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Songs in A Minor is the debut studio album by American recording artist Alicia Keys, released June 5, 2001, on J Records. After graduating from high school, Keys signed with Columbia Records to begin her music career. She recorded an album in 1998 under the label, which they rejected. Her contract subsequently ended with Columbia after a dispute with the label, and Keys later signed with Clive Davis. An accomplished, classically-trained pianist, Keys wrote, arranged and produced the majority of the album. Contrary to its title, the album contains only one song, "Jane Doe", in the key of A minor.

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, who noted her ability to catch an old-school jazz sound and mix it with R&B and soul melodies. Keys was compared by critics to such artists as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Prince and Lauryn Hill. The album earned Keys several awards and accolades, including five Grammy Awards at the 44th Grammy Awards. Songs in A Minor debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 236,000 copies in its first week. It has sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States and twelve million copies worldwide. Rolling Stone magazine named Songs in A Minor the second best album of 2001, while ranking it number 95 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s decade.

Background and conception

After graduating from the Professional Performing Arts School, Keys was accepted to Columbia University. She dropped out after four weeks to pursue her music career.^[1] She signed a demo deal with Jermaine Dupri and his So So Def label. Keys co-wrote and recorded a song entitled "Dah Dee Dah (Sexy Thing)", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film, Men in Black. She also contributed to the So So Def Christmas recordings.^[2] Keys began writing, producing and recording the album in 1998.^[3] She completed it that same year, but it was rejected by Columbia Records. Keys explained that the producers she worked with would tell her to "just get in the booth and sing", which frustrated her.^[4] Her record contract with Columbia ended after a dispute with the label. Keys then performed for Clive Davis, who sensed a "special, unique" artist; he bought Keys contract from Columbia and signed her to Arista Records, which later disbanded.^[2]^[5]^[6]

Following Davis to his newly formed J Records label, Keys rented an apartment and struggled to create an album. She began writing the song "Troubles" and came to a realization: "That's when the album started comin' together. Finally, I knew how to structure my feelings into something that made sense, something that can translate to people. That was a changing point. My confidence was up, way up."^[7] Keys learned how to produce by asking questions to the producers and engineers; she wrote, arranged and produced a majority of the album.^[4]^[8] She recorded the songs "Rock wit U" and "Rear View Mirror", which were featured on the soundtracks to the films Shaft (2000) and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), respectively.^[9]^[10] One of the final songs Keys recorded was "Fallin'".^[7] A total of 32 songs were recorded for the album.^[11] Originally titled Soul Stories in A Minor, the title of the album was changed over concerns that it would limit exposure only to black radio stations.^[4]

Musical content

"Fallin" (2001)

"Fallin'" is a gospel-influenced piano ballad.^[7] Often considered her signature song, it describes the "ins and outs" of being in a relationship.^[12]

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Keys incorporates classical piano with R&B, soul and jazz into the music of Songs in A Minor.^[2]^[4]^[13] With influences of classical piano, classic soul and East Coast hip hop,^[2] Keys described the album as a "fusion of my classical training, meshed with what I grew up listening to [...] things I've been exposed to and drawn from and my life experiences".^[12] Jane Stevenson of Jam! described the music as "old-school urban sounds and attitude set against a backdrop of classical piano and sweet, warm vocals".^[14] USA Today's Steve Jones wrote that Keys "taps into the blues, soul, jazz and even classical music to propel haunting melodies and hard-driving funk".^[15] John Mulvey of Yahoo! Music called the album "a gorgeous and ambitious melding of classic soul structures and values to hyper-modern production technique".^[16]

