Alicia Keys

**Alicia Augello Cook** (born 25 Januar 1981), kent profeesionally as **Alicia Keys**, is a American R&B sangster-sangwriter, pianist, muisicker, record producer, an actress. Keys released her debut album wi J Records, haein haed previous record deals first wi Columbia an then Arista Records. Keys' debut album, *[[Songs in A Minor]]*, wis a commercial success, sellin ower 12 million copies warldwide. She became the best-sellin new airtist an best-sellin R&B airtist o 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, includin Best New Artist an Song of the Year for "Fallin'" becomin the seicont American recordin airtist tae win five Grammys in ane nicht. Her seicont studio album, *[[The Diary of Alicia Keys]]*, wis released in 2003 an wis anither success warldwide an aw, sellin aicht million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, *[[Unplugged (Alicia Keys album)|Unplugged]]*, which debuted at nummer ane in the Unitit States. She became the first female tae hae an *[[MTV Unplugged]]* album tae debut at nummer ane an the heichest syne Nirvana in 1994.

Keys made guest appearances on several telly series in the follaein years, beginnin wi *[[Charmed]]*. She made her film debut in *[[Smokin' Aces]]* which includit Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Taraji P. Henson, Jeremy Piven  an went on to appear in *[[The Nanny Diaries (film)|The Nanny Diaries]]* an aw which starred Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamitti an Chris Evan in 2007. Her third studio album, *[[As I Am]]*, wis released in the same year an sauld five million copies warldwide, earnin Keys a addeetional three Grammy Awards. The follaein year, she appeared in *[[The Secret Life of Bees (film)|The Secret Life of Bees]]* wi Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, an Dakota Fanning, which earned her a nomination at the NAACP Image Awards. She released her fowert album, *[[The Element of Freedom]]*, in Dizember 2009, which became Keys' first chart-toppin album in the Unitit Kinrick. She released her fift album, *[[Girl on Fire (album)|Girl on Fire]]*, in November 2012, which became Keys' fift chairt-toppin album in the Unitit States.

Throuoot her career, Keys haes wan numerous awairds an haes sold ower 65 million records warldwide. *[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]* magazine namit her the top R&B sangs airtist o the 2000s decade. In 2010, VH1 includit Keys on its leet o the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. *Billboard* magazine placit her nummer ten on their leet o Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years.

## Discografie

* *[[Songs in A Minor]]* (2001)
* *[[The Diary of Alicia Keys]]* (2003)
* *[[As I Am]]* (2007)
* *[[The Element of Freedom]]* (2009)
* *[[Girl on Fire (album)|Girl on Fire]]* (2012)

## Concert tours

* Songs in A Minor Tour (2001–02)
* Verizon Ladies First Tour (2004)
* Diary Tour (2005)
* As I Am Tour (2008)
* Freedom Tour (2010)
* Piano & I: An Intimate Evening with Alicia Keys and Her Piano (2011)
* Set the World on Fire Tour (2013)

## Filmografie

## References

## Freemit airtins

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* [ Alicia Keys] at Billboard.com
* Alicia Keys at Discogs
* Alicia Keys at Metacritic
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