One of these following facts about Alicia Keys should probably give you much information about this musician. Alicia Keys is an American R&B singer-songwriter, pianist, musician, record producer and actress. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records. Keys’ debut album, “Songs in A Minor”, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. Furthermore, to get to know more about her, here are some other facts about Alicia Keys you might be interested in.
Facts about Alicia Keys 1: Grammy Awards
The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for “Fallin'” becoming the second American recording artist to win five Grammys in one night.
Facts about Alicia Keys 2: TV Appearances
Keys has made guest appearances on several television series, beginning with The Cosby Show. She made her film debut in “Smokin’ Aces” and also went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries in 2007.
Facts about Alicia Keys 3: Songs in A Minor
Keys’ first studio album Songs in A Minor was released in June 2001. Musically, it incorporated classical piano in an R&B, soul and jazz album. Jane Stevenson of Jam! described the music as “old-school urban sounds and attitude set against a backdrop of classical piano and sweet, warm vocals”.
Facts about Alicia Keys 4: Video Music Awards
Keys won Best R&B Video for “If I Ain’t Got You” at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards: she performed the song and “Higher Ground” with Lenny Kravitz and Stevie Wonder. Later that year, Keys released her novel “Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics, a collection of unreleased poems from her journals and lyrics. The title derived from one of her poems, “Love and Chains” from the line: “I don’t mind drinking my tears for water”.
Facts about Alicia Keys 5: Film Debut
Keys made her film debut in early 2007 in the crime film Smokin’ Aces, co-starring as an assassin named Georgia Sykes opposite Ben Affleck and Andy Garcia. Keys received much praise from her co-stars in the film; Reynolds said that Keys was “so natural” and that she would “blow everybody away”.
Facts about Alicia Keys 6: Artistry
An accomplished pianist, Keys incorporates piano into a majority of her songs and often writes about love, heartbreak and female empowerment.She has cited several musicians as her inspirations, including Whitney Houston, Prince, Nina Simone, Barbra Streisand, Marivin Gaye, Quincy Jones, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder.
Facts about Alicia Keys 7: Frum the Ground Up
Keys has also donated to Frum tha Ground Up, a non-profit organization that aids children and teenagers with scholarships.
Facts about Alicia Keys 8: Live 8 Concerts
She performed in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts to raise awareness of the poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to take action.
Facts about Alicia Keys 9: EMPOWERED
In March 2013, Keys teamed up with Greater Than AIDS to launch EMPOWERED, a new public information campaign to reach women in the United States about HIV/AIDS. Appearing in a public service announcement for EMPOWERED, Keys spoke with five women whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS.
Facts about Alicia Keys 10: 30 Songs/ 30 Days
In September 2012, she was featured in a campaign called “30 Songs / 30 Days” to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book.
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