Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actress. 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'" becoming the second American recording artist to win five Grammys in one night. 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.
Alicia Keys in the house!
Ms. Keys chats to Twin about her favourite UK artist, her love for tea and her new album.
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Links & Information
Links
- Official homepage at aliciakeys.com
- Youtube at youtube.com/user/aliciakeysSME, youtube.com/user/aliciakeysVEVO and youtube.com/user/aliciakeys
- Twitter at twitter.com/aliciakeys
- MySpace at myspace.com/aliciakeys
- Wikipedia article on Alicia Keys
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm1006024
- Last.fm page on Alicia Keys
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Alicia Keys
- MusicBrainz entry on Alicia Keys
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Latest News Stories
News from the BBC
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Alicia Keys has been 'set free'
Wed 21 Nov 2012 13:53
The R&B singer compares completing work on her new album to a caged lion being set free.
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Alicia Keys announces UK tour
Mon 19 Nov 2012 15:30
The singer will visit Liverpool, Birmingham and London as part of the Girl on Fire tour.
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Alicia Keys to play 1Xtra Live
Thu 25 Oct 2012 19:02
R&B star Alicia Keys will headline the final night of BBC Radio 1Xtra Live, which...
Latest Blog Posts
Blogs from the BBC
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Alicia Keys - 'Doesn't Mean Anything'
Sat 5 Dec 2009 10:14I would hate to work in a CD shop right now. Every day, you'd be putting amazing new...
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BBC Reviews
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Girl on Fire 2012
Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
A new chapter begins for Keys on this confident, assured album.
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Songs in A Minor: Collector’s Edition 2011
Reviewed by Lloyd Bradley
Expanded 10th anniversary edition of a modern soul classic.
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The Element of Freedom 2009
Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
The US diva album for those who can’t abide US divas.
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As I Am 2007
Reviewed by James Young
Alicia Keys has dropped the urban flavours in the previous outing in favour of a more...
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MTV Unplugged 2005
Reviewed by Matilda Egere-Cooper
If you thought Alicia couldn't get any more fabulous, you've just been proved wrong.
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The Diary of Alicia Keys 2003
Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
Faultless, languid, late-night soul, unmistakably the vision of one person.
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The Diary Of Alicia Keys 2003
Reviewed by Denise Boyd
If you're a fan of slow jams you will feel like a kid in a candy store, all angles of...
