Alicia Keys is ready for another music video, tagging recent Grammy winner, Beyonce, for the clip. Brazilian sources say the duo will connect for a video shoot when Beyonce performs in the country next week. While it is unclear who will shoot the video, it has been confirmed that the video will be for “Put It In A Love Song” !

Taken from Keys’ 2009 effort “The Element of Freedom,” the soon to be shot video follows the fellow Grammy winner’s last single “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart”. According to O Dia, a local paper, each diva will be outfitted with carnival inspired pieces, with Rio De Janeiro’s beautiful landscape as the backdrop.

No Valentine’s Day date this year? How about spending the evening with Usher, Alicia Keys and Shakira? The Grammy winners are all set to perform during the NBA All-Star game on Feb. 14. The game will air live at 8 p.m. EST on TNT. Shakira will perform two songs from her latest CD, “She Wolf”; Keys will perform new and old hits. The divas will go on during the halftime show.

Usher will sing a new song, the dance jam “More,” during the introductions of the NBA all-stars. The tune is from his upcoming album, “Raymond v. Raymond.” The game, which will take place at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will go on before the largest crowd ever to attend a basketball game, according to a statement from the NBA.

Alicia Keys is on course to secure her highest position on the UK album charts with latest LP The Element of Freedom. The record, which was released in December and has so far peaked at number seven, has reportedly seen a 48% weekly increase following her performance on Jonathan Ross’s BBC One show last Friday.

According to the Official Charts Company, The Element Of Freedom is in third place on the album midweek chart behind Florence and The Machine and Paolo Nutini. Provided the record does not drop by Sunday, Keys will beat her previous peak position on the chart in 2001 when debut Songs In A Minor reached number six. Meanwhile, new single ‘Empire State Of Mind (Part II)’ is expected to climb into the Top 10 on Sunday.

Due to production issues, the ALICIA KEYS show on Monday, March 1 at Scotiabank Place has been rescheduled to Friday, Feb. 26. Tickets for the show’s original date will be honoured on Feb. 26. Refunds are available until Feb. 19 at the point of purchase.

Alicia Keys is desperate to duet with Prince. The ‘No One’ singer – who has won nine Grammy Awards during her music career – says it would be a dream come true to record a track with her idol, the only celebrity who has left her completely star-struck. Speaking during an appearance on UK radio station BBC Radio 1Xtra, the 28-year musician said: “I met Prince before. I tried to act cool but I definitely had a little star-struck moment. He’s great.”

Although Alicia – who was interviewed by Trevor Nelson for his show which airs on Saturday evening (23.01.10) – is targeting Prince for a collaboration, she is happy for now to have got the opportunity to work with Beyonce Knowles on her soon-to-be released single ‘Put It In A Love Song’. Alicia, 28, said: “We had a lot of fun. It’s nice that we just celebrate each others careers, that’s what the song is about, coming together to empower each other. We’ve become really good friends. We’ve been in the business about the same amount of time and both signed to Columbia records together when we were 14. It was like a party in the studio, the energy was so high and chemistry was genuine.”

It’s not only ‘Raspberry Beret’ hitmaker Prince who Alicia has got her artistic eyes on. She recently revealed she would be keen to collaborate with Kings of Leon and M.I.A. as well. She said: “Working with other people is definitely something I want to do more of. I love it a lot. It takes me out of my element into a whole other world. I’d love to collaborate with Kings of Leon and M.I.A. I think would be crazy.”

Melanie Fiona and Robin Thicke will be the opening acts for Alicia’s Freedom tour in the United States and Canada.

Over the weekend information came together about an international Hope for Haiti telethon scheduled for Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8 p.m. ET. Actor George Clooney (pictured) will host a portion of the event from Los Angeles. Wyclef Jean will host in New York, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper will be in Haiti. The telethon will be carried live and commercial free across most major broadcast and cable networks.

George Clooney told members of the press last night at the Golden Globe Awards that Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Bono and Sting are all scheduled to perform. Reports indicate that at least 40 celebrities are expected to take part in the event. All donations will directly benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, and Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation.

Alicia Keys will be performing an exclusive session for 1Xtra and Radio 1 at Maida Vale and you can be part of the audience. Click here to read details on how to enter. As part of the show, Trevor Nelson will be interviewing Alicia and 1Xtra wants you to tell them what Trevor should ask her. Post your questions here.

You can hear highlights of the session and the interview on Trevor’s show at 7pm on January 23rd. Plus, MistaJam will play out the full session on Monday 25th from 7pm

For a lot of musicians, performing in front of a packed Apollo Theater crowd is a dream come true. Newcomer Melanie Fiona was able to scratch one more dream off her list after performing there with Alicia Keys on Thursday night.

“I’ve admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist,” said Fiona, who is gearing up to tour North America with her role model. “I feel like us collaborating on a tour is going to be really strong, really empowering and what a great show, so I’m really excited.” (Read more… )

Don’t forget this Thursday at 9pm ET is the Alicia Keys & Friends BillboardLive.com concert. Two confirmed guests are Raheem DeVaughn and Melanie Fiona.