Alicia Keys Biography

Alicia Keys Biography

Alicia Augello Cook, we also known as Alicia Keys, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. She can play piano and Keys was composing songs by age 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records. Because of her talents, she signed with Arista Records in 1998. While she was accepted to Columbia University on a full scholarship, after a four-week stint at the school Keys departed to devote herself fully to her music. Born in January 25, 1981, in New York, Growing up, Keys was raised by her mother, Nikki Augello—a part-time actress and paralegal. Alicia Keys began piano lessons at age 7.  Her debut album Songs in A Minor (2001) went platinum five times over and earned her five Grammys. Critics roundly praised the album not only for its musical polish, but also for its lyric maturity. 

At the 2002 Grammy Awards, Keys took home awards for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Artist. 

 She followed up with hit albums such as The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007) and Girl on Fire (2009), all of which won the artist Grammys.

Outside of music, Keys has also ventured into acting on television and film. In 1985, a 4-year-old Keys appeared as one of Keshia Knight Pulliam's friends on The Cosby Show (1984-92). She appeared on several other series years later, including Charmed (1998-06), American Dreams (2002-05) and The Backyardigans (2004-), and made her film debut in 2006, appearing in the action film Smokin' Aces as Georgia Sykes. She went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008), alongside renowned actresses Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson.

In 2016, Keyes joined pop star Miley Cyrus as new judges on Season 11 of the TV singing competition The Voice. She left the show after two seasons, but was back for Season 14.

Keys hosted the Grammy Awards in February 2019, and contributed to the night's musical festivities by switching between pianos to play some of her all-time favorites from artists like Nat King Cole, Roberta Flack and Lauryn Hill.

Now, lets talk about Alicia Keys personal life. In July 2010, Keys married hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz and Alicia birth their first child together in October 2010, the son name is Egypt Daoud Dean. In December 2014, they welcomed their second son, Genesis Ali Dean.

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