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Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter. A classically trained pianist, Keys began composing songs when she was the age of 12 and was signed by Columbia Records at the age of 15.
Alicia Keys. Actress: The Secret Life of Bees. Alicia Keys was born in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, to Terria Joseph (née Teresa M. Augello), a paralegal who was also an occasional actress, and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Her father is African-American and her mother, who is Caucasian, is of Italian and English/Irish/Scottish ancestry.
- Music Artist, Actress, Composer
- January 25, 1981
- 2 min
- Who Is Alicia Keys?
- Early Life
- Songs in A Minor
- The Diary of Alicia Keys
- As I Am, Empire State of Mind
- The Element of Freedom, Girl on Fire
- Here
- Smokin Aces, The Secret Life of Bees
- Empire, The Voice
- Grammy Awards Host
Born in 1981, in New York, Alicia Keys began piano lessons at age 7. After graduating from the Professional Performance Arts School, she signed a deal with Clive Davis, the head of Arista Records. Davis left Arista to start J Records and Keys followed. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor (2001), went platinum five times over and earned her five Gramm...
Musician and actor Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981, in New York, New York. Growing up, Keys was raised by her mother, Nikki Augello—a part-time actress and paralegal. She began piano lessons at age 7 and Augello's dogged insistence that her daughter stick with the instrument led Keys to attend Manhattan's prestigious Pr...
In 1999, Clive Davis—head of Arista Records—left the prominent record company where he worked to start J Records. Keys decided to follow Davis, who had engineered the careers of soul luminaries such as Aretha Franklin, to his new label. Unlike many of her pop-music contemporaries, the precocious Keys not only sings, but writes and produces her own ...
Keys released her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, in 2003. She proved that her success as a new artist two years prior wasn't a fluke, with the album debuting at No. 1. Keys also took home several Grammys for her sophomore album, including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance by a Group o...
Keys' seemingly unstoppable career continued in 2007 with the release of As I Am. The album also debuted at No. 1, selling more than 740,000 copies in its first week, and went on to garner her two more Grammys. It was during this time that Keys also began to collaborate with more artists. In 2008, she recorded "Another Way to Die" with Jack White, ...
By the end of 2009, Keys released her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom. Although the album didn't fare nearly as well as her previous albums—it debuted at No. 2 with the lead single "Doesn't Mean Anything" and reached No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 200—the album did become Keys' first to hit No. 1 in the United Kingdom. Her fifth studio alb...
Keys followed in 2016 with her sixth studio effort, Here. The album, which featured the singles "In Common" and "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)," topped out at No. 2 on the Hot 200 and reached No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
In 1985, a 4-year-old Keys appeared as one of Keshia Knight Pulliam's friends on The Cosby Show. She appeared on several other series years later, including Charmed, American Dreams and The Backyardigans. Keys made her big screen debut in 2006, appearing in the action film Smokin' Aces as Georgia Sykes. She went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries (2...
In 2015, the singer/actress appeared on season 2 of the hit series Empire, in the recurring role of Skye Summers. The following year, she joined pop star Miley Cyrus as new judges on season 11 of the TV singing competition The Voice. She left the show after two seasons, but was back for season 14.
Keys hosted the Grammy Awards in February 2019, and contributed to the night's musical festivities by switching between pianos to play some of her all-time favorites from artists like Nat King Cole, Roberta Flack and Lauryn Hill. Returning to host the following year, she helped deliver one of the ceremony's most poignant moments by joining Boyz II ...
ALICIA KEYS 2023. STREAM TRILLIONS FEAT. BRENT FAIYAZ. Come For Me. WATCH NOW. KEYS II. THE ALBUM, OUT NOW. Come For Me (Unlocked) Official Music Video. WATCH NOW . City Of Gods (Part II) . LISTEN & WATCH NOW . ATHLETA x ALICIA KEYS. SHOP NOW. 'GIRL ON FIRE' GRAPHIC NOVEL. Out Now. "Girl On Fire" Graphic Novel . .
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R&B/SOUL · 2021. Preview. Duality is the spice of life, and Alicia Keys’ eighth studio album, a double release, is all about leaning into her own. For an artist with over two decades’ worth of work under her belt, that means considerations of both time and style.
