Alicia keys real name
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Alicia Keys
American singer and songwriter (born 1981)
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981),[3][4][5][6][7] known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter. A classically trained pianist, Keys began composing songs at the age of 12 and was signed by Columbia Records at 15. After disputes with the label, she signed with J Records to release her debut studio album, Songs in A Minor (2001). Met with critical acclaim and commercial success, the album sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won five awards at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. It contained the Billboard Hot 100-number one single "Fallin'". Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), was met with continued success, selling eight million units worldwide and spawning the singles "You Don't Know My Name", "If I Ain't Got You", and "Diary" (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!).[8] Its release earned an additional four Grammy Awards.[9]
Her 2004 duet with Usher, "My Boo", became her second number-one single in t
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She has sold over forty-one million albums and singles worldwide as of 2007, and has won numerous awards, including fourteen Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.
Early life
[change | change source]Keys was born on January 25, 1981, in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City, New York.[1] Her birth name is Alicia Augello Cook. She is the only child of Teresa Augello, a paralegal and part-time actress, and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Her mother is of half Italian and half English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry,[2] and her father is of African American ancestry.[3] Keys has expressed that she was comfortable with her mixed race heritage because she felt she was able to "relate to different cultures".[4]
Discography
[change | change source]Main articles: Alicia Keys discography and List of songs written by Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys - Biography
Alicia Augello Cook, popularly known as Alicia Keys, was born to Terri Augello, an Italian-Irish paralegal, and Craig Cook, an African-American flight attendant, on January 25, 1981. The future 'Fallin'' hit singer's parents split when she was just two, and she was raised by her mum in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York.
Musical beginnings
Alicia started singing as soon as she could speak, and quickly showed off some impressive musical talents. The 'Doesn't Mean Anything' star started piano lessons aged seven, and within two years was already playing Chopin sonatas.
Aged 12, Alicia entered New York's Professional Performing Arts School to study voice and dance. In 1996, the aspiring vocalist graduated two years early – and first in her class. Despite her youth, a scholarship to Columbia University followed. However, with a recording contract already under her belt from when she as aged just 15, Alicia dropped out of college after just a month in order to pursue her singing career.
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