2002 Grammy Awards

Alicia Keys Gives Surprise Concert at Joe's Pub Tonight, 6/28

Alicia Keys will give a surprise concert tonight, June 28 at Joe's Pub at 8 PM. This news come soon after the announcement that she will produce the upcoming Broadway production of STICK FLY. Tickets to the concert are $40 and can be purchased at the Joe's Pub box office on Lafayette Street.

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Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'".

Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys , was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.

Keys made guest appearances on several television series in the following years, beginning with Charmed. She made her film debut in Smokin' Aces and went on to appear in The Nanny Diaries in 2007. Her third studio album, As I Am, was released in the same year and sold six million copies worldwide, earning Keys an additional three Grammy Awards. The following year, she appeared in The Secret Life of Bees, which earned her a nomination at the NAACP Image Awards. She released her fourth album, The Element of Freedom, in December 2009, which became Keys' first chart-topping album in the United Kingdom. Throughout her career, Keys has won numerous awards and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Billboard magazine named her the top R&B artist of the 2000-2009 decade, establishing herself as one of the best-selling artists of her time. In 2010, VH1 included Keys on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Artist Spotlight: The evolution of Kimberly “Lil Kim” Jones ...

(Nominated) BET Awards 2006: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (nominated) 2008: Best Song “Let It Go” (nominated) 2010: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (nominated) American Music Awards 2003: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist 2005: Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (nominated)

Kimberly Jones has released a total of six albums, won more than 9 awards, starred in more than 5 movies, and 6 television shows, and is still on-top of the rap music industry. Lil Kim could be considered one of the fem-cee’s who has paved the way for some of today’s most successful female rappers ever. Kim has in her career, done more than other fem-cee’s around; landing her in the legendary lane.

Kim’s new music is due out later this year; do you think it’ll put her back on top? Maybe even back at the Video Music Awards? Wouldn’t that be amazing!

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