It sold eight million copies worldwide, becoming the sixth biggest-selling album by a female artist and the second biggest-selling album by a female R&B artist. It sold 4.4 million copies in the United States and was certified four times Platinum by the RIAA. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 618,000 copies its first week of release, becoming the largest first-week sales for a female artist in 2003. Keys followed up her debut with The Diary of Alicia Keys, which was released in December 2003.
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During the early 2000s, Keys also made small cameos in television series Charmed and American Dreams. That same year, she collaborated with Christina Aguilera for the latter's upcoming album Stripped on a song entitled Impossible, which Keys wrote, co-produced, and provided with background vocals. Keys became the second female solo artist to win five Grammy Awards in a single night, following Lauryn Hill at the 41st Grammy Awards. Songs In A Minor led Keys to win five awards at the 2002 Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song for Fallin', Best New Artist, and Best R&B Album Fallin' was also nominated for Record of the Year. The following year, the album was reissued as Remixed & Unplugged in a Minor, which included eight remixes and seven unplugged versions of the songs from the original. The album's second single, A Woman's Worth, peaked at number three on the same chart. The album's lead single, Fallin', spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide, establishing Keys' popularity both inside and outside the United States, where she became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States, where it was certified six times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 236,000 copies in its first week. Keys released her first studio album, Songs In A Minor, in June 2001. In 2010, VH1 included Keys on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Billboard magazine named her the top R&B artist of the 2000–2009 decade, establishing herself as one of the best-selling artists of her time. Throughout her career, Keys has won numerous awards and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records. She later attended Columbia University before dropping out to pursue her music career.
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She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. At age seven, Keys began to play classical music on the piano. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. About Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American recording artist, musician and actress.
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