The Diary of Alicia Keys

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The Diary of Alicia Keys
Studio album by Alicia Keys
Released	December 1, 2003 December 2, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	R&B
Length	55:05
Label	J
Producer(s)	Alicia Keys, Dre & Vidal, Rich Harrison, Kanye West, Timbaland, Easy Mo Bee
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Amazon.com link BBC link Blender link CANOE Jam! link Entertainment Weekly (B) link Guardian Unlimited link PopMatters link Rolling Stone link Slant Magazine link VIBE link
Alicia Keys chronology
Songs in A Minor (2001)	The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)	Unplugged (2005)
Alternate cover
Australian/German bonus-CD edition cover

The Diary of Alicia Keys is the second studio album by American R&B singer and pianist Alicia Keys, released on December 2, 2003 in the United States (see 2003 in music). It went on to win the Grammy Award for "Best R&B Album" in 2005. The album includes the hit singles "You Don't Know My Name" (produced by Kanye West), "If I Ain't Got You", "Diary" (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!), and "Karma". The album sold over four million copies in the United States and more than nine million worldwide.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Additional tracks 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 Singles

[edit] Track listing

1. "Harlem's Nocturne" (Alicia Keys) – 1:43
2. "Karma" ¹ (Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, Alicia Keys) – 4:16
3. "Heartburn" (Alicia Keys, Tim Mosley, Walter Millsap III, Candice Nelson, Erika Rose) – 3:28
4. "If I Was Your Woman/Walk on By" ² (Gloria Jones, Clarence McMurray, Pam Sawyer) – 3:06
5. "You Don't Know My Name" (Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, James Ralph Bailey, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams) – 6:06
6. "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) – 3:48
7. "Diary" (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!) (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 4:44
8. "Dragon Days" (Alicia Keys) – 4:36
9. "Wake Up" (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 4:27
10. "So Simple" (featuring Lellow) (Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis) – 3:49
11. "When You Really Love Someone" (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 4:09
12. "Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude)" (Alicia Keys) – 2:07
13. "Slow Down" (Alicia Keys, Lamont Green, Erika Rose) – 4:18
14. "Samsonite Man" (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose) – 4:12
15. "Nobody Not Really" (Alicia Keys, Taneisha Smith) – 2:56

¹ Samples "Superstition" written by Stevie Wonder.
² Samples "If I Were Your Woman" written by Gloria Jones, Clarence McMurray, and Pam Sawyer.

• Bonus DVD

Released December 2, 2003

1. "The Diary"

• Australian/German bonus CD

Released September 28, 2004 (AUS) / November 9, 2004 (GER)

1. "If I Ain't Got You" (Remix featuring Usher) (Alicia Keys) – 3:52
2. "If I Ain't Got You" (Spanish Version featuring Arturo Sandoval) (Alicia Keys) – 3:53
3. "If I Ain't Got You" (Kanye West Radio Mix #1) (Alicia Keys) – 3:47
4. "You Don't Know My Name/Will You Ever Know It" (Reggae Mix) (Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, James Ralph Bailey, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams) – 7:37
5. "You Don't Know My Name" (Video)
6. "If I Ain't Got You" (Video)
7. "Diary" (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!) (Video)

[edit] Additional tracks

"Streets of New York" (featuring Nas and Rakim) is featured on the UK and European editions of the album. It samples the beat of Nas' 1994 song "N.Y. State of Mind".

[edit] Personnel

• Sanford Allen - violin
• Elijah Baker - bass
• Julien Barber - viola
• Pablo Batista - percussion
• Richard Brice - viola
• Kurt Briggs - violin
• Avril Brown - violin
• Fred Cash - bass
• Robert Chausow - viola
• Ronnie Drayton - guitar
• Marisol Espada - cello
• Barry Finclair - viola
• Eileen Folson - cello
• Onree Gill - organ
• Stanley Hunte - violin
• Steven Jordan - drums
• Paul Alexandre John - drums
• Gwendolyn Laster - violin
• Lori Miller - violin
• Caryl Paisner - cello
• Marion Pinheiro - violin
• Ricky Quinones - guitar
• Artie Reynolds - bass
• Timothy Christian Riley - piano
• Maxine Roach - viola
• Joe Romano - horn
• John Jubu Smith - guitar
• Dale Stuckenbruck - violin
• Peter Vanderwater - viola
• Arcel Vickers - organ
• Alexander Vselensky - violin
• Willie Weeks - bass
• Artie White - guitar
• Xin Zhao - violin

[edit] Production

• Executive producers: Peter Edge
• Producer: Dre & Vidal, Rich Harrison, Kanye West, Timbaland, Easy Mo Bee, Alicia Keys
• Vocal assistance: Katreese Barnes, Andricka Hall, Harold Lilly, John Legend, Lamont Green, Cindy Mizelle, Jermaine Paul
• Engineers: Tony Black, Vincent Dilorenzo, Ann Mincieli, Walter Millsap
• Assistant engineers: Alan Ford, Dan Gautreau, Rabeka Tuinei
• Mixing: Tony Black, Russell Elevado, Manny Marroquin, Tony Maserati, Patrick Viala
• Mastering: Herb Powers

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	2
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	22
Austrian Albums Chart	25
Danish Albums Chart	16
French Albums Chart	5
Finnish Albums Chart	9
German Albums Chart	10
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart	25
Norwegian Albums Chart	7
Swedish Albums Chart	24
Swiss Albums Chart	1
UK Albums Chart	13
United World Chart	1

[edit] Singles

Cover	Information
	"You Don't Know My Name" Released: October 2003 Writers: Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, James Ralph Bailey, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams Producers: Kanye West, Alicia Keys Director: Chris Robinson Chart positions: #3 U.S., #1 U.S. R&B, #19 UK
	"If I Ain't Got You" Released: January 2004 Writer: Alicia Keys Producer: Alicia Keys Director: Diane Martel Chart positions: #4 U.S., #1 U.S. R&B, #18 UK
	"Diary" (featuring Tony! Toni! Toné!) Released: June 2004 Writers: Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr. Producer: Alicia Keys Directors: Lamont "Liquid" Burrell, Rod Isaacs, Jeff Robinson, Brian Campbell Chart positions: #8 U.S., #2 U.S. R&B, #1 U.S. dance
	"Karma" Released: September 2004 Writers: Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, Alicia Keys Producer: Kerry Brothers, Jr. Director: Chris Robinson Chart positions: #20 U.S., #17 U.S. R&B

Preceded by The Black Album by Jay-Z	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album December 20, 2003 - December 26, 2003	Succeeded by Soulful by Ruben Studdard
Preceded by Soulful by Ruben Studdard	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album January 3, 2004 - January 9, 2004	Succeeded by Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast