbra Streisand,
Marvin Gaye,
Quincy Jones and
Stevie Wonder.
[96] [97] [98] Keys' style is rooted in gospel and vintage soul music, supplemented by bass and programmed drumbeats.
[99] She heavily incorporates classical piano with
R&B,
soul and
jazz into her music,
[100] [101] but began experimenting with genres, including
pop and
rock, in her third studio album,
As I Am
.
Patrick Huguenin of the
New York Daily News
stated that her incorporation of classical piano
riffs contributed to her breakout success.
magazine states she "thrives" by touching her fans with "piano mastery, words and melodious voice".
[104] The Independent
described her style as consisting of "crawling blues coupled with a hip-hop backbeat", noting that her lyrics "rarely stray from matters of the heart".
[105] Blender
magazine referred to her as "the first new pop artist of the millennium who was capable of changing music."
[106]
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Keys has a
vocal range of a
contralto, which spans three octaves.
Critics have called her voice strong, raw and impassioned;
[108] [109] others feel that her voice is "emotionally manufactured" at times and that she pushes her voice out of its natural range.
Keys' songwriting is often criticized for lack of depth, which has lead to her writing abilities being called limited.
Her lyrics have been called generic,
clichéd and that her songs revolve around generalities.
Greg Kot of the
Chicago Tribune
feels that she "[pokes] around for multi-format hits rather than trying to project any sort of artistic vision".
Diversely, Jon Pareles of
Blender
magazine stated that the musical composition of her songs makes up for their lyrical weakness,
while Gregory Stephen Tate of
The Village Voice
compared Keys' writing and production to 1970s music.
Joanna Hunkin of
The New Zealand Herald
reviewed one of Keys' performances, where
Kylie Minogue also attended. She described Minogue's reaction to Keys' performance, saying "it was obvious she was just as much of a fan as the 10,000 other people at
Vector Arena". She went on to say that Minogue was "the original pop princess bowing down to the modern-day queen of soul".
[110] Hunkin characterized Keys' opening performance as a "headbanging, hip-gyrating performance" and her energy as "high-octane energy most bands save for their closing finale". At the end of her two-hour performance, fans "screamed, stomped and begged for a second encore".
Hillary Crosley and Mariel Concepcion of
Billboard
magazine noted that her shows are "extremely coordinated" with the audience's
attention span "consistently maintained". The show ended with a
standing ovation and Keys "proved that a dynamic performance mixed with superior musicianship always wins".
[111] Throughout her career, Keys has won
numerous awards and is listed on the
Recording Industry Association of America's
best-selling artists in the United States, with 14 million
certified albums.
[112] She has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and has established herself as one of the best-selling artists of her time.
Philanthropy
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Keys is the co-founder and Global Ambassador of
Keep a Child Alive, a non-profit organization that provides medicine to families with
HIV and
AIDS in Africa.
[115] Keys and
U2 lead singer
Bono recorded a cover version of
Peter Gabriel and
Kate Bush's "
Don't Give Up", in recognition of
World AIDS Day 2005. Keys and Bono's version of the song was retitled "Don't Give Up (Africa)" to reflect the nature of the charity it was benefiting.
[116] [117] She visited African countries such as
Uganda,
Kenya and South Africa to promote care for children affected by AIDS.
[118] [119] [120] Her work in Africa was documented in the documentary
Alicia in Africa: Journey to the Motherland
and was available in April 2008.
[121]
Keys has also donated to Frum tha Ground Up, a non-profit organization that aids children and teenagers with
scholarships.
[122] [123] She performed in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, as part of the worldwide
Live 8 concerts to raise awareness of the poverty in Africa and to pressure the
G8 leaders to take action.
[124] In 2005, Keys performed on
ReAct Now: Music & Relief
and
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
, two benefit programs that raised money for those affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
[125] [126] In July 2007, Keys and
Keith Urban performed
The Rolling Stones' 1969 song "
Gimme Shelter" at
Giants Stadium in
East Rutherford,
New Jersey at the
American leg of the
Live Earth concerts.
