Did Alicia Keys have a concert in Harlem, New York recently?”
Her official website says she 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, Keys is responsible for an extremely hot debut, Songs in A Minor. The release, which she 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. Alicia Keys (born January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York City) is a popular R&B vocalist. She was born to a white mother, Terri Augello, and a black father, Craig Cook. She was also raised in New York. She first played a piano when she was seven. She learned classical music of Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin, which was her favorite. She wrote her first song “Butterflyz” at the age of fourteen; the song can be found on her debut albu
