2. Alicia keys is a well known
American R&B singer- songwriter,
pianist, record producer and an
actress.
her debut album with j records
‘songs in a minor’ was a
commercial success with over 12
million copies made all over the
world. This was when her career
began and was known as the best
selling R&B artist in 2001. this album
awarded keys with 5 Grammy
awards in 2002, as well as the Best
New Artist and Song of the Year for
"Fallin'" becoming the second
American recording artist to win five
Grammys in one night.
3. As time went on , Alicia released
her second alum ‘the diary of
Alicia keys’ in 2003 which was
another successful worldwide
record achievement and
received an additional 5 Grammy
awards in 2005.
Alicia keys became the first
female to have an unplugged
album to debut at number one
since nirvana in 1994.
Keys also collaborated with
recording artist Usher on the song
"My Boo" from his 2004 album,
Confessions (Special Edition). The
song topped the Billboard Hot 100
for six weeks and Hot R&B/HipHop Songs for three weeks,
became her first number-one
single in Hot 100 since 2001's
"Fallin'".
4. On November 27th 2012, Alicia keys released her
fifth studio album Girl on Fire which is an uptempo anthem. Records stated that she wants
the album to "liberate" and "empower" fans. The
album's title track was released on September 4
as its lead single on Billboards hot 100, the single
was Alicia's first top twenty own single on the
chart since 2007 single "Like You'll Never See Me
Again", she performed the song for the first time
at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards on 6th
September.
