Alicia Keys is a name to reckon with in the music industry. She was born on January 25, 1981, in Manhattan, New York. She was born to a White mother, Terri
Augello, and a Black father, Craig Cook and was raised in the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City. Alicic was born to be a music star. At a very tender age of four she gave a start to her career with a role in "Wizard of Oz" . One of the most important influence in her life to whom can be credited the entire success of Alicia is her mother. She was very strict for her music lessons. She had told Alicia that nothing in her life is as important as her piano lessons. She began playing piano when she was seven. She learned classical music by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin, who was her favorite composer.
Keys graduated as valedictorian from the Professional Performing Arts School, a public high school in Manhattan. She briefly attended Columbia University on a scholarship before devoting herself to a full-time musical career. Following her mentor Clive Davis to his newly-formed J Records label, she released her debut album Songs in A Minor, the title being a reference to both her classical aspirations and to the fact that she wrote most of the songs while still being very young. This release sent Alicia to the top of the charts and her star status was confirmed. This song was commercially successful. With it she won five Grammy Awards in 2002. Because she wrote her own songs and played several instruments very well, consumers saw Keys as an original voice at a time when the musical marketplace was flooded with pop bands that were little more than an attractive front for the creative energies of others. She became one of the most successful artist of the twenty first century.
In late 2003, Keys released her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. this again went to the top of the Billboard R&B charts. At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremonies held on February 13, 2005, she gave a powerful solo performance of the single 'If I Ain't Got You', and then joined Jamie Foxx and Quincy Jones in a stirring rendition of the Hoagy Carmichael song made famous by the late Ray Charles, 'Georgia On My Mind'. She got 4 Grammys Awards.
Alicia is a well accomplishesd and a talented singer who is sure to reign the music industry. Its just right to say that she is a bonafide superstar.
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