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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys performing live in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany in 2002
Background information
Birth name Alicia J. Augello-Cook
Also known as Lellow[1]
Born January 25, 1981 (1981-01-25) (age 27)[2][3]
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s) R&B, soul, neo soul, jazz
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, actress, music video director, philanthropist, author
Instrument(s) Singing, piano/keyboards
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) MBK Entertainment, Columbia, J
Website www.aliciakeys.com
Alicia J. Augello-Cook (born January 25, 1981),[2][3][4] better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B, soul and neo soul
singer-songwriter, pianist and actress, who has sold over 25 million albums worldwide as of 2007,[citation needed] and has won numerous
awards, including eleven Grammy Awards, seventeen Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image
Awards.
Her debut album, "Songs in A Minor" was a worldwide success and received the record of five Grammy Awards in a single night in 2002.