Alicia Keys's Chart

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. Throughout her career, Keys has won numerous awards and sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide. Billboard magazine named her the top R&B songs artist of the 2000s decade. In 2010, VH1 included Keys on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. For over a decade, Keys was in a low-profile romantic relationship with her long-time good friend and collaborator Kerry Brothers Jr. until 2008. Keys had met Brothers in the early-1990s at a cypher in the Downtown Village in Washington Square Park. Brothers was also her production and songwriting partner for the first four of her albums. Keys later dated hip hop artist-producer Swizz Beatz. Keys and Beatz, who have known each other since they were teenagers, announced they were engaged and expecting their first child in May 2010. They were married on 31 July 2010 in a private ceremony near the Mediterranean Sea. Keys gave birth to son Egypt Daoud Dean on 14 October 2010 at 9:51 PM. She gave birth to their second son, Genesis Ali Dean, in December 2014.