Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys is a multi-talented and multi-awarded artist best known for her solid songwriting, a vast dynamic range, thundering rhythms, and vocal harmonies. TIME magazine once named Alicia Keys as "The Most Influential People in the World". At age of 27, Alicia is an eleven time Grammy Award winning artist whose debut record Songs In A Minor went on to sell more than 10 million copies. Alicia's critically acclaimed follow-up album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, has already sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Her third album, simply titled Unplugged, debuted at number one and has sold one million copies in the United States and two million copies worldwide. Last year, Alicia released her latest album, As I Am. As I Am has sold over one million copies in two weeks of its debut, selling 359,000 copies in the second week. Furthermore, the lead single, “No One” earned Alicia the awards for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" and "Best R&B Song" at the 2008 Grammy Awards.Not only is Alicia an extraordinary musician and best selling author and ingenious producer, Alicia is also a humanitarian and philanthropist. As one of the Ambassadors for the charity Keep A Child Alive, Alicia has raised funds and awareness to provide lifesaving AIDS/HIV medicines to children in Africa.