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Alicia Keys

Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born January 25, 1981 (43 years)
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter. A classically-trained pianist, Keys was composing songs by age 12. She was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records, and then, after disputes with the label, by Arista Records. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor, was released with J Records in 2001. Praised for Keys' musical talents and creative control, Songs in A Minor was critically and commercially successful, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Fallin'" and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. Songs in A Minor earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002. Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), was also a critical and commercial success, spawning successful singles "You Don't Know My Name", "If I Ain't Got You" and "Diary", and selling eight million copies worldwide. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards. Her duet song "My Boo" with Usher became her second number-one single in 2004. Keys released her first live album, Unplugged (2005), and became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one.

Her third album, As I Am (2007), produced the Hot 100 number-one single "No One", selling 5 million copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards. In 2007, Keys made her film debut in the action-thriller film Smokin' Aces. Her fourth album,The Element of Freedom (2009), became her first chart-topping album in the UK, and sold 4 million copies worldwide. In 2009, Keys also collaborated with Jay Z on "Empire State of Mind", which became her fourth number-one single, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2010. Girl on Fire (2012) was her fifth Billboard 200 topping album, spawning the successful title track, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. In 2013, VH1 Storytellers was released as her second live album. Her sixth studio album, Here (2016), became her seventh US R&B/Hip-Hop chart topping album.

Keys has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including 15 competitive Grammy Awards, 17 NAACP Image Awards, 12 ASCAP Awards, and awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and National Music Publishers Association. She has sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. Considered a musical icon, Keys was named by Billboard the top R&B artist of the 2000s decade and placed number 10 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. VH1 also included her on their 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and 100 Greatest Women in Music lists, while Time have named her in their 100 list of most influential people in 2005 and 2017. Keys is also known for her humanitarian work, philanthropy and activism, and has received accolades for such work. Keys co-founded and is the Global Ambassador of the nonprofit HIV/AIDS-fighting organization Keep a Child Alive.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Nanny Diaries
  • Girl Rising
Known For
  • The Nanny Diaries
  • Work It
  • The Secret Life of Bees
  • Resort to Love
  • The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
  • Five
  • Girl Rising
  • A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
  • Firelight
  • Hustle (2019)

