Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys (born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York) is an American R&B and Soul singer, composer, record producer, and pianist.

Miscellaneous

• Keys became an Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. on September 24, 2004.
• Besides being a musician, she is a soon-to-be actress; Keys will play piano wunderkind Philippa Schuyler in an upcoming movie entitled Composition in Black and White. She is also in talks to play a ruthless assassin alongside Ben Affleck in a movie entitled Smokin Aces source.
• In July 2005, Alicia keys was voted the second most powerful artist in the pop industry, she was pipped from the #1 position by fellow R&B star Usher in the Los Angeles Times 2005 Pop Power List, reports The Sun. The list was compiled by 21 industry bigwigs including producers Jermaine Dupri, Rick Rubin and rap mogul Russell Simmons.

The Top 10 included:

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1. Usher

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2. Alicia Keys

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3. Coldplay

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4. Eminem

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5. Beyonce Knowles

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6. Justin Timberlake

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7. Outkast

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8. 50 Cent

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9. Kanye West

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10. Dr Dre.

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• Keys is dating producer Kerry "Crucial" Brothers.