When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.

While only peaking at twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 it topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for twelve consecutive week. The album sold one million copies in the United States where it was certified Platinum by the RIAA and two million copies worldwide. Dolittle 2 (2001) respectively.

Keys then opened Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans Louisiana on February 3 2013 by singing the U. She released her fifth album Girl on Fire in November 2012 which became Keys' fifth chart-topping album in the United States. Billboard magazine named her the top R&B songs artist of the 2000s decade.