Biography: Piano phenomenon Alicia Keys wowed MTV audiences with a somber Chopin introduction to her soulful R&B hit Fallin' during the 2001 Grammy awards. The self-possessed young Keys looked classier and more mature than many of the other pop artists performing on the show. But even before the Grammys, Alicia had come to the attention of savvy R&B fans. The talented Keys was musically inclined from an early age, growing up in Hell's Kitchen and attending New York's prestigious Professional Performing Arts School. Though her first recording collaborations were with hitman Jermaine Dupri, she hit it off with Arista Records' Clive Davis, who would become her industry mentor. For practice, she cut single .....
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