Alicia Keys: Album News, Upcoming Appearances, New Vid, and More!
Guess who the lady in red is!
Alicia was on Good Morning America today to promote As I Am, which is in stores today.
New Album Review
The good reviews keep on coming! Here's the USA Today review of "As I Am"...
Quote:
'As I Am' is Alicia Keys at her most skillful
Updated 5h 17m ago
Surrounded by nervous contemporaries doing back flips to find a relevant niche in the music industry's shifting framework, Alicia Keys is a model of stability.
That constancy might not be so commendable were she not delivering old-school grooves so sincerely and skillfully. On her third and most cohesive studio album, As I Am (*** out of four), Keys flirts with hip-hop rhythms and seductive lyrics while pulling short of extremes that might alienate the more tender ears of her broad demographic.
She may be playing it safe with this radio-friendly batch of midtempo R&B, but Keys also plays it straight, never striking a false emotional note as she serves up gorgeous ballads and steamy soul.
Collaborations with rapper/producer Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, hitmaker Linda Perry and blues/pop star John Mayer yield mixed results, and their involvement seems almost beside the point when Keys' impassioned and impeccable vocals triumph over the occasional trite lyric and pedestrian arrangement.
And on such instant classics as the lively and beguiling Wreckless Love and the enchanting Like You'll Never See Me Again, Keys simply dazzles, demonstrating her lock on the future regardless of the industry's fate. — Edna Gundersen
>Download: tracks mentioned, Teenage Love Affair, No One
>Skip: Prelude to a Kiss
Upcoming Appearances...
11/26/07 : Alicia on "Tyra"
Alicia will appear on "Tyra" for a full hour episode including a chat with Tyra and a performance.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/19/07 : Alicia on "Last Call with Carson Daly"
Alicia will perform on NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly," November 19!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/18/07 : Alicia to Perform at the American Music Awards!
Don't miss Alicia's performance on the American Music Awards November 18, 2007!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/16/07 : Alicia on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Alicia will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC November 16, 2007!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/15/07 : Alicia on The Early Show!
Alicia will perform on CBS's The Early Show November 15, 2007!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/14/07 : Alicia on Live! With Regis & Kelly!
Alicia will perform on ABC's Live! With Regis & Kelly November 14, 2007.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/13/07 : Alicia on Good Morning America!
Alicia will appear on ABC's Good Morning America for a special outdoor performance, November 13, 2007.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/12/07 : Alicia on The Late Show with David Letterman!
Don't miss Alicia's performance on The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, November 12, 2007!
New Video!
She premiered the new video for "Like You'll Never See Me Again" on TRL today. The video is featured on mtv.com and she is MTV's artist of the week!
Alicia Keys: Hosts TRL and Beats Dion In Something
Alicia co-hosted TRL yesterday and premiered her new video for "Like You'll Never See Me Again". Jessica Alba stopped by and they played Operation because it connects to Alba's new movie.
Quote:
Keys Doubles Dion's Online Buzz
November 14, 2007, 11:40 AM ET
Jessica Letkemann, N.Y.
With Celine Dion's "Taking Chances" and Alicia Keys' "As I Am" poised to vie for No. 1 on next week's The Billboard 200, past album sales and current online buzz suggest the young R&B star could have the edge.
Nielsen BuzzMetrics, which measures blog trends, shows Keys generating the most discussion in the run up to the release of her album. As of Nov. 13, just shy of .03 percent of all blog posts mentioned Dion, while Keys enjoyed roughly twice as much traffic, with just under .06 percent.
Keys' previous effort, 2003's "Diary of Alicia Keys" debuted at No. 1, selling 618,000 copies its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Dion's last studio outing, 2004's album of lullabies "Miracle," opened at No. 4 with 107,000, and her last pop album, 2003's "One Heart" landed at No. 2 with 432,000.
First-day sales numbers for the two albums will be available tonight (Nov. 14) via the Nielsen Building Chart. A recap will be posted on Billboard.com.
That makes 2 of us Fireman25 ,that dumbass Damien is so lucky.I really hope Alicia debuts at 1 she deserves it.Oh and also Rihanna Fan just to let you know in case you didn't know she also co-hosted 106 & Park yesterday as well and was 1 on their countdown as well.
No One's Countdown Status:
TRL:1 3x
106 & Park: 1 29x
VH1 V-SPOT TOP 20:has not reached 1 yet.Highest peak it reached was 2 and currently is 6.