She sang lead on the opening theme song from PBS's multiple-Emmy-Award-winning learn-to-read series, "Between the Lions." in 2000. Mizelle has performed with Billy Ocean, Chaka Khan, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Mariah Carey, Barbara Streisand, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, the Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, the Dave Matthews Band, and Alicia Keys. Mizelle released the single, "This Could be the Night", in 1984. In 1983, she released the album, Pump the Nation, with her band, Attitude. She sang on the Lemelle single, "You Got Something Special", which was released in 1982. Mizelle became a touring singer when she was 17. She considers her cousins, the Mizell Brothers, and Cissy Houston to be her influences. Mizelle attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, NJ. She attended church at First Baptist Church in Englewood with her grandmother and eventually joined the church choir. She began singing when she was very young. 1.Cindy Mizelle was born in Englewood, NJ. She also dueted with Jay Z on the 2009 track Empire State of Mind, which reached No. This track, Another Way To Die, was the first duet to feature in Bond soundtrack history.
In 2008 she teamed up with Jack White of The White Stripes to record the theme song for the film Quantum of Solace. She was also named by Billboard magazine as their R&B artist of the decade for the period 2000 - 2009.Īlicia has performed with many outstanding artists, including Usher, Christina Aguilera and Lenny Kravitz. In total, Alicia Keys has won an astonishing 14 Grammys. She repeated this success in 2008, with the album As I Am winning awards for Best R&B Song for “No One” and Best Female R&B Vocal performance. The release of Songs in A Minor contributed to her receiving an incredible five Grammys in 2002, for Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Album and Best New Artist. Throughout her immensely successful career, Keys has won numerous awards. The release of Girl on Fire in June 2013 gave her yet another chart-topping album. A third studio album followed in 2007, with her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom. 1 spot on the Billboard charts but sold almost 200,000 in its first week alone. This was followed in 2005 by her outstanding Unplugged album, which not only reached the No. November 2003 saw the release of Alicia's second hotly anticipated studio album, the Diary of Alicia Keys, which was certified quadruple platinum. The album has since sold over 13 million copies worldwide.
Lead single “Fallin'” topped the Billboard charts for six weeks, with subsequent single “A Woman's Worth” making it to the No. Aged just 20, she catapulted on to the international music scene, where she has been a firm fixture ever since.Īlicia's first studio album, Songs in A Minor, was released in June 2001, debuting at the top of the Billboard charts. Born in 1981, she began playing piano at the age of seven and by 11 was writing her own songs. Her distinctive soulful vocal style and tremendous skill as a pianist have brought her monumental accolades not only in her native America, but also the rest of the world. With global record sales of over 75 million, Alicia Keys is one of the most successful R&B artists of all time.