Alicia Keys

Alicia J. Augello-Cook (Manhattan, New York, 25 January 1981) is an American artist. She is active as a R & Band soul-songwriter, composer, producer, pianist, singer and actress.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Keys is the daughter of her Italian-Irish mother, Terri Augello, and a Jamaican father, Craig Cook. She grew up in her hometown New York. On her seventh, they first encountered a piano. She taught classical music of Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin (her favorite). She wrote her first song when she was fourteen Butterflyz . That number is also on her debut album, Songs in A minor. To a large extent it was her mother who supported her to develop her talents.
 * 1.1 beginnings: Songs in A Minor
 * 1.2 2003-2005: The Diary of Alicia Keys and Unplugged
 * 1.3 2006-2008: As I Am and film career
 * 1.4 2009: The Element of Freedom and "Empire State of Mind"
 * 1.5 2012: Girl On Fire
 * 1.6 personal life
 * 2 musical style
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3.4 Dvds
 * 4 see also
 * 5 external link

Her sources of inspiration include Stevie Wonder, with whom she has performed a number of times already, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Nina Simone, as well asNotorious b.i.g., 2Pac, Jay-Z and Wu Tang Clan. ===Start: Songs in A Minor[ Edit] === In 2001 broke them worldwide by with her debut album Songs in A Minor, and the accompanying singles Fallin' and A woman's Worth. For this album she got a VMA, two Billboard Awards, two American Music Awards, two NAACP Image Awards, three Soul Train awards, two World Music Awards, a ECCHO Award and the most important of all: five Grammy Awards. The album entered in the first week, 235,000 copies and has so far sold 12 million copies worldwide. Fallin' is still often seen as Keys ' "signature".

Her breakthrough was in part due to a performance that they gave to Oprah Winfrey, this had her record producer Clive Davis for her can be arranged. ===2003-2005: The Diary of Alicia Keys and Unplugged[ Edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2003 she released her second album The Diary of Alicia Keys out. On the album includes the songs "You Don't Know My Name, this was the first single for the album, If I Ain't Got You and Diary. Of this album were sold in the first week 618.000 plates, and is so far gone 8 million units.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2004, she released her poetry book, called Tears For Water. This includes both poems as to read the texts of previously released songs.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Around 2005 wanted to do more than sing Keys only. So she played in a gecoproduceerde by Halle Berry film, about a pianist who in the beginning of the 20th century lived, titled ' Compositions in Black & White '.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In October 2005 she released her third album, a live album, recorded on 14 July 2005 in New York. The album is titled MTV Unplugged. The album features mostly songs from her previous records, but there are also a number of new songs. the Unbreakable single did well on the radio.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In november 2005 she began filming of the feature film Smokin' Aces. In this play, among other things, Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven and Andy García. Alicia Keys plays a female Assassin. The film was released in January 2007. ===2006-2008: As I Am and film career<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="515" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In april 2007 appeared the film The Nanny Diaries, based on the popular novel of the same name, in which Keys next to Scarlett Johansson played a role.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">On 13 november 2007, Keys ' album came As I Am from. The album has so far sold about 6 million times worldwide. The single No One became a big hit, and was number one in the charts in several countries. No One In the Netherlands achieved fourth place. Also the second single from the album, Like you'll Never See Me Again, was a success. Later Teenage Love Affair and Superwoman as singles released. As I Amworked among other things to John Mayer, and a number of well-known American songwriters with it.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2008 took Keys the song Another Way to Die on, that served as the title song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. She played the song together with Jack White.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In October 2008 she appeared in the film The Secret Life of Bees along with Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning and Sophie Okonedo. They played one of the leading roles in this. ===2009: The Element of Freedom and "Empire State of Mind"<span class="mw-editsection" len="382" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Her fourth studio album, entitled The Element of Freedom, was released on december 15, 2009 in the United States. They played at the Cayman Island Jazz Festival.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="163" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  "Doesn't Mean Anything" was the first single circulated via the internet: on 15 september through its YouTube channel and on 22 september via iTunes. Harvested at the end of 2009 Keys and rapper Jay-Z success with the song "Empire State of Mind". ===2012: Girl On Fire<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">After The Element of Freedom married Keys with Swizz Beatz and she gave birth to their first child. Keys announced a new album In June 2012. The song "New Day" is to listen over the internet since then. As the first single from the album "New Day" will be released. Keys worked for the album, entitled Girl On Fire, along with Bon Iveramong others, Mark Ronson, Jamie Smith (of The xx), Emeli Sandé and Paul Epworth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="163" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2] ===Private Life<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Keys got in 2010 a son with her partner Swizz Beatz, whom she married on July 31, 2010. Her husband has two sons from previous relationships.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="163" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3] ==Music Style<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Keys processes the piano in many of her songs because she plays the piano from an early age. In addition to plays the piano Keys also 4 other instruments, including violin and cello. Her songs are often about love, a broken heart and about the power of women. Her music was inspired by many artists, including Prince, Nina Simone, Barbra Streisand, Marvin Gaye, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder. Keys ' style consists of soul music, which is backed by bass and programmed beats, and they processed the classical piano in her R & B- jazz, and soul music. She is experimenting on her third studio album, As I Am, even with popand rock music.

<p lang="en" len="232" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Keys has the range of a contralto, which are 3 octaves.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Throughout her career, Keys has already won several awards and has awarded them by the RIAA. In America has Keys for more than 14 million albums sold and around the world even more than 30 million. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===