Profile
Alicia Keys
Singer-songwriter + Pianist + Actress
Female
Born
Jan 25, 1981
Age
32
Genres
Blues music + Neo...
Instruments
Vocoder
Record Label
Arista
Other Names
Augello Cook, Alicia
Alicia Augello Cook, better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, sample library developer and actress. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. Keys… Read More
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Romance
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David AyiDated 2008
Family
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Alicia Keys
Age 32
parents
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Craig CookFather
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Teresa AugelloMother
News + Updates
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Look: Alicia Keys Shows Off Jason Wu's Punk SideHuffington Post - May 07, 2013
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Dusty Wright: Tenner: Favorite Spring Music And A Movie, TooHuffington Post - May 06, 2013
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Alicia Keys, Women And HivCNN - May 03, 2013
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Alicia Keys: Empowered To Be Greater Than AidsThe Huffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1981
Birth
Born on January 25, 1981.
1985
4 Years Old
In 1985, Keys made an appearance on The Cosby Show at the age of four, where she and a group of girls played the parts of Rudy Huxtable's sleepover guests in the episode "Slumber Party".
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TEENAGE
1994
13 Years Old
In 1994, Keys met long-term manager Jeff Robinson after she enrolled in his brother's after-school program.
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1997
16 Years Old
Keys signed a demo deal with Jermaine Dupri and So So Def Recordings, where she appeared on the label's Christmas album performing "The Little Drummer Girl". She also co-wrote and recorded a song entitled "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Men in Black.
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TWENTIES
Keys released her first studio album, Songs in A Minor, in June 2001.
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The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'".
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The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005.
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2006
25 Years Old
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In October 2006, she played the voice of Mommy Martian in the "Mission to Mars" episode of the children's television series The Backyardigans, in which she sang an original song, "Almost Everything Is Boinga Here".
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Keys made guest appearances on several television series in the following years, beginning with Charmed. She made her film debut in Smokin' Aces and went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries in 2007.
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"No One" earned Keys the awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
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She also received three nominations at the 2009 Grammy Awards and won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Superwoman".
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The album's fourth single, "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down", was released in February 2010 and peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 76 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
THIRTIES
2011
30 Years Old
On September 26, 2011, was the premiere of Project 5 known as Five, short film that marks the debut of Alicia Keys as a director.
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In September 2012, she will be featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book.
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