Alicia Keys
Posted on Nov 30, 2007 under Music Artists |Name : Alicia Keys
Birth Name : Alicia Augello Cook
Profession : musician
Date of Birth : January 25, 1981
Place of Birth : Manhattan, New York, USA
Biography
R&B singer Alicia Keys released her first album, Songs in A Minor, in 2001. She was only 20 years old. The album featured the hit singles %22Fallin’%22 and %22Girlfriend%22 and rocketed Keys to stardom. (Her good looks — she’s of African and Italian descent — helped, too.) She won five Grammy awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for %22Fallin’.%22 Keys also has been a prolific soundtrack artist, recording songs for movies such as Men in Black (1997), Shaft (2000) and Dr. Doolittle 2 (2001). In 2003 she released her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys.