#ALICIA KEYS ALBUM COVER 2009 HOW TO#
The first six songs are models of how to make nostalgic music that is not anti-present. Giving the album four stars, People magazine said that "Keys honors R&B's golden age with an old soul far beyond her 23 years." Of The Diary of Alicia Keys, Josh Tyrangiel of Time said that Keys "made half a great record. The Times said that the album "confirmed her place in musical history". Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic. The album's four singles, " You Don't Know My Name", " If I Ain't Got You", " Diary", and "Karma", reached the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100, with three of them becoming top ten hits. and more than eight million copies worldwide. It has sold over 4.6 million copies in the US. It spent 88 weeks on the chart, leaving at number 198 in 2005. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 618,000 copies, serving as Keys' second consecutive number-one debut in the United States. The album also sold over twice as many copies in its first week as Songs in A Minor. The album proved to be as successful as her debut album, and was nominated for two of the "big four" Grammy Awards: Song of the Year for If I Ain't Got You, and Album of the Year. Due to the extreme popularity of her debut album, there was a lot of pressure on the album to match or exceed that success. With domestic sales of four million copies and worldwide sales of eight million copies, The Diary of Alicia Keys is the thirty-first best-selling album of the 2000s decade.Īlicia Keys's debut album Songs in A Minor (2001) sold over 6.2 million copies and earned five Grammy Awards. Upon its release, The Diary of Alicia Keys received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Keys three Grammy Awards at the 47th Grammy Awards. It became Keys' second consecutive number-one debut in the United States and spawned three top-ten singles. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 618,000 copies in its first week. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2002 to 2003 at various recording studios, and production was handled primarily by Keys with contributions from Kerry Brothers, Jr., Timbaland, Dwayne Wiggins, Dre & Vidal, Easy Mo Bee, and Kanye West. It was released in the United States on Decemby J Records. The Diary of Alicia Keys is the second studio album by American recording artist Alicia Keys. Congrats to the couple.The Hit Factory, Kampo Studios, KrucialKeys Studios, Quad Recording StudiosĪlicia Keys (also exec.), Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Kanye West, Timbaland, Dre & Vidal, Easy Mo Bee, Dwayne "D. “Why start now? You start commenting on that hen they start twisting it out.” Yesterday, they confirmed the rumors were indeed true: they are pregnant and planning a wedding for later this year. “I don’t comment on my personal life,” he told MTV. Swizz has maintained his privacy about their personal life. In January 2010 Keys was spotted with an engagement ring while vacationing in Hawaii. Swizz produced a song on Keys’ album “Element of Freedom” and later co-hosted her album release party in New York City. Keys and Swizz chose to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, but as 2009 rolled around they seemed ready to let everyone know they were in love. Swizz has denied that Keys broke up his marriage and said he and ‘Shonda were good. There’s also been some controversy with regard to Swizz’s divorce from singer, Mashonda. The couple’s two-year relationship has been shrouded with privacy, even though they were frequently photographed together. Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have finally gone public about her pregnancy and their impending nuptials.
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