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Alicia Keys

1981 - Today

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Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter. A classically trained pianist, Keys began composing songs at the age of 12 and was signed by Columbia Records at 15. After disputes with the label, she signed with J Records to release her debut studio album, Songs in A Minor (2001). Met with critical acclaim and commercial success, the album sold over 12 million copies worldwide and won five awards at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alicia Keys is the 221st most popular musician (down from 188th in 2019), the 1,411th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,059th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Musician.

Alicia Keys is most famous for her songs "Fallin'", "No One", "Girl on Fire", and "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down".

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alicia Keys ranks 221 out of 3,175. Before her are Kitarō, Izzy Stradlin, David A. Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Caetano Veloso, and Gidon Kremer. After her are Clara Haskil, Nikolai Rubinstein, Leslie Cheung, Don Cherry, Lucio Dalla, and Stéphane Grappelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Alicia Keys ranks 11. Before her are Xabi Alonso, Roger Federer, Fernando Alonso, Takashi Furukawa, Natalie Portman, and Iker Casillas. After her are Samuel Eto'o, Britney Spears, Pitbull, Park Ji-sung, David Villa, and Abu Mohammad al-Julani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alicia Keys ranks 1,411 out of 20,380. Before her are Virginia Apgar (1909), Tex Watson (1945), Sam Elliott (1944), Meat Loaf (1947), Kevin Hart (1979), and Don Norman (1935). After her are Robert M. La Follette (1855), Robert Englund (1947), William Morris Davis (1850), William J. Burns (1956), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), and Matt Groening (1954).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alicia Keys ranks 65. Before her are Stan Getz (1927), Mike Shinoda (1977), Willie Nelson (1933), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Eric Peterson (1964), and Izzy Stradlin (1962). After her are Don Cherry (1936), Sean Combs (1969), Moe Tucker (1944), Muddy Waters (1913), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Pitbull (1981).

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