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Alicia Keys (born January 25, 1981, New York, New York, U.S.) American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress, who achieved enormous success in the early 2000s with her blend of R&B and soul music.

Keys began performing at age four and playing piano at age seven, concentrating on classical music and jazz. At age 14 she began composing, and two years later she graduated as valedictorian from the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan. Keys\u2019s compositions showed modern influences but were rooted in the sounds of earlier soul artists, including Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. After attracting the attention of record mogul Clive Davis, she signed to his Arista Records in 1998, and, when Davis formed J Records in 2000, she was one of the first artists to sign with the new label. In 2001 Keys released Songs in A Minor, a hugely successful debut album that featured a number one hit with \u201cFallin\u2019\u201d and that went on to sell more than 10 million copies worldwide. She won five Grammy Awards in 2002, including those for song of the year and best new artist.

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The following year Keys released a second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. She also recorded a duet with Usher called \u201cMy Boo,\u201d which for six weeks was the number one song on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 chart. In 2005 Keys cemented her status as one of pop music\u2019s leading artists by winning four Grammy Awards: best album, song, female vocal performance, and performance by a duo or group with vocals. That same year she recorded and released Unplugged, an album from the MTV special on which she performed stripped-down versions of past hits, new songs, and covers of songs popularized by Aretha Franklin and by the Rolling Stones.

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In 2007 Keys released the soul-infused As I Am, which featured the Grammy-winning single \u201cNo One.\u201d The following year she teamed with Jack White of the White Stripes on \u201cAnother Way to Die,\u201d the lead single on the soundtrack to the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. As I Am continued to post strong sales throughout 2008, and the single \u201cSuperwoman\u201d earned Keys a Grammy for best female rhythm and blues vocal performance in 2009. Later that year she collaborated with Jay-Z on the chart-topping single \u201cEmpire State of Mind,\u201d and in December she released her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom. The Grammy-winning Girl on Fire (2012) featured a roster of guest producers and vocalists that included Nicki Minaj, Dr. Dre, and Keys\u2019s husband, Swizz Beatz. The socially conscious Here (2016) was less popular, however. On Alicia (2020), which was released during the COVID-19 pandemic, Keys continued to explore topical issues, though many of the songs were infused with optimism. The double album Keys appeared in 2021.

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In addition to her music-related activities, Keys acted in several films, including Smokin\u2019 Aces (2006), The Nanny Diaries (2007), and The Secret Life of Bees (2008). She directed one of five segments that made up the cable TV movie Five (2011), about women living with breast cancer. Keys was also a coach (2016\u201318) on the television singing competition show The Voice. She hosted the Grammy Awards ceremony in 2019 and 2020. During this time she also launched (2020) Keys Soulcare, a line that included skin care. Her memoir, More Myself (written with Michelle Burford), was published in 2020.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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Alicia Keys Was Almost a Member of Girl Group 3LW

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Alicia Keys revealed she was almost a part of the girl group 3LW, which stands for 3 Little Women.

The Grammy winner made the surprise revelation about her musical past while answering the internet's most searched questions about her during a new episode of Wired's "Autocomplete Interviews" Thursday (June 18).

"My first band that I was in was just four of my homegirls from my neighborhood. I don’t even think we got to the place where we had a name," she said.

"My second band that I was in was kind of like one of these projects that are put together by people, and they heard I sang and they were like 'oh, maybe you could be a part of it.' It didn’t work out with me, but eventually, they came out," Keys explained.

She added, "I think their name was Little Women, but I was never part of that. I moved on and they moved on, that didn’t work out for me."

The band in question was made up of Cheetah Girls stars Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams and Power actress Naturi Naughton. The trio, who formed 3LW in 1999, released their first hit single "No More (Baby I’ma Do It Right)" in 2000.

Though Keys missed out on the chance to be part of a girl group, she found massive success on her own, debuting her smash hit, "Fallin’," in 2001. She later went on to win five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year.