The album's opening track, "Piano & I", begins with a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, combined with a hip hop beat.^[17] The introduction is followed by "Girlfriend", which was produced by Jermaine Dupri.^[2] Commended for its "crisp production",^[18] the song samples Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Brooklyn Zoo".^[2] Keys' cover of Prince's 1982 ballad "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (retitled "How Come You Don't Call Me") was inspired by a long-term relationship with a partner.^[2]^[19] The music critic for PopMatters felt that the song was credible, but fell short from the original and Stephanie Mills's 1980s cover.^[2] "Fallin'", the gospel-driven lead single and often considered Keys's signature song,^[20]^[21] contains a sample of James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".^[2] The song earned Keys comparisons to Aretha Franklin.^[22]

"A Woman's Worth", the second single released from the album, is a "gospel-tinged"^[23] song that recommends to men to show respect to their female partner.^[24] "Jane Doe" is a funk-driven song, with backing vocals provided by Kandi Burruss.^[2]^[24] "The Life", which elicits Curtis Mayfield's "Gimmie Your Love", describes Keys's "philosophy of life and struggle".^[2] The song was compared to the work of English band Sade.^[23] "Mr. Man" contains elements Latin American music^[23] and was described as a "sexy and soulful duet", in which Jimmy Cozier "adds his spice".^[24] The album ends with the hidden track "Lovin' U", which Christian Ward of NME compared to works of the musical group The Supremes.^[23]

Marketing and promotion

In advance of Songs in A Minor, "Girlfriend" was released to urban radio in early 2001 to "introduce" Keys.^[2] In order to promote her, music executive Clive Davis booked Keys to The Tonight Show. Afterward, he sent the music video of the first single, "Fallin'", to MTV; "half the women had tears down their face" when the video finished playing.^[11] "Fallin'" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, where the song remained atop the charts for six and four weeks, respectively.^[25]^[26] It became the most played song in the United States at the time and was certified gold by the RIAA.^[27]^[28] The album's second single, "A Woman's Worth", peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.^[29] The third single, "How Come You Don't Call Me" peaked at number 59 on the same chart,^[30] while the fourth single, "Girlfriend", peaked at number 82 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.^[31]

Davis wrote a letter to Oprah Winfrey, asking her to allow Keys, along with Jill Scott and India.Arie, to perform on her show.^[11] The group of singers performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Keys "wowed" the audience.^[32] This led to the album's pre-orders to double that night.^[4] From August to October 2001, Keys toured alongside recording artist Maxwell in promotion of the album.^[33] Soon after, she embarked on her Songs in A Minor Tour.^[25]

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[34]
Robert Christgau	(A-)^[35]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[20]
Los Angeles Times	^[36]
NME	(9/10)^[37]
PopMatters	(favorable)^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[38]
Slant Magazine	^[18]
USA Today	^[15]
The Washington Post	(favorable)^[39]

Upon its release, Songs in A Minor received generally favorable reviews from most music critics, who praised Keys for her vintage sound and musical maturity.^[14]^[22]^[34]^[36]^[38]^[39] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 78 based on 10 reviews.^[40] Giving it a 9/10 rating, Sam Faulkner of NME described the balance between contemporary music and retrospective as "an act of pure genius".^[37] Steve Jones of USA Today gave the album three out of four stars and praised Keys' musicianship, stating "Keys already has a musical, artistic and thematic maturity that many more experienced artists never achieve".^[15] The Washington Post's Richard Harrington wrote favorably of Keys' musical influences on the album and expressed that she has "vocal maturity and writing instincts beyond her years".^[39] Keys' sound was compared to other soul musicians, including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Laura Nyro, Jill Scott, Prince and Lauryn Hill.^[34]^[38]^[39] In his consumer guide column for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave Songs in A Minor an A- rating,^[35] indicating "the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction. Anyone open to its aesthetic will enjoy more than half its tracks".^[41]

