Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys went to college yesterday — and made a menschy appearance at New York University’s Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music. Keys took questions from students — aspiring songwriters — and then put on a half hour show with her full band at NYU’s Skirball Center. Her set included t...

The CD finds Keys working again with her musical partner, Krucial Keys, and producer Jeff Bhasker, who recently produced tracks on the latest albums from Jay-Z and Kanye West. Keys credits Oprah Winfrey and other business-minded people with turning on her entrepreneurial spirit.

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Whitney Houson wasn’t too sure about working with rapper/singer/producer Akon for her new album, I Look to You, when her label president, Clive Davis, suggested him as a suitable collaborator. By contrast, Houston had no reservations about working with Alicia Keys. She knew as soon as sh...

Swizz Beatz has a thing for millions. He produced and is featured on Maino’s “Million Bucks,” and now the superproducer has given Whitney Houston a beat for the song “Million Dollar Bill.” Clive Davis presented the album and told a story of how Keys asked him personally to write for the album.

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As expected, the mediocre ballad “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” is not the first song from Whitney Houston’s highly-anticipated return of an album I Look To You. It was just a teaser track that was probably leaked by the Arista execs to build up some hype around the new album. Whitney has offi...

It’s no secret that Alicia Keys is busy working on new music but a rumored collaboration with returning ‘Bodyguard’ vocalist Whitney Houston is creating buzz across the net. Keys, currently working on the follow up to 2007s “As I Am,” is rumored to have penned a song for the former “I Have No...

Alicia Keys was already a triple threat musician-singer-songwriter by the time she signed her first recording deal in the late ‘90s. Since her recording debut with “Songs in A Minor,” Keys has sold millions of records, won 12 Grammys® and numerous BET Awards, and racked up an impressive l...

Since bursting onto the music scene in 2001 with her distinctive blend of soul, hip-hop, jazz and classical music, Alicia Keys has built an unparalleled repertoire of hits and accomplishments with over 30 million albums sold worldwide. Her debut album, Songs In A Minor, which spawned he...

Alicia Keys wants $5 from every “American Idol” fan. The Grammy-winning singer appeared on the hit Fox show Wednesday to urge viewers to support the Text ALIVE Challenge, which aims to bring medicine and medical care to children and families with HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. Keys asked fa...

Singer/songwriter/actress Keys has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide since the release of her first studio album Songs in A Minor in 2001. With 11 Grammy Awards (and three more current nominations), 17 Billboard Music Awards, 5 American Music Awards, and a recent fourth consec...

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Eleven-time Grammy-award-winning musician Alicia Keys told an intimate gathering of reporters this afternoon that she was excited to see all the exhibits on the convention floor at NAMM this year — but first she performed a stellar three-song set.

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Outstanding Song “Greenlight” – John Legend (Columbia Records) “Single Ladies” – Beyoncé (MusicWorld/Columbia Records) “Spotlight” – Jennifer Hudson (Arista) “Superwoman” – Alicia Keys (J Records) “Yes We Can” – Will.i.am (Will.i.am Music Group/Interscope)

Airdate: Friday, December 5th, 2008 Alicia Keys to Appear on The Tyra Banks Show 12.5.08 Keys also discusses with “The Tyra Banks Show” the meaning behind her hit song Superwoman. Keys explains to “The Tyra Banks Show” why she co-founded the charity “Keep A Child Alive.”

Grammy Award-winning artists Alicia Keys and John Legend will each perform at the “CNN Heroes” gala. Celebrities slated to appear include: Cameron Diaz, Meg Ryan, Forest Whitaker, Salma Hayek, Lucy Liu, Terrence Howard, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale and Selena Gomez. In addition, Hug...

According to the singer, she’s gonna take a break for music, while she gears up for the theater release of new movie “The Secret Life Of Bees.” However, “The Secret Life Of Bees” is hitting theaters this week, so fans have that to look forward to. Her character, June, Keys said is a tough cookie.

Keys was recognized for her album, “As I Am,” which opened at No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart last November. It was cited for favorite album in the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories, and she was nominated for favorite artist in both those categories.

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By paqui In the van between early White Stripes gigs, Jack White liked to play composer John Barry’s James Bond soundtracks — the theme from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, with its dramatic horns and strings, was a particular favorite. So White, a lifelong Bond fan, didn’t hesitate when produce...

Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson and a growing-up-quick Dakota Fanning were dressed to kill at the premiere of ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ at the Toronto International Film Festival Friday night — and ET’s Jann Carl was there for all the buzz!

