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What!
More Awards for Alicia?
February 15, 2008 - It was a love-in for Denzal Washington,
Tyler Perry and Alicia Keys last night at the 39th NAACP
Image Awards. Washington won for his pet project "The
Great Debaters," it picked up 4 awards. Tyler Perry's
"House of Payne," a TBS comedy series was another
big winner with three Image Awards and in music it was another
huge night for Alicia
Keys.
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John Legend Honoured as Humanitarian
 July 7, 2008 - Famous R&B singer, pianist and composer John Legend is not only an accomplished musician (winner of 5 Grammy Awards), but he is also known to serve various humanitarian causes. More.
Long Beach Jazz Festival
 July 7, 2008 - The 21st edition of Long Beach Festival will take place August 8th, 9th and 10th in Long Beach. The festival will host an amazing line-up of contemporary Jazz artists. More. |
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50th
Grammy Awards -
Plethora of Pretentious Divas
February
11, 2008 - It was the 50th Grammy
Awards and the promise was to combine classic talent with
today's big iTunes stars. Having heard early that Alicia
Keys was set to perform with a dead Frank
Sinatra. more
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Robin Thicke Juggles Cats With Ease
 July 7, 2008 – Robin Thicke likes to multi-task. So much so that the singer says as well as a new CD, he’s also writing a movie score, a novel, a screenplay and his first poetry book. More.
Al Jarreau Ready with New CD
 July 5, 2008 - Seven time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and composer Al Jarreau is currently working on his next solo album, after his most recent musical work “Love songs” (a collection of some of his classics with covers of other favourites) came out in January 2008. More. |
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Michael
Buble and
Alicia Keys Vying
For 2008 International
Music Awards
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Beyonce Gets £500,000 for One Show
 July 3, 2008 – What would you do with £500,000? Maybe buy a dream home? Help a downtrodden charity or you could go really nuts and hire Beyonce? That’s right, for a measly £500,000 you could have Beyonce all to yourself – well kind of. More.
Queen Latifah Inks Deal for Fragrance!
 July 3, 2008 - Rapper-turned-actress Queen Latifah has signed a deal to create her own signature perfume for Florida-based Parlux Fragrances, E! Online reports. The product should be on the market by fall 2009. More. |
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What!
More Awards for Alicia?
 February
15, 2008 - It was a love-in for Denzal Washington, Tyler
Perry and Alicia Keys last night at the 39th NAACP Image
Awards. Washington won for his pet project "The Great
Debaters," it picked up 4 awards. Tyler Perry's "House
of Payne," a TBS comedy series was another big winner
with three Image Awards and in music it was another huge
night for Alicia
Keys. The singer won for "Album of the Year,"
"Female Artist," "Song" for "Like
You'll Never See Me Again," and "Album" for
her latest "As I AM." Keys was originally scheduled
to perform with the dead ghosts of Tiny Tim, Sonny Bono
and Ethel Merman at the ceremony but Keys was suffering
from exhaustion from lack of sleep since last Sunday's Grammy
Awards. Something about the ghost of Frank Sinatra showing
up at her bedside carrying a big stick. - by John
Beaudin
Michael
Buble and Alicia Keys Vying For 2008 International Music Awards
 Jan
30, 2008 - Internationally acclaimed Canadian vocalist Michael
Buble and American diva Alicia
Keys are competing with other famous artists for international
music recognition in 2008.
Both
artists have garnered nominations at the 2008 BRIT Awards,
the annual pop music awards taking place in Great Britain.
Buble will feature in "the Best International Male
Solo Artist" category and will be opposed to international
music stars "The Boss" Bruce Springstreen, record
producer and rapper Kanye West, pop songwriter and singer
Rufus Wainwright and rapper Timbaland. Keys will feature
in the "Best International Female Solo Artist"
category and will be clashing with Icelandic cutting edge
diva Bjork, Canadian indie pop songwriter and singer Feist
and Australian best-selling star Kylie Minogue. The Brits
will take place in London at Earls Court on February 20,
2008. Kily Minogue (two nominations), Mika, Rihanna (one
nomination), Kaiser Chiefs (two) and Mark Ronson (three)
will perform live. The show will be hosted by Sharon and
Ozzy Osborne.
Buble
and Keys have also been nominated for the 2008 US Grammy
Awards. Best-selling vocalist Michael Buble was nominated
in the "traditional pop vocal" category for his
latest album "Call Me Irresponsible". He will
face former rap queen and new jazz diva Queen Latifah and
her "Trav'lin' Light". Already nine Grammy Awards-winner
Alicia Keys (whose single "No One" is currently
in the R&R Smooth Jazz Chart's Top 20) is also on the
bill. The Grammy Awards ceremony will take take place in
Los Angeles on February 10, 2008. - For
more informations: www.brits.co.uk; www.grammy.com - By Akbar Nour
Alicia
Keys Set to Re-launch Unplugged
 July
15, 2005 - MTV is bringing back its "Unplugged"
series later this year and Alicia
Keys is set to start things off. The singer says she
is "creating new songs" for the release, as well
as "flipping up the songs that you know and making
it a very memorable experience". The album will be
recorded this month for release in September. - by Cheryl
Philips
Grammy's
Turns into Ray Charles Love Fest
 February
14, 2004 - The late great Ray
Charles cleaned up at the Grammy's this year with 8
wins. His duets album "Genius Loves Company" won
many of the top prizes including Album of the Year and best
Pop Album. "Here We Go Again" his duet with Norah
Jones won Record of the Year and best Pop Collaboration. More
Alicia Keys Grammy Wins(4)
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R&B Album: The Diary Of Alicia
Keys, Alicia Keys.
