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Alicia Keys' Diary Debuts at #1 With Over 618,000 Scanned!; Sophomore Success For J Records Marquee Artist Alicia Keys.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003

J Records recording artist Alicia Keys' sophomore effort, The Diary of Alicia Keys, debuted today at #1 with over 618,000 albums scanned making Keys the female artist with the largest first week scans in 2003.

Propelled by the soulful first single, "You Don't Know Don't know (DK, DKed)

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 My Name," The Diary of Alicia Keys was released to a media blitz that featured Alicia performing live from Harlem on Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as  and, in a late night television event only paralleled by Prince, two consecutive nights on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Additional appearances include the Oprah Winfrey Show, MTV's TRL TRL

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, BET's 106th and Park, and the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Keys' Grammy award-winning first album, Songs in A Minor, also debuted at #1 in 2001 going on to win 5 Grammy awards the following year. "For Alicia to enter the charts again at #1 with her second album is truly stunning," said RCA Records Group RCA Records Group is the group of three main labels, RCA Records, Arista Records, and J Records, which distributes the artists on those labels. The RCA Records Label (UK) distributes all of Sony BMG American artists to Europe. See also
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 Chairman Clive Davis. "That and her 4-star album reviews are really inspiring everyone who believes that uncompromising great music can still rule the charts."

The RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history.  Music Group is a BMG-owned label group run by Clive Davis. The RCA roster is home to superstar artists Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews Band, The Strokes, Foo Fighters, David Gray, Heather Headley, Kelly Clarkson, and more. The J Records roster is home to platinum superstars Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, Luther Vandross, Busta Rhymes, Tyrese and Monica, among others. Clive Davis, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the RCA Music Group, is the legendary executive who after helming Columbia Records for eight years, founded Arista Records in 1975 and nurtured many of today's top musical artists including Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, Santana, Patti Smith, Sarah McLachlan and Dido.
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