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Alicia is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Alicia Keys. It was primarily recorded at Oven Studios and Jungle City Studios, both in New York, after her 2016 album Here and her judgeship on the singing competition series The Voice, before being released by RCA Records on September 18, 2020. Written and produced largely by Keys, the album also features songwriting and production contributions from Swizz Beatz, Ryan Tedder, Johnny McDaid, Ed Sheeran, and The-Dream, among others. Keys collaborated with more artists on the recording than in her previous albums, enlisting vocalists such as Sampha, Tierra Whack, Diamond Platnumz, Snoh Aalegra, and Jill Scott for certain tracks. Alicia's mostly low-tempo and melodically subtle music reconciles the experimental direction of Here with her earlier work's bass drum-driven R&B and piano-based balladry. Throughout, individual songs incorporate sounds from a wide range of other genres, including orchestral pop, progressive soul, funk, ambient, country, and Caribbean music. Thematically, they explore identity as a multifaceted concept, sociopolitical concerns, and forms of love within the framework of impressionistic lyrics, personal narratives, and self-knowledge. Keys has described the album as therapeutic and reflective of greater introspection in herself, expressing ideas and feelings of hope, frustration, despair, ambivalence, and equanimity shared in her memoir More Myself (2020), which was written during Alicia's recording. The album was originally scheduled to be released on March 20, 2020, then May 15, before being delayed indefinitely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was marketed with an extended traditional rollout campaign that featured various media appearances by Keys and the release of seven singles, including the Miguel duet "Show Me Love", "Time Machine", "Underdog", and "So Done" (with Khalid). After a surprise announcement of its impending release in September, Alicia debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 in its first week and became Keys' eighth top-10 record in the US, while charting in the top 10 in several other countries. However, it fell off the US chart a few weeks later. A critical success, Alicia received praise for Keys' nuanced vocal performances and the music's accessibility, while her thematic messages were considered balanced, healing, and timely against the backdrop of unfolding world events. The singles "Good Job" and "Perfect Way to Die" resonated especially with the importance of essential workers during the pandemic and with the 2020–2021 racial unrest over police brutality in the US, respectively. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards. In further support of the album, Keys performed in concert from June to September 2022 on Alicia – The World Tour, which was postponed from 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. (en)
Alicia (estilizada en mayúsculas) es el séptimo álbum de estudio de la cantante y compositora estadounidense Alicia Keys. Se lanzó a través de RCA Records el 18 de septiembre de 2020. Es el primer álbum de estudio de Keys desde Here (2016). Para su promoción se han estrenado los sencillos «Show Me Love», «Time Machine», «Underdog», «Good Job», «Perfect Way to Die», «So Done» y «Love Looks Better». El álbum estaba programado para ser apoyado la gira Alicia: The World Tour; que comenzaría en Dublín el 5 de junio de 2020 y que finalmente se propuso por la pandemia de COVID-19. (es)
Alicia est le septième album studio de la chanteuse américaine Alicia Keys sorti en 2020 sur le label RCA Records. Écrit et produit en grande partie par Alicia Keys, l'album comprend également des contributions à l'écriture et à la production de Swizz Beatz, Ludwig Göransson, , Johnny McDaid et The-Dream, entre autres. L'album devait initialement sortir le 20 mars 2020, puis le 15 mai, avant d'être encore retardé en raison de la pandémie de COVID-19 . Sept singles sont sortis d’Alicia, dont le duo avec Miguel Show Me Love, Time Machine, Underdog et So Done, avec Khalid. Keys devrait se lancer dans Alicia - The World Tour en 2021 après le report des dates 2020 de la tournée en raison de la pandémie. Musicalement, Alicia s'écarte de l'expérimentation ouverte du précédent album de l'artiste, Here (2016). Au lieu de cela, la musique revisite les styles de ses œuvres antérieures, y compris des ballades au piano et des chansons R&B basées sur la grosse caisse, bien qu'avec des hooks moins emphatiques. La direction de l'album, que Keys décrit comme "sans genre", est plutôt orientée vers l'évocation d'une humeur particulière et ne se conforme pas à une ambiance sonore particulière. Selon le critique pop en chef du New York Times, , la musique «se creuse souvent autour d'elle, ouvrant de profonds abîmes de basse ou entourant une instrumentation clairsemée avec des échos vides». En comparaison avec Here, Shakeena Johnson de Clash dit qu'Alicia est « moins pop et plus R&B ». Tout en jugeant l'album souvent une œuvre de R&B contemporain, Helen Brown de The Independent dit qu'il transmet des mélodies soul traditionnelles « à travers des sons plus étranges - et certainement plus éclectiques - qu'elle n'en a essayés auparavant ». Dans le processus, les chansons individuelles incorporent des éléments de styles particuliers, y compris le downtempo R&B (Show Me Love), le funk à l'ancienne (Time Machine), la soul influencée par le folk (Gramercy Park), dub (Wasted Energy), musique des Caraïbes (Underdog) et country (Gramercy Park). Plusieurs morceaux du milieu de l'album remplacent le piano par la guitare acoustique dans un style plus libre de néo soul . La dynamique de la musique tout au long est en grande partie downtempo et subtile, sauf pour Love Looks Better, qui est produit dans un style pop-soul plus élevé. (fr)
《Alicia》는 2020년 9월 18일에 발매된 앨리샤 키스의 음반이다. RCA 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
Alicia (reso graficamente come ALICIA) è il settimo album in studio della cantautrice statunitense Alicia Keys, pubblicato il 18 settembre 2020 dalla RCA Records. Il progetto ha vinto il Grammy Award come Best immersive audio album ( miglior album audio immersivo). Il progetto discografico presenta la collaborazione A Beautiful Noise con la cantautrice statunitense Brandi Carlile, candidata ai Grammy Awards 2022 nella categoria alla canzone dell'anno. (it)
Alicia (estilizado em letras maiúsculas) é o sétimo álbum de estúdio da cantora, compositora e produtora americana Alicia Keys, lançado pela RCA Records em 18 de setembro de 2020. Escrito e produzido em grande parte por Keys, o álbum também apresenta contribuições de composição e produção de Swizz Beatz, Ludwig Göransson, Rob Knox, Johnny McDaid, e The-Dream, entre outros. O álbum estava originalmente previsto para ser lançado em 20 de março de 2020, depois 15 de maio, antes de ser adiado ainda mais devido à pandemia de COVID-19. Sete singles foram lançados de Alicia antes de seu lançamento, incluindo o dueto com Miguel, "Show Me Love", "Time Machine", "Underdog", "Good Job", "Perfect Way to Die", "So Done", com Khalid e "Love Looks Better". O álbum estreou em quarto lugar na Billboard 200 dos EUA, tornando-se o oitavo top 10 de Keys na parada. Ela embarcara na Alicia – The World Tour em 2021, depois que as datas da turnê de 2020 foram adiadas devido à pandemia. (pt)
Alicia — седьмой студийный альбом американской R&B и соул-исполнительницы Алиши Киз, вышедший 18 сентября 2020 года на лейбле RCA Records. Первоначально выход альбома планировался в поддержку мирового концертного тура Киз The World Tour, который намечался на июнь 2020 года. Выход альбома был отложен из-за пандемии коронавируса. (ru)

