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Alicia Keys
Actor, Producer, Director
Born January 25, 1981 (41 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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Ukraine: Answering the Call · as Self |
| 2022 | Post Malone: Runaway · as Self |
| 2021 | Mary J Blige's My Life · as Self |
| 2021 | 2021 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | 52nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2021 | 2021 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | Noted: Alicia Keys the Untold Stories (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home · as Self |
| 2020 | Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince · as Herself |
| 2020 | Regular Heroes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2020 | BET Awards 2020 · as Self - Performer |
| 2020 | The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Host & Performer |
| 2020 | 2020 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Perfomer |
| 2020 | #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2020 | Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort · as Self - Performer |
| 2020 | Song Exploder (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Bright Minded: Live with Miley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | VERZUZ (TV Series) · as Herself |
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| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self - Illustrious Guest |
| 2019 | The 61st Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Host & Performer |
| 2018 | Red Table Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The 60th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web · as Self |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives · as Self |
| 2017 | Miracle on 42nd Street · as Self |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke (2017) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The 59th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
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| 2016 | The First Monday in May · as Self (Cameo) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Apple Music Festival (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Amy · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2015 | Taraji's White Hot Holidays (TV Series) · as Herself |
| 2015 | BET Awards 2015 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2015 | Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo 3 · as Self |
| 2014 | Nas: Time Is Illmatic · as Herself |
| 2013 | Muscle Shoals · as Self |
| 2013 | Mademoiselle C · as Self |
| 2013 | 12-12-12 · as Self |
| 2013 | Alicia Keys - VH1 Storytellers · as Herself |
| 2013 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2012 | Alicia Keys: iTunes Festival · as Herself |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Conversation With Amanda De Cadenet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | A Musicares Tribute to Paul McCartney · as Self |
| 2012 | Black Girls Rock! 2012 · as Self |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The X Factor (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2011 | SuperSoul Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Voice (TV Series) · as Self - Coach |
| 2011 | The Voice of Germany (TV Series) · as Self - Adviser |
| 2011 | BET Awards 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | BET Awards 2010 · as Self |
| 2010 | Concierto inaugural de la Copa Mundial · as Self - Performer |
| 2010 | 2010 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical guest |
| 2009 | MTV World Stage (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest and Musical Performer |
| 2009 | WTF with Marc Maron (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2009 | BET Awards 2009 · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The BET Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2008 | BET Awards 2008 · as Self - Winner & Performer |
| 2007 | TMZ on TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Britain's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | BET Awards 2007 · as Self |
| 2006 | We Are Together (Thina Simunye) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | 37th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Herself |
| 2005 | Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up · as Self (segment "My Boo") |
| 2005 | Alicia Keys: Unplugged · as Herself |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Iconoclasts (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The X Factor (AU) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2005 | BET Awards 2005 · as Self |
| 2004 | Genius: A Night for Ray Charles · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The X Factor (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 2004 | 2004 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2004 | The 18th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 2004 | The 2nd Annual Vibe Awards · as Self |
| 2004 | 4th Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | America's Next Top Model (TV Series) · as Self - Keep a Child Alive |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 9th Annual Walk of Fame Honoring Aretha Franklin · as Self - Performer |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Def Poetry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | 33rd NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2002 | The 44th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | 2nd Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | The 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | Essence Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes · as Self |
| 2001 | Star Academy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Operación Triunfo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | 7th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2000 | Diary (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | TV Total (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Roll on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox Files (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | MTV Europe Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Christmas In Rockefeller Center (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Music Station (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Musical guest |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 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 |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |