Name: Alicia Keys

Birth Name: Alicia Augello Cook

Sex: Female

Nationality: American

Birth Date: January 25th, 1981

Birth Place: Manhattan, New York, USA

Profession: musician

Education: The Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan, New York (majored in Choir; graduated in 1997)

Columbia University in New York (did not attend so she could pursue singing professionally)

Father: African American

Mother: Caucasian

Claim to fame: album Songs in A Minor - 2001 (5 Grammy)