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J RECORDS

Alicia Keys debuts
at World’s

After the concert she'll take a
break from hectic year

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By Gary C.W. Chun
gchun@starbulletin.com

"I'm promising to be really good to myself. I need to make sure I don't run myself into the ground, to find time alone for the spirit and the mind."

Alicia Keys related her New Year's resolution in a recent issue of Rolling Stone (where she was named this year's "hot star"), and she will probably spend some of that quiet time right here in Hawaii.

And if you also want to see what this budding superstar is about, look no further than World Cafe.

The 20-year-old Keys will be doing a special performance right after the Jack Johnson concert tonight. She'll then be taking time off to enjoy a vacation before starting a 28-date solo mainland tour Jan. 22. But she'll also make a detour to Hollywood on Feb. 23 to attend the NAACP Image Awards show as a seven-time nominee.

Alicia Keys Where: World Cafe, 1130 N. Nimitz Hwy. When: Midnight today; doors open at 10 p.m. Admission: $15, 18 and older Call: 296-9494

Of all the young lionesses on the pop music scene right now, Keys has the best chance of longevity. To say that the girl's been busy this past year would be an understatement. Her debut album "Songs in A Minor" (made under the tutelage of record mogul Clive Davis and his J Records label), has gone quadruple-platinum, buoyed by the success of singles "Fallin'" and "A Woman's Worth." She also made a career-making appearance on the "America: A Tribute to Heroes" telethon by performing a stirring rendition of Donny Hathaway's "Someday We'll All Be Free."

Plus, she's got a track called "Fight" on the soundtrack of the movie "Ali," opening Christmas Day.

Keys began studying and playing the piano at age 5, and at 16 graduated with honors from the Performing Arts School of Manhattan. Her influences run the gamut of popular black music, from Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes and Prince-ly soul up through hip-hop.

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