As I Am

As I Am is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. It was released on November 9, 2007, by J Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at various recording studios during 2005 to 2007. Production was handled primarily by Keys, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jack Splash, and Linda Perry, with a guest contribution from musician John Mayer.

This article is about the Alicia Keys album. For other uses, see As I Am (disambiguation).

As I Am
Studio album by Alicia Keys
Released	November 9, 2007
Recorded	2005–2007
Studio	Plus XXX, Paris[lower-alpha 1] Glenwood Place, Burbank, California[lower-alpha 2] Henson, Hollywood[lower-alpha 3] Conway, Hollywood[lower-alpha 4] Oven, Glen Cove, New York[lower-alpha 5] Pie, Glen Cove, New York[lower-alpha 6] Legacy, New York City[lower-alpha 7] Kung Fu Gardens, Los Angeles[lower-alpha 8]
Genre	R&B
Length	55:58
Label	J
Producer	Mark Batson Kerry "Krucial" Brothers Alicia Keys John Mayer Linda Perry Jack Splash
Alicia Keys chronology
Unplugged (2005) As I Am (2007) The Element of Freedom (2009)
Singles from As I Am
"No One" Released: September 11, 2007 "Like You'll Never See Me Again" Released: November 26, 2007 "Teenage Love Affair" Released: March 31, 2008 "Superwoman" Released: July 29, 2008

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 742,000 copies in its first week, highest ever for a female R&B artist and eventually earned a quadruple platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It became an international commercial success and produced four singles that achieved chart success, including "No One", which became the song most listened to of 2007 in the United States. Despite some criticism towards Keys' songwriting, As I Am received positive reviews from most music critics and earned Keys several accolades, including three Grammy Awards. It has sold over five million copies worldwide.

The album was reissued on November 10, 2008 outside North America, subtitled The Super Edition. The album contains three additional tracks (including "Another Way to Die", Keys' collaboration with Jack White for the 2008 film Quantum of Solace)[1] and a second disc of five performances at The Coronet in London.[2][3]

Background

Keys had been working on the album since late 2005, but focused on it to a greater extent in 2006. She first mentioned the album's name to E! News reporter Giuliana Rancic on June 26, 2007, at the BET Awards red carpet pre-show. During the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards she confirmed that her album was finished. In December 2006, Keys told MTV News, "It's coming together incredibly. I am in love with this album. It's very fresh and new."[4]

The album was heavily promoted, and special advertising was arranged in collaboration with MTV before and during the week of release. The entire album was streamed on MTV's website, beginning on November 6, 2007, a week before the album's North American release date. Additionally, Keys was featured as MTV's Artist of the Week for the week beginning November 12, 2007.[5] MTV commissioned Evan Silver to direct series of nine humorous ads of Keys being harassed by someone in a bunny costume.[6] In the final spot, the bunny is revealed to be John Mayer.[7]

Singles

On September 11, 2007, Keys premiered the lead singles from the album. The first single "No One" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Keys' third number-one single and was also successful in other international markets, charting within the top 10 around the world. Additionally, "No One" won two Grammy Awards in 2008 for Best R&B Song, and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. A second single "Like You'll Never See Me Again" was released as a single and peaked at 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The next single "Teenage Love Affair" peaked at number 54 in the US and made the top five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The fourth and final single "Superwoman" peaked at number 82 in the US and reached the top 20 on the R&B chart. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Blender	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	B[11]
The Guardian	[12]
NME	6/10[13]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Spin	[16]
The Times	[17]
USA Today	[18]

As I Am received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 66, based on 22 reviews.[19] Jon Pareles of Blender felt that the album "advances" from her previous two albums "by showing an experimental side."[10] Spin commented that Keys' songwriting has improvement from her previous work.[16] In a rave review of the album, Gregory Stephen Tate of The Village Voice praised Keys for her vintage soul influence and called As I Am a "complete work".[20] NME perceived the album as a departure from Keys' previous albums and described it as "streetwise, smoky set of real soul".[13] Entertainment Weekly's Neil Drumming described it as "Keys' most polished — if, at times, edgeless — album to date".[11] Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani wrote that "Keys isn't quite a superwoman come to save R&B from itself, but the timeless quality of As I Am is right on time."[21] USA Today called it Keys' "most cohesive studio album".[18] Nate Chinen of The New York Times stated "As I Am radiates not just confidence but also experience", and called it Keys' "strongest effort yet".[22] According to The Star-Ledger the album is "another solid effort" but "not the masterpiece that Keys seems capable of producing, someday".[23]

