Alicia Keys
Young, attractive, and talented Alicia Keys is an icon of millions of people today. The reason of that lies not only in her wonderful vocal and ability to combine it perfectly with an expressive piano playing but in her bright artistry, which is noted even by the strictest and sceptical critics.
Alicia Keys was born in America in 1982. At the age of five, she learned to play keyboard instruments and later, the girl sang in the choir. Alicia liked the music so much that even enrolling at the university did not become a serious spur for her to begin another, perhaps, more scientific and important activity. After four-year studying at the university, Alicia Keys dropped out of it and devoted all her free time to the music career.
Being both a singer and a songwriter, she signed a contract with Arista Records company in 1998 but their collaboration lasted one year only and did not bring substantial results. The second attempt was a contract with a new company, named СЕО J Records (BMG). Its founder was a former director of Arista Records Clive Davis and its first singer – Alicia Keys.
Soon Davis' professionalism in combination with Keys' talent enabled the young singer to make herself known, performing at concerts and festivals. In 2001, the singer released her debut album “Songs in A Minor” and immediately topped the most of charts. Also, music admirers of America and Europe marked the single “Fallin”, thanks largely to which the singer's first album was met so positively.
In 2002, Alicia's talent was not left unnoticed by Grammy Awards' organizers also. She received awards for The Best Artist and The Best Female Vocal. The album, entitled Songs in A Minor, became The Best R&B Album and the song “Fallin” - The Best R&B Song correspondingly.
In winter 2003, Alicia Keys released her second album The Diary Of Alicia Keys. Songs, included into it, combined perfectly an electronic sounding and sounding of 'live' music instruments and made critics admit Alicia's wonderful taste and her apparent abilities in music experiments. Two years later, in 2005, Alicia Keys released her concert CD, titled Unplugged, and earned a few Grammys for the vocal mainly.
The singer's third album was released in 2007 and peaked at number one in Billboard 200. The years 2008 and 2009 also turned to be very successful for Alicia's music career. She is not going to stop working, acting in films, recording soundtracks, performing at charitable concerts, and having an indirect influence on political moods in the society. In sum, a lot of people will agree that Alicia Keys made a right choice in her youth, presenting the world with such a stunning, music, and talented singer.
