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Who is Alicia keys?
Passion and determination to achieve your dreams make everything fall in the right space. Alicia Keys, an American singer, and songwriter who started her piano lessons at the age of seven. She is a trained pianist, started composing songs at the age of 12. When she was 15 years old, she signed her first contract with Columbia Records.
Later she signed with Arista Records. In 2001 she released her debut album, Songs in A Minor. The album was produced with J Records and it was critically and commercially successful. It was in Billboard Hot 100 and over 12 million copies were sold worldwide. Alicia Keys is a successful music artist and she has received many accolades for her excellent work.
Personal Details
- Celebrity Name: Alicia Keys
- Full Name: Alicia Augello Cook
- Gender: Female
- Birth Date: 25 January 1981
- Birth Place: Hell’s Kitchen
- Age: 40
- Height: 1.65M
- Weight: 55KG
- Nationality: American
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Status: Married
- Husband: Swizz Beatz
- Children: 2
- Profession: Singer, Song-Writer, and Actress
- Net Worth: $150 million
Early Life
Alicia Augello was born on January 25, 1981, in Hell’s Kitchen near New York. She was raised by her mother, Nikki Augello who was a part-time actress and a paralegal. When Alicia was 7 years old, her mother insisted her to join instrument classes that led her to attend Manhattan’s prestigious Professional Performance Arts School.
She opted for piano in school and majored in choir. Later at the age of 16, having excelled academically, Alicia was allowed to graduate. When Keys was in high school she already has the attention of record company executives. Later in 1998, she signed her contract with Arista Records. After achieving the full scholarship at Columbia University, she decided to drop out and fully concentrate on music.
Personal Life
Keys maintained a low profile relationship with her collaborator and good friend, Kerry Brothers Jr. They met in the early 1990s. Later due to some reasons both separated their ways.
Keys started dating hop-hop artist-producer Swizz Beatz. They knew each other from childhood days. They were engaged and expended their first child in May 2010. They married each other in a private ceremony on 31st July 2010. They are the parents of two sons, Egypt Daoud Dean and Genesis Ali Dean. Alicia loves her children unconditionally and spends time with them.
Career
In 2001, keys began her career. She released her first studio album, “Songs in a Minor”. The album was a huge success. Over 6.2 million copies were sold in America and 12 million copies worldwide. This made her an internationally famous singing star. From there, her career started rising to great heights.
Alicia Keys released her second album which had over 618,000 copies sold in the first week of its release. The album was named “The Diary of Alicia Keys” and it was debuted at number one on the Billboard200.
Later in 2006, keys got a starring role in the movie, “Smokin’ Aces” in which she played the role of Georgia Sykes, who was a female contract killer.
Her music always kept her high. The next album she released was “The Element of Freedom”. In this album, she departed the classical soul music which dominated her previous albums. The next album was released in 2012, “Girl on Fire” which was a mixture of conventional genre songs and piano ballads. It has occasional references to marriage and motherhood.
On 25th March 2016, it was announced that keys will be the new coach on Season 11 of The Voice. Also in 2016, she released her first single in four years, “In Common”. Also in the same year, she performed in San Siro, Milan in the opening ceremony OF the 2016 UEFA Champions League Finals.
On January 15, 2019, it was Alicia Keys was declared as the host of the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. This was the first time when she hosted such a big event. She became the first woman to host the show in 14 years. She performed playing two pianos at the same time. It was declared as one of the most memorable moments of the awards.
Later in September 2019, she released a single with Miguel, “Show Me, Love”. On September 24, the song was played on urban radio as the first single from the upcoming seventh studio album.
Awards and Achievements
Alicia keys have been nominated 788 times and won 270 awards. Four Songs in the album “A minor”, she was nominated for six Grammy Awards out of which she won five.
There was no look back since she started. She won many awards in major award functions like Grammy and MTV. Also, she was nominated 5 times for the Guinness World Records out of which she won 3. She was once addressed as the Best New Artist.
Alicia also hosted the Grammy Awards in 2020. She became the first woman to host this show in history. Alicia became the first female artist to win 5 awards on a single night in 2002. Alicia Keys made her name in the music industry winning some of the most recognized awards.
Alicia Keys’s Total Net Worth
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As of now, Alicia Keys net worth is $150 Million.
Alicia is a determined and hardworking music producer. She always prioritized her work over everything. Being a self-made name in the music industry Alicia is rising day by day. Her fans admire her every day. At a very early age, she started her music lessons and by the age of 15, she signed her first contract with a label. She released her debut album in 2001 which was a huge success. Since then she never looked back and achieved great heights in her career.