Alicia Keys

By Robbie In her new video for “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” Alicia Keys tries flying in a purple catsuit. The melodic ballad is Keys’ second single off upcoming album The Element Of Freedom. As noted yesterday, Keys’ fourth studio album (out December 15) will also feature collaborations with...

By Becky Alicia Keys’ longtime producer Kerry “Krucial” Brothers’ tweets that the Superwoman and it-boy Drake are collaborating on a song on Alicia’s new (and long-delayed) album Element of Freedom. Tweets Brothers, “Wow this new Ak and Drake is fire!” The countdown begins to the inevitable le...

By Robbie 2. Favorite Female Artist: Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Carrie Underwood, Pink, Taylor Swift 6. Favorite R&B Artist: Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Usher AMERIE! 7. Favorite Pop Artist: Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift

By Robbie Pop piano diva Alicia Keys is wisely steering clear of cluttered release dates November 17 (Kris Allen, Leona Lewis, John Mayer, Katy Perry) and November 24 (Adam Lambert, Rihanna, Shakira, Lady GaGa) for new album The Element Of Freedom. Instead, she’ll go toe-to-toe with Lil Wayne’s R...

By Maura Friend-of-Idolator Michaelangelo Matos has a pretty spot-on review of Alicia Keys’ snoozy first single from her forthcoming pushed-back album The Elements Of Freedom in The Stranger; in the writeup he writes about how his sister saw the deadly serious arteeeste Keys in concert in 200...

By Maura “It takes the best acts that have been dropped and gives them a second chance. You look at Katy Perry, the Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, and Lady Gaga, they all have one thing in common: They’ve all been dropped from their labels … I was dropped. Think about how many times in your life you haven’t...

By Maura Meanwhile, the post-Video Music Awards mea culpas continued with pint-sized MC Lil Mama’s statement on her joining Jay-Z and Alicia Keys onstage at the end of Sunday night’s show, which honestly might have been more notable for how many people said “really? huh, I missed that” in its aft...

By Maura Johnston FAVORITE R&B SONG No One" by Alicia Keys Take A Bow" by Rihanna With You" by Chris Brown FAVORITE SONG FROM A SOUNDTRACK Another Way to Die" by Jack White & Alicia Keys from Quantum of Solace Labels or Love" by Fergie from Sex and the City Mamma Mia" by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia!

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By Chris Molanphy When T.I. soared from No. 71 to No. 1 with “Whatever You Like” in late August, I sniffed that this chart feat was becoming less amazing all the time, as several current acts like Usher and Maroon 5 had leapt to the top from outside the Top 40 (or, in Rihanna’s case, routinely: she’s done it three tim...

By Maura Johnston ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: As previewed in the non-Jack-approved Coke Zero ad, the music for the first duet in James Bond-theme history keeps the grandiosity intact, albeit with a little bit of White Stripesy mud smeared around here and there, and a backmasked bridge. But the vocals... uh, is this...

By Maura Johnston E! gossip Marc Malkin is claiming that Alicia Keys has won the race to provide a song for the next James Bond movie, a race that had previously been led by Amy Winehouse, Duffy, and Annie Lennox. The movie is due out in November, and as of now Keys' rep isn't commenting, which, as we all know, mea...

By Anthony Miccio Ashanti "The Way That I Love You" Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" Mary J. Blige "Just Fine" UGK feat. OutKast "Int'l Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" Kanye West feat. T-Pain "Good Life" Erykah Badu "Honey" Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Snoop Dogg Jay-Z Lil' Wayne Common Kanye West

By Maura Johnston I suspect that some of the reason Ludacris was referred to as "Mr. Bridges" was that there's at least some precedent; his movie and TV credits frequently refer to him as Chris "Ludacris" Bridges. But what, pray tell, could be the difference between a "stage name" and an "alias"? Is it one of th...

By Maura Johnston 1998 (3 albums) 2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill 44. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams 59. Ray of Light, Madonna 2007 (5 albums) 9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse 10. In Rainbows, Radiohead 33. As I Am, Alicia Keys 50. Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem 52. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon

By Anthony Miccio Amy Winehouse actually did something semi-music-related this weekend, when the above clip—of her plonking away on a guitar and mewling backing vocals while her goddaughter pretty capably sang Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You"—was posted to Pete Doherty's very active YouTube channel....

By Anthony Miccio Alicia Keys "Like You'll Never See Me Again" Mary J. Blige "Just Fine" UGK feat. OutKast "Int'l Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" Kanye West feat. T-Pain "Good Life" Alicia Keys Mary J. Blige Keyshia Cole Rihanna Mariah Carey Raheem DeVaughn Trey Songz Ne-Yo Chris Brown J. Holiday

By Maura Johnston 8:12 p.m. "Why'd you choose [Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You"] for Syesha?" "Well, I saw her perform it on that abomination that tried to compete with Idol a few years back..." 8:44 p.m. This is the milkiest piece of white bread ever. Does America really want bad floral wallpaper as its Idol? Really,...

