Despite maintaining a relatively low music radar through the end of 2013, Alicia Keys still managed to snag her 15th Grammy this Sunday for Girl on Fire (Best R&B Album). A main fixture in the industry since 2001, A. Key’s talent for “sangin'” and tickling the ivories have garnered her some of the best live performances in over a decade. Whether she be behind a grand piano or swaying her hips in front of a live band, this wife and mother constantly proves why she is a future icon.
Flip the page for some of her best live performances (in no particular order).
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“Noone” and “Freedom” at the 2007 MTV VMA’s
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“Teenage Love Affair” and girl group medley at the 2008 BET Awards
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“Empire State of Mind” at the 2009 MTV VMA’s
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“If I Ain’t Got You” and “Georgia On My Mind” at the 2006 Grammys
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“Fallen” and “A Woman’s Worth” at the 2002 Grammy Awards
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“Troubles” live in Amsterdam in 2002
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“My Boo” ft. Usher at the 2004 American Music Awards
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“Unbreakable” at MTV Unplugged in 2005
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Medley at 2008 Superbowl Pre-show
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“Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” in 2008 at The View
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“Unthinkable (I’m Ready) at 2010 AOL Sessions
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“Girl on Fire” ft. Nicki Minaj at 2012 VMA’s