Keys also headlined several successful tours including Songs in A Minor Tour (2001–02), The 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), and Alicia: The World Tour (2020).Īs a part of her career, Alicia Keys has participated in hit films and TV shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Proud Family (voice), Sesame Street, Elmo's Christmas Countdown, Iconoclasts, and The Voice. Some of the original solo discographies by the Keys are Songs in A Minor (2001), The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007), The Element of Freedom (2009), Girl on Fire (2012), Here (2016), and Alicia (2020). Dolitwere "Rock wit U" and "Rear View Mirror." Later, she began to perform on TV shows, industry events, and other small events. The two official songs contributed by Keys to the films Shaft 2000 and Dr. Robinson introduced her to A&R executive Peter Edge for her solo career.
At the age of 12, she wrote her very first song.Īt 13, Keys met manager Jeff Robinson who prepared Keys for her official career by taking her under his wing. Keys began receiving lessons for classical piano when she was seven. Keys was fond of music and singing from an early age singing in school events.
Keys is from New York City with her youth being full of ups and downs, including street violence, prostitution, and drugs. She is an American singer, musician, and composer.
Keys was set to make her long-awaited return to touring with ALICIA – The World Tour in 2020, but rescheduled the UK leg of her tour to June 2022.Alicia Augello-Cook (January 25, 1981) is well-known by her professional name, Alicia Keys. Her seventh studio album ALICIA containing the critically acclaimed singles Underdog and Show Me Love was released on on 18 September 2020 and celebrated with a special Unstaged livestream performance. Part autobiography, part narrative documentary, this introspective book examines her life experiences and how she learned to be herself. On 31 March 2020, Keys published More Myself. A strong force in the world of philanthropy, she’s active in the fight against AIDS and racial injustice as well as an advocate for women’s rights and protecting children.
The release of Girl On Fire in 2012 and Here in 2016 saw her put two more chart-topping albums under her belt.Īlicia Keys has numerous film and TV credits as well, including appearances on several series of The Voice as a coach. This was followed in 2005 by her Unplugged album, which not only reached the No.1 spot on the Billboard charts but sold almost 200,000 copies in its first week alone.Ī third studio album, As I Am, followed in 2007, with her fourth, 2009’s The Element Of Freedom, giving Keys her first UK No. Keys’ second studio album, The Diary Of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003 and certified quadruple platinum. Its lead single, Fallin’, also topped the Billboard 100 singles chart for six weeks, with subsequent single, A Woman’s Worth, climbing to the No.3 position. Her first studio album, Songs In A Minor, came out in June 2001, debuting at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. As a teenager, Keys attended Manhattan’s Professional Performance Arts School and immediately after signed with Columbia Records before moving to Clive Davis’ label, J Records.īy the age of 20, she found herself propelled on to the international music scene, where she’s been a firm fixture ever since. A real Renaissance woman, Alicia Keys is one of the most successful R&B artists of all time, her soulful voice and adept piano skills bringing her accolades all around the world.īorn in 1981 as Alicia Augello Cook, she began playing piano at the age of seven and by 11 was writing her own songs.