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*Alicia Keys took to the piano at President Obama’s Commander in Chief Ball last night and modified the lyrics to her song “Girl on Fire” in tribute to the president and Michelle Obama. “He’s living in a world and it’s on fire,” Keys sang on a medley that started with “New Day.” “Filled with catastrophe [...]
*Alicia Keys is taking the heat of her fifth studio album to venues across the country and Canada, The singer-songwriter has announced a 24-city North American “Set The World On Fire Tour,” to kick off on March 7 in Seattle, WA and close on April 18 in Chicago, IL. Miguel will serve as the supporting [...]
*Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire,” currently No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and featured prominently in a current American Express commercial, is now the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed last week in California federal court. The plaintiff is Earl Shuman, an accomplished songwriter who in 1962 co-authored the composition, “Lonely Boy,” a [...]
*Alicia Keys is the woman of the year, in a lotta folks’ book. She’s got a family, she’s got a new album, she’s even produced a Broadway play. To paraphrase her new CD, she’s a girl on fire. In a recent interview with 97.1 AMP Los Angeles, she discussed the recent journey of her life and career, [...]
*She’s done it again. Alicia Keys tops the Billboard 200 chart for the fifth time in her career, as her latest album “Girl On Fire” debuts at No. 1 with 159,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. Keys previously led the list with her first four albums (three studio sets and a live release). Her last [...]
*Alicia Keys took her “Girl on Fire” train to “The X Factor” Thursday night to perform the album’s title track on the live Results Show. [Scroll down to watch.] Her appearance follows an historic night in her New York hometown earlier this week, where she and the entire city saw the Empire State Building put [...]
*Alicia Keys has literally been around the world promoting today’s release of her new album “Girl on Fire,” but perhaps nothing was more spectacular than what occurred last night, right in her own backyard. The Grammy winning singer was invited to flick the switch that lit up a display of lights in the Empire State [...]
*”The X Factor” will welcome Alicia Keys and season one finalist Josh Krajcik to the stage for next week’s elimination episode, Fox announced Friday. Keys will preview a track from her forthcoming RCA Records record, “Girl on Fire,” set to drop next Tuesday. The 14-time Grammy-winning artist’s album features appearances by Babyface, Maxwell and Bruno [...]
*Alicia Keys this week releases a new animated app for children, titled The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee – a partnership with Bento Box Interactive. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] It features the relationship between a grandmother, based on Keys’ own Nana, and her granddaughter, based on Keys. The app is set in LeeLee’s [...]
*Last night (September 24, 2012), Alicia Keys headlined the “MTV Crashes Manchester” event inside the city’s cathedral, treating the 1,000-strong crowd to old faves as well as material from her new album “Girl on Fire.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The 14-time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter said performing in a place of worship [...]
*Alicia Keys, Pink and Taylor Swift have been booked to appear on VH1′s “Storytellers” in November. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The ladies’ specials will air three nights in a row: Swift on Nov. 11, followed by Keys on Nov. 12 and Pink on Nov. 13. All three women have albums dropping later this year. [...]
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