The Diary of Alicia Keys
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15th |
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57 min 45s |
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The Diary of Alicia Keys is the second album by the American R&B singer Alicia Keys . It was first released on December 1, 2003 on the J Records label. Alicia Keys won a total of three Grammys with The Diary of Alicia Keys . The album sold around four million times in the US and around eight million copies worldwide.
In addition, a DVD of the same name was released on January 3, 2005.
Album versions
Original version
The original version of The Diary of Alicia Keys was released on December 1, 2003 in Australia, Great Britain and Germany, and one day later in the USA. It is 57 min 45s long and includes the following songs:
- Harlem's Nocturne (Alicia Keys) - 1:43
- Karma (Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, Alicia Keys) - 4:16
- Heartburn (Alicia Keys, Tim Mosley , Walter Millsap III, Candice Nelson, Erika Rose) - 3:28
- If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By (Gloria Jones, Clarence McMurray, Pam Sawyer) - 3:06
- You Don't Know My Name (Alicia Keys, Kanye West , Harold Lilly, James Ralph Bailey, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams) - 6:06
- If I Ain't Got You (Alicia Keys) - 3:48
- Diary (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné! ) (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) - 4:44
- Dragon Days (Alicia Keys) - 4:36
- Wake Up (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) - 4:27
- So Simple (featuring Lellow) (Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis) - 3:49
- When You Really Love Someone (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) - 4:09
- Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude) (Alicia Keys) - 2:07
- Slow Down (Alicia Keys, Lamont Green, Erika Rose) - 4:18
- Samsonite Man (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose) - 4:12
- Nobody Not Really (Alicia Keys, Taneisha Smith) - 2:56
Note: The songwriters are named in brackets after the respective song
Repackage album
On September 28, 2004 a repackage version of the album was released in Australia, which was also released on October 25, 2004 in Germany. This album version contains a second CD, on which other versions of pieces from the album can be heard and the music videos for the first three single releases can be found. This second CD has the following contents:
- If I Ain't Got You ( Remix featuring Usher ) - 3:52
- If I Ain't Got You ( Spanish version featuring Arturo Sandoval ) - 3:53
- If I Ain't Got You ( Kanye West Radio Mix) - 3:47
- You Don't Know My Name / Will You Ever Know It ( Reggae -Mix) - 7:37
- You Don't Know My Name (Video)
- If I Ain't Got You (Video)
- Diary (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!) (Video)
Special limited edition
The special limited edition of the album was released on December 8, 2004 and also includes the bonus DVD The Diary . The European version also contains the song "Streets of New York" with Nas and Rakim , which contains a sample of the song "New York State of Mind" by Nas from 1994 (from his album Illmatic ).
Singles
| year | title | Chart positions | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | US | UK | ||
| 2003 | You don't know my name | 68 | 48 | 26th | 3 | 19th |
| 2004 | If I Ain't Got U | 81 | - | 35 | 4th | 18th |
| 2004 | Diary (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné! ) | - | - | - | 8th | - |
| 2004 | karma | 62 | - | 71 | 20th | - |
Awards
Alicia Keys won a total of eight awards in 2004 and 2005 with the album The Diary of Alicia Keys and the singles released from it.
On February 13, 2005, Alicia Keys received three Grammys in Los Angeles in the categories of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for “ If I Ain't Got You, ” Best R&B Song for “ You Don't Know My Name ”and Best R&B Album for The Diary of Alicia Keys . In addition, she and Usher won the Grammy in the category Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for the duet "My Boo", which is not on the Alicia Keys album was.
Alicia Keys received the Soul Train Award in 2004. She received it in the categories Best Female R & B / Soul Album for The Diary of Alicia Keys and Best Female R & B / Soul Single for "If I Ain't Got You". With this single she also won the Billboard Music Award in the categories R & B / Hip Hop Single of the Year and R & B / Hip Hop Airplay Single of the Year .
In 2005, the music video for the single " Karma " received the MTV Video Music Award in the Best R&B Video category .