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ALICIA KEYS

ALICIA KEYS. Keys was born January 25, 1981 in New York, New York but was raised in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. Her Mother, Terri Augello , an actress and paralegal. Augello separated from Alicia keys father, Craig Cook when she was just a toddler. BIOGRAPHY.

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ALICIA KEYS

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  1. ALICIA KEYS

  2. Keys was born January 25, 1981 in New York, New York but was raised in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. • Her Mother, Terri Augello, an actress and paralegal. Augello separated from Alicia keys father, Craig Cook when she was just a toddler BIOGRAPHY

  3. Keys mother did everything to keep her busy with ballet at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, and piano lessons at age seven. • Piano is what interested her the most. At age nine, she began writing her own songs and by age fourteen, she had written “Butterflyz” and “The Life,” both of which would make it into “Songs in A Minor.” CHILDHOOD

  4. EARLY CAREER • Exciting things started happening for Keys when she was 16. • She was accepted into Columbia University on academic scholarships, graduated valedictorian from New York’s Professional Performing Arts School. • Keys presented the tracks to the execs at Columbia Records and told her to go back to the studio with established producers. For two years, she argued with execs until finally Columbia Records released her from the contract. • Keys then went later to sign on with music legend Clive Davis, the man who discovered Whitney Houston.

  5. “Songs in A Minor” released in 2001 • The album sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States and 12 million copies internationally. • Keys also became the bestselling new artist of the year. “Fallin” was one of the songs in her album that topped the charts for six weeks. • “Songs in A Minor,” also led Keys to win five awards at the 2002 Grammy Awards

  6. Keys released her second album “The Diary of Alicia Keys” in 2003. • It sold over 4.4million copies in the US and 8 million copies worldwide. • Keys collaborated with Usher on the song “My Boo” this song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. • Keys won four Grammy Awards in 2005

  7. She released her third album “As I Am.” • The album sold three million copies in the US and sold five million worldwide. • “No One” album single also won Keys a Grammy Award in 2008 • Keys also co-star in a film “Smokin’ Aces.”

  8. Keys released her fourth album “Elements of Freedom” in 2009 • Sold 417,000 copies its first week. • In 2009 Keys collaborated with Jay-Z and Alejandro Sanz.

  9. Alicia Keys married Swizz Beats on the French Island of Corsica and was about six months pregnant. Keys son, Egypt was born on October 14, 2010. Marriage & Motherhood

  10. Keys fifth album titled “Girl on Fire,” released on 2011 • The album has nearly reached one million single sales • The first lead single in this album is “Girl on Fire,” which Keys performed at the VMAs with Nicki Minaj.

  11. No One You Don’t Know My Name Brand New Me Composition History

  12. Written by Alicia Keys, Kanye West, and Harold Lilly and produced by Keys and West. • This track was released as the album “The Diary of Alicia Keys,” lead single in November 2003. You Don’t Know My Name (6:06)

  13. Written and produced by Alicia Keys, Kerry Brother, Jr., and George M. Harry. • This single won Best Female R&B vocal performance and best R&B song at the Grammy Awards on February 2010. No One (4:02)

  14. “Brand New Me” is in Alicia Keys fifth album “Girl on Fire” 2012. Keys co-wrote the song with Scottish singer EmeliSande. • Keys credits this song as her autobiography. Brand New Me (3:53)

  15. Listening Guide

  16. You Don’t Know My Name By: Alicia Keys I. 0:00 Introduction Begins with a soft piano playing the melody. II. 0:02 Verse 1 Alicia begins to sing, “Baby BabyBaby,” while the Piano is playing is still playing and the rest of the production, strings, bass, drums and guitar come in. III. 0:35 Chorus Alicia begins to sing the chorus while the piano riff plays, “You don’t know my name”, the piano riff plays again. IV. 1:00 Verse 2 Alicia begins to sing the second verse with and accompanied voice in the background singing “ooh ooh oh”. Light guitar plucking is also heard throughout the verse. V. 1:32 Chorus The piano melody stops while the piano riff kicks in while Alicia sings the chorus. The piano riff is played twice.

