Alicia Cook (known for her stage name Alicia Keys) is a recording artist, musician, and actress born in Manhattan, New York. She is also many other things such as a composer, record producer, poet, and author. At the age of seven, Keys began playing the piano. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at the age of 16 as class valedictorian. Later, she attended Columbia University, but dropped out to pursue her career in music. Keys released her first album Songs in A Minor. It sold 12 million copies worldwide and she became best new artist and best R&B artist of 2001. Keys also won 5 Grammy Awards in 2002. In 2005, she released her first live album Unplugged. She became the first female artist to have an MTV Unplugged album and hers was the highest since Nirvana in 1994. In 2007 Keys released her third studio album As I Am and sold six million copies worldwide and earned her three Grammy Awards. The next year, she appeared in the film The Secret Life of Bees. Keys released her next album The Element of Freedom in December of 2009. The album was Key's first chart topping album in the United Kingdom. In June of 2011, Keys released another album Songs in A Minor: 10th Anniversary. Throughout Key's career, she has earned many awards and sold many albums. Keys is now married to rapper Swizz Beatz and together they have an eight month old son named Egypt Daoud Ibarr Dean.
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