American singer Alicia Keys has released nine studio albums, eight live albums, one remix album, six reissue albums, four extended plays, seven box sets, 47 singles as lead artist, and six promotional singles. Throughout her career, Keys has sold over 65 million records worldwide.[1][2] According to Recording Industry Association of America, Keys is the top certified female R&B artist of the millennium, with 20 million certified albums and 38 million certified digital singles in the United States.[3]Billboard ranked her as the second top female artist of the 2000s decade (5th overall),[4] fourth top R&B/hip-Hop female artist of the 2010s decade (26th overall)[5] and the 60th Greatest Artist of all time.[6]
Keys' debut album Songs in A Minor (2001) debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and produced the singles "Fallin'", "A Woman's Worth", "How Come You Don't Call Me" and "Girlfriend," the former of which peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Songs in A Minor went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide and made Keys the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001.[7][8] Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in December 2003 and sold eight million copies worldwide.[9] It became Keys' second consecutive number-one US debut, selling over 618,000 copies its first week of release, becoming the largest first-week sales for a female artist in 2003.[10] Four singles were released from the album, three of which became top-ten singles, including "You Don't Know My Name" and "If I Ain't Got You", the latter of which became the first single by a female artist to remain on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for over a year.[11]
In 2005, Keys released her first live album, Unplugged, which again debuted at number one in the United States.[12] She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.[8] In 2007, "No One", the lead single from Keys's third studio album, As I Am, was released. Her biggest commercial success since "Fallin'", it remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks and became the song most listened to of 2007 in the United States.[13] Selling 742,000 copies in its first week, As I Am gained Keys the largest first week sales of her career and became her fourth consecutive number one album.[14][15] The album sold five million copies worldwide.[16]
Keys's fourth album The Element of Freedom (2009) became her first non-number one album in the United States and her first number one album in the United Kingdom.[17] The album was certified platinum by the RIAA within its first month of release and produced five singles that attained chart success, including "Doesn't Mean Anything" and "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)". Keys's fifth studio album Girl on Fire (2012) sold 159,000 copies in its first week of release in the United States and marked her lowest opening sales for an album.[18] The lead single was the title track, which reached the top ten in several countries worldwide. On November 4, 2016, she released her sixth album Here.
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
^Keys did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Official UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart Top 40[61] and number 9 on the UK Digital Albums Chart.
^Santa Baby did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the UK Digital Albums chart Top 40[62]
^"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Girlfriend" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"You Don't Know My Name" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 2 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"If I Ain't Got You" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Don't Give Up (Africa)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"Like You'll Never See Me Again" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Doesn't Mean Anything" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Put It in a Love Song" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Brand New Me" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"Brand New Me" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"New Day" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Fire We Make" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"Tears Always Win" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 67 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"It's On Again" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"We Are Here" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 43 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"In Common" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"In Common" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 23 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Blended Family" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.[112]
^"Blended Family (What You Do for Love)" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number nine on the NZ Heatseeker Singles Chart.[113]
^"Show Me Love" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[118]
^"Underdog" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100 but peaked at number 23 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales component chart.[122]
^"Underdog" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[123]
^"Good Job" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 20 on the Digital Song Sales component chart.[125]
^"Good Job" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100 but peaked at number 42 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales component chart.[122]
^"So Done" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[128]
^"A Beautiful Noise" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number eight on the Digital Song Sales component chart.[125]
^"A Beautiful Noise" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100 but peaked at number 50 on the Canadian Digital Song Sales component chart.[122]
^"City of Gods" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[133]
^"Finally" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[140]
^"Brotha Part II" did not enter the Belgian (FL) Ultratop 50 Singles chart, but peaked at number 5 on the Ultratip chart.[21]
^"Looking for Paradise" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[144]
^"Jane Doe" did not enter the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[112]
^"Streets of New York" did not enter the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[112]
^"Lesson Learned" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"How It Feels to Fly" did not enter the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[112]
^"Fireworks" did not enter the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[112]
^"Powerful" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"Like Home" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^"In Common" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.[101]
^ abcdefgh"Goud/Platina – NVPI Audio" (in Dutch). NVPI. Archived from the original(To access, enter the search parameter "Alicia Keys" and select "Search") on August 23, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
