Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25 1980 or 1981 ) is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer-songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, music video director, philanthropist, and author who has sold over forty-one million albums and singles worldwide as of 2007, and has won numerous awards, including eleven Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.

Alicia Keys (born Alicia Augello-Cook) (born January 25, 1981) is an American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, pianist, and actress. Keys is a renowned artist who has sold over 25 million albums and singles worldwide and won numerous awards, including eleven Grammys, ten Billboard Music Awards and three American Music Awards. The road to success wasn’t an easy one. Of mixed-race parents, Terri Augello & Craig Cook, she grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. To cope with