![]() ![]() Considered a musical icon, Keys was named by Billboard the top R&B artist of the 2000s decade and placed number 10 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. She has sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. ![]() Keys has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including 15 competitive Grammy Awards, 17 NAACP Image Awards, 12 ASCAP Awards, and awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and National Music Publishers Association. Her sixth studio album, Here (2016), became her seventh US R&B/Hip-Hop chart topping album. In 2013, VH1 Storytellers was released as her second live album. Girl on Fire (2012) was her fifth Billboard 200 topping album, spawning the successful title track, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. In 2009, Keys also collaborated with Jay Z on "Empire State of Mind", which became her fourth number-one single, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2010. Her fourth album,The Element of Freedom (2009), became her first chart-topping album in the UK, and sold 4 million copies worldwide. In 2007, Keys made her film debut in the action-thriller film Smokin' Aces. Her third album, As I Am (2007), produced the Hot 100 number-one single "No One", selling 5 million copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards. Keys released her first live album, Unplugged (2005), and became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one. Her duet song "My Boo" with Usher became her second number-one single in 2004. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards. Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), was also a critical and commercial success, spawning successful singles "You Don't Know My Name", "If I Ain't Got You" and "Diary", and selling eight million copies worldwide. Songs in A Minor earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002. Praised for Keys' musical talents and creative control, Songs in A Minor was critically and commercially successful, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Fallin'" and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor, was released with J Records in 2001. She was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records, and then, after disputes with the label, by Arista Records. A classically-trained pianist, Keys was composing songs by age 12. Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter.
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