Alicia Keys has main plans to have fun the twentieth anniversary of her pivotal second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. 

The 15-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer has introduced The Diary of Alicia Keys 20, a particular digital deluxe version set to launch Dec. 1.

On the identical day, Keys will carry out Diary in its entirety at Webster Corridor in New York Metropolis. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Nov. 3. (A portion of the worth of every ticket might be donated to Maintain A Little one Alive.)

The 24-track expanded album will characteristic all of the songs from the unique, plus 9 bonus tracks, together with the beforehand unreleased “Golden Little one.” 

Written and produced by Keys, “Golden Little one” is an empowering observe stuffed with affirming lyrics: “You’re a golden / You’re a golden / You don’t need to be afraid / ‘Trigger time is in your aspect / They usually don’t know the ability you possess or the sweetness that’s inside.” 

The particular version may even embody totally different mixes of songs like “You Don’t Know My Identify” and “Diary” that includes Tony! Toni! Toné! and Jermaine Paul, in addition to stay variations from her 2003 AOL Broadband Rocks! live performance at Webster Corridor.

Moreover, Keys has partnered with City Outfitters for an unique restricted version of The Diary of Alicia Keys on champagne coloured 12″ vinyl and a bonus 7″ vinyl of “Streets of New York” that includes Nas and Rakim. It’s accessible for pre-order now.

In early 2024, Vinyl Me, Please will launch a limited-edition 3LP Piano Key-colored 12″ vinyl urgent of The Diary of Alicia Keys (VMP twentieth Anniversary Version). 

This version will embody a lyric and picture booklet that includes a handwritten letter from Keys. (One random purchaser will obtain the unique letter.)

The Diary of Alicia Keys was launched Dec. 2, 2003, through J Data. It bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 618,000 copies offered within the first week. It spent two weeks atop the summit. 

The album spawned the hit singles “You Don’t Know My Identify,” “If I Ain’t Acquired You,” “Diary,” and “Karma.” 

All of the singles landed within the prime 20 of the Billboard Scorching 100 chart, with “You Don’t Know My Identify” peaking at No. 3, adopted by “If I Ain’t Acquired You” (No. 4), “Diary” (No. 8) and “Karma” (No. 20).

Each single, besides “Karma,” reached No. 1 on the Grownup R&B Airplay chart. “Diary” dominated for 12 weeks, whereas “If I Ain’t Acquired You” and “You Don’t Know My Identify” each reigned for 10 weeks.

On the forty seventh Grammy Awards in 2005, Keys gained Finest R&B Album (The Diary of Alicia Keys), Finest R&B Tune (“You Don’t Know My Identify”) and Finest Feminine R&B Vocal Efficiency (“If I Ain’t Acquired You”).

She additionally gained a trophy for “My Boo,” her duet with Usher that appeared on his album,Confessions (Particular Version).

In August 2020, The Diary of Alicia Keys was licensed 5x platinum by the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA) for promoting over 5 million copies.

At that very same time, “Karma” and “Diary” have been licensed gold with 500,000 equal models offered. 

In September 2022, “You Don’t Know My Identify” was licensed platinum. Earlier this 12 months, “If I Ain’t Acquired You” was upped to 6x platinum with six million models offered.

For Keys’ 2021 album, KEYS, she unlocked her vault to incorporate a tune recorded throughout her Diary periods titled “Is It Insane.” 

“Truthfully, that tune is one in every of my favourite songs of my whole life,” Keys advised Rated R&B in an interview. “I’m speaking about it proper now and am getting chills. That’s how I really feel about that tune.”

She defined why she didn’t embody it on Diary. “I bear in mind writing it simply how I wrote ‘If I Ain’t Acquired You’ in that Diary second, how I wrote ‘Diary,’ which was a giant one for Diary. After I completed writing it, I beloved it, however I used to be like, ‘It doesn’t match.’ Yearly, each album after, I’d return to ‘Is It Insane’ and be like, ‘Does it match right here? Can it match?’ Lastly, I began to be like, ‘I assume it’s not meant to suit.’”

In the end, she discovered that KEYS was the appropriate album for “Is It Insane.” “It suits as if it has been the lacking piece of your complete album. It was meant for this album. Typically, songs are simply ready for his or her time. And now this one has discovered its time.”

Take heed to Alicia Keys’ “Golden Little one” beneath. Pre-save and pre-order The Diary of Alicia Keys 20 HERE.