  17. VI. 1:56 Verse 3 The piano riff plays at the beginning of the verse. The piano riff plays every eighth not during this verse. The verse ends with the chorus “You don’t know my name”. VII. 2:52 Chorus The piano stops, only the drums, guitar, and bass are playing while she sings the chorus twice. An accompanied voice plays lightly in the background. IX. 3:05 Bridge Alicia begins to speak on this part while just the drums, guitar, and bass play. The guitar plucking takes over the melody for this section. Alicia is having a conversation on the phone with the man the song refers to. X. 4:40 End of Bridge As Alicia ends the bridge the strings begin to play and the piano resumes playing the melody. XI. 4:46 Chorus Alicia begins to sing the chorus while the piano riff plays. The chorus is repeated 3 times with accompanied voices. XII. 5:30 Outro As the chorus ends, all the music fades and a string section comes in to finish out the song.

  18. No one By: Alicia Keys I. 0:00 Introduction The piano plays the melody while a heavy drum kick and hi hat play. II. 0:10 Verse 1 Alicia begins the sing the first verse with the production still playing. III. 0:30 Chorus As Alicia begins to sing the chorus, a synthesizer begins to play the deep notes. Alicia is joined by an accompanied voice to sing the chorus “No one”. The piano also begins to play a different melody for this part of the song. IV.1:15 End of Chorus As Alicia sings the end of the chorus, the piano stops and a synthesizer begins to play part of the melody. V.1:26 Verse 2 Alicia begins to sing the verse the synthesizer stops and the piano continues to play the melody. A light voice accompanies Alicia’s.

  19. VI. 2:08 Chorus The piano and drums continue to play while Alicia sings the chorus. A synthesizer play lightly throughout he chorus and then towards the end of the chorus it ayspart of the melody. VII. 2:38 Bridge Alicia begins to sing the bridge, the piano stops and the drum kick and high hat still play the same notes. The synthesizer continues to play. Towards the end of the bridge a small string section plays. VIII. 3:00 Chorus Alicia begins to sing the chorus, the piano begins to play the melody again. IX. 3:26 Alicia begins to sing “oh ohohoooh”. A guitar begins to accompany the piano melody. The synthesizer continues to play. X. 3:44 Outro As Alicia ends her singing, the piano plays the end of the melody, and the drums stop. The guitar continues to play the melody as a string section joins in to finish the song.

  20. Brand New Me By: Alicia Keys I. 0:00 Introduction The Song begins with the piano playing the melody II. 0:14 Verse 1 Alicia begins to sing the verse with just the piano playing the melody. III. 1:12 Chorus Alicia begins to sing the chorus while the piano and light drum kick play accompanied with a bass. IV. 1:38 Verse 2 As the verse is sung a violin plays lightly. The piano and light drum continue to play. V. 2:10 Chorus Alicia begins to sing the chorus and a string section begins to play and the pitch begins to elevate as she finishes the chorus. VI. 2:38 Bridge Alicia begins to sing at a higher pitch and the drums and strings are raised. The piano still plays the melody, but the pitch is lowered. VII. 3:05 Verse 3 Alicia begins to sing the verse. The piano and drum kick are the only instruments playing. VIII. 3:23 Outro As she sings part of the chorus, the drums stop and the piano begins to slow completely down

  21. Work Cited • Amber, Jeannine. “Alicia In Love.” Essence (Time Inc.) 42.2 (2011): 124-128. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Feb. 2013 • Greer, Carlos. “Alicia Keys Looks Back.” People 77.3 (2011): Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Feb. 2013 • MARKOVITZ, ADAM. “Alicia keys.” Entertainment Weekly 1234 (2012): 42-43. Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Feb. 2013 • Mitchell, Gail, and Andrew Hampp. “ALICIA’s FIRE MUSIC. (Cover Story).” Billboard 124.40 (2012): 18-21. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Feb. 2013. • MISANI, and STAN RYAN. “Casting Peals! Alicia Keys’ ‘Girl On Fire’ Smolders For The Holidays.” New York Amsterdam News 103.51 (2012): 22-32. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Feb. 2013.

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