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Welcome to The Alicia Keys Picture Pages!
This site truly contains only high quality scans of Alicia,
so you can stop searching for Alicia Keys pictures from now
on! For those new to the site, my philosophy on exactly what
constitutes 'high quality' is found here.
Be sure to check out all three picture galleries to your left.
Since the tender age of 5, Alicia Keys has
proven herself a true musical prodigy. Born and raised in
Manhattan, New York, a great deal of her upbringing was devoted
to music and her aspirations to succeed as a performer. Piano
lessons beginning at such an early age allowed Alicia to blossom
into the exceptionally talented pianist she is today.
She credits much of her success to her mother's
insistence on her continuing with the lessons, and ultimately
growing as an artist. Her ultra-supportive mother advised
her that piano-playing was the one thing in life that she
would not allow her daughter to give up on. While many children
may consider this to be a form of punishment, Alicia thought
otherwise. Piano-playing proved to become one of her true
passions in life and she pursued it.
Alicia eventually enrolled in the Professional
Performance Arts School of Manhattan and chose to major in
choir. An all-around outstanding student, her musical talents
grew to an even higher level under the guidance of one of
her instructors. This instructor helped to train her voice,
enabling Alicia to further grow as a multi-talented musician.
At the age of 16, Alicia's outstanding academic
grades allowed her to finish high school early. Columbia University
accepted her immediately thereafter, but she was intent on
pursuing her love of music instead. In 1998, major record
labels began discovering her, which resulted in old-fashioned
bidding wars in her honor. She eventually signed with Arista
Records. At this point, she continued the process of writing,
producing and recording the debut that she'd been working
on since the age of 14.
In late 1999, Alicia decided to join Clive
Davis and his newfound record label, J Records. Davis has
supported and groomed many high-profile artists in the past,
including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Santana. Keys
saw this as an opportunity to grow and Davis, being the legendary
record mogul that he is, has been relentlessly hyping the
piano-playing prodigy ever since.
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