Lifted from the album, the release of single ‘Fire We Make’, a duet with Maxwell, realized Alicia as the first artist to top Billboard’s Adult R&B chart ten times, tallying 80 weeks spent at #1 since her first chart-topper in 2001.Īlicia Keys also holds the record as the first female R&B artist to have three consecutive #1 albums debuts on the Billboard 200 album chart.Additional recording engineer: Ann Mincieli recording engineer: Tony Black ( producer, engineer) producer: Alicia Keys and Kanye West mixer: Manny Marroquin bass guitar : Artie Reynolds cello: Eileen Folson and Caryl Paisner guitar : Sharief Hobley viola: Richard Brice ( viola player), Robert Chausow, Barry Finclair and Maxine Roach ( violist) violin: Kurt Briggs, Avril Brown, Stanley Hunte, Lori Miller, Marion Pinheiro, Alexander Vselensky and Xin Zhao background vocals: AK, John Legend and Harold Lilly lead vocals: AK conductor: Ray Chew strings arranger: Ray Chew concertmaster: Sanford Allen recorded at: Kampo Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States and Quad Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States mixed at: Larrabee North in Universal City, California, United States samples: Let Me Prove My Love to You by The Main Ingredient recording of: You Don’t Know My Name writer: Mel Kent, Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Ralph Bailey, Kanye West and Ken Williams publisher: A Dish A Tunes LLC, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. The album brings big name collaboration including her longtime partner Krucial, Grammy-winning artists Bruno Mars, Babyface, Maxwell, and John Legend, acclaimed guitarist Gary Clark Jr., Jamie “xx” Smith, Frank Ocean and Emeli Sandé among others. 2003 - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (UK And Japanese Edition) 2005 - Unplugged 2007 - As I Am (The Super Edition) 2009 - The Element Of Freedom (Deluxe Editions) 2012 - Girl On Fire 2013 - VH1 Storytellers 2016 - HERE (Deluxe Edition) 2017 - Vault Playlist Vol.
This success was further cemented by subsequent album releases The Diary of Alicia Keys, As I Am, The Element of Freedom and hit singles ‘No One’, ‘If I Ain’t Got You’, ‘Superwoman’, ‘You Don’t Know My Name’, ‘Empire State of Mind’ and more.Īlicia released her stunning fifth studio album, Girl on Fire, earlier this year and was promptly seated at the top spot of the Billboard charts. Lead by the massive #1 hit single 'Fallin', the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, going on to sell in excess of ten millions copies worldwide and garner five Grammy Awards. 2003 - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (UK And Japanese Edition) 2005 - Unplugged 2007 - As I Am (The Super Edition) 2009 - The Element Of Freedom (Deluxe.
The vocals, lyrics and electronic horns, phased within the breaks, fill these nine minutes with heart-filled emotion and delight. Extraordinary production and remix - particularly Hanis Extended Club Mix. This disc is, hands down, my favorite of 2004. The Diary of Alicia Keys is the second studio album by American singer Alicia Keys.It was released on Decemby J Records.The album was recorded at several recording studios, and production was handled primarily by Keys with contributions from Kanye West and Kerry Brothers Jr., who described it as 'an R&B album'.
The international spotlight locked onto a 20-year-old Alicia Keys with the 2001 release of her debut album Songs In A Minor. Almost all of our vinyl discs will include either an original inner sleeve, or a plain inner sleeve, or a printed inner sleeve, which we provide with the sole purpose of protecting the record. referencing Diary (Hani Mixes), 12', Promo, J12-65023-1.