Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys made guest appearances on several television series in the following years, beginning with Charmed She made her film debut in Smokin’ Aces which included Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, Taraji P. Henson, Jeremy Piven and also went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries which starred Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamitti and Chris Evan in 2007. Her third studio album, As I Am , was released in the same year and sold five million copies worldwide, earning Keys an additional three Grammy Awards. The following year, she appeared in The Secret Life of Bees with Queen Latifah , Jennifer Hudson , Sophie Okonedo , and Dakota Fanning , which earned her a nomination at the NAACP Image Awards She released her fourth album, The Element of Freedom , in December 2009, which became Keys’ first chart-topping album in the United Kingdom. She released her fifth album, Girl on Fire , in November 2012, which became Keys’ fifth chart-topping album in the United States.

Throughout her career, Keys has won numerous awards and has sold over 65 million records 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. Billboard magazine placed her number ten on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. BlackBerry (formerly RIM) named her as its Global Creative Director at the Blackberry 10 Experience event in New York City on January 30, 2013. Keys then opened Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 3, 2013, by singing the ” The Star-Spangled Banner “.