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Alicia Keys

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A product of New York's Professional Performing Arts Center, Alicia Keys' decision to quit Columbia University and bid to become a musician paid off handsomely when her 2001 debut album Songs in A Minor topped the US charts subsequently selling over 12 million copies. Born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25th, 1981 to parents of Afro-American, Italian, and Scottish descent, she appeared on TV's The Cosby Show at the age of four and developed her soulful singing style after taking up the piano when she was seven. Initially studying classical music, she co-wrote a song “Dah Dee Dah”...