The book name of Alicia Keys is Alicia Augello Cook however, she is more popularly known by her role name. This famous American versatile talented recording artist, actress cum musician, was groomed by her single mother, and was born on January 25, 1981. However, Alicia released her first album in the year 2001 with J. Records although she has signed before with famous recording studios like Arista Records and Columbia.
Her debut album has a great success; it was named as “Songs in a Minor” and it sold more than 12 million copies globally. Keys became the number-1 ranking artist in new best-selling and R&B best-selling artist category on 2001. Keys received Grammy awards for this album. Her second album “The Diary of Alicia Keys” were also a mega-hit and also earned her 5 Grammy awards on 2005. Her other albums like Unplugged and MTV Unplugged were highly applauded.
Alicia Keys is a famous television star also. In 2009 her album Element of Freedom ranked number-1 in UK; presently she is one of the best selling artists of her era and it has confirmed her ranking in 100 great artist of all time.