No one

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No one
Alicia Keys
publication September 11, 2007
length 4:13
Genre (s) R&B
Author (s) Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr., George M. Harry
Label RCA Records
album As I Am

No One is a song by American R & B - singer Alicia Keys . The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

Creation and publication

No One was written by Keys, Kerry Brothers Jr. and George M. Harry for their third album, As I Am , produced by Keys, Brothers and Dirty Harry. In an interview, Keys said that No One was one of the last songs written for As I Am .

criticism

Music website Popjustice reported that No One was one of Keys' best-selling songs. Billboard Magazine said the song featured Key's soul voice.

Commercial win

On the Billboard Hot 100 , No One became their third number 1 hit after Fallin ' and My Boo . In the United States, the song was awarded triple platinum. To date, 4 million copies of the song have been sold in the United States.

In the United Kingdom, the single reached sixth place on the charts and was awarded gold.

World has No One 5.6 million copies sold, making it the best-selling solo single by Alicia Keys.

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 3 (27 weeks) 27
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 3 (27 weeks) 27
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (44 weeks) 44
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 6th (29 weeks) 29
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 1 (39 weeks) 39

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Billboard November 10, 2007 in Google Book Search
  2. Alicia Keys - 'No One'. In: popjustice.com. September 18, 2007, accessed November 13, 2014 .
  3. Alicia Keys - 'No One'. In: Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved November 13, 2014 .
  4. Chart Watch. In: music.yahoo.com. June 4, 2014, accessed November 13, 2014 .
  5. Awards of the BPI (use search)
  6. Digital Music Report 2009. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: ifpi.org. 2009, accessed November 13, 2014 .
  7. a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US