Keys' songwriting on the album received negative criticism from The Washington Post's J. Freedom du Lac, who called As I Am "disappointing" and wrote that it "reveals her considerable limitations as a lyricist".[24] Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian called Keys "crashingly dull... her vaunted self-belief seemingly leaves no room for vulnerability, humour, insight or any of the other qualities possessed by the soul giants to whose stature she aspires".[12] Writing for Rolling Stone, critic Robert Christgau found the album's prevailing mood "reflectively soulful and the prevailing tempo mid".[15] In his consumer guide, Christgau gave it a one-star honorable mention () and quipped, "Nice girl holds out," while citing "Teenage Love Affair" and "Wreckless Love" as highlights.[25] Despite commending the album for its "more traditional soul" and pop-oriented sound, The Observer writer Stephanie Merritt perceived Keys' lyrics as a significant fault and wrote "for the most part, the lyrics are so reliant on stock phrases – 'feel your touch', 'hold me', 'shoulda known', etc – that you could read anything you like into them without them carrying any personal feeling at all".[26] Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot felt that the "main problem is that Keys' songwriting has yet to transcend her obvious influences".[27] Marisa Brown of AllMusic also viewed its lyrical quality as a weakness, but stated, "even though As I Am is a flawed work — a little too poppy, a little too clichéd — it is also indicative of what Keys can and will do".[9]

Accolades

The album was number 36 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[28] The song "Teenage Love Affair" was number 23 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[29] As I Am received two Grammy Awards for the song "No One" at the 2008 ceremony for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. The following year, she won the award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Superwoman" and received two more nominations for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for "Lesson Learned" along with John Mayer and Best Short Form Music Video for "Another Way to Die" along with Jack White at the 2009 Grammy Awards.

The album won a 2008 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album, while "Like You'll Never See Me Again" won for Outstanding Song and Outstanding Music Video. At the 2009 NAACP Image Awards, the "Superwoman" was nominated for Outstanding Song and Outstanding Music Video; it lost both categories to will.i.am's "Yes We Can". "Like You'll Never See Me Again" was nominated for the BET Award for Video of the Year in 2008. The album won two 2008 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. As I Am received a nomination for Album of the Year at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked it number 33 in its Best Albums of the Past 25 Years list.[30] The album ranked at number 30 on Rolling Stone's list of "Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2012.[31]

Commercial performance

As I Am became Keys' fourth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200, selling 742,000 copies in its first week, the largest amount ever for any female artist since Norah Jones' Feels Like Home sold one million copies in its opening week in 2004.[32] It was ranked the best-selling album overall and the best-selling R&B album of 2008 in the United States by Billboard,[33][34] while its lead single, "No One", became the most listened-to song in the country that same year.[35] The album was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA on August 11, 2020.[36] In late 2009, it was ranked the 76th best-selling album of the decade in the US.[37] As I Am had sold over seven million copies worldwide as of May 2018.[38]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"As I Am (Intro)"	Alicia Keys	Keys Kerry "Krucial" Brothers	1:52
2.	"Go Ahead"	Keys Mark Batson Kerry Brothers Jr. Marsha Ambrosius	Keys Batson	4:36
3.	"Superwoman"	Keys Linda Perry Steve Mostyn	Keys Brothers	4:34
4.	"No One"	Keys Brothers George M. Harry	Keys Brothers Dirty Harry^[a]	4:12
5.	"Like You'll Never See Me Again"	Keys Brothers	Keys Brothers^[a]	5:15
6.	"Lesson Learned" (featuring John Mayer)	Keys Mayer	Keys Mayer	4:14
7.	"Wreckless Love"	Keys Jack Splash Harold Lilly	Keys Splash	3:53
8.	"The Thing About Love"	Keys Perry	Keys Perry	3:50
9.	"Teenage Love Affair"	Keys Splash Lilly Josephine Bridges Carl Hampton Tom Nixon	Keys Splash	3:10
10.	"I Need You"	Keys Batson Lilly Paul L. Green	Keys Batson	5:10
11.	"Where Do We Go from Here"	Keys Brothers Lilly Mary Frierson Johnnie Frierson	Keys Brothers	4:11
12.	"Prelude to a Kiss"	Keys		2:08
13.	"Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)"	Keys Novel Stevenson Ron Haney Brothers Green Mostyn	Keys Brothers	4:28
14.	"Sure Looks Good to Me"	Keys Perry	Keys Perry	4:31
Total length:				55:58