The New Zealand Herald's Russell Baillie stated that Keys "might indicate abundant talent aligned to neatly reverential vintage soul style", but expressed that the songs "don't add up to anything particularly memorable".^[22] Keys' vocal performance was lauded;^[14]^[34]^[37] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine declared that Keys' displayed a "powerful range, proving she can belt along with the best of them".^[18] Critics also viewed her lyrics as sub-par to her singing and musical ability.^[34]^[38] Entertainment Weekly's Beth Johnson called the second half of the album slacked with "sad sack teen themes", but called it a promising album.^[20] Giving it 3 out of 5 stars, Rolling Stone's Barry Walters perceived her singing as more mature than her songwriting, but commended Keys for her "commanding presence" on the album.^[38] Los Angeles Times writer Robert Hilburn gave the album three out of four stars and wrote that it "makes a convincing case that's she's going far--in both a commercial and creative sense".^[36] PopMatters critic Mark Anthony Neal praised Keys' performance on the album and called it "a distinct and oft-times brilliant debut from an artist who clearly has a fine sense of her creative talents".^[2] In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine perceived the album's music as "rich enough to compensate for some thinness in the writing... which is a testament to Keys' skills as a musician", while calling it "a startling assured, successful debut that deserved its immediate acclaim and is already aging nicely".^[34]

Commercial performance

Songs in A Minor debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 236,000 copies in its first week.^[42] Through word of mouth and promotion, the album sold 450,000 copies in its second week and remained atop the chart for three non-consecutive weeks.^[7]^[43] The album became one of the bestselling albums of 2001.^[44] It sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States, where it was certified six times platinum by the RIAA.^[45]^[46] Songs in A Minor sold over 12 million copies worldwide.^[47] Billboard magazine ranked the album thirty-second in the decade-end recap of the most successful albums of the 2000s, while placing it twelfth in the R&B field.^[48]^[49] The RIAA lists it as one of the Best Selling Albums of All Time.^[50]

Accolades

Songs in A Minor led Keys to win five awards at the 2002 Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song for "Fallin'", Best New Artist, and Best R&B Album; "Fallin'" was also nominated for Record of the Year. Keys became the second female solo artist to win five Grammy Awards in a single night, following Lauryn Hill at the 41st Grammy Awards.^[51] The album also won a NAACP Image Award for "Outstanding Album".^[52] Keys was also named Best New Artist at the 2002 World Music Awards.^[53] "Fallin'" was ranked at number 37 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years in 2003^[54] and was ranked the 413th greatest song of all time by Blender magazine.^[55] The album was ranked number two on the Rolling Stone magazine's Top 10 of 2001, number 18 on The Village Voice's 2001 Pazz & Jop list, number 27 on Mojo magazine's Best 40 Albums of 2001 and was inducted to Q magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Ever.^[56]^[57] In 2009, Rolling Stone named it the 95th greatest album of the past decade, while "Fallin'" ranked at number 62 on the magazine's "100 Best Songs of the Decade" list.^[58]^[59]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Piano & I"	Alicia Keys	1:52
2.	"Girlfriend"	Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Joshua Thompson	3:34
3.	"How Come You Don't Call Me"	Prince	3:57
4.	"Fallin'"	Keys	3:29
5.	"Troubles"	Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.	4:28
6.	"Rock wit U"	Keys, Taneisha Smith, Brothers	5:36
7.	"A Woman's Worth"	Keys, Erika Rose	5:02
8.	"Jane Doe"	Keys, Kandi Burruss	3:48
9.	"Goodbye"	Keys	4:20
10.	"The Life"	Keys, Smith, Brothers	5:25
11.	"Mr. Man" (featuring Jimmy Cozier)	Keys, Jimmy Cozier	4:09
12.	"Never Felt This Way (Interlude)"	Brian McKnight	2:01
13.	"Butterflyz"	Keys	4:08
14.	"Why Do I Feel So Sad"	Keys, Warryn Campbell	4:25
15.	"Caged Bird"	Keys	3:02
16.	"Lovin' U" (hidden track)	Keys	3:49

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"Rear View Mirror"	Keys, Brothers, L. Green, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels	4:06
18.	"Fallin'" (Extended remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage)	Keys	4:18
19.	"A Woman's Worth" (Remix radio edit)	Keys, Erika Rose	4:24

