She even seems more confident now than ever before, which, in turn, has driven Alicia to involuntarily recreate her persona and sexuality. Her voice is passionately heavier in tone than ever before. On the album's infectious lead single, 'No One,' there's something notably different about Alicia Keys this time around. It's a bittersweet compilation of songs from a woman who's unabashedly all grown up. Eventually, Alicia returned to writing, producing and recording music for her latest effort entitled As I Am. Sadly, in 2006, Alicia's closest family member, her grandmother, was diagnosed with cancer, and (with Alicia as her primary caretaker) later succumbed to the deadly disease. The previous quote was written by Grammy-Award-winning Alicia Keys as the opening to her long list of thank you's for the album As I Am. This year.how can I explain it? It has simultaneously been the best and worst of my life! This year, I know God took me, turned me around and forced me to look at myself in a mirror of reflection and everything I saw, everything I learned, everything I've yearned for and needed has been placed in these songs.'

Alicia keys as i am album cover