Songs in A Minor
Occupation
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Production
- Jermaine Dupri
- Krucial Keys
- Brian McKnight
- Alicia Keys
Songs in A Minor (German: "Songs in A Minor " ) is the debut album by American R & B singer Alicia Keys. It was released on June 5 in the U.S. and in Europe on 3 September 2001 under J Records. At the ceremony of the Grammy Awards in 2002, the album was honored with five Grammy Awards.
The style of the album is a mixture of different styles. These include the use of the Motown - style, therefore the piano, the string arrangements and the choir inserts, combined with modern R & B. The influence of Clive Davis, who discovered Alicia Keys, according to Rolling Stone can be heard on the album.
- 3.1 chart positions
Title list
In addition to the standard version of the album, a special edition has been released. This limited edition also includes a second CD with remixes and unplugged live recordings.
Song Info
- The song Butterflyz was the first written by Alicia Keys piece. At the time she was 14 years old.
- How Come You Do not Call Me is a cover of the Prince song How Come U Do not Call Me Anymore? .
- The video for Fallin ', in which Chris Robinson directed, Alicia Keys shows in various situations in which she sings the song and partly to play piano. So you can see them in the intro at a piano in an apartment play, then she sings on the street. A continuous plot line is to visit a prison. Here, the journey by bus, as well as the arrival of a conversation are shown with a prisoner. On the way to prison, the bus drives past a field, work on the female prison population and thereby join the song.
Singles
For this album, the four singles Fallin ', A Woman's Worth, How Come You Do not Call Me and Girlfriend were released. Their debut single Fallin was the most successful from the album, it reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks.
Their fourth single Girlfriend was only released in parts of Europe, Canada and Australia. In the U.S., they did not appear.
- Fallin ' (20 August 2001)
- A Woman's Worth (February 11, 2002)
- How Come You Do not Call Me (18 June 2002)
- Girlfriend (24 December 2002)
Success
The album Songs in A Minor was 52 weeks in the German and 67 weeks in the Swiss charts. In Germany it was sold 300,000 times and gained so platinum. Worldwide, the sales figures were so far to more than 10 million units, more than 6 million copies, the album was sold in the U.S. and distinguished by 6 times platinum.
Chart positions
Awards
Alicia Keys won with the single Fallin ' from this album Grammy in the categories Song of the Year, Best female R & B vocal performance and best R & B song. In addition, the album in the Best R & B album category was awarded the Grammy. For this purpose the honoring Alicia Keys came as a best new artist.