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early retirement

Alicia Keys May Not Preen On Stage For Much Longer

When one heard that Alicia Keys was on a series of Dove Soap "minisodes" (or, God forbid, witnessed one), the most logical reaction was "why?" Why would someone with a successful music career and several glamorous movie projects in the works bother to show off her talents in such a tacky way? Turns out that Alicia's being a busy bee so she can retire at 30 (only three years away!) and see the world. "I am working hard now so I have the choice to retire when I want. I would like to travel the world and stay in places instead of having to move on like I do now. I want to experience difference cultures." Odds are this retirement will be more like a semester abroad. [Angry Ape]

2:30 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Anthony Miccio
265 views, 5 comments

Latest by spinachdip: I don't understand why she doesn't just save her PTOs and just take a 3-week vacation after the busy season. more »

web 2.no

Alicia Keys Would Like To Get Into Your Social Network

You'd think that someone whose album has sold 3.4 million copies in this arid music marketplace would feel that she doesn't have to promote her album by engaging in silly stunts that only use the commercial breaks on The Hills to show the world that Nick Lachey has more acting chops than she does. But in the case of Alicia Keys, you would be wrong! And her stunting has somehow gotten even more embarrassing—she's recruiting a backup singer (who's 21-30, "physically fit," and "able to dance") via MySpace, perhaps in honor of the site's new karaoke area. This is one of those times when I feel like an elopement would have at least a bit more dignity in the grand publicity-stunt scheme of things. [Billboard]

9:30 AM on Fri May 2 2008
By Maura Johnston
80 views, 1 comment

Latest by n/a: She likes chicks, though, so she gets a pass. more »

videodrome

Alicia Keys' New Video Pays Respect To Dean Big Brother Almighteee

School Daze, being Spike Lee's second full-length film, is a little clumsy for a musical and features the worst ending in a career full of bad ones, but it has an excellent cast and plenty of memorable set pieces. So it's no shock that Alicia Keys would interpolate it for her new video, "Teenage Love Affair," a young girl's valentine to a school mate: "Want you to be my first, my last, my ending and beginning." I don't think she included enough of the frat stuff, though. More »

2:30 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Anthony Miccio
243 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: When will she make a video where she's munching carpet? more »

clara peller dept.

50 Cent Befuddled By Alicia Keys' 'Classical Music Shit'

Alicia Keys clumsily claims that the concept of "gangsta rap" was a concoction of the government/media in a Blender interview, and uncommercial maverick artists like 50 Cent get in a tizzy over the idea that they might be playing into some sort of conglomerate-approved caricature. "I don't like Alicia Keys no more though ... the same reason why I said that I don't like Oprah Winfrey." moaned Fid, "I'm prejudice(d). I don't like people who don't like me." Maybe he's just bummed he hasn't been asked to play her boyfriend in a music video. Not that he likes that "classical music shit" she's been putting out. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,359 views, 8 comments

Latest by zaky: Anyone who uses the phrase "she be doing" shouldn't be allowed to use the word 'bright'. more »

endorsements

Alicia Keys Needs To Drop The Soap

If you were a multiplatinum artist and Grammy perennial like Alicia Keys, would you bother appearing in Fresh Takes, a Dove-sponsored "microseries" that runs during episodes of The Hills? Wouldn't roles in upcoming prestige pics with names like The Secret Life Of Bees and Composition In Black And White scratch your thespian itch enough that you can pass on dialogue like "my mom is on Facebook?!" Is that Dove money so sweet that you're cool working with Nick Lachey? Do you really want what's left of him? More »

10:30 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Anthony Miccio
592 views, 6 comments

Latest by JessaFields: I couldn't believe it when I saw Lynn Whitfield playing her mom. Seriously, this is what her career has come to? more »

rumors

Is Alicia Keys Going To Duet With Ol' Blue Eyes At The Grammys?

