 
Alicia Keys burst into the music scene in 2001 with
her blend of soul and hip-hop (with jazz and
classical thrown in) and a style and finesse on the
piano not heard in years. Alicia grew up in New York
and began work on what would become her debut LP at
the age of 14. Her talent was evident early with
study at the Professional Performance Arts School in
Manhattan. Alicia finished high school by the age of
16, and she attended Columbia University before
deciding to make music her focus. She signed with
Arista Records in 1998 and followed Clive Davis to
his new label, J Records. Alicia could first be heard
on the soundtrack for Men
In Black
("Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)") and Shaft ("Rock Wit U").
Alicia also dabbled in acting with her first
appearance on The Cosby Show. Alicia also
extends her time with charities and fund raisers and
is the spokeswoman for 'Keep A Child Alive.'
 # 13
Singles Artist of the Year
Alicia released her debut LP, Songs
In A Minor.
The LP sold over 235,000 copies its first week of
release in the US.
Alicia could be heard on the soundtrack to Dr.
Doolittle 2 with "Rear View Mirror."
Songs
In A Minor
debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 LP chart
selling over 235,000 copies in its first week of
release, and staying at #1 for 3 weeks.
Songs
In A Minor
topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for
6 weeks and the Internet Album Sales chart for a
week.
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "Fallin'."
Songs
In A Minor
was certified platinum.
Alicia topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart for 7 weeks with "Fallin'."
Alicia topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles
chart for 6 weeks, the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 6
weeks, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
chart for 4 weeks with "Fallin'."
Alicia hit the Top 10 with "Fallin'."
Alicia topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart
for 7 weeks with "Fallin'."
Songs
In A Minor
was certified 3x platinum.
Alicia won a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and brought the house down with her
performance at the ceremony. Her video for "Fallin'" was also nominated for the MTV2
Award.
Alicia performed "Someday We'll All Be
Free" for a landmark fundraiser (America:
A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the major networks to
raise money for families of the victims of recent
terrorist attacks.
Alicia performed on the season premier of Saturday
Night Live.
Alicia could be heard on the All-Star Tribute
benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds going to AIDS and
9/11 charities).
Alicia hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Fallin'."
Alicia appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "A Woman's Worth."
Alicia can be heard on the soundtrack for Ali with "Fight."
Songs
In A Minor
was certified 4x platinum.
Alicia won a My VH1 Award for Welcome To The Big
Time.
Alicia kicked off her first national tour of the U.S.
starting in Connecticut.
Alicia topped Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Artist - Female.
Readers of Rolling
Stone
voted Alicia as Best R&B Artist and Best New
Artist of the Year. Critics in Rolling
Stone
voted Alicia as Best New Artist of the Year.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
Alicia hit the Top 10 with "A Woman's Worth."
Alicia won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite New Artist and
Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, and was nominated
for Favorite Female Pop/Rock Artist, Favorite Female
Soul/R&B Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and
Internet Artist of the Year.
Alicia won 5 Grammy Awards for Song
of the Year, Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female, and Best R&B Song (awarded to
the songwriter) ("Fallin'"), Best R&B Album (Songs
In A Minor),
and Best New Artist, and was nominated for Record of the Year. Alicia also performed at the
ceremony.
Songs
In A Minor
was certified 5x platinum.
Alicia won 2 World Music Awards for World's
Best-Selling New Artist and World's Best-Selling
R&B Female Artist.
Alicia won 2 Soul Train Awards for Female
R&B/Soul Album (Songs
In A Minor)
and R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist.
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "How Come You Don't Call Me."
Alicia won a BET Award for Best New Artist.
Alicia hit the Top 40 helping out Eve with "Gangsta Lovin'."
Alicia won 4 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
for Album of the Year (Songs
In A Minor),
Top Female Artist, Top New Artist, and Top Albums
Artist.
Alicia won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best
R&B/Soul Album, Solo (Songs
In A Minor).
Alicia's video for "A Woman's Worth" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best
R&B Video
and Best Cinematography (John Perez).
Alicia won 2 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Album
(Songs
In A Minor)
and Choice Singer Songwriter.
VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists included Alicia at # 99.
Alicia hit the Top 10 helping out Eve with "Gangsta Lovin'."
Alicia hit #1 for 1 week with Eve with "Gangsta Lovin'."
Alicia won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B
Act.
Alicia was heard on the Drumline soundtrack with
"Butterflyz" (KrucialKeys Remix).
VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past
25 Years included "Fallin'" at # 37.
Alicia appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone
along side Eve and Missy Elliott.
Alicia appeared on the NBC TV series American
Dream.
Songs
In A Minor
was certified 6x platinum.
Alicia released The
Diary Of Alicia Keys. She talked with MTV about the LP:
"It's a very conceptual album goin' on. It's
really personal. It's kind of a journey inside, into
my mind, into everything that's going on in the world
and how that affects us as people." Rolling
Stone called the LP: "...a stunner, a blend
of hip-hop with warmth and feeling as well as instant
soul classics."
