Must Haves. Music Edition. Alicia Keys.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Active1990s - 2020s

BornJanuary 25, 1981 in New York City, NY

Genre

R&B

Styles

Contemporary R&B

Adult Contemporary R&B

Neo-Soul

HITS

Girl on fire, Empire Satete of Mind, A Woman's Worth, No one, Superwoman, etc

ALBUMS

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), Alicia (2020), Keys (2021), Santa Baby (2022)

CULTURAL IMPACT

Alicia Keys, a singer/songwriter and pianist, rose to international prominence in the early 2000s with her sophisticated blend of classic and contemporary R&B. Her first album, Songs in A Minor (2001), sold more than 50,000 copies on its first day of release and eventually sold over ten million units worldwide, laying the groundwork for the then-20-year-lengthy old's career.

Keys has refined her signature sound since winning five Grammys for her debut, specializing in aching love ballads and feel-good motivational anthems, appealing to an audience far beyond her R&B base without being overtly pop. Her subsequent studio albums, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007), The Element of Freedom (2009), Girl on Fire (2012), and Here (2016), all charted at number one or two on the Billboard 200 and produced crossover hits like "You Don't Know My Name" and "No One."