Alicia Keys celebrates the 20th anniversary of her multiplatinum, Grammy-winning and chart-topping sophomore album that debuted at number one on the Billboard charts with the digital release of The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 on Friday, December 1.
Keys will celebrate the milestone with an intimate, once-in-a-lifetime anniversary concert performing the album from top to bottom, in its entirety, at New York's Webster Hall on Friday, December 1. Tickets for the event are now on sale. A portion of the price of each ticket will be donated to the Keep A Child Alive charity.
Legacy Recordings, the catalogue division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release The Diary of Alicia Keys 20featuring nine bonus tracks including "Golden Child," a previously unreleased rarity from Alicia's personal vault, available in 360RA and Dolby Atmos. Four newly unpressed music videos from The Diary of Alicia Keys--"Karma," "You Don't Know My Name," "If I Ain't Got You" and the live version of "Diary" (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné! and Jermaine Paul) -- went live on Alicia's YouTube channel, followed Wednesday, November 8 with the premiere of a lyric video for the previously unreleased "Golden Child."
Additionally, there will be a special Pop Up at the AWAKE NY store on Orchard Street in New York on Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2. Alongside collaborative merch designed by AWAKE NY, there will be previously unseen memorabilia on display from the time of the album’s creation as well as one-of-a-kind artworks. More details will be announced soon.
Urban Outfitters celebrates the anniversary with an exclusive limited edition of The Diary of Alicia Keys on Champagne coloured 12" vinyl and a bonus 7" vinyl single of "Streets of New York" (featuring Nas & Rakim), originally released on the European version of the album, and the previously unreleased "Streets of New York" (Instrumental). Packaging features a gatefold jacket, 7" bonus single in cardboard inner sleeve with beautifully printed inner sleeves.
In early 2024, Vinyl Me, Please will release a limited edition 3LP Piano Key coloured 12" vinyl pressing, The Diary of Alicia Keys (VMP 20th Anniversary Edition), featuring the original album plus bonus tracks including remixes, alternate takes and a live recording of the first-ever performance of the album's cuts at Webster Hall upon its release. The VMP 20th anniversary-edition record will also include a lyric and photo booklet featuring a handwritten letter from Alicia Keys, with one random purchaser receiving the original letter, all housed in a deluxe tri-fold linen-wrapped jacket and slipcase.
Keys also recently previewed her musical Hell's Kitchen at The Public Theatre in New York. Conceptualized by and featuring music written by Keys and based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-finalist playwright Kristoffer Diaz, the exhilarating coming-of-age musical started previews October 24th and officially opens November 19th.
The sold-out run has been extended through January 7, 2024. Hell's Kitchen is an unforgettable new musical based on a 17-year-old girl’s experiences and life in the dark but promising neighbourhood of the same name. Featuring both newly created music and many of her soulful, iconic songs, Hell’s Kitchen is not to be missed.
First released on December 2, 2003 on J Records, The Diary of Alicia Keys, the artist's much-anticipated second album, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with the best first week's sales for a female artist that year. A formidable successor to her blockbuster debut (2001's multi-platinum Songs In A Minor entered the Billboard 200 at #1 before winning Alicia an unprecedented five Grammy Awards including Best New Artist), The Diary of Alicia Keys became her second successive #1 album, generating three Top 10 singles--"You Don't Know My Name," "If I Ain't Got You" and "Diary"--while adding three new Grammy Awards--Best R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("If I Ain't Got You") and Best R&B Song ("You Don't Know My Name")--to her career total.
The album has sold more than five million copies in the United States and more than eight million worldwide.
