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Alicia Keys

Last album: November 13, 2007
First published: December 6, 2008
Downloads: 31773 albums downloaded

Biography

Alicia Keys (born Alicia Augello-Cook; January 25, 1981) is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, pianist, cellist and actress. Keys is a renowned artist who has sold over 25 million albums worldwide and won numerous awards, including eleven Grammys, ten Billboard Music Awards, and five American Music Awards. The road to success wasn’t an easy one. Of mixed parentage (Terri Augello and Craig Cook), she grew up in Harlem, New York City, New York. To cope with the street life, Keys turned to piano-playing at the age of seven.