UK edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Fallin'" (Extended remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage)	Keys	4:15
17.	"A Woman's Worth (Remix)/Lovin' You" (hidden track)	Keys, Rose	10:38

Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor

An album of remixes and live songs, Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor (issued in some countries as Songs in A Minor: Remixed & Unplugged), was released on October 22, 2002 by J Records. The album's live portion was recorded on August 10, 2002 at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Girlfriend" (KrucialKeys Sista Girl mix)	Keys, Dupri, Thompson	3:27
2.	"Gangsta Lovin'" (Eve featuring Alicia Keys)	Alisa Yarbrough, Jonah Ellis, Lonnie Simmons	3:59
3.	"Fallin'" (Remix edit featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage)	Keys	3:56
4.	"A Woman's Worth" (Remix edit)	Keys, Rose	3:20
5.	"Butterflyz" (Roger's Release mix)	Keys	3:54
6.	"Troubles" (J-Jay & Chris Lum Bootleg mix)	Keys, Brothers	4:24
7.	"How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes remix)	Prince	4:23
8.	"Fallin'" (Ali version)	Keys	4:30
9.	"Moonlight Sonata/L'Interludio, Ambivalente/Ain't Misbehavin'" (live)	Beethoven, Ray Chew, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Thomas Waller	2:22
10.	"Goodbye" (live)	Keys	2:49
11.	"Never Felt This Way" (live)	McKnight, Brandon Barnes	1:45
12.	"Butterflyz" (live)	Keys	0:52
13.	"Caged Bird" (live)	Keys	2:03
14.	"I Got a Little Something for You" (live)	Keys	1:45
15.	"Someday We'll All Be Free" (live)	Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard	6:24

Personnel

Musicians

Alicia Keys – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, instrumentation, piano concept
A & C Productions – strings
Arden Altino – keyboards
Miri Ben-Ari – violin, keyboards, strings
Kandi Burruss – backing vocals
Cato – guitar concept
Brian Cox – keyboards
Gerald "G" Flowers – guitar
Reggie Flowers – fills
Vic Flowers – bass
Richie Good – bass, double bass

Paul L. Green – backing vocals
Andricka Hall – backing vocals
Isaac Hayes – Rhodes piano
Norman Hedman – percussion
Rufus Jackson – bass
Brian McKnight – instrumentation
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
John Peters – organ
Tammy Saunders – backing vocals
Tim Shider – bass, bass concept
Arty White – guitar

Production

Alicia Keys – producer, executive producer, arranger, digital programming, vocal arrangement, string arrangements
Allie – creative director, art director
Arden Altino – producer
Miri Ben-Ari – producer
Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – producer, digital programming, drum programming, engineer, production concept
Gerry Brown – engineer, mixing
Kandi Burruss – producer, arranger
Ralph Cacciuri – engineer
Jimmy Cozier – producer
Clive Davis – executive producer
Jermaine Dupri – producer
Tony Duran – photography
Peter Edge – executive producer
Russ Elevado – mixing
Brian Frye – engineer
Isaac Hayes – string arrangements, flute arrangements

Ricky St. Hillaire – engineer
Acar Key – engineer
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Tony Maserati – mixing
Brian McKnight – producer
Anthony Nance – drum programming
Nowhere – design, logo design
Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering
Jeff Robinson – executive producer, management
Mary Ann Souza – assistant engineer
Phil Tan – mixing
Dionne Webb – hair
Patti Wilson – stylist
Kela Wong – make-up
Chris Wood – engineer

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart^[60]	2
Dutch Albums Chart^[61]	1
European Top 100 Albums^[62]	5
German Albums Chart^[63]	2
Irish Albums Chart^[64]	5
Norwegian Albums Chart^[61]	12
Polish Albums Chart^[65]	9
Swedish Albums Chart^[61]	10
Swiss Albums Chart^[61]	3
U.S. Billboard 200^[60]	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[60]	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums^[60]	1

