It's always a pleasure to know that an artist has already sold over 25 million albums worldwide. But when this whopping sales record is topped with numerous awards, that's another story. Over 20 awards' worth of stories, to be exact.
Born Alicia J. Augello-Cook, alisha keys started her career in music since 2001. With 28 million album sales, you can be sure that alisha keys has earned some awards herself. In fact, alisha keys has received a total of 23 awards. And these awards are documented by the Alicia Keys street team. The Alicia Keys street team is a group of fans and volunteers devoted to Alicia Keys and her career. And it's only natural for the Alicia Keys street team to have documentation of the awards won by Miss Keys. What's more, the street team also promotes Alicia Keys mp3, Alicia Keys lyrics, and Alicia Keys biography. By promoting Alicia Keys mp3, Alicia Keys lyrics, and Alicia Keys biography, Miss Key's fame shoots up significantly. Not that Alicia Keys mp3, Alicia Keys lyrics, and Alicia Keys biography need that much help though.
In 2001, the debut album of the singer/pianist Songs in A Minor was released. This album garnered 5 Grammy awards in 2002. Off this album came Alicia Keys fallin and Alicia Keys girlfriend. The Alicia Keys fallin track is actually the debut single from the debut album. It was in April 2001 when Alicia Keys fallin was released to radio. And Alicia Keys - fallin went on to gain #1 status in the US. But it wasn't in the US alone that Alicia Keys - fallin did well. In fact, Alicia Keys - fallin did well in the UK and the Australia. In the UK, fallin Alicia Keys even did better than expected. For the debut single fallin Alicia Keys to reach the #5 spot, that's really something! And this is exactly what fallin Alicia Keys was able to do.
The single Alicia Keys girlfriend also did well. The assistance of veteran Jermaine Dupri paved the way to success for Alicia Keys girlfriend.
The sophomore album The Diary of Alicia Keys also garnered much success for Miss Keys. It went on to sell over 9 million units all over the world.
The Alicia Keys if i ain't got you track from the album was released in 2004. And Alicia Keys if i ain't got you went on to take the #4 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. And the successful performance of Alicia Keys if i ain't got you went beyond the charts! For Alicia Keys if i aint got you was able to win a lot of awards as well. In fact, Alicia Keys if i aint got you received a total of 7 awards! The awards Alicia Keys if i aint got you received range from the Grammy's and MTV to Soul Train.
From the Grammy's, if i ain't got you Alicia Keys took the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance award. From MTV Video Music Awards, if i ain't got you Alicia Keys took the Best R&B Video. And from Soul Train Awards, if i ain't got you Alicia Keys took the Female R&B/Soul Single award.
And what's this album without the tracks Alicia Keys karma and Alicia Keys diary? These two tracks also did very well on the charts!
The 4th single, Alicia Keys karma, was released on September 2004. Upon the release of Alicia Keys karma, it immediately scaled the Billboard charts. The music video for karma Alicia Keys was released not long after the track itself was released. And the lyrics to karma Alicia Keys can really reach out to a lot of people. This is because a lot of people can relate to karma Alicia Keys.
As for Alicia Keys diary, the track also did pretty well. The Alicia Keys diary collaboration with Tony! Toni! Toné! really paid off! In fact, Diary helped push the album to reach #1 status on the US Billboard 200 chart for 2003.
At present, Miss Keys is busy working on her 3rd installment, which is to be released on June 2007. And Miss Keys is as excited about her coming album as her fans. She sees her album as very fresh. Be sure to check it out as soon as it hits shelves!
