Keys also collaborated with Jay-Z on ' Empire State of Mind' (2009), which became her fourth number-one single in the United States and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Her fourth album, The Element of Freedom (2009), became her first chart-topping album in the United Kingdom, and sold four million copies worldwide. She released the theme song to the James Bond film Quantum of Solace ' Another Way to Die' with Jack White.

In 2007, Keys made her film debut in the action-thriller film Smokin' Aces. Her third album, As I Am (2007), produced the Hot 100 number-one single ' No One', selling seven million copies worldwide and earning an additional three Grammy Awards. Keys released her first live album, Unplugged (2005), and became the first woman to have an MTV Unplugged album debut at number one. Her duet ' My Boo' with Usher became her second number-one single in 2004. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards. Her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), was also a critical and commercial success, spawning successful singles ' You Don't Know My Name', ' If I Ain't Got You', and ' Diary', and selling eight million copies worldwide. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002. The album was critically and commercially successful, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single ' Fallin'' and selling over 12 million copies worldwide. After disputes with the label, she signed with Arista Records and later released her debut album, Songs in A Minor, with J Records in 2001. A classically-trained pianist, Keys began composing songs by age 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Columbia Records.

Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

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