We're hearing rumors that Alicia Keys' splashy performance at this Sunday's Grammys won't have her singing with Whitney Houston, as previously speculated; instead, she'll share a stage with Frank Sinatra, or rather a "virtual" version of the nearly-10-years-gone crooner. Said holographic fever dream will be projected onto the stage in a fashion similar to the way Elvis Presley appeared on the American Idol charity special alongside a bejumpsuited Celine Dion. (Ah, memories.) No word on what Ol' Blue Eyes and Young Piano Fingers will sing yet, but you can bet your copy of Duets that a saleable version of it will make its way to iTunes faster than you can hum "The Lady Is A (Cross-Promotional) Tramp." [Photo: AP]

11:10 AM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By Maura Johnston
3,537 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: Didn't CELINE DION perform with a post-mortem Frankie about 7 or 8 years ago?? At least this saves my girl Whitney from another opportunity to embarrass herself. more »

who charted

Alicia Keys: Yep, She's Still On Top Of The Album Charts

Alicia Keys' As I Am topped the album charts this week, selling 61,000 copies and increasing its sales total by 3% over a week ago, when it was in the No. 2 slot. Last week's top seller, the soundtrack to Juno, took a 16% hit and flip-flopped with As I Am. Thank God the Jack Johnson album is coming out to rescue us from this monotony, eh? Wait, did I just really say that? More »

2:30 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Maura Johnston
619 views, 3 comments

Feist, Alicia Keys, and Brad Paisley have all signed on to perform at the Grammys, although the prospect of the three artists performing together is probably pretty slim. (Too bad—I would have loved to see the inevitably awkward attempt to meld "Online" and Feist's iPod Nano ads.) Also, to prove the awards' commitment to the continued health of the recorded-music industry, trophies will be handed out by present-day stars of current popular music like Natalie Cole, Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler, and Bonnie Raitt. [Billboard.biz]

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who charted

Americans Apparently Believe That Alicia Keys Is Pretty Much The Only Artist Whose Records Are Worth Buying

In a pretty dismal week for the album charts overall, Alicia Keys' As I Am held on to the top spot, selling 61,000 copies—a 14% dropoff from the week before. The next three chart entries—the Juno soundtrack, Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains, and Radiohead's In Rainbows—all stayed in the same chart positions as the week before as well, although all those albums experienced sales drops (of 15%, 19%, and 33%, respectively.) But wait, there's more bad news! More »

2:40 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,031 views, 7 comments

Latest by rad_matter: I saw people fanning themselves with copies of the Spice Girls CD at Victoria's Secret when it first came out. No lie. more »

who charted

Alicia Keys Is Fallin' Into The Album Chart's No. 1 Spot

Contrary to earlier reports, the Juno soundtrack did not take the up-the-pole position on this week's album-sales charts—instead, the Moldy Peaches-stuffed album took the No. 3 slot, selling 68,000 copies. Instead, this week's No. 1 was Alicia Keys' As I Am, which sold 70,000 copies and backed into the top spot on a 38% sales dip; last week's No. 1, Radiohead's In Rainbows, had a 44% drop of its own and fell into the No. 2 slot. More »

1:45 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By mjohnston
780 views, 10 comments

"No One" Reimagines Sondheim Like The Tribute Video Community

We're just now wrapping up two concurrent seasons: movie-going season, and end-of-year music criticism season. Luckily YouTube has a video to offer that combines both of these variously unbearable occurrences into one moderately amusing tribute.

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And lo, the not-very-invisible hand of Clive Davis makes its presence felt in the run-up to the Grammys (what do you mean you're not excited yet?): "INSIDERS ARE WHISPERING that Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys may do a duet together for the 50th annual Grammys Feb. 10 at the Staples Center in L.A." [Chicago Sun-Times via The Velvet Rope]

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100 and single

Goodbye Alicia, Hello Alicia: New Hits Start Bubbling Up

Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of "100 And Single":

Now in its fifth week atop Billboard's Hot 100, Alicia Keys' "No One" is as unmovable as sticky toffee pudding—as is most of the Top 10. But there are songs percolating further down the chart, and they give a hint of what might burst into the winner's circle when the year-end logjam breaks.