Filmography

2024
The 77th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer
2024
Super Bowl LVIII · as Self - Performer
2024
2023
They All Came Out To Montreux (TV Series) · as Self (archive)
2023
TLC Forever · as Self
2023
Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now · as Self (archive Footage)
2022
It Ain't Over · as Self
2022
2022
2022
Claim to Fame (TV Series) · as Self - Video Message Cole's Sister
2022
2021
2021
2021
Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live (TV Series) · as Self
2021
2021 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Performer
2021
52nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter
2021
Super Bowl LV · as Self
2020
2020
2020 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Perfomer
2020
Song Exploder (TV Series) · as Self
2020
BET Awards 2020 · as Self - Performer
2020
2020
2020
History 101 (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
2020
2020
Regular Heroes (TV Series) · as Self
2020
2020
2020
2020
#KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall · as Self - Musical Guest
2020
VERZUZ (TV Series) · as Self
2020
Bright Minded: Live with Miley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2020
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Host & Performer
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self
2019
2019
2019
Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self - Illustrious Guest
2019
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Host & Performer
2018
Passage des Arts (TV Series) · as Self
2018
Red Table Talk (TV Series) · as Self
2018
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2017
2017
Alicia Keys: Baloise Session 2017 · as Self - Performing Artist
2017
2017
Carpool Karaoke (TV Series) · as Self
2017
2017
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer
2016
2016
2016
Apple Music Festival (TV Series) · as Self
2016
Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2016
2016
Taraji's White Hot Holidays (TV Series) · as Self
2015
2015
Jem and the Holograms · as Alicia Keys
2015
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
2015
2015
BET Awards 2015 · as Self - Presenter
2015
Amy · as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
2015
2014
2014
2014
Vogue: 73 Questions (TV Series) · as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2014
2014
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2014
2013
12-12-12 · as Self
2013
2013
The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2013
Mademoiselle C · as Self
2013
2013
The BET Honors · as Self
2013
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer
2013
2012
2012
2012
Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self
2012
2012
2012 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer
2012
Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self
2011
The Voice of Germany (TV Series) · as Self - Adviser
2011
Super Soul Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
2011
The X Factor (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Performer
2011
Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self
2011
BET Awards 2011 · as Self
2011
The Voice (TV Series) · as Self - Coach
2011
2011
2011
Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) · as Self
2010
2010 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Nominee
2010
BET Awards 2010 · as Self
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days · as Self (uncredited) (archive Footage)
2009
2009
2009 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer
2009
BET Awards 2009 · as Self
2009
MTV World Stage (TV Series) · as Self
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
2009
NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts (TV Series) · as Self
2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Judge
2009
Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest And Musical Performer
2008
2008 American Music Awards · as Self - Presenter
2008
BET Awards '08 · as Self
2008
The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2008
Fama Show (TV Series) · as Self
2008
The BET Honors · as Self - Honoree
2008
2007
2007
Schmidt & Pocher (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Alicia Keys: No One · as Alicia Keys
2007
Cane (TV Series) · as Self
2007
TMZ on TV (TV Series) · as Self
2007
2007
Live Earth · as Self
2007
BET Awards 2007 · as Self
2007
Britain's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest
2007
The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self
2006
2006
El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
Beat the Raab (TV Series) · as Self
2006
The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Legends Ball · as Self
2006
2006
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter
2005
Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Self
2005
MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 · as Self - Winner
2005
The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2005
2005
The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) · as Self
2005
2005 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Winner & Presenter
2005
The Teen Choice Awards 2005 · as Self - Attendee
2005
Live 8 · as Self
2005
BET Awards 2005 · as Self
2005
Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Performer
2005
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up · as Self (segment "my Boo")
2005
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Winner & Performer
2005
The X Factor (AU) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge
2005
Super Bowl XXXIX · as Self
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Usher & Alicia Keys: My Boo · as Alicia Keys
2004
The Insider (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The Xtra Factor (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The X Factor (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest
2004
Le Grand Journal (TV Series) · as Self
2004
2004 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer
2004
2004
2004
2004
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer
2004
On Air With Ryan Seacrest (TV Series) · as Self (performance)
2004
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self
2003
20h10 pétantes (TV Series) · as Self
2003
America's Next Top Model (TV Series) · as Self - Keep A Child Alive
2003
Nouvelle Star (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self
2002
America Beyond The Color Line (TV Series) · as Self
2002
2002
2002
2002
American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Mentor
2002
Essence Awards · as Self
2002
HypaSpace (TV Series) · as Self
2002
2002
33rd NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Performer
2002
2002
Def Poetry (TV Series) · as Self
2002
CMT Crossroads (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2002
2001
MTV Europe Music Awards 2001 · as Self - Presenter
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self
2001
2001
Operación Triunfo (TV Series) · as Self
2001
Star Academy (TV Series) · as Self
2001
America: A Tribute to Heroes · as Self - Performer
2001
The Proud Family (TV Series) · as Alicia Keys
2001
2001 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer
2001
2001
Alicia Keys: Fallin' · as Alicia Keys
2000
106 & Park (TV Series) · as Self
2000
Diary (TV Series) · as Self
1999
Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self
1999
TV Total (TV Series) · as Self
1998
Fox Files (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
1998
Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self
1998
TRL (2017) (TV Series) · as Self
1997
The View (TV Series) · as Self
1996
Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self
1996
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self
1994
MTV Europe Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1994
Extra (TV Series) · as Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self
1993
Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self
1993
Taratata 100% Live (TV Series) · as Self
1992
Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self
1990
Christmas In Rockefeller Center (TV Series) · as Self
1989
MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self
1987
Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Self
1985
Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self
1984
MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self
1979
Nightline (TV Series) · as Self
1979
1975
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self
1969
Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self
1968
60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Singer (segment "the Man With The Golden Ears")
1964
Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self
1959
Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

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