UK and Japanese edition bonus track[39][40]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Waiting for Your Love"	Keys Kaseem Dean Sean Garrett Wynton Marsalis	Keys	3:48

Deluxe edition bonus DVD[41]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Karma" (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
2.	"Heartburn" (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
3.	"Wake Up" (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
4.	"Behind-the-Scenes: As I Am Photo Shoot"
5.	"Behind-the-Scenes: "No One" Video Shoot"

The Super Edition bonus tracks[42]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Another Way to Die" (with Jack White)	White	White	4:24
16.	"Doncha Know (Sky Is Blue)"	Keys Perry	Keys Perry	4:24
17.	"Saviour"	Keys Splash Lilly Green	Keys Splash	3:22

The Super Edition bonus DVD: Live from the Coronet Theatre, London[42]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Don't Know My Name"
2.	"Superwoman"
3.	"No One"
4.	"Teenage Love Affair"
5.	"If I Ain't Got You"

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer

Sample credits

• "Teenage Love Affair" contains a portion of "(Girl) I Love You" by The Temprees.
• "Where Do We Go from Here" contains a portion of "After Laughter (Comes Tears)" by Wendy Rene.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of As I Am.[43]

Musicians

• Alicia Keys – piano (tracks 1–6, 8, 13); Wurlitzer (tracks 1–3, 10, 13); harpsichord (track 1); virtual synths (tracks 1, 3, 5, 13); vocals (tracks 2–4, 8, 10, 14); Rhodes (tracks 3, 10, 13); Mellotron (tracks 3, 4); Moog, synth bass (track 3); horn arrangements (tracks 3, 10); Jupiter synth, vocoder (track 4); programmed strings (tracks 4, 5, 13); lead vocals (tracks 5–7, 11, 13); lead Moog (track 5); background vocals (tracks 6, 7, 11, 13, 14); vocal arrangements (tracks 7, 9)
• Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – programmed drums (tracks 1, 3–5, 8, 11, 13); horn arrangements (track 11)
• Mark Batson – clavinet (tracks 2, 10, 11); Moog bass (tracks 2, 3); programmed strings (track 2); programmed drums (tracks 2, 10); B-3 organ (tracks 3, 11); piano (track 10; horn arrangements (tracks 10, 11)
• Trevor Lawrence Jr. – live drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 13, 14); percussion (track 10)
• Steve Mostyn – bass guitar (tracks 3–5, 10, 11, 13, 14); acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 10)
• Mark Robohm – live drums (track 3)
• Ray Chew – horn arrangements (track 3)
• Jumaane Smith – trumpet lead (track 3)
• Duane Eubanks – trumpet #2 (track 3)
• Ryan Keberle – tenor trombone (track 3)
• Michael Dease – tenor trombone, bass trombone (track 3)
• David Watson – tenor saxophone (track 3)
• Darryl Dixon – alto saxophone (track 3)
• Carl Maraghi – baritone saxophone (track 3)
• Jason Sugata – French horn (track 3)
• John "Jubu" Smith – lead guitar, rhythm guitar (track 5); guitar (track 13)
• John Mayer – background vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar (track 6)
• David Ryan Harris – guitar #2 (track 6)
• Sean Hurley – bass guitar (track 6)
• Steve Jordan – live drums (track 6)
• Jack Splash – instrument arrangements, instrument programming (tracks 7, 9)
• Paul L. Green – background vocals (tracks 7, 13)
• Harold Lilly – background vocals (track 7)
• John Salvatore Scaglione – lead guitar, rhythm guitar (track 8)
• Paul Ill – bass guitar (tracks 8, 14)
• Damon Fox – B-3 organ (tracks 8, 14); Mellotron (track 8); Moog synth (track 14)
• Harry Kim – trombone (tracks 10, 11)
• David G. Stout – trumpet (tracks 10, 11)
• Everette K. Harp – saxophone (tracks 10, 11)
• Novel Stevenson – background vocals (track 13)
• Ron Haney – guitar (track 13)
• Linda Perry – background vocals, piano (track 14)
• Peter Thorn – guitar (track 14)

