Songs in A Minor

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Songs in A Minor
Studio album by Alicia Keys
Released	June 5, 2001 September 3, 2001 March 11, 2002
Recorded	1999–2001
Genre	R&B
Length	63:04
Label	J
Producer(s)	Alicia Keys (also executive), Brian McKnight, Jermaine Dupri, Kerry Brothers, Jr., Kandi Burruss
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Amazon.com link CANOE Jam! link Entertainment Weekly (B) link PopMatters link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine
Alicia Keys chronology
	Songs in A Minor (2001)	The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
Alternate covers
UK cover
Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor cover

Songs in A Minor is the debut album by American R&B singer and pianist Alicia Keys, released on June 5, 2001 in the United States (see 2001 in music). Interestingly, only one song on the album, "Jane Doe", is in the key of A minor (the title no doubt being a playful reference to Keys' youth). The album has sold over six million copies in the United States and over twelve million copies worldwide. It also earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including "Best R&B Album".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor 2.1 Track listing 3 Singles chronology 4 Personnel 5 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Piano & I" (Alicia Keys) – 1:52
2. "Girlfriend" (Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Joshua Thompson) – 3:34
3. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Prince) – 3:57
4. "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) – 3:30
5. "Troubles" (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 4:28
6. "Rock wit U" (Alicia Keys, Tenisha Smith, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 5:36
7. "A Woman's Worth" (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose) – 5:03
8. "Jane Doe" (Alicia Keys, Kandi Burruss) – 3:48
9. "Goodbye" (Alicia Keys) – 4:20
10. "The Life" (Alicia Keys, Tenisha Smith, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 5:25
11. "Mr. Man" (duet with Jimmy Cozier) (Alicia Keys, Jimmy Cozier) – 4:09
12. "Never Felt This Way (Interlude)" (Brian McKnight) – 2:01
13. "Butterflyz" (Alicia Keys) – 4:08
14. "Why Do I Feel So Sad" (Alicia Keys, Warryn Smiley Campbell) – 4:25
15. "Caged Bird" (Alicia Keys) – 3:02
16. "Lovin U" (hidden track) (Alicia Keys) – 3:49

• UK edition

Released March 11, 2002

16. "Fallin'" (Remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage) (Alicia Keys) – 4:15

17. "A Woman's Worth" (Remix) (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose) – 10:38

• Japanese edition

Released July 22, 2002

17. "Rear View Mirror" (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr., LaShawn Daniels, Paul Green, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins) – 4:06

18. "Fallin'" (Extended Remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage) (Alicia Keys) – 4:18

19. "A Woman's Worth" (Remix Radio Edit) (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose) – 4:24

[edit] Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor

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

[edit] Track listing

Remixed

1. "Girlfriend" (KrucialKeys Sista Girl Mix) (Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, Joshua Thompson) – 3:27

2. "Gangsta Lovin'" (Eve featuring Alicia Keys) (Alisa Yarbrough, Jonah Ellis, Lonnie Simmons) – 3:59

3. "Fallin'" (Remix featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage) (Alicia Keys) – 3:56

4. "A Woman's Worth" (Remix) (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose) – 3:20

5. "Butterflyz" (Roger's Release Mix) (Alicia Keys) – 3:54

6. "Troubles" (J-Jay & Chris Lum Bootleg Mix) (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 4:24

7. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix) (Prince) – 4:23

8. "Fallin'" (Ali Version) (Alicia Keys) – 4:30

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" (Alicia Keys) – 2:49

11. "Never Felt This Way" (Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes) – 1:45

12. "Butterflyz" (Alicia Keys) – 0:52

13. "Caged Bird" (Alicia Keys) – 2:03

14. "I Got a Little Something for You" (Alicia Keys) – 1:45

15. "Someday We'll All Be Free" (Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard) – 6:24

[edit] Singles chronology

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

• The debut single, "Fallin'", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, 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
• Paul 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)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	3
Austrian Albums Chart	4
Canadian Albums Chart	2
Danish Albums Chart	4
French Albums Chart	12
Finnish Albums Chart	8
German Albums Chart	2
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart	4
Norwegian Albums Chart	12
Swedish Albums Chart	10
Swiss Albums Chart	3
UK Albums Chart	6

Preceded by Devil's Night by D12	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album July 14, 2001 - July 20, 2001	Succeeded by Devil's Night by D12
Preceded by Devil's Night by D12	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album July 28, 2001 - August 10, 2001	Succeeded by Celebrity by NSYNC