Alicia Keys Performs On Idol Gives Back

Published: Thursday 22nd Apr 2010 by Sam

R&B star Alicia Keys hit the stage on American Idol’s annual ‘Idol Gives Back’ telethon  a few hours ago. Grammy winner, Keys, served up a medley performance of new single ‘Un-thinkable’ as well as chart-topper ‘Empire State of Mind’. Check it out above.

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  1. ADE April 22, 2010

    I LOVE ‘Un-Thinkable’ that is my jam I swear! Best song on that shambles of an album! Great performance too 😀 Don’t care muc for ‘Empire State of Mind’ though 😐

  2. Click me April 22, 2010

    Alicia Keys ‘ album is flopping HARD these days. 🙁

  3. The element of flopping April 22, 2010

    Poor Alicia. Sounded like a dying horse struggling to hit notes. That album is STILL FLOPPING WITH A TOUR/PROMO. Sit down.

  4. Dev April 22, 2010

    Thanks for the video as i cant bring myself to watch that damm a*** corny American Idol (it used to be good) Ms Keys is a bore. Every time she’s in concert it seems dry, her videos are dry! Its almost like her concerts are comback concerts and she’s 60.
    Anyway, i kinda like the song but the performance was dull as usual and i’m guessing the video will be also. she has no style and seems to lack personality.

    Damm! i brought everyone of this chicks albums!

  5. Stoney-Brie April 22, 2010

    wow i love this song!! Alicia can sang!!!! now i think i gotta go to the stores and get this album.

  6. nothing but my opinion April 22, 2010

    I miss the Alicia Keys with the braids.
    that outfit she wore wasn’t cute, looked cheap
    but the perfromance was ok. 🙂

  7. Reasonable Voice April 22, 2010

    When is the “put it in a love song” video coming out? I mean, i know that she’s released another single, but not releasing that other video just seems like a waste to me.

  8. Lyfe April 22, 2010

    Alicia’s album is hardly flopping. Certified platinum, As of April 2010 it has sold 1,205,600 copies in the United States. This is hardly a flop. LMAO!

    No one is interested in Lady Gaga here. F*** OFF!

  9. hihihihihihi April 22, 2010

    UNTHINABLE IS MY SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG

    BUT DAMN ALICIAS VOICE CHANGED SO MUCH FROM THE BEGINNIGN ITS BREATHYIER AND STRAID TO DEATH

    ALICIA RTAKE CARE

  10. meka April 22, 2010

    she sounds horrible

  11. PLAIN AND SIMPLE April 22, 2010

    I love Alicia but she has change. Her looks, voice, performance r not the same. Something has changed her for the worst. I’m not talking about how many sales she has that ‘s ok. But something is different about her.

  12. Frosted Pearl April 22, 2010

    Plain and Simple you hit the nail on the head. She has changed. I think she’s finding it difficult to change but yet be true to herself. I’m thinking she’d have a better acting career than singing right now. If she would take a break and find new inspiration. I know she can sing but it sounded like her voice was strained last night. Love the song though.

  13. dodo April 22, 2010

    I love her! She had alot of soul in her songs. Now it seems like her soul is gone, taken away. Also she has a worried look on her face and a fake smile. Whatever she is involve with she should stop. It don’t agree with her at all.

  14. XOXO…M.J.. April 22, 2010

    Team Alicia!

    But sadly, I agree with @Plain and Simple

  15. number1k9 April 22, 2010

    This performance alone proves to the world, that Alicia Keys is not the vocalist you thought she was. If you weren’t shown that by her not creating a big “When You Believe” like duet with her female counterpart vocalist whom she recorded a song with, I don’t know what will.

    She can sing, very well and in control always, NO! She has a studio voice just as much as some other other people you all love to hate on, the honest truth!

  16. jay April 22, 2010

    Someone in the industry pleaze tell me what happened to her… for real all jokes aside…I see what has become of her but what happened to make it that way:(

  17. k April 22, 2010

    Horrible performance, she sound a mess. She has been a bore for the last two albums.