[127] [128]
Keys performed
Donny Hathaway's 1973 song "
Someday We'll All Be Free" at the
America: A Tribute to Heroes
televised benefit concert following the
September 11 attacks.
[129] She participated in the
Nobel Peace Prize Concert which took place at the
Oslo Spektrum in
Oslo, Norway, on December 11, 2007, along with other various artists.
[130] She recorded a theme song for Democratic presidential nominee
Barack Obama. She joined
Joss Stone and
Jay-Z on the effort, which served as a theme song for Obama's campaign.
[131] For her work, Keys was honored at the 2009
BET Awards with the Humanitarian Award.
[132]
Discography
;Studio albums
- Songs in A Minor
(2001)
- The Diary of Alicia Keys
(2003)
- As I Am
(2007)
;Live albums
Filmography
| Television
|
| Year
| Title
| Role
| Notes
|
| 1985
| The Cosby Show
| Maria
| "Slumber Party" (season 1, episode 22)
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| 2001
| Charmed
| P3 VIP Patron (uncredited)
| "Size Matters" (season 4, episode 5)
|
| 2003
| American Dreams
| Fontella Bass
| "Rescue Me" (season 2, episode 6)
|
| The Proud Family
| Herself (voice)
| "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (season 3, episode 46)
|
| 2005
| Sesame Street
| Herself
| Season 36
|
| 2006
| The Backyardigans
| Mommy Martian (voice)
| "Mission to Mars" (season 2, episode 1)
|
| 2007
| Cane
| Herself
| "One Man Is an Island" (season 1, episode 7)
|
| Elmo's Christmas Countdown
| Herself
| Christmas television special
|
| 2008
| Dove "Fresh Takes"
| Alex
| Starred in all five episodes
|
| Film
|
| Year
| Title
| Role
| Notes
|
| 2007
| Smokin' Aces
| Georgia Sykes
|
| The Nanny Diaries
| Lynette
|
| 2008
| The Secret Life of Bees
| June Boatwright
|
See also
- List of artists who reached number one in the United States
- List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Keys
- List of honorific titles in popular music
References
- Alicia Keys Biography
- Interview: Alicia Keys
- Mervis, Scott. "Music Preview: Through her first several records, Alicia Keys has a golden touch", ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', April 17, 2008. Accessed August 10, 2009. "Keys, a classically trained pianist raised in Hell's Kitchen by her Italian-Scottish mother, spent a few years after she dropped out of Columbia University trying to launch her pop career with songs on soundtracks."
- Alicia Keys: Biography
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- Alicia Keys' Early Years To Be Made Into A TV Series
- Alicia Keys - Keys Avoids Mixed Race Abuse
- Soul sister
- The secret life of Alicia Keys
- Slumber Party
- Music and dance kept Alicia Keys out of trouble during childhood
- Alicia Keys: Unlocked
- Music; To Be Alicia Keys: Young, Gifted and in Control
- New Singer Alicia Keys Sitting Pretty with Smash Debut Album 'Songs In A Minor'
- Alicia Keys Nearly Spills Secrets To ''Jane''
- Alicia Keys: 'Songs in A Minor'
- Dr. Dolittle 2 - Overview
- Hot Product
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- Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 New Acts Of The 2000s
- RIAA - Gold & Platinum
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- Karma - Alicia Keys
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- MTV Awards 2004: The winners
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- The Poetry of Alicia Keys
- In Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics
- Alicia Keys, superwoman
- Money Makers
- Green Day takes top honours at MTV awards ceremony
- Late Ray Charles tops Grammy Awards
- 2005 Grammy Award Winners
- Keys Plugs In at No. 1
- Keys Blends Old With New On 'Unplugged'
- Keys 'Unplugs' For 3rd Straight No. 1 Disc
- Keys Craves 'Strange As Hell' Collaborations
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- Chart Beat
