Alicia Keys burst into the music scene in 2001 with her blend of soul and hip-hop (with jazz and classical thrown in) and a style and finesse on the piano not heard in years. Alicia grew up in New York and began work on what would become her debut LP at the age of 14. Her talent was evident early with study at the Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan. Alicia finished high school by the age of 16, and she attended Columbia University before deciding to make music her focus. She signed with Arista Records in 1998 and followed Clive Davis to his new label - J Records. Miss Keys could first be heard on the soundtrack for Men In Black with "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)" and Shaft with "Rock Wit U".

June
+ Alicia released her debut LP, Songs In A Minor.

July
+ Songs In A Minor debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 LP chart selling over 235,000 copies in its first week of release, and staying at #1 for 3 weeks.
+ Songs In A Minor topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 6 weeks and the Internet Album Sales chart for a week.
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "Fallin'."
+ Songs In A Minor was certified platinum.
+ Alicia topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 7 weeks with "Fallin'."

August 2001
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 6 weeks, the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 6 weeks, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 4 weeks with "Fallin'."
+ Alicia was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single: Solo ("Fallin'") and Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist: Solo.

September 2001
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 with "Fallin'."
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Fallin'."
+ Songs In A Minor was certified 3x platinum.
+ Alicia won a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and brought the house down with her performance at the ceremony. Her video for "Fallin'" was also nominated for the MTV2 Award.
+ Alicia was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards including Best R&B/Soul/Rap New Artist and Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo ("Fallin'").
+ "Fallin'" topped the charts in Holland.
+ Alicia performed "Someday We'll All Be Free" for a landmark fundraiser (America: A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the major networks to raise money for families of the victims of recent terrorist attacks.
+ Alicia performed on the season premier of Saturday Night Live.
+ Alicia could be heard on the All-Star Tribute benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).

October 2001
+ Alicia hit #1 with "Fallin'."
+ Alicia appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.

November 2001
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "A Woman's Worth."
+ Alicia can be heard on the soundtrack for Ali with "Fight."
+ Songs In A Minor was certified 4x platinum.

December 2001
+ Alicia won a My VH1 Award for Welcome To The Big Time.
+ Alicia kicked off her first national tour of the U.S. starting in Connecticut.
+ Alicia topped Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist - Female.

January
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 with "A Woman's Worth."
+ Alicia won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite New Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, and was nominated for Favorite Female Pop/Rock Artist, Favorite Female Soul/R&B Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and Internet Artist of the Year.

February
+ Alicia won 5 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song ("Fallin'"), Best R&B Album (Songs In A Minor), and Best New Artist, and was nominated for Record of the Year. Alicia also performed at the ceremony.

March
+ Songs In A Minor was certified 5x platinum.
+ Alicia won 2 World Music Awards for World's Best-Selling New Artist and World's Best-Selling R&B Female Artist.
+ Alicia won 2 Soul Train Awards for Female R&B/Soul Album (Songs In A Minor) and R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist.

April
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "How Come You Don't Call Me."

June
+ Alicia won a BET Award for Best New Artist.

July
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 helping out Eve with "Gangsta Lovin'."

August
Alicia won 4 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards for Album of the Year (Songs In A Minor), Top Female Artist, Top New Artist, and Top Albums Artist.
+ Alicia won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Solo (Songs In A Minor).
+ Alicia's video for "A Woman's Worth" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best R&B Video and Best Cinematography (John Perez).
+ Alicia won 2 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Album (Songs In A Minor) and Choice Singer Songwriter.

September
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 helping out Eve with "Gangsta Lovin'."
+ The video for "Gangsta Lovin'" topped the MTV Top 20 countdown.
+ Alicia ranked # 99 on VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists.

October
+ Alicia hit #1 with Eve with "Gangsta Lovin'."

November
+ Alicia won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best R&B Act.

December
+ Alicia was heard on the Drumline soundtrack with "Butterflyz" (KrucialKeys Remix).

June
+ VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Fallin'" at # 37.
+ Alicia will be releasing new material by the end of the year.

July
+ Alicia will be releasing new material in December. She talked with MTV about the LP: "It's a very conceptual album goin' on. It's really personal. It's kind of a journey inside, into my mind, into everything that's going on in the world and how that affects us as people."

October
+ Alicia appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone along side Eve and Missy Elliott.

November
+ Alicia appeared on the NBC TV series American Dreams.
+ Alicia released The Diary Of Alicia Keys. She talked with MTV about the LP: "It's a very conceptual album goin' on. It's really personal. It's kind of a journey inside, into my mind, into everything that's going on in the world and how that affects us as people." Rolling Stone called the LP: "...a stunner, a blend of hip-hop with warmth and feeling as well as instant soul classics."
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "You Don't Know My Name."
+ Alicia topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with The Diary Of Alicia Keys - selling over 618,000 copies its first week of release in the US.
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "You Don't Know My Name."

January
+ "The Diary Of Alicia Keys" was certified 2x platinum.

February
+ Alicia performed at the Grammy Awards as part of a tribute to Luther Vandross.

March
+ Alicia won a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist.
+ Alicia will be touring for a month with Beyoncé Knowles and Missy Elliott in March.
+ Alicia won a Soul Train Music Award for R&B/Soul Single, Female ("You Don't Know My Name"), and also co-hosted the ceremony.

April
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "If I Ain't Got You."

May
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "If I Ain't Got You."
+ The Diary Of Alicia Keys was certified 3x platinum.

