Alicia Keys ‘blessed’ by relationship

Alicia Keys has enjoyed a “summer of love” to prepare her for motherhood.

The 29-year-old singer is expecting her first child with hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz, 32, in November. To get ready for their new arrival, the couple have been spending as much time together as possible.

They have been on a series of romantic holidays and even tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Corsica, France, in July. Since then, they have been seen canoodling all over the US, eating dinner together at a different restaurant every night. Friends say the couple have been putting so much energy into their relationship because they want to build a solid and happy foundation for the family they are about to start.

“It’s been a summer of love for them. Everything is so great. It’s been a real blessing for both of them,” a source told Us Weekly magazine.

Swizz Beatz had affair with Alicia Keys claims his ex-wife

SWIZZ Beatz's ex-wife Mashonda Tifrere claims that she and Beatz were "having sex every night" while he was having an affair with Alicia Keys. Tifere said that she had no idea that her former husband was seeing Keys and found out months later. "We were married, sleeping in the same bed and having sex every night while he was seeing Alicia. OK? It was an affair. 100%. I don't know why people want to change that rule so much," she told Sister 2 Sister. "We had just had a kid, for crying out loud. Our child was eight months. I found out about Alicia two days before my son turned one. They had been doing their thing for months before that."

A Very Pregnant Alicia Keys In New York City

Alicia Keys walked hand in hand with her new husband Swizz Beats in the Tribecca District of New York City earlier this week. Alicia is definitely showing off her baby bump! The couple wed in Corsica, France, in late July. The singer announced her pregnancy and engagement to Beatz in May, and their first child is due later this year. The R&B star scared fans during her performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, earlier this summer when she fell on her backside while on stage. She had concert goers fearing for her and her unborn baby's safety when she tumbled backwards and fell while singing "Love Is Blind." A source close to the star insisted mother and baby were unharmed in the incident.

Jennifer Hudson has “special” meeting with Alicia Keys. Future collaboration?

Now that Jennifer Hudson’s new album has been postponed to early 2011, it leaves her more room to record more tracks. It seems she is having something cooked up for the project by her label mate Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz…
Jennifer was in New York City this week and whilst there, she had a “memorable meeting” with Alicia and Swizz last night, as confirmed by Larry Jackson. He referred to their meeting as “special”. Are we about to get a duet between Alicia and J. Hud, with Swizz on producing duties?

Pregnant singer Alicia Keys looks to be feeling the strain as she takes a stroll with husband Swiss Beatz

Pregnant singer Alicia Keys looked exhausted as she took a stroll through Manhattan with her husband Swiss Beatz this week.

The 29-year-old, who was dressed casually in a billowing blue top and denim cut off shorts with black gladiator sandals, gripped on to Beatz’s arm as they walked through the Tribeca area together.

The singer was clutching a bag of grapes and a Blackberry in one hand and a pair of eye glasses in the other while her husband was sporting a bandage on his right wrist
The newlyweds are preparing for the birth of their first child together this November and Beatz recently spoke of his love for Keys, saying that he felt ‘blessed’ to be married to her.

‘It's a blessing,’ he told MTV.com. ‘I look at my relationship with my wife as a union that's just connected... spiritually.

Drake 'wants to hug Jolie, Alicia Keys'

Drake has joked that he is looking forward to hugging Angelina Jolie and Alicia Keys if they attend the MTV Video Music Awards.

The 'Find Your Love' star - who is nominated at the annual ceremony - told MTV News that he would love the chance to tell the pair in person that he is "still a fan".

"I'm just excited to see all the faces, all the people I've never met. I want to shake some hands. I've been working so hard I hardly get to go to any parties in LA or anything so this is it!" he said.
"There's a couple of women I wanna hug. I'd love to hug Angelina Jolie. I want to hug Alicia [Keys]. I'm happy for her. I wanna tell them in person that I'm still a fan."

Drake is nominated for 'Best Male Video' and 'Best Hip Hop Video' at this weekend's event, and has also been confirmed to perform.

He previously revealed that he was attempting to channel Frank Sinatra in his 1950s-themed promo for the ceremony.

Swizz Beatz's Word for Marrying Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are in their honeymoon phase – and still basking in wedded bliss.

"Everything was just wow. It was a blessing," Beatz, 31, tells Access Hollywood about their July 31 nuptials. "It was positive energy, and we're still in those moments."

