Alicia Keys

Presentation by: Brookelyn Prince

Alicia Augello Cook

• Born: January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York

• Alicia Keys began piano lessons at age 7

Education• After graduating from the

Professional Performance Arts School at age 16, she signed a deal with Clive Davis in 1998, who started J Records.

• While she was accepted to Columbia University on a full scholarship, after a four-week stint at the school, Keys departed to devote herself fully to her music.

“Songs in a Minor”• She wrote, produced, and

performed the album Songs In A Minor, released in 2001. The album was almost an instant success! It debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart and included 2 top 10 hit singles, "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth."

Her debut album "Songs in A Minor" went platinum five times over and earned her five Grammys!

Singer

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SffurycojNo&feature=relmfu (no one)

• By mixing R&B with a sultry dose of neo-soul Alicia Keys created her own unique sound.

• Alicia Keys' voice is sweet and warm, with a smokiness and slight rasp to it.

• She often sings about love, heartbreak and female empowerment.

“Girl on Fire”

• At the 2012 VMA awards, Keys released her new song “Girl on Fire”

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=J91ti_MpdHA&feature=endscreen (girl on fire)

• Keys not only sings, but writes and produces her own music ie. Girl on Fire, Fallen, If I Ain’t Got You, No one and much more!

• Her lyrics for Girl on Fire center around toasting the "achievements of women everywhere”.

• She released her fifth studio album Girl on Fire on November 27, 2012.

Actor

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnpnAhQQG3s

(secret life of bees)

In addition to her music career, Alicia Keys has acted in several films, including Smokin' Aces (2006), The Nanny Diaries (2007), and The Secret Life of Bees (2008).

References

• www.Starpulse.com• www.Biography.com• www.Top40about.com• www.divadevotee.com• www.youtube.com (videos)• www.google.com (pictures)