July
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 with "If I Ain't Got You."

August
+ The video for "If I Ain't Got You" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video, and was also nominated for Best Female Video and Best Art Direction. Alicia also performed at the ceremony held in Miami.

September
+ Alicia won a World Music Award for Best R&B Female Artist.
+ Alicia was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
+ Alicia will be releasing a new version of The Diary Of Alicia Keys by the end of the year that will include a remix of "If I Ain't Got You" featuring Usher.
+ Alicia performed at the Great Wall of China.

October
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 with "My Boo" with Usher.
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, Rhythmic Airplay chart, and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart with Usher with "My Boo."
+ Alicia won a Source Award for Female R&B Artist of the Year.

November
+ Alicia hit #1 for 2 weeks with "My Boo" with Usher.
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart with the remixes of "Diary."
+ Alicia won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album. She also performed at the ceremony.
+ Alicia won a MTV Europe Award for Best R&B Act.

December
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "Karma."

January
+ Alicia won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Singer.
+ Alicia was nominated for 8 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best R&B Album (The Diary Of Alicia Keys), Song of the Year (awarded to the songwriter) and Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female ("If I Ain't Got You"), Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("My Boo" with Usher and "Diary" with Tony Toni Tone), and Best R&B Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("My Boo" with Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Manuel Seal and Adonis Shropshire and "You Don't Know My Name" with Harold Lilly and Kanye West). She will perform "If I Ain't Got You' at the ceremony.
+ The single "My Boo" was certified platinum.

February
+ Alicia won 4 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female ("If I Ain't Got You"), Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("My Boo" with Usher), and Best R&B Song ("You Don't Know My Name" with Harold Lilly and Kanye West), and Best R&B Album (The Diary Of Alicia Keys).
+ Alicia won 3 Soul Train Music Awards including Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ("If I Ain't Got You"), Best R&B Soul Album, Female (The Diary Of Alicia Keys), and Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo (My Boo" with Usher).

March
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 with "Karma"
+ Alicia won two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Song and Outstanding Music Video ("If I Ain't Got You")
+ The Diary Of Alicia Keys was certified 4x platinum.
+ The single "If I Ain't Got You" was certified platinum.

July
+ On July 2nd, Alicia performed in Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of the concerts was to raise awareness of the on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8 leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.

August
+ The video for "Karma" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video and "My Boo" was also nominated in the category.
+ Alicia performed on ReAct Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program shown on music video channels to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
+ Alicia could be heard on the Ray Charles LP Genius And Friends with the duet "America The Beautiful."
+ Alicia could be heard on the compilation LP So Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther Vandross with "If This World Were Mine."

September
+ Alicia performed on Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast - a benefit program shown on all the major networks simultaneously to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

October
+ Alicia released Unplugged.
+ Alicia topped the Billboard 200 LP chart and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Unplugged - selling over 196,000 copies its first week of release in the US.

November
+ Alicia won a MTV Europe Awards for Best R&B Artist.
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Adult R&B chart with "Unbreakable."

February
+ Alicia was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female and Best R&B Song ("Unbreakable"), Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("If This World Were Mine" with Jermaine Paul), Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance ("If I Was Your Woman") and Best R&B Album (Unplugged).

March
+ Unplugged was certified gold.
+ The single "Fallin'" was certified gold.

June
+ The single "My Boo" was certified platinum.

January
+ Alicia could be seen in the film Smokin' Aces.

July
+ On July 7th, Alicia performed at the Live Earth concert in the US. The 7-continent concert organized by Al Gore brought together over 100 artists to perform and raise the world's awareness about the climate crisis and how to make a difference to help the environment and the world.

October
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "No One."
+ Keys topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with "No One.".

November
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart with "No One."
+ Alicia released her next LP As I Am.
+ Alicia performed No One at the American Music Awards.
+ Alicia hit the Top 10 with "No One."

December
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Pop 100 chart, Hot Digital Tracks chart, Rhythmic Airplay chart, and Hot Digital Songs chart with "No One."
+ Alicia topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and Top Digital Albums chart with As I Am. The LP sold over 742,000 copies its first week of release in the US.
+ Alicia hit #1 for 7 weeks with "No One."
+ As I Am was certified 2x platinum.
+ Alicia had the #4 selling LP of 2007 with As I Am selling over 2.5 million copies in the US.

January
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart with "No One."
+ Alicia topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart with "Like You'll Never See Me Again."
+ As I Am was certified 3x platinum.

February
+ Alicia hit the Top 40 with "Like You'll Never See Me Again."
+ Alicia won 2 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female ("No One") and Best R&B Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("No One" with Dirty Harry and Kerry Brothers). Alicia performed at the ceremony.
+ Alicia won 4 NAACP Image Awards including Outstanding Album (As I Am), Outstanding Female Artist, Top Music Video, and Top Song (Like You'll Never See Me Again").

June
+ Entertainment Weekly: 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included As I Am at # 33.
+ Alicia won a BET Award for Best Female R&B Artist.

July
+ The singles "Like You'll Never See Me Again" and "No One" were certified gold.

October
+ Alicia could be seen in the film The Secret Life Of Bees

November
+ Alicia won a World Music Award for Top R&B Act of the Year.
+ Alicia won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist, and Artist of the Year

December
+ Alicia was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Lesson Learned" with John Mayer), Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female ("Superwoman"), and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Another Way To Die" with Jack White).

Source: Rock On The Net