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All About Alicia Keys – Some Trivia to Prepare You for Her As I Am Tour

The world has rarely seen anyone climb to success as rapidly as Alicia Keys, and at a very young age too! Barely in her mid-twenties, Keys has sold over 25 million albums worldwide as of 2007 and won numerous awards, including eleven Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards and fourteen NAACP Image Awards.

Known for her skills as a R&B artists, actress and writer, Alicia Keys is one of the most popular and loved artists of contemporary times. Currently she is in the middle of her highly successful As I Am Tour. Here are some fun-facts about the diva and a little about her As I Am Tour:

• Keys’ birth name is Alicia J. Augello-Cook.
• She was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2002.
• Keys was also named one of People Magazine’s ‘Breakthrough Stars of 2001′.
• She began to play the piano at age 7.
• She was accepted by Columbia University at age 16, but dropped out to pursue her music career.
• Keys has been close to fellow R&B superstar Beyonce Knowles since she was 13.
• Keys made her big-screen debut in early 2007 in the crime film Smokin’ Aces, co-starring as an assassin named Georgia Sykes opposite Ben Affleck.
• She is a spokeswoman for Keep a Child Alive, a not for profit organization that provides life-saving AIDS medicines directly to children and families with HIV/AIDS in Africa, and calls it her passion and mission.
• Keys’ nickname is Lellow.
• Keys is also a spokeswoman for Frum tha Ground Up, a charity devoted to inspiring, encouraging, and motivating American youths to achieve success on all levels.
• She is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

As I Am Tour

The As I Am concert tour by Alicia Keys is in support of her third studio album ‘As I Am’. The tour started on February 25 and will end on July 9. The tour will be across most of the European and American locations. Alicia Keys has also confirmed that the tour will extend to Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Africa and South America.

Jordin Sparks has been confirmed to be touring alongside Keys on the North American leg of the tour as opening act.

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