![]() She left the show after two seasons, but was back for season 14. The following year, she joined pop star Miley Cyrus as new judges on season 11 of the TV singing competition The Voice. In 2015, the singer/actress appeared on season 2 of the hit series Empire, in the recurring role of Skye Summers. In 2011, she directed a segment of the anthology TV film Five. She went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008), alongside Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson. Keys made her big screen debut in 2006, appearing in the action film Smokin' Aces as Georgia Sykes. She appeared on several other series years later, including Charmed, American Dreams and The Backyardigans. In 1985, a 4-year-old Keys appeared as one of Keshia Knight Pulliam's friends on The Cosby Show. Film and TV Projects 'Smokin' Aces,' 'The Secret Life of Bees' The album, which featured the singles "In Common" and "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)," topped out at No. Keys followed in 2016 with her sixth studio effort, Here. She won the Grammy for Best R&B Album in 2014 for her work. Her fifth studio album, Girl on Fire (2012), put Keys back at her top spot, debuting at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 200-the album did become Keys' first to hit No. 2 with the lead single "Doesn't Mean Anything" and reached No. ![]() Although the album didn't fare nearly as well as her previous albums-it debuted at No. 'The Element of Freedom,' 'Girl on Fire'īy the end of 2009, Keys released her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom. ![]() She also recorded the hit single "Empire State of Mind" with fellow New Yorker Jay-Z the following year. In 2008, she recorded "Another Way to Die" with Jack White, which was featured as the theme song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008). It was during this time that Keys also began to collaborate with more artists. 1, selling more than 740,000 copies in its first week, and went on to garner her two more Grammys. Keys' seemingly unstoppable career continued in 2007 with the release of As I Am. Keys also took home several Grammys for her sophomore album, including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance by a Group or Duo with Vocals for her duet with Usher on the song "My Boo." 'As I Am,' 'Empire State of Mind' She proved that her success as a new artist two years prior wasn't a fluke, with the album debuting at No. Keys released her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, in 2003. At the 2002 Grammy Awards, Keys took home awards for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Artist. When it was finally released, Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor (2001), went platinum five times over.Ĭritics roundly praised the album not only for its musical polish, but also for its lyric maturity. At J Records, Keys found the freedom to complete her debut effort, which included material she had started work on years prior.ĭavis carefully orchestrated a media blitz before the release of the album, including an appearance on Oprah the day before the album hit shelves. Unlike many of her pop-music contemporaries, the precocious Keys not only sings, but writes and produces her own music. Keys decided to follow Davis, who had engineered the careers of soul luminaries such as Aretha Franklin, to his new label. In 1999, Clive Davis-head of Arista Records-left the prominent record company where he worked to start J Records. While she was accepted to Columbia University on a full scholarship, after a four-week stint at the school, Keys departed to devote herself fully to her music. Keys had already attracted the attention of record company executives while in high school, and after what amounted to a bidding war for her talents, she signed with Arista Records in 1998. Having excelled academically, Keys was allowed to graduate at the age of 16. She began piano lessons at age 7 and Augello's dogged insistence that her daughter stick with the instrument led Keys to attend Manhattan's prestigious Professional Performance Arts School, where she majored in choir. Growing up, Keys was raised by her mother, Nikki Augello-a part-time actress and paralegal. Musician and actor Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981, in New York, New York. She followed up with hit albums such as The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007) and Girl on Fire (2009), all of which won the artist Grammys. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor (2001), went platinum five times over and earned her five Grammys. Davis left Arista to start J Records and Keys followed. ![]() After graduating from the Professional Performance Arts School, she signed a deal with Clive Davis, the head of Arista Records. Born in 1981, in New York, Alicia Keys began piano lessons at age 7. ![]()
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