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- Alicia Collaborator Krucial Goes Solo
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- Alicia Keys: From near-breakdown to breakthrough with 'Yes I Am'
- Analyse This: Alicia Keys, singer
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- Alicia Keys Kills — Literally — In Film Debut, 'Smokin' Aces'
- Alicia Keys Works Her Hollywood Mojo, Joins Johansson In 'Nanny Diaries'
- Cane - One Man is an Island
- Alicia Keys Lands Fourth Consecutive #1 On Billboard Chart With As I Am
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- Alicia Keys kicks off TODAY concert series
- Gold and Platinum
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- Chart Beat
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- Video: Alicia Keys and Dove(R) Give Women a Fresh Take on Life in Their Twenties
- OK! Interview: Alicia Keys
- Martin Scorsese Directs Andre Agassi, Sheryl Crow, Ellen DeGeneres, Alicia Keys and Shaun White in New American Express(R) Campaign for 'The Members Project'
- First Listen: Another Way To Die, James Bond Theme, Jack White and Alicia Keys
- The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists (80-61)
- Dakota Fanning and Alicia Keys drawn to "Bees"
- 40th NAACP Image Awards
- The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations List
- Alicia Keys Backtracks On Gangsta Rap Conspiracy Claims
- Keys 'sorry' for tobacco adverts
- For The Record: Quick News On Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, 'Snakes On A Plane' & More
- Alicia Keys forms production company
- Mouse locking up Keys
- Alicia Keys To Play Biracial Piano Prodigy In First Movie
- Movie File: 'Ocean's Thirteen,' Alicia Keys, Robert De Niro & More
- Preview: Whitney Houston – 'I Look to You'
- Jay-Z's 'Blueprint 3' Track List Features Alicia Keys, Young Jeezy
- Alicia Keys to perform at Jazz Fest
- Stargate, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream ASCAP's Top Songwriters
- Keys to Success
- Opening Doors
- CD of the week: The Diary of Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys
- A Neo-Soul Star as She Is: Nurturing Her Inner Rebel
- Six years after 'Minor' success, Alicia Keys is a major star
- Song in A Minor: A Major Debut
- Alicia Keys - As I Am on Blender
- As I Am - Overview
- Alicia Keys Wraps Up Busy Year With Awards, Hit CD, Tour And Poetry Book?
- Alicia Keys: Soul princess
- Alicia Keys: Album review
- Alicia Keys: She sings, she acts, she smoulders
- Alicia Keys, Still Warming Up
- Drab production keeps Alicia Keys' promise unfulfilled
- Review: Kylie checks out Alicia Keys in concert
- Alicia Keys / June 18, 2008 / New York, NY (Madison Square Garden)
- RIAA - Gold & Platinum - Top Selling Artists
- Extensions of a Woman
- R&B queen Alicia Keys to play Dodge Theatre
- Green Family Foundation Sponsors Alicia Keys' Keep a Child Alive College Student...
- Alicia Keys And Bono Team Up For Charity Track
- Bono and Keys duet on Africa song
- For The Record: Quick News On Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Obie Trice, Notorious B.I.G., Jessica Simpson & More
- Alicia Keys and 'Keep a Child Alive' Visit AHF's Ithembalabantu Clinic, Free AIDS Clinic in Durban, South Africa Run by AIDS Healthcare Foundation
- Alicia Keys in Kenya for HIV Project
- Alicia Keys' Documentary "Alicia in Africa: Journey to the Motherland" Available...
- Keys lends support to mentoring group
- Frum Tha Ground Up Story Page
- Keys, Peas Join Live 8
- Kelly, Stones, Kanye Added To Massive Disaster-Relief Special
- Celebrity-Studded Benefit Raises Funds for Hurricane Katrina Survivors; Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
- Live Earth
- Live Earth New York Rocks Giants Stadium
- Alicia Keys
- Nobel Peace Prize Concert
- Joss Stone to record song for Barack Obama
- BET Awards Salute Michael Jackson With Heartfelt Tributes