Alicia Keys

Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys.
Keys began playing the piano when she was seven, learning classical music by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, and her favorite, Chopin.
Keys first appeared on television in 1985, where she and a group of other girls played the parts of Rudy Huxtable's sleepover guests in an episode of The Cosby Show called "Slumber Party".
Keys starred in The Secret Life of Bees, a film adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's acclaimed 2003 bestseller novel of the same name alongside Jennifer Hudson and Queen Latifah, released on October 17, 2008 via Fox Searchlight.
Keys opened a recording studio in Long Island, New York called The Oven Studios.
She also signed a deal as spokesperson with Glacéau's VitaminWater to endorse the product.
Keys is the co-founder and Global Ambassador of Keep a Child Alive, a non-profit organization that provides medicine to families with HIV/AIDS in Africa.