Alicia Keys' 2007 hit “No One” becomes her first solo record to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she announced on Friday (August 16).
“A song that is there for us when we need it most. Singing this song, together, around the world is magical every time. Thank you for loving Nobody the way you do! Keep singing at the top of your lungs!!! We are a diamond baby!!!!!” she wrote on Instagram while sharing a clip from the music video.
The news comes a month after Keys won her first diamond record with her and Jay-Z's “Empire State of Mind,” which the duo performed in their hometown of New York for the first time since 2016 at the awards Tony 2024. “I'm still going Diamond in 2024,” commented her husband Swizz Beatz. “Congratulations, that's the 2nd in the last month, let's goooooooo.”
“No One” was the lead single from Keys' third studio album As I amand spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 1 on three more charts: Pop Airplay (five weeks), Mainstream Top 40 Recurrents and Rhythmic Airplay. “No One” won Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
Keys recently appeared on Bulletin boardTop 25 Pop Stars of the 21st Century: Honorable Mention List: 'It's hard to imagine the first half of the 2000s without her Songs in a minor key and The Diary of Alicia Keys and their respective show-stopping singles; Subsequent albums produced singalongs for heartthrobs well into the next decade as she cemented her ever-welcome presence in film and television.'
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