Songs in A Minor

Songs in A Minor is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. It was released in the United States on June 5, 2001 by J Records. Keys had first signed with Columbia Records at age 15. She began recording the album in 1998 under the label, which they rejected. After disputes with Columbia, she ended her contract with the label, and then signed with Clive Davis's Arista Records and later J Records. An accomplished, classically-trained pianist, Keys wrote, arranged and produced the majority of the album herself, including "Jane Doe", the only song on the album actually in the key of A minor. The title, "Songs in A Minor," is a double entendre, as it contains the key of A minor and it is also a collection of songs in a minor. Keys was 14 when she began writing the album, which was released when she was 20 years old.-Wikipedia