A few months ago Alicia sat down with Guitar Center to talk about her piano plugin “Alicia’s Keys”, her love for dark music & trying different musical genres.

1. Alicia Keys at Guitar Center: Alicia’s Keys – (Watch Here)
2. Alicia Keys at Guitar Center: Dark Side – (Watch Here)
3. Alicia Keys at Guitar Center: Changing Genres – (Watch Here)

Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce, Jay-Z and others attended the Rock the Bells concert in New York yesterday where Lauryn Hill brought all of them up on stage.

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.”

Congratulations to Alicia Keys for taking the #1 spot on AOL Radio’s Top R&B Songs of 2010 (so far). Yes the year still has a long way to go but we have a feeling that her hit single “Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)” will be hanging out at the top for some time now!

Alicia has recorded L.O.V.E. written by Jessie J and Toby Gad and produced by Toby, for the first single of her repackage album. Her current Album which has sold 4+million copies World Wide so far, contains another song written and produced by Toby, “Love Is My Disease”

Here’s the first official photo from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz wedding!

The happy couple, who are expecting their first child together in November, tied the knot in a private home on the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday (July 31). The couple’s friend, famed spiritualist Deepak Chopra, officiated the ceremony!

Alicia, 29, wore a Grecian-inspired Vera Wang dress while Swizz, 31, suited up in a Tom Ford tuxedo.

Congratulations to the happy couple!!!

While Alicia Keys may have recently parted ways with Jeff Robinson–her manager since she was just a talented 14-year-old with a budding career–she has recommitted to a long-standing relationship with EMI Music Publishing. Keys first signed with EMI to handle her publishing when she was only 15. The new expanded deal will give the company representation of Keys’ deep catalog of songs for years to come.

“EMI and I have formed an incredible partnership over the years,” Keys said in a press statement. “It’s wonderful to have a home here that supports my artistry.”

That artistry has paid huge dividends for EMI on publishing deals. Keys’ catalog includes hits such as ‘A Woman’s Worth,’ ‘Fallin’,’ ‘Like You’ll Never See Me Again,’ ‘Superwoman’ and her recent sequel to ‘Empire State of Mind.’ Needless to say, the embattled company is pretty excited that Keys decided not to ditch them, too. (Read more… )

After being on tour with Alicia Keys, I have grown. I feel the experience helped me learn so much, especially about being on the road. I’ve admired Alicia’s career and music for so long and it was great to see how she does what she does. It was a really great lesson and a great example for me because I got to see how professional and classy and positive the tour was.

It helped me set a standard for the way things can be done and how to effect people positively with music all over the world. It was great just being in her presence. Everybody was so great around us, it was a real family environment and I was just really fortunate for the opportunity. I feel very honored to have opened for her and have supported her on the world tour. (Read more… )