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The first album "Songs in a Minor" was released in 2001 with the hits "fallin 'were able to occupy the charts in the US number 1 and number 3 in the UK. The album "Song in a Minor" has won five times platinum and won five times gramy Award in the category of Song of the Year, Best R & B song, Best R & B Album, Best Female R & B Vocal Performance and Best New Artist.
The second single from the same album, "A Woman's Worth" was released in February 2002 and became number 3 on Billboard's Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs. And the song "A Woman's Worth" equally successful with that first hit, "Fallin '.
Alicia released her second album "The Diary of Alicia Keys" in December 2003. The album was able to get to the top chart Billboard R & B, with sales of more than 618,000 copies in the first week after the release of this album. The album has sold 8 billion worldwide. And became the top-selling album and the biggest by a female artist and the second largest in sales by category R & B female artist.
The second single from the album, entitled "If I is not Got You", topped the charts in America and the second single "Diary", topped the charts for two. Alicia won Best R & B Video for "If I Is not Got You" at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.
After the success of her album, Alicia re-released the album "Mtv Unplugged" in 2005 with the new arrangements. And becoming first Unplugged by a female artist to debut at number one. Hit "unbreakable" able to occupy the first position on the Billboard Hot Adult R & B Airplay for 11 weeks. But the second hit entitled "Every Little Bit Hurts", was released in January 2006, it failed to enter the U.S. charts.
The album "As I Am", was released in November 2007 with "No One" as the lead single. The album Peaked in the top position on the Billboard Hot 100, and has sold 742 000 copies in its first week. The album also increased sharply with the success of second single "Like You'll Never See Me Again" Peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs for seven consecutive weeks. From October 27, 2007, when "No One" Reached No. 1, through February 16, 2008, the last week "Like You'll Never See Me Again" was at No. 1, the Keys was on the top of the charts for 17 weeks, more consecutive weeks than any other artist in the Hot R & B / Hip / Hop Songs chart. And the song "No One" earned Keys the awards for Best Female R & B Vocal Performance and Best R & B Song at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
In December 2009, Alicia re-released the album "The Element of Freedom" with "Does not Mean Anything" as its first single. Although the album sold 417,000 copies during its first week of release, however, only able to be in the second position in the Billboard Hot 200 and is no longer able to reach the position of number one in its debut release. And the single "Does not Mean Anything" only reached position 60 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart and then In 2010, Alicia collaborated with rapper Jay-Z in the tittle song "Empire State of Mind" is a commercial success. Through this song Alicia has won Grammy Awards for Best Rap / Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song in 2010.
"Girl on Fire" is the fifth album which was released on November 27, 2012. The album was again put Alicia on the pinnacle of success after being able to occupy position 1 and won a Grammy Award for Best R & B album in 2014. The song is uptempo was followed by the second single with the ballad genre titled "Brand New Me". Alicia was Collaborated with singer Kendrick Lamar's in a song "It's On Again" which became the soundtrack of the movie "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".
On September 8, 2014, Alicia uploaded a music video of his new song "We Are Here" on his Facebook page, along with the long status update that describes the motivation and inspiration for writing the song.
Alicia was also working with Pharrell Williams to work on the sixth studio album which is scheduled for release in 2015. In an interview with Vibe, Alicia illustrate the theme of this album as 'aggressive'. One of the album's title track is titled "Killing Your Mother". But in September 2015, Swizz Beatz confirmed that Alicia sixth studio album will be delayed and released in 2016.
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