By Maura Johnston You'd think that someone whose album has sold 3.4 million copies in this arid music marketplace would feel that she doesn't have to promote her album by engaging in silly stunts that only use the commercial breaks on The Hills to show the world that Nick Lachey has more acting chops than she d...

By Anthony Miccio School Daze, being Spike Lee's second full-length film, is a little clumsy for a musical and features the worst ending in a career full of bad ones, but it has an excellent cast and plenty of memorable set pieces. So it's no shock that Alicia Keys would interpolate it for her new video, "Teena...

By Anthony Miccio Alicia Keys clumsily claims that the concept of "gangsta rap" was a concoction of the government/media in a Blender interview, and uncommercial maverick artists like 50 Cent get in a tizzy over the idea that they might be playing into some sort of conglomerate-approved caricature. "I do...

By Anthony Miccio If you were a multiplatinum artist and Grammy perennial like Alicia Keys, would you bother appearing in Fresh Takes, a Dove-sponsored "microseries" that runs during episodes of The Hills? Wouldn't roles in upcoming prestige pics with names like The Secret Life Of Bees and Composition...

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1. Usher feat. Young Jeezy, "Love in This Club" (LW No. 2, 8 weeks) 6. Alicia Keys, "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (LW No. 4, 23 weeks) 8. J. Holiday, "Suffocate" (LW No. 7, 26 weeks) 9. Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" (LW No. 9, 27 weeks)

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2. Usher Featuring Young Jeezy, "Love In This Club" (LW No. 6, 7 weeks) 4. Alicia Keys, "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (LW No. 2, 22 weeks) 7. J. Holiday, "Suffocate" (LW No. 4, 25 weeks) 9. Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" (LW No. 5, 26 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 8. Janet Jackson, Discipline (38,000) 9. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part One (35,000) 10. Hannah Montana/Miley Ray Cyrus, Best Of Both Worlds (34,000) 12. Taylor Swift (33,000) 13. Alicia Keys, As I Am (32,000) 14. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (28,000)

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1. Keyshia Cole, "I Remember" (LW No. 1, 18 weeks) 2. Alicia Keys, "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (LW No. 2, 19 weeks) 3. J. Holiday, "Suffocate" (LW No. 3, 22 weeks) 4. The-Dream, "Falsetto" (LW No. 7, 13 weeks) 5. Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" (LW No. 4, 23 weeks)

By Maura Johnston 1. Janet Jackson, Discipline (181,000) 2. Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part One (124,000) 5. Alicia Keys, As I Am (58,000) 7. Once soundtrack (47,000) 8. Juno soundtrack (42,000) 10. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (38,000) 11. Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains (34,000)

By Maura Johnston 2. Alicia Keys, As I Am (53,000) 3. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (52,000) 4. Kidz Bop 13 (49,000) 6. Juno Soundtrack (38,000) 9. Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains (35,000) 10. Taylor Swift (33,000) 17. 2008 Grammy Nominees (25,000) 18. Daughtry 25,000) 19. Jim Jones, Harlem's American Gangster (25,000)

By Maura Johnston 2. Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (115,000) 3. Alicia Keys, As I Am (109,000) 4. 2008 Grammy Nominees (72,000) 5. Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters (54,000) 6. Juno soundtrack (53,000) 7. Taylor Swift (52,000) 8. Sheryl Crow, Detours (52,000) 9. Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains (49,000)

By Chris Molanphy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2. Alicia Keys, "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (LW No. 1, 16 weeks) 3. J. Holiday, "Suffocate" (LW No. 4, 19 weeks) 4. Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" (LW No. 3, 20 weeks) 7. Webbie, Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie, "Independent" (LW No. 5, 17 weeks)

By Maura Johnston And a bonus track: For an anticlimactic show, that ending sure was an anticlimax. After Herbie Hancock's Album Of The Year win (still causing controversy, just in case you were wondering!), the New York CBS affiliate cut to about seven minutes of commercials--and then, all of a sudden, th...

By Maura Johnston Alicia Keys' As I Am topped the album charts this week, selling 61,000 copies and increasing its sales total by 3% over a week ago, when it was in the No. 2 slot. Last week's top seller, the soundtrack to Juno, took a 16% hit and flip-flopped with As I Am. Thank God the Jack Johnson album is coming ou...

By Jess Harvell A new(ish) destination for Idolator-reading R&B fans should be Andy Kellman's R&B chart watch on the Allmusic blog, where he runs down the most recent debuts on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Sometimes literally runs them down, as with with this double-zinged attac...

By Chris Molanphy 2. Alicia Keys, "No One" (LW No. 2, 20 weeks) 5. Fergie, "Clumsy" (LW No. 5, 15 weeks) 15. Alicia Keys, "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (LW No. 16, 11 weeks) 18. Wyclef Jean Featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia, "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" (LW No. 18, 19 weeks)

By Maura Johnston In a pretty dismal week for the album charts overall, Alicia Keys' As I Am held on to the top spot, selling 61,000 copies—a 14% dropoff from the week before. The next three chart entries—the Juno soundtrack, Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains, and Radiohead's In Rainbows—all stayed in the same ch...

