Alicia Keys is near scoring her first RIAA diamond-certified single.
Her 2007 single “No One” is now licensed 9x multi-platinum for promoting 9 million equal items. The Grammy-winning single, co-produced by Keys and Kerry “Krucial” Brothers, pushed a million items since September 2022 when it was licensed 8x multi-platinum.
Keys is only one million items shy from attaining a diamond plaque from the RIAA, awarded for singles/albums that promote a minimum of 10 million items.
“No One” was launched because the lead single from Keys’ third album, As I Am. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart throughout the week of Dec. 1, 2007, and spent 5 weeks on the high of the summit.
The album was one other chart-topper, claiming the No. 1 place on the Billboard 200 for 4 weeks.
As famous above, “No One” scored Keys two awards on the fiftieth Grammy Awards, together with Finest Feminine R&B Vocal Efficiency and Finest R&B Track.
Curiously, Keys talked about that “No One” virtually didn’t get launched. “No One virtually didn’t make the album, it was the final track written. It felt like magic within the room that night time,” she tweeted in 2019.
No One virtually didn’t make the album, it was the final track written. It felt like magic within the room that night time. https://t.co/n5zkDau2iG
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) December 28, 2019
“No One” wasn’t Keys’ solely up to date RIAA certification in 2022. She additionally scored awards for the next singles:
- “Woman on Fireplace” (6x multi-platinum)
- “If I Ain’t Bought You” (5x multi-platinum)
- “My Boo” with Usher (4x multi-platinum)
- “Fallin” (3x multi-platinum)
- “Un-thinkable” (3x multi-platinum)
- “You Don’t Know My Title” (platinum)
- “Underdog” (platinum)
- “Doesn’t Imply Something” (gold)
- “Metropolis of Gods” with Fivio International and Kanye West (gold)
Keys’ newest RIAA replace comes practically a month after topping Billboard’s Grownup R&B Airplay chart along with her Brent Faiyaz-assisted single “Trillions.”
The track is lifted from KEYS II, a deluxe version of Keys’ 2021 double album. The expanded album, which dropped in August 2022, additionally contains “Keep” that includes Fortunate Daye.
Keys launched a panoramic visible for the track earlier this month; it was directed by Jean Sébastien and Kamerameha.
Revisit “No One” by Alicia Keys under.
