Ok lets get into this.
When you think of the five biggest females of the world right now you think Rihanna, Gaga, Katy, Beyoncé and Adele right? Alicia always seems to be forgetten, yet:
Songs in A Minor outsold Dangerously In Love, Diary of Alicia Keys outsold B'Day, As I Am outsold I Am...Sasha Fierce, Element of Freedom outsold 4, heck even her live album Unplugged with one single has outsold 4 so far with 4 singles.
You may say...thats only the US, but thats the world AND the US, and Alicia has a better album total in the UK than Beyoncé, and Beyoncé has only 1 more #1 single in the US than her.
The fact is Alicia seems to be the only female Urban artist that can sell over one million without any Pop support left in the world.
She also has 14 grammys while Beyonce has 13 without Destiny's Child. She also has had extremely successful tours.
So, isnt she more of a force than Beyonce? Why then is Beyonce always considered ahead of her? And you may say Beyonce is a Pop icon, and Alicia isn't, yet Alicia had major Pop support until Element of Freedom, pop radio ate her up!
Thoughts?