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4 unusual facts about Alicia Keys


Gomesi

In popular culture, singer Alicia Keys wore the gomesi when she visited Uganda in 2007.

J. R. Bailey

His song "Let Me Prove My Love to You", which was originally performed by The Main Ingredient, was sampled for Alicia Keys' 2003 single "You Don't Know My Name".

Micro-series

Singer Alicia Keys was selected by Dove and MTV to star in their "real beauty" micro-series called Fresh Takes.

Obiwon

His musical influences include Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Nigerian high life artistes such as the late maestros Osita Osadebe and Celestine Ukwu and so many others.


After the Anthems

The song is titled "One time I replayed the empire state of mind" and is a cover of "One Time" by Justin Bieber, "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, and "Replay" by Iyaz.

Backpage

Over 230,000 people including 600 religious leaders, 51 attorneys general, 19 U.S. senators, over 50 non-governmental associations, musician Alicia Keys, and members of R.E.M., The Roots, and Alabama Shakes have petitioned the website to remove sexual content.

Be More

Two projects Be More worked with are Agape, a South African orphanage that is featured in the HBO documentary We Are Together (film) and The Blue Roof, a medical clinic that provides Antiretroviral drugs, counseling and support to people living with AIDS, which was opened by Alicia Keys and her charity Keep A Child Alive.

Chaka Demus

On November 18, 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers performed "Murder She Wrote" alongside Alicia Keys at the 2007 American Music Awards.

G Money

As well as DJing and presenting the TXU News programme on BBC 1Xtra, G Money also works for voluntary youth programmes in South London such as The Connexions Initiatives, where artists such as Usher, Kelly Rowland, Alicia Keys and Tyrese visit schools and encourage pupils to stay focused to achieve their goals.

Harley Pasternak

As part of his personal training, Pasternak has worked with many celebrity clients, including: Jennifer Hudson, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Megan Fox, Bono, Milla Jovovich and Alicia Keys.

Harriette Cole

Cole has provided media training, presentation training and/or fashion styling for many clients including Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Carl Thomas, JoJo, Shontelle and Hal Linton.

Inch Chua

Inch Chua, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with others, has recorded cover versions of work by artists including Shiina Ringo, Britney Spears, Radiohead, Bruno Mars, David Bowie, Nat King Cole, Ming Bridges, Death Cab for Cutie, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, Paul McCartney, Air, Beck, David Choi, Bright Eyes and Leonard Cohen.

Jamsil Arena

It has also been used to host various entertainment events, to include World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) events and concerts, by Iron Maiden, Alicia Keys, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Incubus, and Japanese band L'Arc-en-Ciel, among others.

Jeannie Mai

As a trainer, she worked her way from face to face until she was eventually traveling the world to work for celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, and Rosario Dawson.

Karim Nagi

He has also recorded music for Bellydance Superstars, Bellyqueen, and the Bellytwins, as well as mainstream artists like Alicia Keys, and The Urban Griot Project.

Kenneth Cole Productions

In 2005, Cole spearheaded the “We All Have AIDS” awareness campaign with advertisements photographed by Mark Seliger and featuring such luminaries as Nelson Mandela, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Elton John, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Elizabeth Taylor, Alicia Keys, Desmond Tutu, Natasha Richardson, Eric McCormack, Ashley Judd, Whoopi Goldberg, Harry Belafonte, Greg Louganis and Rosie O'Donnell.

Lina Makhul

In an audition for the second season of the TV show The Voice of Israel in late 2012, Makhoul sang the female part from Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys and joined the mentoring team of Shlomi Shabat.

Love on a Two-Way Street

The Moments' version of the song has been sampled by The AB's formally known as Asamov in 2005 for the song "Supa Dynamite," by Caribou in the track "Supotnik" from 2005's The Milk of Human Kindness, and by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' single "Empire State of Mind" in 2009.

Lydia R. Diamond

The producers include musician Alicia Keys, filmmaker Reuben Cannon and legendary Broadway producer Nelle Nugent.

Maaza Mengiste

She has completed a documentary project, GIRL RISING, with 10x10 Films, that focuses on girls’ education globally and features the voices of several noted actors, including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Alicia Keys, and Cate Blanchett.

Manny Marroquin

In 2004, he received two Grammys for Album of the Year for Kanye West's College Dropout, and Alicia Keys' The Diary of Alicia Keys.

