1. Her real name is Alicia Augello Cook. The piano-playing musician chose to use the very apt stage name of Keys but almost chose Wilde as her last name.
2. The Girl On Fire singer owns an interactive app for children titled The Journals Of Mama Mae And LeeLee. Speaking about her new venture, Keys told The Associated Press in 2012: "It's a new adventure for me, and I'm really enjoying it."
3. Although it is called Songs In A Minor, the majority of songs featured on her debut album are in actual fact not recorded in the key of A Minor.
4. Keys initially had plans for another career path and enrolled at Columbia University before dropping out to pursue her music ambitions.
5. Aged just five, Keys appeared in an episode of The Cosby Show in 1985.
6. Keys is the co-founder of the Keep A Child Alive foundation and hosts a fundraiser every year. The songwriter has been an activist in the fight against HIV/AIDS for more than a decade and founded the We Are Here movement to raise awareness in 2014.
7. In 2010, Swizz Beatz confirmed he and Keys had adopted an entire village in Soweto, South Africa.
8. Keys is the first female artist to have an MTV Unplugged album top the Billboard 200 chart.
9. Dr Deepak Chopra officiated Keys and Swizz Beatz's Corsica wedding in July 2010.
10. In 2012, the No One singer controlled the Empire State Building lights in honour of her hit single Empire State Of Mind, which featured rapper Jay Z.
