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Alicia Keys, the one nicknamed the Princess of Soul has been heavily influenced by various musical styles.
This will also push to experiment with other genres and embrace an environment that mixes eclectic
Soul, Jazz, Blues, Funk, R & B, Pop, Rock, Rap, Groove, Reggae hence the diversity of each his albums
In fact, Alicia Keys was extremely influenced by different generations and musical disciplines,
from the style of Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston.
Born January 25, 1981 in Harlem, New York, multi-talented
pianist, singer, songwriter and singer, American actress.
She grew up in the borough of Manhattan in New York,
and receives from the age of 7 years training in classical music.
At 16 years, graduated from the prestigious Manhattan Performing Art School,
she continued her training at Columbia University in New York, she left shortly after
to pursue her musical career with Columbia Records, then with J Records ( 1999)
under the tutelage of Clive Davis and her manager Jeff Robinson who had marked its 15 years.
In 2001, she released her first album, Songs in A Minor,
which was a huge success with global sales of more than 12 million copies and harvest five Grammy Awards in 2002.
The young singer is necessary and, as an artist reference globally and one of the best vendors album R & B / Soul.
Alicia won with Songs in A Minor, five Grammy Awards in 2002.
The title Fallin 'was also nominated for Record of the Year.
Alicia Keys became, in 2002, the solo artist who won the most Grammy Awards
in a single night after Lauryn Hill at the 41st Grammy Awards.
During the same year, Alicia co-wrote the title "impossible" for the album Stripped of Christina Aguilera.
In the early 2000s, Keys also made appearances in television series Charmed and American Dreams.
Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, completed in 2003, was also another international success
with sales of more than 8 million copies and harvest four Grammy Awards in 2005.
In July of the same year, Alicia Keys has made her first live album Unplugged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for MTV.
During this session, Alicia has added new arrangements to her original songs and new songs.
In early 2007, Alicia made her film debut in the film 'Aces price alongside Ben Affleck and Andy García.
She received good reviews for her role.
In November 2007, Alicia released her third studio album, As I Am
What will be the best first week sales of Alicia, and it will, at the same time his fourth album placing consecutive No. 1 Billboard 200 at its output.
This leads her alongside Britney Spears.
During the summer of 2009, Alicia Keys collaborated with rapper-producer Swizz Beatz
to write and produce Million Dollar Bill the title for the seventh studio album Whitney Houston I Look to You.
In August 2009, she has worked and recorded with Jay-Z the song "The Blueprint" for "Empire State of Mind" album.
In 2009, Alicia returns with her 4th studio album The Element of Freedom.
This is one of the albums more nuanced and more personal, after his previous album As I Am
The Element of Freedom is an album where the artist found neo-soul rebel as noted in the magazine The New York Times.
In fact, Alicia shakes a little comfort to the listener,
as the title Put It in a Love song, a song to the rhythms of Brazilian samba.
In 2012 she released her 5th studio album "Girls on fire" which appears to be as successful as her previous albums.
Thank you and bye bye!