ALICIA KEYS Alicia Augello Cook known as Alicia
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ALICIA KEYS
Alicia Augello Cook known as Alicia Keys q American R&B singer-songwriter q Musician q Record Producer
q Started music and dance classes at the age of 2 years old. q Learned to play the piano and classical music composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin at age 7.
q Enrolled at Professional Performing Arts by the age of 12. q Started writing songs at the age 14.
Graduated school at the age of 16 as valedictorian. q Enrolled at Columbia University right after high school. q Signed to Columbia Records shortly after causing her to drop out of college. q
q First record- Dah Dee Dah, featured in Men in Black soundtrack(1997). q First album released June 2001 - Songs in a Minor; classical piano, R&B, Soul and Jazz genre were incorporated.
q Made #1 Billboard 200 shortly after release. q 6. 2 million copies sold in the U. S and 12 million copies sold international.
q Won 5 Grammy Awards in 2002: Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song. q Alicia Keys was the first female artist to appear on MTV unplugged.
Alicia has a vocal range of a contralto, which spans three octaves. q She can sing from B flat over an octave below middle C (B♭ 2) to B below soprano C (B 5). q Her style comes from gospel and vintage soul music. q
q Alicia Keys is an inspiration to many young music artists and young girls. q Incorporates the piano in most of all her songs.
