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Birth
Alicia Augello Cook was born on January 25, 1981, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City's Manhattan borough.She is the only child of Teresa (Augello), a paralegal and part-time actress, and one of three children of Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Keys' father is African American and her mother is of Sicilian (Agrigento and Sciacca) and either Scottish or Irish descent. -
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career and beginnings
In 1994, manager Jeff Robinson met 13-year old Keys, who participated in his brother's youth organization called Teens in Motion. Robinson's brother had been giving Keys vocal lessons in Harlem.His brother had talked to him about Keys and advised him to go see her, but Robinson shrugged it off as he had "heard that story 1,000 times". At the time, Keys was part of a three-girl band that had formed in the Bronx and was performing in Harlem. -
Her debut song
On April 2nd, 2001 Alicia Keys released her debut song "Fallen". -
Songs In A Minor
"Songs In a minor" is Alicia's first album
