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Alicia Keys' official website says Alicia Keys possesses an "old soul," and the hard facts seem to back up the implied claim of wisdom and experience that transcend Alicia Keys' youth. Barely in her twenties, Alicia Keys is responsible for an extremely hot debut, Songs in A Minor. The release, which Alicia Keys wrote and produced for Clive Davis' J Records, blends diverse influences, including R&B, hip-hop, classical, and jazz. The day the album went on the market, it sold more than 50,000 copies. Label executives confidently predicted similarly favorable numbers for the first week's tally.
Around the time that Songs in A minor was released, Alicia Keys was popping up everywhere, including an Associated Press story. Where had Alicia Keys been before then? Alicia Keys' entire life, it seems, had been an accelerated learning experience, preparing Alicia Keys for a career in music. A Manhattan native, Alicia Keys musical gifts became apparent when she was five years old. As a choir major enrolled in Manhattan's Professional Performance Arts School, Alicia Keys further developed her vocal talents with extra help from a teacher. By the time Alicia Keys was 16, Keys graduated and entered Columbia University. Music beckoned, however, and Alicia Keys quickly left Columbia behind.
Alicia Keys was writing songs when she was 14, with seven years of piano lessons under her belt by that time. In later years, Alicia Keys appeared on movie soundtracks, including Shaft and Men in Black. In 1998, Alicia Keys signed a deal with Arista Records when the company triumphed in a bidding war over other labels. When Davis left the company for J Records in 1999, Alicia Keys went along. Davis promoted the careers of such artists as Carlos Santana and Whitney Houston, and part of his launch strategy for Alicia Keys was to secure exposure on BET and MTV, as well as on The Oprah Winfrey Show. |
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