Happy Birthday Alicia Keys! 10 Things To Know - Page 3

Today is Alicia Keys birthday! In honor of the Girl On Fire singer, here are 10 facts about her.

1. She has won 15 Grammy’s

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2. Alicia Keys real name is Alicia Augello Cook.

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3. She wanted her stage name to be Alicia “Wilde” until her manager covinced her otherwise.

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4. She started playing the piano at the age of 7 and wrote her first song at 14 years old.

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5. She went to Colmbia University but left before graduation to pursue her career in music.

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6. Most of the songs from her 2001 album “Song In A Minor” are not actual in A minor

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7. In 2010 Keys and her husband Swizz Beats adopted a village in Soweto.

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8. In 2016, Keyes decided to stop wearing make-up after the #NoMakeUp movement came out.

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9. She ran a full marathon, yes full in Athens, Greece in 2006.

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