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An album cover with four photos arrayed clockwise and showing Keys' head, pictured from the front, back, and sides (en)

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The conversation turned toward all the varieties of people in the world. Givers and takers. Builders and breakers. Dreamers and bystanders. I tend to want every person to embody the best of humanity – for all of us to be givers and builders and dreamers. That's not reality. At different seasons in life, we each fall into various categories. Even still, every one of us also has a strong behavioral tendency, and that is okay. I'm coming to terms with the fact that so-called perfection – this idea that everything should be beautiful and in order at all times – is just not going to happen. (en)

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We are lost and lonely people and we're looking for a reason and it's all right So let's celebrate the dreamers, we embrace the space between us, and it's all right We're all in this boat together and we're sailing toward the future and it's all right We can make the whole thing better, we're the authors of forever – and it's all right (en)

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Alicia (estilizada en mayúsculas) es el séptimo álbum de estudio de la cantante y compositora estadounidense Alicia Keys. Se lanzó a través de RCA Records el 18 de septiembre de 2020. Es el primer álbum de estudio de Keys desde Here (2016). Para su promoción se han estrenado los sencillos «Show Me Love», «Time Machine», «Underdog», «Good Job», «Perfect Way to Die», «So Done» y «Love Looks Better». El álbum estaba programado para ser apoyado la gira Alicia: The World Tour; que comenzaría en Dublín el 5 de junio de 2020 y que finalmente se propuso por la pandemia de COVID-19. (es)
《Alicia》는 2020년 9월 18일에 발매된 앨리샤 키스의 음반이다. RCA 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
Alicia (reso graficamente come ALICIA) è il settimo album in studio della cantautrice statunitense Alicia Keys, pubblicato il 18 settembre 2020 dalla RCA Records. Il progetto ha vinto il Grammy Award come Best immersive audio album ( miglior album audio immersivo). Il progetto discografico presenta la collaborazione A Beautiful Noise con la cantautrice statunitense Brandi Carlile, candidata ai Grammy Awards 2022 nella categoria alla canzone dell'anno. (it)
Alicia — седьмой студийный альбом американской R&B и соул-исполнительницы Алиши Киз, вышедший 18 сентября 2020 года на лейбле RCA Records. Первоначально выход альбома планировался в поддержку мирового концертного тура Киз The World Tour, который намечался на июнь 2020 года. Выход альбома был отложен из-за пандемии коронавируса. (ru)
Alicia is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Alicia Keys. It was primarily recorded at Oven Studios and Jungle City Studios, both in New York, after her 2016 album Here and her judgeship on the singing competition series The Voice, before being released by RCA Records on September 18, 2020. Written and produced largely by Keys, the album also features songwriting and production contributions from Swizz Beatz, Ryan Tedder, Johnny McDaid, Ed Sheeran, and The-Dream, among others. Keys collaborated with more artists on the recording than in her previous albums, enlisting vocalists such as Sampha, Tierra Whack, Diamond Platnumz, Snoh Aalegra, and Jill Scott for certain tracks. (en)
Alicia est le septième album studio de la chanteuse américaine Alicia Keys sorti en 2020 sur le label RCA Records. Écrit et produit en grande partie par Alicia Keys, l'album comprend également des contributions à l'écriture et à la production de Swizz Beatz, Ludwig Göransson, , Johnny McDaid et The-Dream, entre autres. (fr)
Alicia (estilizado em letras maiúsculas) é o sétimo álbum de estúdio da cantora, compositora e produtora americana Alicia Keys, lançado pela RCA Records em 18 de setembro de 2020. Escrito e produzido em grande parte por Keys, o álbum também apresenta contribuições de composição e produção de Swizz Beatz, Ludwig Göransson, Rob Knox, Johnny McDaid, e The-Dream, entre outros. (pt)

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