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4 Dec, 2012

Essence cover

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alicia-keys-essence-coverKeys appears on the cover of Essence magazine to discuss her work-life balance and Hurricane Sandy.

It’s okay if I can’t do every single thing. I finally understand that it doesn’t make me a lesser artist or human being.

On being unprepared for Hurricane Sandy:

After the third or fourth tuna fish sandwich, and after we learned we’d be without power for a week, I called my mother, who lives Uptown. She was okay and hadn’t lost any power, so we ended up going to her house. We were pretty lucky.

19 Nov, 2012

Brand New Me

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The artist releases Brand New Me, from her album, Girl On Fire.

Brand New Me is about the journey it takes to get to a place where you are proud to be a new you. There is nothing wrong with growing. There may be people in your life that knew you for a long time and they think of you only as the person you used to be and not the person you now are.
And this song is a conversation introducing them to the new you. Where nothing can hold you back and no one can hold you down.

Alicia Keys - Brand New Me (Official Video)

13 Nov, 2012

Unlocking Alicia interview

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alicia keysKeys is interviewed by Complex.com:

My dream is to be that good someday and she’s still as focused as ever. I’m competitive with myself in the sense that I want to get better,” she says now. It’s not that I’m obsessively dissecting myself, but there’s a critique that happens. I am very driven. I’m not comparing myself to other people. I don’t wanna be like her or him. I want to be my best.

23 Aug, 2012

Album cover release

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22Keys releases the cover art for her fifth studio album Girl On Fire. 

I have arrived at a place in myself that I am comfortable being exactly who I am in this moment and sharing it with no reservations.

13 Feb, 2011

Wins Grammy

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indexJay-Z and Keys wins Grammys for Best Rap-Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song for Empire State Of Mind.

30 Jul, 2010

Keys, Beatz marry

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alicia-swizz-wedding-photoKeys and Beatz get married on the French island of Corsica. The pregnant bride wears a white one-shoulder Vera Wang gown and the groom is in a Tom Ford tuxedo and Christian Louboutin Oxfords.

 

28 May, 2010

Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)

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The artist releases Un-thinkable (I’m Ready), featuring vocals from Drake, from The Element Of Freedom. Drake:

They reached out and she said she really wanted me to do something on her project. But she wanted me to do me, not do an Alicia Keys record. And man, she gave me one of the best studio experiences of my life.I came in there and instead of being like, ‘Here’s the beat, get to work,’ she was just like, ‘Play me your favorite songs and lets battle.’ It’s almost like the transition from [listening to] great music to making a song – like, no one even noticed it, because she started playing the keys and I just started writing the melodies.

Alicia Keys - Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) (Official Video)

27 May, 2010

Pregnant with first child

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ALICIA-KEYS-PREGNANT-PICKeys and Beatz are pregnant with their first child. This is the the first child for Keys and the 3rd for Beatz.