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "You Don't Know My Name."
Alicia topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks
and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 6 weeks with
The
Diary Of Alicia Keys - selling over 618,000 copies its first
week of release in the US.
Alicia topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks chart for 9 weeks and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 9 weeks with "You Don't Know My Name."
 # 6
Singles Artist of the Year
 The
Diary Of Alicia Keys was certified 2x platinum.
Alicia performed at the Grammy Awards as part of a tribute to Luther Vandross.
Alicia won a NAACP Image Award
for Outstanding Female Artist.
Alicia began touring for a month with Beyoncé Knowles and Missy Elliott.
Alicia won a Soul Train Music Award for R&B/Soul
Single, Female ("You Don't Know My Name"), and also co-hosted the
ceremony.
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "If I Ain't Got You."
Alicia topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles and Tracks chart for 6 weeks and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "If I Ain't Got You."
The
Diary Of Alicia Keys was certified 3x platinum.
Alicia hit the Top 10 with "If I Ain't Got You."
The video for "If I Ain't Got You" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best
R&B Video,
and was also nominated for Best Female Video and Best
Art Direction.
Alicia also performed at the ceremony held in Miami.
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "My Boo" with Usher from his new
version of Confessions.
Alicia won a World Music Award for Best R&B
Female Artist.
Alicia performed at the Great Wall of China.
Alicia hit the Top 10 with "My Boo" with Usher.
Alicia topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 6
weeks, Hot 100 Airplay chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Airplay chart, Rhythmic Airplay chart, and Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 3
weeks with Usher with "My Boo."
Alicia won a Source Award for Female R&B Artist
of the Year.
Alicia hit #1 for 2 weeks with "My Boo" with Usher.
Alicia topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play
chart for a week with the remixes of
"Diary."
Alicia won an American Music Award for Favorite
Soul/R&B Female Artist and was nominated for Favorite
Soul/R&B Album. Alicia also performed at the ceremony.
Alicia won a MTV Europe Award for Best R&B Act.
The single "If I Ain't Got You" was certified gold.
Alicia hit the Top 40 with "Karma."
Alicia was chosen by Rolling
Stone
magazine's readers as the best R&B artist.
Alicia topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist - Female
(singles & albums), Top Hot 100 Singles &
Tracks Artist - Female, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist -
Female (singles & albums), Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Album Artist - Female, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks Artist, Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles & Tracks Artist - Female, and with the
Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Top
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Track ("If I Ain't Got You").
# 115 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25
Years
chart.
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
Alicia won a People's Choice Award for Favorite
Female Singer.
Alicia topped the Canadian single chart with Usher with "My Boo."
Alicia won 4 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female ("If I Ain't Got You"), Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
("My Boo" with Usher), and Best R&B Song ("You Don't Know My Name" with Harold Lilly
and Kanye West), and Best R&B Album (The
Diary Of Alicia Keys), and was nominated for Album of the Year (The
Diary Of Alicia Keys) and Song
of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) and Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
("Diary" with Tony Toni Tone),
and Best R&B Song (awarded to
the songwriter) ("My Boo" with Jermaine Dupri,
Usher, Manuel Seal
and Adonis Shropshire). Alicia performed at the ceremony.
Alicia won 3 Soul Train Music Awards
including Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ("If I Ain't Got You"), Best R&B Soul
Album, Female (The
Diary Of Alicia Keys), and Best R&B/Soul Single, Group,
Band or Duo ("My Boo" with Usher).
Alicia hit the Top 10 with "Karma."
Alicia won 2 NAACP Image Awards for
Outstanding Song and Outstanding Music Video ("If I Ain't Got You").
The
Diary Of Alicia Keys was certified 4x platinum.
On July 2nd, Alicia performed in Philadelphia as part
of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the on-going
poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to
take action by doubling aid, canceling debt, and
delivering trade justice for Africa.
The video for "Karma" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best
R&B Video
and "My Boo" was also nominated in the
category.
Alicia performed on Shelter
From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast - a benefit program shown on
all the major networks simultaneously to raise money
for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Alicia performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief
- a benefit program shown on music video channels to
raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Alicia could be heard on the Ray Charles LP Genius
And Friends with the duet "America The
Beautiful."
Alicia could be heard on the compilation LP So
Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther Vandross with "If This World Were
Mine."
The single "Karma" was certified gold.
Alicia released Unplugged.
Alicia topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Unplugged - selling over 196,000 copies
its first week of release in the US.
Alicia won a MTV Europe Awards for Best R&B
Artist.
Alicia topped the Billboard Adult R&B chart with
"Unbreakable."
Alicia was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female and Best R&B Song (awarded to
the songwriter with Garry Glenn, Harold Lily and Kanye West) ("Unbreakable"), Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group
("If This World Were Mine" with Jermaine
Paul), Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance
("If I Was Your Woman"), and Best R&B Album (Unplugged).
Alicia won 2 NAACP Image Awards for Best
Female Music Artist and Best Video
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