ĭeparting from the classicist soul music of Keys' previous albums, Keys's fourth album The Element of Freedom (2009) introduced a mid-tempo, low-key sound and features mostly ballads. The album sold five million copies worldwide. Selling 742,000 copies in its first week, As I Am gained Keys the largest first week sales of her career and became her fourth consecutive number one album. Her biggest commercial success since 'Fallin'', it remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks and became the song most listened to of 2007 in the United States. In 2007, ' No One', the lead single from Keys's third studio album, As I Am, was released. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994. In 2005, Keys released her first live album, Unplugged, which again debuted at number one in the United States. Four singles were released from the album, three of which became top-ten singles, including ' You Don't Know My Name' and ' If I Ain't Got You', the latter oh which became the first single by a female artist to remain on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for over a year. It became Keys' second consecutive number-one US debut, selling over 618,000 copies its first week of release, becoming the largest first-week sales for a female artist in 2003. Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in December 2003 and sold eight million copies worldwide. In 2002, the album was reissued as Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor, which included a disc of remixes and live songs. A commercial success, Songs in A Minor went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide and made Keys the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and produced the singles ' Fallin'', ' A Woman's Worth', ' How Come You Don't Call Me' and ' Girlfriend,' the former of which peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Keys released her debut album Songs in A Minor (2001) through J Records, after having had previous recording deals with Columbia and Arista. Billboard ranked her as the second top female artist of the 2000s decade (5th overall), fourth top R&B/hip-Hop female artist of the 2010s decade (26th overall) and the 60th Greatest Artist of all time. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Keys is the top certified female R&B artist of the millennium, with 20 million certified albums and 27.5 million certified digital singles in the United States. Throughout her career, Keys has sold over 65 million records worldwide. Keys performing at Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal, March 19, 2008Īmerican singer Alicia Keys has released eight studio albums, two live albums, one remix album, four reissue albums, one extended play, seven box sets, 45 singles as lead artist, and six promotional singles.

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