5:30 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Chris Molanphy
741 views, 5 comments

on the scene

Jingle Ball 2007: BJs For The JBs

Our headline was actually one out of the several hundred text messages that scrolled across a video ticker high above the stage at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, when a sold-out crowd of tweens and teens (and Idolator) took in the pop chart mish-mash of New York radio station Z100's annual Jingle Ball, and the junior high horndogs who sent in that text weren't talking about James Brown's sidemen, but the Jonas Brothers, the pre-fab pop-punk puppy dogs fresh off a leg of the Hannah Montana tour. All night, the mere mention of the Brothers' names prompted screams so loud you'd think the arena had spontaneously popped a collective cherry, and for four hours, hundreds of exclamation point-riddled messages pledged love to one Brother or another, though usually more along the lines of a chaste hug than fellatio. And taken against the rest of the evening's performances, America's squealing affection towards Disney's latest attempt to bail out the industry (for at least another 12 months) wasn't necessarily misplaced.

12:30 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By jharv
1,243 views, 7 comments

Latest by Moimeme: @dennisobell: @encyclopediablack: @jessdolator: @Clevertrousers: @maura: @DHMBIB: I think a large amount of their fan activity, to be honest, happens outside of the mainstream avenues. They are normally ignored when talk of viral marketing comes up, but there is a HUGE amount of JoBros activity more »

polls

Which Z100 Star Will Put On The Most Painful Performance At Tonight's Jingle Ball?

Tonight, Maura and I will be at Madison Square Garden for New York pop station Z100's annual Jingle Ball, taking in the cream of Billboard's crop: Fall Out Boy! Alicia Keys! Avril Lavigne! The Jonas Brothers! Jordin Sparks! Colbie Caillat! Backstreet Boys! Boys Like Girls! Timbaland! With OneRepublic! And Keri Hilson! Is pop music really dead? Probably, but we'll find out for sure tonight. As a friend put it, it's going to be awfsome! But which iTunes bestseller is going to put on the most awfsome performance tonight? For the answer to that, we turn to the crystal ball of our handy poll software. More »

11:05 AM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By jharv
844 views, 16 comments

Latest by Maura Johnston: Anyway, more to come on Monday, but the winner was, as raihala predicted, Timbaland! And the losers were all of us, who had to listen as he trotted out his five-year-old son and gabbed endlessly about his credits. more »

100 and single

"No One" Here Gets Out Alive: Sales Malaise Spreads to the Hot 100

Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of "100 And Single":

If you, current pop act, are not an Oprah-anointed permhead with a name rhyming with "Lohan," you are not having a fun week: A mid-holiday-season malaise has settled over the Billboard charts. That's clear from the current results on the Hot 100, where Alicia Keys holds on to the top spot for a third week even as her sales fall considerably.

6:00 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Chris Molanphy
910 views, 1 comment

100 and single

Lady Business: It's Been A Good Year For Females On The Hot 100

Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of "100 And Single":

For the first time in its three-month chart life, Alicia Keys' "No One" sells fewer digital singles than it did the week before. But that's no problem, as her continued radio dominance means she's still tops on Billboard's Hot 100—even as one song given up for dead starts to make a comeback.

11:45 AM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Chris Molanphy
757 views, 11 comments

100 and single

Alicia Keys Completes Her Week-Long Romp By Topping Hot 100

Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of "100 And Single":

It's been charting for less than three months, but Alicia Keys' "No One" feels like it's been around forever. It broke into the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 after only four weeks, but then its movement slowed to a crawl; in each of the last four weeks, it's only moved up one spot. But that last one-spot move gives Keys' squonky, fascinatingly weird ballad the win, as it evicts Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss" from No. 1.

12:20 PM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Chris Molanphy
1,037 views, 5 comments

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