- Female R&B Vocal Performance: If I Ain't Got You, Alicia Keys.
- R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: My
Boo, Usher and Alicia Keys.
- R&B Song: You Don't Know My Name, Alicia
Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West (Alicia Keys).
Smooth
Jazz Nominees at the Grammys
 December
8, 2004 - Looks like the sun won't set any time soon on Norah Jones. The singer
was nominated for five Grammys yesterday including nods
for Pop Vocal Album and Female Pop Vocal for her second
CD "Feels Like Home." The late Ray
Charles was another multiple nominee with seven (his
album had 10 nominations) and the biggest artist heard on
Smooth Jazz radio was Alicia
Keys with eight nominations. Read more.
Alicia Keys 8 Nominations
- Album Of The Year - "The Diary of Alicia Keys"
- Song Of The Year -
"If I Ain't Got You" from "The Diary Of Alicia
Keys"
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance - "If I Ain't Got You" from "The
Diary Of Alicia Keys"
- Best R&B Performance By A
Duo Or Group - "Diary" featuring Tony!
Toni! Toné! from "The Diary Of Alicia
Keys"
- Best R&B Performance By A
Duo Or Group - "My Boo" with Usher
from "Confessions Special Edition"
- Best R&B Song - "My Boo" songwriters - Jermaine Dupri, Alicia
Keys, Usher Raymond, Manuel Seal & Adonis
Shropshire, songwriters - from "Confessions
Special Edition"
- Best R&B Song - You Don't Know My Name - songwriters Alicia Keys, Harold
Lilly & Kanye West, songwriters from "The
Diary Of Alicia Keys"
- Best R&B Album - "The Diary of Alicia Keys"
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Alicia
Keys Glamour Magazine's Women Of The Year
 November
9, 2004 - Congratulations to Alicia
Keys who was honored last night (Monday) in New
York City as Glamour Magazine's Women Of The Year. The
icing for the singer was having one of her heroes Natalie
Cole present her with the award. In fact while talking
to the press backstage the singer spoke mostly of how
much she respected Cole. Keys will headline the Barbados
Jazz Festival on January, 10 - 16; the event will also
feature the Yellowjackets and Pieces Of A Dream. On Nov. 16 the singer will release
a documentary DVD 'The Diary of Alicia Keys' recorded
during the making of her album of the same name.
Alicia
Keys Ready To Make Her Film Debut
 May
17, 2004 - It's not uncommon for musicians to takes film
roles that are close to home on their first try. Alicia
Keys is no exception. She'll play a woman very similar
to herself, Philippa Schuyler, a piano prodigy of mixed-race.
Schuyler who was born in 1939 played around the world
but ran into quite a bit of racism and had problems fitting
into the music culture at the time. She was the daughter
of African American author and journalist George Schuyler
and white Texan artist and journalist Josephine Cogdell.
She died at the age of 35 in a helicopter crash during
the Vietnam War. Halle Berry will produce the film.
Alicia
Keys Set to Perform in Urban Lilith Fair
 February
6, 2004 - It will be called Verizon Triple Threat tour
but to most it's already duped an Urban Lilith Fair. Three
heavyweights in urban music are teaming up for their own
version of "Girl Power." Beyoncé, Missy
Elliott, Alicia
Keys and special guests plan to kick off the tour
next month in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Elliott called the
tour, "History in the making," adding, "I've
always wanted to do a Lilith Fair on the urban side."
In a press conference Keys promised a bit of everything,
"We're all different women with different styles
of music," she said. "The shows will be exciting
just for that fact."
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March
12: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (National Car Rental Center)
March 14: New Orleans (Arena)
March 17: San Antonio (SBC Center)
March 19: Houston (Reliant Stadium, Beyoncé
only)
March 21: Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum)
March 23: Philadelphia (Wachovia Center)
March 24: Boston (FleetCenter)
March 26: Hampton, Va. (Coliseum)
March 27: Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Coliseum)
March 28: Atlanta (Phillips Arena)
March 30: Cleveland (Gund Arena)
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April
1: Minneapolis (Target Center)
April 2: Chicago (Allstate Arena)
April 3: Detroit (Palace of Auburn Hills)
April 4: St. Louis (Savvis Center)
April 6: Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh Arena)
April 9: Hartford, Conn. (Civic Center)
April 10: Uniondale, N.Y. (Nassau Coliseum)
April 12: New York (Madison Square Garden)
April 15: Phoenix (America West Arena)
April 16: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay)
April 18: Oakland, Calif. (Oakland Arena)
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Alicia
Keys -"I'm Not Gay"
 December
4, 2003 - In case you were wondering, Alicia Keys denies
she's gay. She tells ``Access Hollywood'' she absolutely
is not gay and she believes her strong-mindedness might
make people think that. She says T-V may be a factor in
the rumours she's hearing to that nature. Keys says, ``I
think what happens is any person that graces any T-V set
is 'gay.' I don't know what it is.''
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