Max Loong

Shows he has hosted in Europe include Fanta Fiesta (teleprompter), McMusic (requestshow), FreaX (gameshow), Popschau (newsshow), Sunrise (latenightshow) and his own produced hit show Interaktiv (liveshow) where he has interviewed famous artistes such as Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Usher, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Robert Downey Jr. and Pierce Brosnan to name a few.

No ID

Also known as Ernest Wilson, No I.D., working as a co-producer (and sometimes ghost producer) for Jermaine Dupri, "Heat" by Twista & Co-Produced with The Legendary Traxster "I Do It" by Big Sean, No I.D. has worked on hit singles such as "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys, "Let Me Hold You" by Bow Wow featuring Omarion, and "Smile" by G-Unit, "Retrospect for Life" by Common feat.

Paraíso Express

The song, a collaboration with American singer Alicia Keys, became another number-one hit for Sanz in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart, and the first for Keys in this chart.

Plain Pat

Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds is an American songwriter and record producer, noted for working with Drake, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, The Roots, Lloyd, Young Gunz, Myron and The Kyniptionz, Ashanti, Ludacris, Freeway, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E., and The Mutton Birds among others.

Randy Bettis

BetBoyz has worked with and created remixes for some of the industry’s biggest artists: Taylor Dayne, Alicia Keys, Levi Kreis, Inaya Day, Jenn Cuneta and Ari Gold.

Sex Therapy: The Session

Thicke been added as a supporting act on Alicia KeysThe Freedom Tour tour, kicking off on February 28, 2010 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with stops at Madison Square Garden and Staples Center.

Sharaya J

Her work caught the attention of high-profiled musicians, Diddy, Ciara, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, The-Dream, Rihanna, and earned her cameo spots on each artists' music videos (Alicia Keys' "Teenage Love Affair", The-Dream's "Shawty Is a 10").

Songs in A Minor Tour

The critically acclaimed Songs in A Minor Tour was a concert tour set out in support of Songs in A Minor, Alicia Keys multi-platinum debut album.

Sue Monk Kidd

It has been produced on stage in New York by The American Place Theater and been adapted into a movie by Fox Searchlight, starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo.

Tender Love

It has since been sampled by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony on their 1996 hit "Dayz of our Lives" and by 2 Much on their 2007 song "Hard Time" (later covered by Korean group Shinee), and covered in live performances by artists such as Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Marsha Ambrosius, Kelly Rowland, and Marques Houston.

The Dandy Warhols Are Sound

Prior to the release of Welcome to the Monkey House, the band had been pressing for a version mixed by Elevado, whose credits include D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, The Roots' The Roots Come Alive, Common's Like Water for Chocolate and Alicia Keys' Songs in A Minor, among others.

The Empire Lights

The Empire Lights take influence from such acts as, Coldplay, U2, Kings Of Leon, The Script, Thin Lizzy, Norah Jones, Maroon 5, Adele, Alicia Keys, and Michael Jackson.

The Tale of the Tape

Although no songs from the album reached the charts, the song "The Big Beat" has been notably sampled by hip hop artists, including Run-D.M.C.'s "Here We Go", Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half Steppin'", Jay-Z's "99 Problems", Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp", U.T.F.O's "Roxanne, Roxanne" and Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire".

WAUN-FM

Typical artists heard as part of the Smooth AC format include Michael Bublé, Sade, Colbie Caillat, John Mayer, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, Kenny G, Dave Koz, and Jason Mraz among others.

Wendy Rene

Several of her songs have been used in films (Gegen die Wand, The Fighting Temptations, Lucky Number Slevin, The Wackness) and sampled/redone by current artists such as Wu-Tang Clan (in "Tearz") and Alicia Keys.


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Cappriccieo Scates

Capp began his music business career doing independent promotions for Sony Music, Death Row Records, Tommy Boy Records, Universal Music Group, and Atlantic Records, promoting the careers of artists such as: Alicia Keys, Boyz II Men, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and etcetera.

Paul Lapinski

Since 2008, MPS studios has worked with several major label acts: J Dash featuring Flo Rida, Ludacris, Alicia Keys, Song Music, The Collective (Slash, Linkin Park, The All-American Rejects, Martin Lawrence).