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Alicia Keys has shocked fans with news she was close to becoming a member of girl band 3LW in the early days of her career.

The Girl on Fire hitmaker dropped out of the running to join the trio shortly before she released her Grammy-winning solo debut album, Songs in A Minor, in 2001.

\"My second band that I was in, was kind of like one of these projects that are put together by people, and they heard I sang and they were like, 'Oh, maybe you could be a part of it...,'\" Alicia recalled during WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews Video Series. \"It didn't work out with me, but eventually they came out. I think their name was Little Women, but I was never part of that.\"

Alicia scooped up five Grammys for Songs in A Minor after stepping away from the opportunity to join 3LW, short for 3 Little Women, comprised of Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams and Naturi Naughton.

Their biggest hit, No More (Baby I'ma Do Right), was released in 2000, a year ahead of Alicia's solo debut.
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Alicia Keys has built a hugely successful career as a solo artist, but the Grammy Award-winning performer could have gone down a very different path had she remained a member of any of the three girl groups she joined early on, including one you may have heard of: 3LW.

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The “No One” singer sat down on June 17 to participate in Wired’s “Web’s Most Searched Questions” series on YouTube and dropped the 3LW bombshell as she made her way through her pre-“Fallin'” musical journey.

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At 1:35, Keys answers the question “What band was Alicia Keys in?” and reminisces on her first band, or attempt at one, as a kid. “My first band that I was in was just four of my homegirls from my neighborhood, and I don’t even think we got to the place where we had a name.”

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The 39-year-old “More Myself: A Journey” author then revealed that she could have been one of the titular “Little Women” of the early 2000s girl group 3LW (short for 3 Little Women). “Then my second band that I was in was kind of like one of these projects that are put together by people and they heard I sang and they were like, ‘Oh, maybe you can be a part of it,'” she said. “It didn’t work out with me, but eventually they came out, and I think they name was Little Women, but I was never a part of that because I moved on and they moved on and that didn’t work out for me.”

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In 1999, the group eventually found its original trio in Naturi Naughton, Adrienne Bailon, and Kiely Williams, who released hit singles “No More (Baby I’ma Do Right)” and “Playas Gon’ Play,” before Naughton’s departure in 2002. Williams and Bailon continued on as a duo before eventually replacing Naughton with singer Jessica Benson in 2003, the same year that Williams and Bailon rose to fame as half of Disney girl group The Cheetah Girls with Raven-Symon\u00e9 and Sabrina Bryant. 3LW officially disbanded in 2007.

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UNSPECIFIED, – APRIL 22: In this screengrab, Alicia Keys performs during “Saving Our Selves: A BET COVID-19 Effort” airing on April 22, 2020. \u201cSaving Our Selves: A BET COVID-19 Relief Effort\u201d will provide financial, educational and community support directly to Black communities hit hardest by COVID-19. (Photo by BET2020/Getty Images for BET NETWORKS)
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Keys also discussed her attempt to form a band at 14 with a few friends, and they specialized in one song and one song only.

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“Then I had another band that we were, like, 14, that I was in and was our homegirls from school, and we were always together at the PAL in Harlem on 124th Street singing Groove Theory’s ‘Tell Me’,” she laughed. “That was our song that we sang like 6,000 times a day trying to prepare for anybody that could maybe open a door for us.”

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Although none of her girl band attempts made it very far, the “Diary” singer says her journey back then taught her that she was better off as a solo artist. “So nothing really happened with any of the bands that I was in, but that’s OK, I’m grateful for them all. There was deep sisterhood there. Eventually I, you know, found my way to realize that I wasn’t meant to be in a group.”

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During the interview, Keys also gave props to an important figure that helped shape her career, her childhood piano teacher, who also taught her oldest son, 9-year-old Egypt Dean. “My first piano teacher, her name is Margaret Pine, and she actually taught me from 7 or 6 when I started first playing all the way until about 18. She also taught my oldest son piano too.”

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