Alicia Augello-Cook Dean born January 25, , known professionally as Alicia Keys , is an American musician, singer, composer and actress. A classically-trained pianist, Keys was composing songs by age 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records. After disputes with the label, she signed with Arista Records , and later released her debut album, Songs in A Minor , with J Records in The album was critically and commercially successful, producing her first Billboard Hot number-one single " Fallin' " and selling over 16 million copies worldwide. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in Keys released her first live album, Unplugged , and became the first woman to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one. Alicia Keys was given the honor of hosting the Grammys two times in a row Her third album, As I Am , produced the Hot number-one single " No One ", selling 7 million copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards. In , Keys made her film debut in the action-thriller film Smokin' Aces. Her fourth album, The Element of Freedom , became her first chart-topping album in the UK, and sold 4 million copies worldwide.
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By Carly Stern For Dailymail. Alicia Keys is speaking out about harmful gender stereotypes after her son excitedly had his nails painted rainbow colors — and then felt self-conscious about the look. But when she finished, he was suddenly unsure of the choice, worrying to his mom that other people wouldn't like it — and the exchange had Alicia frustrated over how judgmental we are as a society. Second thoughts: Alicia Keys says her four-year-old son Genesis second from left was self-conscious after getting a rainbow manicure, even though he'd been excited beforehand. Even though he'd been so excited just moments before, Genesis had second thoughts once his manicure was done. You were so sure! Not cool: The incident led the year-old to speak out against harmful gender stereotypes. Raising boys: She managed to convince him not to worry about what other people thought, but was left frustrated by the exchange. Nobody's gonna judge you! They're gonna love it!
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The WeAreHere 'movement', set up by Keys, aims to raise awareness of social issues that 'cannot be solved in isolation'. Alicia Keys has not fallen victim to the latest spate of nude photo leaks. Instead, the singer has made the decision to post a topless image of herself pregnant, with the Peace sign daubed across her stomach, in order to raise awareness of a new social ecology campaign, WeAreHere.
Alicia Keys has provided an insight into her private life by revealing details of what goes on in the bedroom between her and husband Swizz Beatz. The usally reserved singer is mother to one-year-old son Egypt, so there is no doubt that she and producer husband Swizz have a healthy sex life. However, Alicia may have revealed a little too much information about what they get up to behind closed doors. When asked during a recent interview with The Conversation about her favourite sex positions, Alicia said: "Any and all sex positions. I happen to be a traditional kind of girl. Alicia also discussed her body image issues, but says she feels more comfortable now than she ever has. I was thinking about this the other day; we were just saying that your body does things that it would have never done before. What do you think of Alicia's preference of sexual positions?
