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Track List
01) Harlem's Nocturne
02) Karma
03) Heartburn
04) If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By
05) You Don't Know My Name
06) If I Ain't Got You
07) Diary (feat. Tony! Toni! Toné!)
08) Dragon Days
09) Wake Up
10) So Simple (feat. Lellow)
11) When You Really Love Someone
12) Feeling U, Feeling Me (interlude)
13) Slow Down
14) Samsonite Man
15) Nobody Not Really
Cd 2
01) If I Ain't Got You (remix) (feat. Usher)
02) If I Ain't Got You (Spanish version) (feat. Arturo
03) If I Ain't Got You (Kanye West remix)
04) You Don't Know My Name/Will You Ever Know It (Regg
01) Harlem's Nocturne
02) Karma
03) Heartburn
04) If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By
05) You Don't Know My Name
06) If I Ain't Got You
07) Diary (feat. Tony! Toni! Toné!)
08) Dragon Days
09) Wake Up
10) So Simple (feat. Lellow)
11) When You Really Love Someone
12) Feeling U, Feeling Me (interlude)
13) Slow Down
14) Samsonite Man
15) Nobody Not Really
Cd 2
01) If I Ain't Got You (remix) (feat. Usher)
02) If I Ain't Got You (Spanish version) (feat. Arturo
03) If I Ain't Got You (Kanye West remix)
04) You Don't Know My Name/Will You Ever Know It (Regg
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First Released
2003
R&B
Smooth
Urban/R&B
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Medium
Album
8,000,000 copies
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En décembre 2003, Alicia fait paraître son second album studio The Diary of Alicia Keys qui débute numéro 1 au Billboard 200 américain dès sa sortie, et se vend à plus de 618 000 d'exemplaires durant la première semaine. L’album devient l’une des plus grandes meilleures ventes (premier-semaine) pour une artiste féminine en 2003. Il se vend à plus 4 millions d'exemplaires aux États-Unis, et sera certifié quatre fois disque de platine par la RIAA. L’album sera vendu à plus de 8 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde entier, devenant ainsi le sixième album le mieux vendu par une artiste féminine et le deuxième album le plus vendu par une artiste féminine de R&B. Les singles You Don't Know My Name et If I Ain't Got You se placeront parmi le Top 5 du Billboard Hot 100. Le troisième single, Diary, se placera parmi les dix premiers du Top 100 (Billboard Américain). Alors que le quatrième single, Karma, aura connu moins de succès sur le Billboard Hot 100, car il se placera à la 20e place. Le titre If I Ain't Got You devient le premier single réalisé par une artiste féminine et à être resté sur le Billboard (Top 100) durant toute une année.
User Album Review
This was an eagerly-awaited follow-up. Released two years after the 20-million plus sales of her debut, Songs in A Minor, The Diary of”¦ underlined 22-year-old singer and pianist Alicia Keys’ increasing maturity and her significance to 21st century American music.
Keys states in her accompanying notes that the 15 pieces of music here are like diary entries. They could so easily have been full of gauche heart-on-sleeve angst, but fortunately everything is kept in good measure with the listener being drawn into her world of contemporary takes on classic soul.
Lead single You Don’t Know My Name is built around a sample from the 1970s New York group Main Ingredient’s Let Me Prove My Love to You. The meshing of modern street funk with its gorgeous, string-laden predecessors is hardly the freshest concept, but the subtlety ”“ and Keys’ stunning voice ”“ carries it through.
With contributions from artists such as Kanye West, Timbaland and John Legend, at times this album is like an academic exercise in spotting her reference points. Titles such as Harlem's Nocturne and her cover of Gladys Knight’s If I Was Your Woman (which merges into Isaac Hayes’ version of Walk On By) make her nods to history explicit; it's like some RnB relief teacher coming in and taking the class.
But it is so much more than just that ”“ the album is all about mood and groove. Diary, which features Tony! Toni! Toné!, is faultlessly languid late-night soul with a superb “your secrets are safe with me” hook.
There can be a level of suspicion about Grammy-gathering albums often subsequently reduced to their statistics ”“ US No.1; 618,000 US sales in its first week alone ”“ as this often says little, and commemorates only the commercial accomplishment. However, it is easy to hear why The Diary of Alicia Keys was so popular ”“ well-written, well-played and, although it boasts a cast list commensurate with all urban albums of the 21st century, it is unmistakably the vision of one person. An MTV Unplugged performance, a book of poetry and an acting career was just around the corner.
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En décembre 2003, Alicia fait paraître son second album studio The Diary of Alicia Keys qui débute numéro 1 au Billboard 200 américain dès sa sortie, et se vend à plus de 618 000 d'exemplaires durant la première semaine. L’album devient l’une des plus grandes meilleures ventes (premier-semaine) pour une artiste féminine en 2003. Il se vend à plus 4 millions d'exemplaires aux États-Unis, et sera certifié quatre fois disque de platine par la RIAA. L’album sera vendu à plus de 8 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde entier, devenant ainsi le sixième album le mieux vendu par une artiste féminine et le deuxième album le plus vendu par une artiste féminine de R&B. Les singles You Don't Know My Name et If I Ain't Got You se placeront parmi le Top 5 du Billboard Hot 100. Le troisième single, Diary, se placera parmi les dix premiers du Top 100 (Billboard Américain). Alors que le quatrième single, Karma, aura connu moins de succès sur le Billboard Hot 100, car il se placera à la 20e place. Le titre If I Ain't Got You devient le premier single réalisé par une artiste féminine et à être resté sur le Billboard (Top 100) durant toute une année.
User Album Review
This was an eagerly-awaited follow-up. Released two years after the 20-million plus sales of her debut, Songs in A Minor, The Diary of”¦ underlined 22-year-old singer and pianist Alicia Keys’ increasing maturity and her significance to 21st century American music.
Keys states in her accompanying notes that the 15 pieces of music here are like diary entries. They could so easily have been full of gauche heart-on-sleeve angst, but fortunately everything is kept in good measure with the listener being drawn into her world of contemporary takes on classic soul.
Lead single You Don’t Know My Name is built around a sample from the 1970s New York group Main Ingredient’s Let Me Prove My Love to You. The meshing of modern street funk with its gorgeous, string-laden predecessors is hardly the freshest concept, but the subtlety ”“ and Keys’ stunning voice ”“ carries it through.
With contributions from artists such as Kanye West, Timbaland and John Legend, at times this album is like an academic exercise in spotting her reference points. Titles such as Harlem's Nocturne and her cover of Gladys Knight’s If I Was Your Woman (which merges into Isaac Hayes’ version of Walk On By) make her nods to history explicit; it's like some RnB relief teacher coming in and taking the class.
But it is so much more than just that ”“ the album is all about mood and groove. Diary, which features Tony! Toni! Toné!, is faultlessly languid late-night soul with a superb “your secrets are safe with me” hook.
There can be a level of suspicion about Grammy-gathering albums often subsequently reduced to their statistics ”“ US No.1; 618,000 US sales in its first week alone ”“ as this often says little, and commemorates only the commercial accomplishment. However, it is easy to hear why The Diary of Alicia Keys was so popular ”“ well-written, well-played and, although it boasts a cast list commensurate with all urban albums of the 21st century, it is unmistakably the vision of one person. An MTV Unplugged performance, a book of poetry and an acting career was just around the corner.
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