As I Am
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14th |
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55 min 58s |
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As I Am is the third studio album by the American R&B singer Alicia Keys . It was released on November 9, 2007 on J Records and won a total of three Grammys . The album sold around three million times in the USA and around six million copies worldwide.
As I Am - The Super Edition was released on November 10th, 2008 , with three bonus songs and a live DVD included.
Emergence
Alicia Keys, who had been working on the album since late 2005, announced the album in 2007. She said in an MTV interview that she's never had so much fun recording, especially because of the free approach and the things she's newly learned:
“It's coming together incredibly. I am in love with this album. It's very fresh and new. I'm really enjoying the process, and I think this may be the most fun I've had recording yet, in regards to just being free about it and allowing all the new things I'm learning to come out through this music. "
Album versions
Original version
The original version of As I Am was released on November 9th, 2007 in Germany, one day later in Australia, France, and from November 12th 2007 also in the USA. It is 55 min 58s long and includes a tracklist of the following songs:
- As I Am Intro (Alicia Keys) - 1:52
- Go Ahead (Alicia Keys, Mark Batson, Taneisha Smith) - 4:35
- Superwoman (Alicia Keys, Linda Perry) - 4:34
- No One (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers) - 4:13
- Like You'll Never See Me Again (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers) - 5:15
- Lesson Learned (featuring John Mayer) (Alicia Keys, John Mayer) - 4:13
- Wreckless Love (Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly) - 3:52
- The Thing About Love (Alicia Keys, Linda Perry) - 3:49
- Teenage Love Affair (Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly) - 3:10
- I Need You (Alicia Keys, Mark Batson) - 5:09
- Where Do We Go From Here (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers) - 4:10
- Prelude To A Kiss (Alicia Keys) - 2:07
- Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise) (Alicia Keys, Novel Stevenson) - 4:28
- Sure Looks Good To Me (Alicia Keys, Linda Perry) - 4:31
Note: The songwriters are named in brackets after the respective song
Bonus tracks
The album also released two bonus tracks, a DVD with three live performances from the Hollywood Bowl and two behind the scenes:
- Waiting For Your Love - 3:53
- Hurt So Bad - 2:56
Bonus DVD:
- karma
- Heartburn
- Wake up
- Behind the Scenes: As I Am Photo Shoot
- Behind the Scenes: No One Video Shoot
The Super Edition
The Super Edition of the album was released on November 10, 2008 and contains three more songs in addition to the normal tracklist. Also included is a DVD with five tracks live from the Coronet Theater in London. These were recorded on July 11, 2008.
Bonus tracks:
- Another Way to Die (featuring Jack White ) - 4:24
- Doncha Know (Sky Is Blue) - 4:24
- Savior - 3:22
Bonus DVD:
- You don't know my name
- Superwoman
- No one
- Teenage Love Affair
- If I Ain't Got You
Chart success
Singles
| year | title | Chart positions | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||
| 2007 | No one | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6th | 1 |
| 2007 | Like You'll Never See Me Again | 63 | - | - | 53 | 12 |
| 2008 | Teenage Love Affair | - | - | - | - | 54 |
| 2008 | Superwoman | 43 | 43 | 48 | - | 12 |
Awards
Alicia Keys won a total of eleven awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with her album As I Am and the singles from it.
In 2008 Alicia Keys received two Grammys in Los Angeles in the categories of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "No One". She also won two American Music Awards , a NAACP Award and a World Music Award for her album . In 2009 Alicia Keys received another Grammy for her song "Superwoman".
As I Am is Alicia Key's most successful album in America to date. It was the seventh most successful album in 2008 as well as the most successful album in the United States. It has been awarded triple platinum in the US, double platinum in Canada and platinum in Australia, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and the UK. In Austria, Alicia Keys was awarded gold for As I Am .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alicia Keys Kills - Literally - In Film Debut, 'Smokin' Aces' . mtv.com; Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Great Britain , USA .
- ↑ 2008 Grammys Winners List. Stereogum, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Alicia Keys dominates NAACP Image Awards. NME, February 15, 2008, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ^ Coldplay Crowned World's Biggest Act. CBS News, June 1, 2010, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ^ Past Winners Search. Grammy.com, accessed November 20, 2012 .
- ↑ Sources for awards for record sales: USA , Canada ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Australia , France , Italy ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 235 kB), Poland , Portugal (no deep link possible) ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Switzerland , Great Britain (search for As I Am in the title section , no deeplink possible) , Austria (search for As I Am in the title column , no deeplink possible) .
