November 21, 2007 @ 1:50 pm

Alicia Keys: NUMERO UNO!

by: Julianne Shepherd

Ms. Keys scores the top-selling album in the country with As I Am - and makes history with the biggest female R&B debut and the biggest selling digital album by a female artist. YOU DO IT!

Moving units! Alicia Keys' new album, As I Am, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts this week, selling 742,426 copies - not to mention that her single "No One" is at number one on the singles charts. This is a huge coup for ladies in R&B, as it puts her at the highest selling digital album by of female artist OF ALL TIME. PLUS! "No One" is currently the most-played video on BET, MTV, VH1, VH1 Soul and MTV Hits. She did it!

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