Born and raised in Manhattan/ New York, Alicia J. Augello-Cook A.K.A. Alicia Keys as a bi-racial female began piano lesson at the age of 7. Her mother is Irish-Italian and her father is a Jamaican. Her mother told her at a young age that “you can quit anything else but you can never quit your piano lessons”. It was not a easy road to success says Alicia, raised in New York seeing prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers and crack heads every day”. She got older she studied her piano lessons on regular basics and improved ever step of the way. By the age of 14 she wrote her first song “Butterflyz”, it was featured on one of her albums called: “Songs in A minor”.
Her style is what makes her different from other singers because her music is a mix of R&B, Blues, Jazz and Hip-Hop. Her style is also a lot different because she’s not only in to the new styles but some of her songs are old school and sounds like back in the day music. She is like a mix of Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey. She’s got the voice and notes for the young people as well as the older people.
Her music is very unique because she doesn’t talk and write about the same thing. Instead of her bragging about what she have and talking about how she look, unlike most singers she express her emotions. She lets people know that there is more to life than just wanting money and being famous. Her music inspires people to care about themselves and not to worry about what other people think or say about you. Her music is mainly for people that are in love, trying to find themselves or people who have experienced a lot of bad and unusual things in their lives.
As you can see Alicia Keys is multitalented. She writes and produces songs, plays the piano, produces records, an actor, author, and is a professional singer. She has won a lot of awards through out her nineteen years. She has won Eleven Billboard Music Awards, Nine Grammy Awards, and three American Music Awards. That’s a lot more talent than a normal R&B singer has and more awards than a regular star has had within just five years. With just a few Albums made Alicia is one of the top R&B singers in the world.
Her first Album “Songs in A Minor” sold over 235,000 copies in its first week and more than 50,000 in its first day. It was released on June 5, 2001 and it sold more than eleven million units worldwide. She then became the best selling artist of 2001. Her first single “fallin” spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 2002 she won five Grammy Awards, “Song of the Year”, and “Best New Artist” for “Fallin”.
Her next album “The Diary of Alicia Keys” was released on December 2, 2003. It became number one in the U.S. and it sold over 618,000 copies in its first week released. It was also the second highest R&B album sales by a female. “You Don’t Know My Name”, and “If I Ain’t Got You” both reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Also her song “If I Ain’t Got You” became the first single by a female artist to remain on the sixty-three year old Billboard R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs for more than one year. She also won “Best R&B Video” for the same song “If I Ain’t Got You”.
On October 11, 2005 she released her album called “Unplugged”. Performed “Every Little Bit Hurts” at the 2005 Grammy Awards, which was also performed by singers Aretha Franklin and Brenda Holloway. “Unbreakable” peaked at number four and number thirty-four on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot 100. Her latest album comes out this year,( November 6, 2007). It has featured artist on it such as Linda Perry, John Legend, Timberland, and Marsha Ambrosius.
Alicia says that she wants her music to be inspirational to all types of people and that she makes music in difference styles because she wants everyone to listen to it. She also have said that she want to please her fans because without them she would be a normal person.
Her style is what makes her different from other singers because her music is a mix of R&B, Blues, Jazz and Hip-Hop. Her style is also a lot different because she’s not only in to the new styles but some of her songs are old school and sounds like back in the day music. She is like a mix of Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey. She’s got the voice and notes for the young people as well as the older people.
Her music is very unique because she doesn’t talk and write about the same thing. Instead of her bragging about what she have and talking about how she look, unlike most singers she express her emotions. She lets people know that there is more to life than just wanting money and being famous. Her music inspires people to care about themselves and not to worry about what other people think or say about you. Her music is mainly for people that are in love, trying to find themselves or people who have experienced a lot of bad and unusual things in their lives.
As you can see Alicia Keys is multitalented. She writes and produces songs, plays the piano, produces records, an actor, author, and is a professional singer. She has won a lot of awards through out her nineteen years. She has won Eleven Billboard Music Awards, Nine Grammy Awards, and three American Music Awards. That’s a lot more talent than a normal R&B singer has and more awards than a regular star has had within just five years. With just a few Albums made Alicia is one of the top R&B singers in the world.
Her first Album “Songs in A Minor” sold over 235,000 copies in its first week and more than 50,000 in its first day. It was released on June 5, 2001 and it sold more than eleven million units worldwide. She then became the best selling artist of 2001. Her first single “fallin” spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 2002 she won five Grammy Awards, “Song of the Year”, and “Best New Artist” for “Fallin”.
Her next album “The Diary of Alicia Keys” was released on December 2, 2003. It became number one in the U.S. and it sold over 618,000 copies in its first week released. It was also the second highest R&B album sales by a female. “You Don’t Know My Name”, and “If I Ain’t Got You” both reached the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Also her song “If I Ain’t Got You” became the first single by a female artist to remain on the sixty-three year old Billboard R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs for more than one year. She also won “Best R&B Video” for the same song “If I Ain’t Got You”.
On October 11, 2005 she released her album called “Unplugged”. Performed “Every Little Bit Hurts” at the 2005 Grammy Awards, which was also performed by singers Aretha Franklin and Brenda Holloway. “Unbreakable” peaked at number four and number thirty-four on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot 100. Her latest album comes out this year,( November 6, 2007). It has featured artist on it such as Linda Perry, John Legend, Timberland, and Marsha Ambrosius.
Alicia says that she wants her music to be inspirational to all types of people and that she makes music in difference styles because she wants everyone to listen to it. She also have said that she want to please her fans because without them she would be a normal person.
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