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Argentinian Albums Chart^[66]	1
Australian Albums Chart^[61]	3
Austrian Albums Chart^[61]	4
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[61]	8
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[61]	10
Danish Albums Chart^[61]	4
Finnish Albums Chart^[61]	8
French Albums Chart^[61]	12
Hungarian Albums Chart^[67]	18
Italian Albums Chart^[61]	4
Japanese Albums Chart^[68]	44
New Zealand Albums Chart^[61]	4
UK Albums Chart^[69]	6

Certifications

Territory	Provider	Certification	Sales
Australia	ARIA	2× platinum^[70]	140,000
Austria	IFPI	Gold^[71]	10,000
Belgium	IFPI	Gold^[72]	15,000
Canada	CRIA	5× platinum^[73]	500,000
Denmark	IFPI	Platinum^[74]	30,000
Europe	IFPI	3× platinum^[75]	3,000,000
France	SNEP	Platinum^[76]	351,000^[77]
Germany	IFPI	Platinum^[78]	200,000
Italy	FIMI	Platinum^[79]	100,000
Netherlands	NVPI	2× platinum^[80]	160,000
New Zealand	RIANZ	Platinum^[81]	15,000
Norway	IFPI	Gold^[82]	15,000
Poland	ZPAV	Gold^[83]	10,000
Sweden	IFPI	Platinum^[84]	40,000
Switzerland	IFPI	2× platinum^[85]	80,000
United Kingdom	BPI	3× platinum^[86]	900,000
United States	RIAA	6× platinum^[46]	6,202,000^[87]

Year-end charts

Year	Chart	Position
2001	Austrian Albums Chart^[88]	35
	Swiss Albums Chart^[89]	19
	U.S. Billboard 200^[90]	13
	U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[91]	3
2002	Australian Albums Chart^[92]	14
	Australian Urban Albums Chart^[93]	3
	Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[94]	38
	Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[95]	21
	French Albums Chart^[96]	45
	New Zealand Albums Chart^[97]	28
	UK Albums Chart^[98]	31

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Devil's Night by D12	*U.S. Billboard* 200 number-one album** July 14, 2001 July 28, 2001 – August 4, 2001	Succeeded by Devil's Night by D12 Celebrity by 'N Sync
Preceded by Devil's Night by D-12	*U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums* number-one album** July 14, 2001 - August 18, 2001	Succeeded by Eternal by The Isley Brothers
Preceded by Alle Kleuren by K3	Dutch Albums Chart number-one album September 15, 2001 – September 22, 2001	Succeeded by V by Live

Release history

Country	Date	Label
United States	June 5, 2001	J
Canada	June 26, 2001	Sony
United Kingdom	July 23, 2001	J
Germany	September 3, 2001
Australia	September 3, 2001
Japan	February 27, 2002	BMG
France	October 29, 2002	J

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External links

Songs in A Minor at Metacritic
Songs in A Minor at Discogs

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v t e Alicia Keys
Discography Videography Awards and nominations Songs written
Studio albums	Songs in A Minor The Diary of Alicia Keys As I Am The Element of Freedom Girl on Fire Here Alicia Keys Santa Baby
Live albums	Unplugged VH1 Storytellers
Box sets	The Platinum Collection
Remix albums	Remixed
Extended plays	The Vault Playlist, Vol. 1 Alicia Keys: Rehearsal Room
Tours	Songs in A Minor Tour Verizon Ladies First Tour Diary Tour As I Am Tour Freedom Tour Piano & I Set the World on Fire Tour Alicia + Keys World Tour Keys to the Summer Tour
Books	Tears for Water More Myself
Related articles	Here in Times Square Swizz Beatz Keep a Child Alive Kerry Brothers Jr. Oven Studios
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