  18. DONTAZZ April 22, 2010

    WHERE IS HER ALBUM FLOPPING???JUST BECAUSE SHES NOT EVERYWHERE EVERYTIME U TURN THE TV ON DOES NOT MEAN SHES FLOPPING..SHES ALREADY PLATINUM PLUS..SEE ALICIA HAS A BROAD FANBASE– SOMEBODY THATS 17 AND THATS 47 WILL AND HAVE PURCHASED HER MUSIC LEGALLY!!NOW…HER VOICE ON THE OTHER HAND HAS GOTTEN A LIL TOO RASPY FOR ME..SHES A MUSICIAN FIRST AND I THINK SHE NEGLECTS VOCAL LESSONS BREATH CONTROL..ETC ETC..BUT SHE IS NOT JUST A STUDIO ARTIST!!STOP THAT B.S….PEOPLE LIE..NUMBERS DONT!

  19. DONTAZZ April 22, 2010

    @PLAIN AND SIMPLE..I DO AGREE WITH U SOMETHING HAS CHANGED THO! I SAW HER PERFORM A WOMANS WORTH THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS SOOO GOOD..NOW ITS LIKE SOME OF THAT FIRE IS GONE..I WONDER WHAT IT IS

  20. Jerome April 22, 2010

    The album Element of Freedom did not flop. It’s opening sales were higher than that of both Rihanna and Chris Brown combined. Check your facts to avoid making yourself look like an idiot.

  21. Jayla April 22, 2010

    NOW WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE WILL HATE ON ALICIA… WELL NO MATTER WHAT ARTIST GETS A POST ON THIS WEBSITE THESE NEGATIVE MISERABLE PEOPLE WILL HAVE SOMETHING BAD TO SAY… OPINIONS DONT MATTER AT ALL BECAUSE SHE STILL HAS HER FAN BASE AND HAS SOLD MORE THAN MOST PPL IN THE U.S. THIS YEAR… SO IF YALL CALL HER A FLOP RIHANNA IS MOST DEFINITELY A FLOP

  22. Stoney-Brie April 22, 2010

    oh btw i have to add, Alicia’s out there doing something positive! she’s giving to those in need. i just can’t believe no one is talking about that and praising her for that..

    So i wanna thank Alicia for the wonders that she doing to other people’s lives, i will never forget Alicia for that! God bless your Heart gurl!

  23. here to laugh April 22, 2010

    I swear, some of yall just wake up with Rihanna on the brain…you claim you don’t like her but somehow work her name into EVERY single post…

    Anyway, this was definitely not Alicia’s best performance. Her voice sounds really strained. But for those people saying her latest album flopped, we all know thats a lie. I really don’t care for her latest album though, I still play the first two to death.

    Um what happened to “Put it in a Love Song?” I know they shot a video for it, but i see her out promoting another single.

  24. number1k9 April 22, 2010

    She is postponing the release of “Put It In A Love Song,” for a summer/next single release in favor of having “Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)” released now.

    I guess it makes sense since “Telephone” is still a current Beyonce collabo, and the video for “PIIALS” has a summer vibe from the preview to it.

    Singles wise, this album has not been up to Alicia Keys par, point blank. As an artist she’s not my cup of tea.

  25. e11 April 22, 2010

    her voice wasnt at her best there, but she is hardly a flop (on the UK side). number 1 album and still in the charts doing well! give it up for my girl.

    Unthikable is my JAM

  26. Cory April 22, 2010

    Clive Davis has so many wonderful divas on his label. Alicia Keys, Monica, Jazmine Sullivan, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson and Whitney Houston. If they were all to do a song together I would die

  27. koko April 23, 2010

    She looked cute and I love ‘Unthinkable’. I thought she sounded fine, she is on tour. Love the ponytail.

  28. Ben April 23, 2010

    “Little pitchy dawg, little pitchy, lol-channeling Randy. But it was ok. Not wowed, but ok. And her album isn’t flopping yall, it did fairly well. Reality is, nobody is really doing extravagant right now in the industry except for a Gaga, Kesha, and um………..Beiber. The industry is in a coma right now. Pretty much everybody who released an album last Fall, is just doing ok. However, Alicia’s last album is REALLY good yall, stop sleeping on her. I however wouldn’t have went with this single, I think “Wait Till You See My Smile,” or “Thats How Strong My Love Is” should have been the one, because of the subtleness of her voice and the piano makes it a great crossover.

  29. DODO April 24, 2010

    LISTEN TO THE WORDS TO THAT SONG. I’M READY. SHE IS SINGING ABOUT SATAN. PLEASE READ ALL ABOUT (VIGILANT CITIZEN) U WILL BE SHOCK. PEOPLE LEAVING MESSAGE FROM AUGUST 2009 UNTIL PRESENT

    READ READ!!!!!! VIGILANT CITIZEN ON LINE

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