Alicia Keys ukhiphe ividiyo yakhe entsha ye- the single «Umlilo Esiwenzayo«, Lapho abonakala khona nomculi uMaxwell ehhotela eNew Orleans. Ungowesithathu ongashadile ovela ku-albhamu yakhe yakamuva ye-studio 'Intombazane Ngomlilo ', efike kunombolo 1 ezingeni laseMelika. U-Alicia uzoqala ukuvakasha eGreat Britain ngoMeyi, lapho ezovakashela i-Echo Arena eLiverpool kanye ne-O18 Arena eLondon ngomhlaka 2 no 30.
Isiqeshana esedlule leso sabona ukuthi umculi wayeNgisha sha", lapho abonwa khona kupiyano estudiyo sokuqopha. Ingoma ibhalwe ngumculi no-Emeli Sandé. Le albhamu ikhishwe ngoNovemba 26 futhi yakhiqizwa ngumyeni wakhe uSwizz Beatz. Alicia Keys Wazalelwa eManhattan, eNew York, ngoJanuwari 25, 1981 futhi ngaphezu kokuba ngumculi, ungumlingisi futhi umbhali wezingoma zeR & B kanye nomphefumulo. Uthathwa njengeNdlovukazi yeRhythm & Blues yamanje futhi uthengise amarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-30 emhlabeni jikelele futhi wawina izindondo eziningi, ezibandakanya amaGrammy ayi-14, amaBillboard Awards ayi-17 kanye nama-American Music Awards amathathu.
I-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi 'Songs in A Minor' iwine amaGrammys ama-5 ngobusuku obubodwa, irekhodi labaculi besifazane, alihlanganyela noLauryn Hill (1999), uNorah Jones (2003), uBeyoncé (2004) no-Amy Winehouse (2008)., kepha ngemuva kweminyaka yadlulwa ngamaGrammy ayi-6 ngobusuku obubodwa nguBeyoncé (2010) no-Adele (2012). Alicia Keys unezela kuze kube manje ama-albhamu ayisi-1 ase-United States, okuthi, ngaphezu kwalokho, aqale ukubonakala kwinombolo 200 kuBillboard 2, okuyinhlonipho ayihlanganyela neBritney Spears, ekwazile ukuyidlula nge-albhamu yakhe elandelayo, kusukela kumzuliswano wokuqala Indawo yokuqala kaSpears isivele yephukile ngemuva kokuthi i-albhamu yakhe ethi 'Blackout' iqale ukubonakala kunombolo XNUMX.
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