Alicia Keys – Diary Of Alicia (2006)
Diary Of Alicia by Alicia Keys
Career Overview
Precocious R&B vocalist/pianist Alicia Keys was picked by Clive Davis as one of the flagship artists for his post-Arista label J Records. No doubt he was as impressed by her multitude of skills (Keys took a large role in the writing, arranging and production of her debut album) as by her music, which mates contemporary hip-hop accoutrements to an old-school soul sensibility a la Jill Scott or D’Angelo. Only 20 years old at the time of the album’s release, Keys already seemed poised for a major career built upon her soulful voice and classically trained piano chops.
Biography
b. Alicia Augello Cook, 25 January 1981, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. This highly talented US singer-songwriter and pianist enjoyed immediate success when her 2001 debut album, released on Clive Davis’ J Records label, went straight to the top of the US charts. A classically trained pianist and former student at Manhattan’s Professional Performance Arts School, Keys prompted a major label bidding war while still at college. After contributing “Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)” to Columbia Records’ Men In Black soundtrack, she cut her ties with the label to follow Arista Records founder Davis to his new venture, J Records.
Keys collaborated with luminaries such as executive producer Jermaine Dupri and soul legend Isaac Hayes on her debut for the label. The exotic fusion of urban R&B, hip-hop and blues on the chart-topping Songs In A Minor, released in July 2001 and featuring the bestselling single “Fallin’“, helped establish the album as a minor classic of modern soul. Keys was rewarded with five trophies at the following year’s Grammy Awards, including Song Of The Year (“Fallin‘”), Best R&B Album (Songs In A Minor) and Best New Artist.
Keys‘ follow-up album was two years in the making and was one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of 2003. Finally appearing in mid-December, The Diary Of Alicia Keys debuted at the top of the US charts in the first week of its release. The single “You Don’t Know My Name” was also a big hit, taking up residency in the Top 5 at the start of 2004. The singer topped the charts later in the year with the Usher duet, “My Boo“. Her third album, a live recording for the MTV series Unplugged, provided Keys with her third US chart-topper in late 2005.
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You Don’t Know My Name
Diary Of Alicia album tracklists are:
01
Harlem’s Nocturne
02
Karma
03
Heartburn
04
If I Was Your Woman – Walk On B
05
You Don’t Know My Name
06
If I Ain’t Got You
07
Diary (feat Tony Toni Tone)
08
Dragon Days
09
Wake Up
10
So Simple
11
When You Really Love Someone
12
Feeling U, Feeling Me
13
Slow Down
14
Samsonite Man
15
Nobody Not Really
16
If I Ain’t Got You (Remix; Usher & Alicia Keys…)
17
If I Ain’t Got You (Spanish Version…)
18
If I Ain’t Got You (Kanye West Remix…)
19
You Don’t Know My Name – Will You Ever Know It (Reggae Mix…)
20
My Boo (Usher & Alicia Keys)
21
If I Ain’t Got You (Piano Vocal Version…)
Buy the CD album Diary of Alicia Keys
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