Contrary to earlier reports, the Juno soundtrack did not take the up-the-pole position on this week's album-sales charts--instead, the Moldy Peaches-stuffed album took the No. 3 slot, selling 68,000 copies. Instead, this week's No. 1 was Alicia Keys' As I Am, which sold 70,000 copies and...

By mjohnston From Hits: "[Next] week's chart will probably be topped by Rhino's soundtrack to the universally adored* Juno, with a projected 70-75k. It should be followed by a still-robust Alicia Keys (J/RMG), who's headed toward 60-65k, with Radiohead (TBD/ATO/RED) and Mary J. Blige (Geffen) both...

By Kate Richardson If you're any kind of pop fan worth your weight in gold records, you're aware that Alicia Keys' "No One" was a gleaming gem on the somewhat bleak Top 40 radio landscape this year, and if you're a film fan you've hopefully already seen Sweeney Todd. The two are both vaguely about love and longin...

By Chris Molanphy • What were we saying last week about Alicia Keys as the double-hit juggernaut? Scratch that, and take a look at Chris Brown. "With You," the followup to his former chart-topper "Kiss Kiss," leaps nine spots into the Top 20, mostly thanks to a major boost in radio airplay. Meanwhile, Keys has...

By Chris Molanphy • Hope you haven't OD'd on Keys, because she's already got her followup lined up: "Like You'll Never See Me Again" is just outside the Top 10 on the Hot 100 and already No. 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, right behind... um, "No One." With that song still tops in airplay on the overall radio panel an...

By jharv 50 Britney Spears - Blackout 40 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 36 Alicia Keys - As I Am 29 Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains 18 Lucinda Williams - West 17 The White Stripes - Icky Thump 15 Common - Finding Forever 05 Kanye West - Graduation 03 Jay-Z - American Gangster

By jharv The grownups and the survivors, Alicia Keys and the warmly recieved Backstreet Boys (side note: when did AJ start looking like the emo Dave Attell?), unsurprisingly proved to be the only performers who had the biz-honed ability to command a crowd that size, but even with Timbaland inter...

By mjohnston 40. Kanye West f/T-Pain - Good Life 31. Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call 22. Alicia Keys - No One 18. Ludacris f/Mary J. Blige - Runaway Love 16. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 13. The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight 7. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right 6. Kanye West - Stronger 5. Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

By mjohnston Yes, that's right: It's another week in December where the album charts are topped by Josh Groban's Oprah-endorsed Noel. This week, the holiday-themed collection sold 581,000 copies, an 8% gain over last week's sales total and more than double the tally of the week's No. 2 record, Alicia K...

By jharv 35. Alicia Keys, "No One" (J) 17. Amy Winehouse, "Love Is a Losing Game" (Universal Republic) 14. DJ Unk ft. OutKast & Jim Jones, "Walk It Out (Remix)" (Big Oomp/Koch) 11. Keyshia Cole ft. Missy Elliott & Lil Kim, "Let It Go" (Imani/Geffen)

By mjohnston 1. Josh Groban, Noel (405,000) 2. Alica Keys, As I Am (349,000) 3. Now 26 (234,000) 6. High School Musical 2 soundtrack (183,000) 10. Jordin Sparks (119,000) 13. Taylor Swift (88,000) 14. Jay-Z, American Gangster (87,000) 18. Colbie Caillat, Coco (74,000) 19. Beyonce, B'Day (73,000)

By Chris Molanphy In short, the message of this week isn't just "Alicia Keys is popular"; it's "You forgot how goddamned crazy-popular Alicia Keys is, and you'd better get behind her ASAP." Keys thumping Celine Dion by a three-to-one margin gives the greenlight to any radio program director still holding...

By Maura Johnston Yesterday, I wondered whether Alicia Keys or Celine Dion would top next week's album charts, and a poll of our readers indicated a plurality of support for Ms. Almost Named Herself Alicia Wild, although a few people noted that Celine's appearance on Oprah earlier this week would likely ci...

By Chris Molanphy Keys, praised on the cover of last week's Billboard as a "career artist" and beloved by radio listeners twice her age (remember all those Grammys five years ago?), is now a known quantity and enjoyed multi-format airplay for "No One" from the start. Brown--let's call him the Gen-Z Usher--...

By Chris Molanphy 4. Alicia Keys, "No One" (LW No. 4, 7 weeks) 6. Kanye West, "Stronger" (LW No. 2, 13 weeks) 8. Kanye West feat. T-Pain, "Good Life" (LW No. 10, 6 weeks) 13. Britney Spears, "Gimme More" (LW No. 6, 7 weeks) 18. Keyshia Cole feat. Missy Elliott & Lil Kim, "Let It Go" (LW No. 16, 18 weeks)

By Maura Johnston ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: When I first heard Keys' debut single "Fallin'" back in the day, I complained to anyone within listening range that its backing track sounded like one of the piano etudes I spent hours on end practicing in high school--an irritating thing if only because her marketed...