The couple, who tied the knot at a private home on the Mediterranean Sea, are also expecting their first child together.
Beatz, a producer and former deejay, says his new wife doesn't call him by his professional name – which was inspired by his obsession with K-Swiss sneakers "back in the day" – or his real name (Kaseem Dean). Instead, he's known to her simply as "Baba."

While they'll soon be collaborating on parenthood together, Beatz also says he enjoys working with his Grammy-winning singer wife in the studio.

"Anybody that's brilliant can just connect to another mind," he says. "Our chemistry is just a simple flow."

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Play Music Like Alicia Keys, Singer Launches Piano Software

Grammy-Award winning R&B singer Alicia Keys has teamed with the Guitar Center and Native Instruments to launch her own piano software, "Alicia's Keys."

Keys' collaboration with Native Instruments in designing a virtual piano software, which captures the realism of Her Yamaha C3 Neo Grand Piano, is a first of its kind.

"We started with an idea of creating piano software that felt like home to me," says Keys in her interview with Guitar Center Magazine. "I've played many different software instruments of all kinds of keyboards and pianos, but none of them felt like home for me.
I have my own studio, and it's this very special place where Ann and I are really able to create the sounds that we want and take the time to develop them. I wanted to be able to take my piano sound on the road with me as well as have it any time I wanted to record. Ann thought it would be interesting to bring in Thomas Scarbee because he created some bass sounds that we love and use often, but he hadn't done a virtual piano sound. We all got together in my studio and started to create it by going through

Alicia Keys Launches Virtual Piano Software in the States

Alicia Keys is attempting to pass on some of her musical capabilities to fans and fellow musicians with the U.S. release of her new virtual piano software, 'Alicia's Keys'.

The Grammy Award-winning songstress teamed up with Native Instruments to create the program, which mimics her Yamaha C3 Neo Grand Piano, giving the public access to her musical catalog. The program was created with the help of her engineer Ann Mincieli and sample specialist Thomas Skarbee and the pregnant songstress was featured on the cover of Guitar Center's September issue, where she explained the details behind the software.
"We started with an idea of creating piano software that felt like home to me," Keys said. "I wanted to be able to take my piano sound on the road with me as well as have it any time I wanted to record," she said. "Ann thought it would be interesting to bring in Thomas Scarbee because he created some bass sounds that we love and use often, but he hadn't done a virtual piano sound. We all got together in my studio and started to create it by going through this long process of sampling, recording everyone note sound and expressive nuance. We ended up with me entire piano in virtual form."

Swizz Beatz Gushes About Keys Marriage

Alicia Keys' new husband Swizz Beatz has spoken of his "amazing" love forthe singer, insisting marriage has made him feel like a "better man".

The No One hitmaker exchanged vows with the rap producer last month (Jul10) in a romantic ceremony in Corsica, France and the singer is expecting the couple's first child later this year (10).

Beatz reveals he feels "blessed" to have finally tied the knot with thewoman he loves, and is convinced their union can only grow "stronger"
He tells Mtv.com, "It's a blessing... I look at my relationship with mywife as a union that's just connected... spiritually... "Love is a word that's powerful but the feeling is even stronger.

Alicia Keys Releases New Music Software

R&B songstress Alicia Keys has just released a new software program for aspiring musicians. Partnering with software instrument company Native Instruments, “Alicia’s Keys,” is a new piano software. According to the press release, the virtual piano program, which is the first of its kind, “emulates Keys’ Yamaha C3 Neo Grand Piano and allows musicians of all levels to recreate the rich sounds that embody her soulful music.”
Working with her engineer, Keys’ software is designed to simplify the recording process for the neophyte artist as well as seasoned professional. In fact, the artist’s current album, “The Element of Freedom,” was created totally on the software. It’s also been used on her recent tours.

Alicia Keys – “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart”

I should probably start this off by mentioning out how lovely it was to be reminded of the fact that Alicia Keys can deliver a fairly amazing track from time to time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not not into Alicia Keys. It’s more that I just… you know… sometimes forget about her. Like the rest of the world, I absolutely LOVED Fallin’ when it came out all those years ago, and when she pops up occasionally on my musical radar (say, in songs like Empire State Of Mind)
I always think to myself “Oh yes, Alicia Keys. She’s quite good, isn’t she?” but I simply don’t think about her a lot when she’s not literally in the middle of singing a song in front of me.

But oh! Happy day! That dude who made the mix cd I told you about earlier included Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart on his compilation, with a short note saying “not ashamed to say that this song was in my head for at least a month. Honestly. I don’t like the whole thing, just the first minute and a half”.