Technical

• Alicia Keys – production (all tracks); vocal production (tracks 7, 9); executive production
• Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – production (tracks 1, 3, 4, 11, 13); co-production (track 5); executive production
• Ann Mincieli – engineering, recording (all tracks); vocal recording (track 14); album coordination
• Vincent Creusot – engineering assistance (track 1)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (all tracks); engineering (track 8)
• Jared Robbins – mix assistance (tracks 1–11, 13)
• Mark Batson – production (tracks 2, 10)
• Brendan Dekora – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
• Glen Pittman – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 9–11)
• Keith Gretlein – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 10)
• Zach Hancock – engineering assistance (tracks 2–5, 10, 13, 14)
• Seth Waldmann – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14)
• Christian Baker – additional mix assistance (tracks 2, 10)
• Stuart White – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 4, 13, 14); additional engineering (track 8)
• Seamus Tyson – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 6)
• Dirty Harry – co-production (track 4)
• John Mayer – production (track 6)
• Chad Franscoviak – additional engineering (track 6)
• Jack Splash – production (tracks 7, 9)
• Linda Perry – production, engineering (tracks 8, 14)
• Andrew Chavez – Pro Tools engineering (track 14)
• Kristofer Kaufman – engineering assistance (track 14)
• Jeff Robinson – executive production
• Peter Edge – executive production
• Dave Kutch – mastering

Artwork

• Thierry Le Gouès – photography
• Alli Truch – art direction, design
• Kim Biggs – art direction, design
• Chris LeBeau – creative production

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2007–2008) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[44] 3 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[45] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[46] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[47] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[48] 5 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[49] 2 Croatian Albums (HDU)[50] 8 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[51] 35 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[52] 21 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[53] 2 European Albums (Billboard)[54] 3 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[55] 24 French Albums (SNEP)[56] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[57] 6 Greek International Albums (IFPI)[58] 9 Irish Albums (IRMA)[59] 15 Italian Albums (FIMI)[60] 3 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[61] 4 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[62] 58 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[63] 5 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[64] 20 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[65] 7 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[66] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC)[67] 11 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[68] 12 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[69] 15 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[70] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[71] 11 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[72] 2 US Billboard 200[73] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[74] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[75] 63 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[76] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[77] 93 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[78] 29 French Albums (SNEP)[79] 39 Italian Albums (FIMI)[80] 49 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[81] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[82] 99 Worldwide (IFPI)[83] 7 Chart (2008) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[84] 43 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[85] 4 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[86] 36 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[87] 23 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[88] 10 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[89] 35 European Albums (Billboard)[90] 16 French Albums (SNEP)[91] 85 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[92] 77 Italian Albums (FIMI)[93] 84 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[94] 32 UK Albums (OCC)[95] 109 US Billboard 200[33] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[34] 1 Chart (2009) Position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[96] 29 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position US Billboard 200[37] 76 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[97] 27 All-time charts Chart Position US Billboard 200[98] 128

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[99]	Platinum	70,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[100]	Gold	10,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[101]	Gold	15,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[102]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
France (SNEP)[103]	Platinum	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[104]	Platinum	200,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[105]	Gold	7,500^^
Italy (FIMI)[106]	Platinum	80,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)[107]	Gold	100,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[108]	Gold	35,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[109]	Gold	7,500^^
Poland (ZPAV)[110]	Platinum	20,000^*
Portugal (AFP)[111]	Platinum	20,000^^
Russia (NFPF)[112]	Gold	10,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[113]	Gold	40,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[114]	Platinum	30,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[115]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[36]	4× Platinum	4,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[116]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Edition	Label	Ref(s)
Germany	November 9, 2007	Standard deluxe	Sony BMG	[41][117]
France	November 12, 2007		Jive Epic	[118][119]
Canada	November 13, 2007	Standard	Sony BMG	[120]
United States			J	[121]
Australia	November 17, 2007	Standard deluxe	Sony BMG	[122][123]
United Kingdom	November 19, 2007		RCA	[40][124]
Japan	November 21, 2007		BMG	[125][126]

The Super Edition

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
Germany	November 7, 2008	Sony BMG	[127]
France	November 10, 2008	Jive Epic	[128]
United Kingdom		RCA	[129]
Japan	November 26, 2008	BMG	[130]

Notes

1. Track 1
2. Tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 14
3. Tracks 2 and 9–11
4. Tracks 2–6, 10, 13 and 14
5. Tracks 3–5, 8, 13 and 14
6. Track 3
7. Tracks 3 and 6
8. Track 14

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