Alicia Augello Cook, known professionally as Alicia Keys (born January 25th, 1981) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. She has been composing songs since she was age 12 and had numerous hit songs including "Fallin'", "If I Ain't Got You", "No One" and "Girl on Fire" among others. She has sold over 65 million records worldwide and earned 15 Grammy Awards.
Keys served as mentor for the Top 7 Week of Season 9 of American Idol.