On October 2005, a MTV Acoustic Unplugged dedicated to Alicia was released. She got 8 nominations for the Grammy Awards. Her second album came into life in 2003, under the name of The Diary of Alicia Keys. This album got five Grammy Awards and most of the songs were written by Alicia Keys. On June 26 th, 2001 they released Song in A Minor. She worked hard on her first album until she was discovered by Clive Davis in Arista Records. Then she enrolled on Columbia University, but she did not start her studies there because she decided to pursue a career on music. She titled her first song “Butterflyz” She got her degree at 16. She started to write her own songs at the of 14.
She also took piano lessons since she was seven, and she later registered on the Professional Arts School at the age of 12, specializing in choir. During her childhood she took music and dance classes from her mother. In 1985, she made her first T.V appearance on the Bill Cosby Show. Her parents separated when she was 2 years old. Her mother was half Italian, and half English with Irish and Scottish background.
A single lady called Teresa Augello, who worked as legal assistant and flight attendant.
That sounds a bit shallow or awkward, but the truth is that an artist basically lives on his/her image, and what she did was saying “No” “I want you to give me a recognition for my talent, instead of the way I look” And gee she did it!īorn on January 25 th, 1981 in Manhattan, New York. She was raised by a single mother, Teresa Augello, who work as legal assistant By not to continue using make up.