Alisha Keyes is an American singer, songwriter and pianist. The winner of fifteen Grammy awards performs in the styles of soul and neosoul, rhythm and blues. Awarded the title of Princess Soul.
An exotic beauty with a melodic bewitching voice, Alisha Ojello Cook is known in the world of music as Alisha Keyes. The singer has become one of the best-selling musicians of all time.
Brilliant start
The biography of the future artist began in 1981. The girl was born January 25 in New York. In the family, she was an only child. His father, Craig Cook, worked as a steward, his mother, Teresa Ojello, was an actress and assistant lawyer. When the daughter was 2 years old, the parents broke up. Alisha was raised by her mother.
From childhood, the future star was engaged in music and dancing. A four-year-old baby starred in a movie for the first time. She got a role in the telenovela "The Cosby Show." She got an episode of the Slumber Party. At 7, Alisha became interested in playing the piano. From 12 she studied at the prestigious School of Performing Arts "Professional Performing Arts School". She graduated from her talented student in just three years.
The girl decided to get further education at Columbia University. However, the training took no more than a month. Keyes quickly realized that she did not like at the university.
The girl created the first compositions a couple of years after receipt. With a collaboration with the label So So Def, a musical career began. The vocalist took part in the work on the soundtrack for "Men in Black" in 1997 as a professional. The presentation of the first studio album of the singer was held in June 2001.5. Songs in A Minor was commercially successful: over 12 million copies were sold worldwide. Keyes was called the best performer in the R&B genre and the most successful debutant.
The career start brought the singer 5 Grammys at once in 2005. Sensual composition Fallin 'was awarded in the category "Song of the Year". After Lauren Hill, Keyes became the second American performer to go on stage for the award 5 times in one evening.
Both musician and actress
In the same period, the recording studio of Alisha and her creative partner Kerry Krucial Brothers The Oven Studios began work. Brothers and Keyes also founded KrucialKeys Enterprises. The organization helps the singer herself to create successful albums
The following year was marked by work on the new disc, The Diary of Alicia Keys, which repeated the success of the first album. He brought the performer another 4 Grammys. The single “If Ain't Got You” was noted in the category “Best Female Vocal Work in the Rhythm and Blues Genre”. The lyric composition was written and produced by Alisha herself.
In 2006, fans received a concert record for vocalist "Unplugged". The new disc instantly took off on the top line of the Billboard-200 chart. Such a triumph came only to Nirvana in 1994.
The singer and composer demonstrated her work in cinema. She starred in films and telenovelas. As an actress, Keyes participated in American Dreams and Dreamers. In the criminal action movie "Trump Aces", the star appeared in 2007. She played Georgia Sykes. In the story, FBI agents should protect the life of a gangster who agreed to cooperate with the authorities. The mafia immediately sent 11 killers to him. One of them was the heroine of the singer.
In the same period, work was underway on Nanny Diaries. In the film, Alisha got a character named Lynette, a close friend of the main character. According to the idea of the creators, it was the presence of a friend that the film adaptation was different from the literary source. In 2007, the third album of the star As I Am was released. He also received several Grammys and sold in huge numbers.
New heights
In The Secret Life of the Bees, the performer reincarnated as June Boatwright. In 2009, the work brought celebrities the Image Awards as an outstanding supporting actress in a feature film.
On the first December day of 2009, the album The Element of Freedom was released. A new sample of the vocalist’s creativity took first place in the British chart. Girl on Fire's new work was presented to fans three years later. In the national hit parade of albums, the disk got the fifth position.
The studio collection Here appeared in November 3, 2016. Both critics and listeners spoke approvingly of him. During the first week, the disc took first place on the Billboard-200 chart.
The singer works in a special style. It combined with the active use of keyboards soul, R&B and jazz. Her style is called vintage soul with drum rhythms and bass or gospel. A singer never sets a framework for herself. She loves experimenting with rock and pop.