For Alicia Keys, something actually is in the water. The music superstar is the latest to join the growing list of celebs – including 50 Cent and Jennifer Aniston – endorsing Vitamin Water. Alicia took a more serious approach when OK! asked her about her trip to Africa and her involvement wit...

Disney has chosen Alicia Keys and several other celebrities for singing classic Disney Princess songs for the Princess DisneyMania compilation CD which will be released 30th September 2008. Alicia will record Christina Aguilera’s ‘Reflection‘ from the Mulan movie.

Philip Morris International became an independent company in March when it was spun-off from Altria Group Inc., parent company of Philip Morris USA. Industry analysts viewed the spin-off as part of a strategy by Philip Morris International to more aggressively target developing natio...

Yesterday was the Tour Wrap of Alicia Keys’ As I Am Tour in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Flo Rida, Estelle and John Legend attended the tour wrap celebration in The Park later the evening. Pictures of the concert have been added to the gallery:

Keys wants it that way. It rolls quiet for Keys in her private life, but publicly she’s been one of the consistently biggest sellers in the music industry since her 2001 debut, “Songs in A Minor.” Keys’ latest album, “As I Am,” has sold more than three million copies.

Keys started off with the reggae-tinged “Ghetto Story” and had the whole stadium going “Rah! Rah! Rah!” “Teenage Love Affair” followed, and then she started paying homage to Mary J. Blige, singing “Be Happy” a cappella. The beat for the remix to “Be Happy” kicked in, and out came Brooklyn’s...

Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson has recruited India.Arie and Alicia Keys as mentors as she plans to embark on a pop career. The Oscar winner and former American Idol favourite hopes to release her first album after her new film Sex + The City hits cinemas next month (Jun08) and she has turned...

At first, it seemed that Alicia Keys might have been swallowed up by her machine. At last night’s concert at a half-filled Value City Arena, she initially showed up gamely singing and dancing with six dancers dressed as mimes, a quartet of backup singers, a full band, and a light show worthy...

Alicia Keys embarked on a journey, during the spring of 2006, which changed her life forever. During her month long trip, Alicia witnessed countless stories of people infected with HIV who, despite the odds, were overcoming their personal hardships with astonishing bravery. Some of the...

Apparently speculations about Beyonce Knowles’s marriage to Jay-Z have sparked another celebrity wedding rumor. MediaTakeOut.com reported that the successful R ‘n’ B singer Alicia Keys is planning to tie her knot to boyfriend Kerry “Krucial” Brothers in the summer. Allegedly, the nup...

Among today’s young female stars, Alicia Keys — 11-time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, budding actress, anti-AIDS activist and all-around pop-culture role model — would seem one of the least likely to have a nervous breakdown.

Alicia Keys says she’s not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying “comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented.” The multiplatinum star behind the hits “Fallin’” and “No One” most re...

Alicia Keys has been forced to postpone the first two dates of her forthcoming 2008 European Tour due to illness. After being diagnosed with laryngitis, it has been determined by Alicia’s doctors that rest is the most viable option for enabling a fast and full recovery.

In this week’s Hip-Hop and R&B charts, Alicia Keys gives up her No. 1 spot, Mary J. Blige keeps Keys company in the Top 10 and Amy Winehouse rockets up 30 spots following her Grammy wins and performance Sunday night. Alicia Keys continues to move units but fell to No. 3 this week with [...]

The “As I Am” tour kicks off in Glasgow, Scotland on February 25, 2008 and continues throughout Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Central and South America. Designer Giorgio Armani designs custom wardrobe for Alicia Keys’ As I Am world tour and launches th...

Also, during Fox’s pregame show, American Idol judge Paula Abdul sang, er lip-synced, her new song Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow. Speaking of American Idol, there seems to be a little bit too much Ryan Seacrest during Fox’s pregame show. Alicia Keys sang to a less-than-half-full stadium...

•“I think I spent a lot of my first two albums feeling like I had to prove that I could do all of this. So I was very controlling. I would come into a session with everything mapped out, and I think that restricted me in a lot of ways.” •“I just want to keep creating.”

Dakota Fanning and Alicia Keys are in final negotiations to join the cast of “The Secret Life of Bees,” a female-oriented coming-of-age tale based on the Sue Monk Kidd best-seller. Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Sophie Okonedo are already on board the Fox Searchlight project, which...

Keys, whose album As I Am recently debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, will sing two tracks from the platinum-selling disc. Fellow Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz will join the singer and perform live in New York’s Times Square.

Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman raves about Alicia Keys' performance Thursday night at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom for the fourth annual Keep A Child Alive fundraiser. "And what they heard may go down in contemporary music history as the night Keys sang a Bono song ...