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Trivia
Birth
name: Alicia Augello Cook
Date
of birth: 25 January 1981
Place
of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Nickname:
Lellow
Height:
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Accepted by Columbia University at age 16, but
dropped out to pursue her music career.
Named one of People Magazine's
"Breakthrough Stars of 2001".
Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
by People Magazine in 2002.
Appeared on the covers of Vibe, Vanity Fair,
SevenTeen, and Teen magazines.
Began to play the piano at age 7.
Lives in New York City.
Was the first artist to sign with J Records.
Wrote her first song at the age of 14.
Her maternal grandmother is of Puerto Rican
descent.
Graduated a performing arts high school at age
16.
Is a honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority Inc. (2004)
Before coming up with the last name Keys, she
had at one point considered calling herself Alicia Wild.
Won the award for Best R'n'B at the 2004 Mtv
Europe Music Awards.
Wrote and produced "Impossible", one
of the songs on Christina
Aguilera's album, "Stripped".
Mother is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.
Father is African-American.
Says the child she has met that inspired her
most is 13 year old Sydnee Bush, of Savannah, Georgia (as of 2005)
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