Songs in A Minor

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Songs in A Minor
Studio album by Alicia Keys
Released	June 5, 2001 (2001-06-05) (see release history)
Recorded	1999–2001 at Backroom Studios (Glendale, California) Battery Studios (New York City, New York) Doppler Studio (Atlanta, Georgia) KrucialKeys Studios (New York City, New York) Southside Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) Unique Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	63:04
Label	J
Producer	Alicia Keys (also executive), Kerry Brothers, Jr., Jermaine Dupri, Brian McKnight, Kandi Burruss
Professional reviews
Allmusic link CANOE Jam! link Entertainment Weekly (B) link NME link PopMatters link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link Yahoo! Music UK link
Alicia Keys chronology
Songs in A Minor (2001) The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
Alternate covers
UK cover
Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor cover
Singles from Songs in A Minor
"Fallin'" Released: July 10, 2001 "A Woman's Worth" Released: February 12, 2002 "How Come You Don't Call Me" Released: June 4, 2002 "Girlfriend" Released: December 24, 2002

Songs in A Minor is the Grammy Award-winning debut album by American R&B/soul singer and pianist Alicia Keys, released in June 2001 (see 2001 in music) on J Records. Contrary to the album's title, only one song, "Jane Doe," is in the key of A minor. The title is a playful reference to Keys' youth.

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 236,000 copies in its first week.^[1] To date, it has sold over six million copies in the United States and over ten million copies worldwide.^[2] It also earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best R&B Album.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Japanese edition 1.2 UK edition 2 Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor 2.1 Track listing 2.1.1 Remixed 2.1.2 Unplugged 3 Singles chronology 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 Certifications 7 Release history 8 References

[edit] Track listing

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) – 3:30
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) – 5:03
8. "Jane Doe" (Keys, Kandi Burruss) – 3:48
9. "Goodbye" (Keys) – 4:20
10. "The Life" (Keys, Smith, Brothers) – 5:25
11. "Mr. Man" (duet with 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

[edit] Japanese edition

17. "Rear View Mirror" (Keys, Brothers, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, L. Green) – 4:06
18. "Fallin'" (Extended Remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage) – 4:18
19. "A Woman's Worth" (Remix Radio Edit) – 4:24

[edit] UK edition

16. "Fallin'" (Remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage) – 4:15
17. "A Woman's Worth" (Remix) – 3:20
18. "Lovin U" (hidden track) – 3:49

[edit] Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor

Following the release of Songs in A Minor, Keys released Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor (issued in some countries as Songs in A Minor: Remixed & Unplugged) on October 22, 2002, an alternative version to the album containing some of the original tracks remixed and/or unplugged.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Remixed

1. "Girlfriend" (KrucialKeys Sista Girl Mix) – 3:27
2. "Gangsta Lovin'" ¹ (Eve featuring Alicia Keys) (Alisa Yarbrough, Jonah Ellis, Lonnie Simmons) – 3:59
3. "Fallin'" (Remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage) – 3:56
4. "A Woman's Worth" (Remix) – 3:20
5. "Butterflyz" (Roger's Release Mix) – 3:54
6. "Troubles" (J-Jay & Chris Lum Bootleg Mix) – 4:24
7. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) – 4:23
8. "Fallin'" (Ali Soundtrack Version) – 4:30

[edit] Unplugged

Recorded on August 10, 2002 at KeyArena, Seattle, Washington

9. "Moonlight Sonata/L'Interludio, Ambivalente/Ain't Misbehavin'" (Beethoven, Ray Chew, Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Thomas Waller) – 2:22
10. "Goodbye" – 2:49
11. "Never Felt This Way" (McKnight, Brandon Barnes) – 1:45
12. "Butterflyz" – 0:52
13. "Caged Bird" – 2:03
14. "I Got a Little Something for You" (Keys) – 1:45
15. "Someday We'll All Be Free" (Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard) – 6:24

¹ Contains elements of Yarbrough and Peoples' "Don't Stop the Music" written by Alisa Yarbrough, Jonah Ellis, and Lonnie Simmons.

