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Alicia Keys
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Early Life
Alicia Augello Cook
Birthday on January 25th, 1981 in
Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Parents are Terri Augello & Craig
Cook.
Began piano lessons at the age of 7.
Lived in Hells Kitchen, Westside
Manhattan.
Attended a Professional Performing Figure 2: Alicia Keys and her mom!
Arts HS
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Finished HS at 16 & attended
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Columbia University in the Fall of
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1997.
Music Career
J Records released first album,
Songs In A Minor - June 2001.
Sold 10 million copies
worldwide.
Fallin topped the Pop, R&B,
& Hip-Hop charts.
Second album, The Diary of Alicia
Keys released in 2003.
Much of the album were
created on tour.
Boosted her career on shows like
the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Albums &
Movies
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Influences
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Prince
Nina Simone
Maxwell
Janet Jackson
And many other artists.
She played different genres of
music from Pop to Hip-Hop.
Figure 14: Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder
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Critics
Good Critic - Journalist from Today:
Alicia Keys truly is everything that
bodes well for the future of the
recording industry, wrapped up in
one assured but respectful, classically
trained but streetwise, gorgeous
leggy caf au lait package.
Video
Fallin the first single off the
album, Songs In A Minor.
The very first time people
actually got to hear Alicias
talents after 4 years of
dropping out of college to
start her music career.
References
Horn, G. (2006). Alicia keys (Todays Superstars Entertainment).
Milwaukee, Wi: Gareth Stevens Publishing.
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http://rollingout.com/2013/02/28/alicia-keys-cant-sing-are-rb-fans-tooobsessed-with-pretty-voices/
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