[edit] Singles chronology

1. "Fallin'"
2. "A Woman's Worth"
3. "How Come You Don't Call Me"
4. "Girlfriend"

• The debut single, "Fallin'," stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, while the second single, "A Woman's Worth," reached the top ten on the same chart. These singles were the most successful releases from the album.
• "How Come You Don't Call Me," the album's third single, was a cover of Prince's 1982 "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?".
• The final single, "Girlfriend," was released only in Europe, Canada, and Australia, but not in the United States.
• "Butterflyz" was not a single but is notable as being the first song Keys ever wrote, at age fourteen.

[edit] Personnel

• Norman Hedman – percussion
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Phil Tan – mixing
• Brian Cox – keyboards
• L. Green – background vocals
• Brian McKnight – instrumentation, musician, producer
• Jermaine Dupri – producer
• Tim Shider – bass
• Tony Duran – photography
• Herb Powers – mastering
• Patti Wilson – stylist
• Isaac Hayes – Fender piano, Fender Rhodes, string arrangements, flute arrangement
• Acar S. Key – engineer
• Mary Ann Souza – assistant, assistant engineer
• Arty White – guitar
• Kerry Brothers, Jr. – digital programming, drum programming, engineer, production concept, producer
• Rick St. Hillaire – engineer
• Russell Jackson – bass
• Andricka Hall – background vocals
• Anthony Nance – drum programming
• Kandi Burruss – arranger, background vocals, producer
• Tony Maserati – mixing
• Victor Flowers – bass
• Russell Elevado – mixing
• Brian Frye – engineer
• Gerry "The Gov" Brown – mixing, engineer
• Kandi – arranger, producer
• Yussi Allie – art direction
• Chris Wood – engineer
• John Peters – organ
• Alicia Keys – arranger, digital programming, instrumentation, main performer, keyboards, keyboard concepts, executive producer, musician, background vocals, vocals, vocal arrangement, string arrangements, remixing, remix producer, producer, piano
• Cindy Mizelle – background vocals
• Peter Edge – executive producer
• Clive Davis – executive producer
• Cato – concept, guitar
• Richie Goods – acoustic bass, electric bass

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001)[3][4][5] Peak position Brazilian Albums Chart 26 Canadian Albums Chart 2 Dutch Albums Chart 1 German Albums Chart 2 Irish Albums Chart 5 Norwegian Albums Chart 12 Swedish Albums Chart 10 Swiss Albums Chart 3 United World Chart 15 U.S. Billboard 200 1 U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1 U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 1

Chart (2002) Peak position Australian ARIA Albums Chart 3 Austrian Albums Chart 4 Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders) 8 Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Wallonia) 10 Danish Albums Chart 4 Finnish Albums Chart 8 French Albums Chart 12 Hungarian Albums Chart[6] 18 Italian Albums Chart 4 New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 4 UK Albums Chart 6

[edit] Certifications

6× platinum RIAA: 6,133,724[7][8] 5× platinum CRIA: 500,000[9] 3× platinum BPI: 900,000[10] IFPI: 3,000,000[11] 2× platinum IFPI: 80,000[12] NVPI: 120,000[13] ARIA: 140,000[14]

Platinum RIANZ: 15,000[15] IFPI: 40,000[16] SNEP: 351,000[17][18] IFPI: 200,000[19] Gold IFPI: 10,000[20] IFPI: 10,000[21] IFPI: 15,000[22]

[edit] Release history

Country	Date	Label
United States	June 5, 2001	J
Canada		Sony Music Canada
Germany	September 3, 2001	J
Australia		J
Japan	February 27, 2002	BMG Japan
United Kingdom	March 11, 2002	J
France	October 29, 2002	J

[edit] References

Preceded by Devil's Night by D12	U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album (first run) July 14, 2001	Succeeded by Devil's Night by D12
	U.S. Billboard 200 number-one album (second run) July 28, 2001 – August 4, 2001	Succeeded by Celebrity by 'N Sync
Preceded by Alle Kleuren by K3	MegaCharts (Netherlands) number-one album September 15, 2001 – September 22, 2001	Succeeded by V by Live

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