Songs in A Minor

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Songs in A Minor is a neo soul album with classical piano references and arpeggios. [23] Keys incorporates classical piano with R&B, soul and jazz into the album's music. [13] [15] [24] With influences of classical piano, classic soul and East Coast hip hop, [13] Keys described the album as a "fusion of my classical training, meshed with what I grew up listening to [...] things I've been exposed to and drawn from and my life experiences". [22] Jane Stevenson of Jam! described the music as "old-school urban sounds and attitude set against a backdrop of classical piano and sweet, warm vocals". [25] USA Today 's Steve Jones wrote that Keys "taps into the blues, soul, jazz and even classical music to propel haunting melodies and hard-driving funk". [26] John Mulvey of Yahoo! Music called the album "a gorgeous and ambitious melding of classic soul structures and values to hyper-modern production technique". [27]

The album's opening track, "Piano & I", begins with a rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata , combined with a hip hop beat. [28] The introduction is followed by "Girlfriend", which was produced by Jermaine Dupri. [13] Commended for its "crisp production", [29] the song samples Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Brooklyn Zoo". [13] Keys' cover of Prince's 1982 ballad "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (retitled "How Come You Don't Call Me") was inspired by a long-term relationship with a partner. [13] [30] The music critic for PopMatters felt that the song was credible, but fell short from the original and Stephanie Mills's 1980s cover. [13] "Fallin'", the gospel-driven lead single and often considered Keys' signature song, [22] [31] contains a sample of James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". [13] The song earned Keys comparisons to Aretha Franklin. [32]

"A Woman's Worth", the second single released from the album, is a "gospel-tinged" [33] song that recommends that men show respect to their female partners. [34] "Jane Doe" is a funk-driven song, with backing vocals provided by Kandi Burruss. [13] [34] "The Life", which elicits Curtis Mayfield's "Gimmie Your Love", describes Keys' "philosophy of life and struggle". [13] The song was compared to the work of the English band Sade. [33] "Mr. Man" contains elements of Latin American music [33] and was described as a "sexy and soulful duet", in which Jimmy Cozier "adds his spice". [34] The album ends with the hidden track "Lovin' U", which Christian Ward of NME compared to works of the musical group the Supremes. [33]

Release and promotion

Keys performing in Frankfurt, Germany in 2002 Alicia Keys.jpg
Keys performing in Frankfurt, Germany in 2002

In advance of Songs in A Minor, "Girlfriend" was serviced to urban contemporary radio as a promotional single in early 2001 to "introduce" Keys to the general public. [13] In order to promote her, music executive Clive Davis booked Keys to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . Davis also wrote a letter to Oprah Winfrey, asking her to allow Keys, along with Jill Scott and India Arie, to perform on her show. [21] The singers performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show , where Keys "wowed" the audience. [35] This led to the album's pre-orders to double that night. [15] From August to October 2001, Keys toured alongside recording artist Maxwell in promotion of the album. [36] Soon after, she embarked on her Songs in A Minor Tour. [37] A concert at KeyArena in Seattle was partly recorded and the live performances were included on the bonus disc of a European reissue of the album, titled Songs in A Minor: Remixed & Unplugged, which was released on October 28, 2002; the bonus disc also includes remixes to the songs from Songs in A Minor. [38] The bonus disc was made available on its own exclusively in Japan, under the title Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor, on February 26, 2003. [39]

On June 28, 2011, Songs in A Minor was re-released in two editions to commemorate its tenth anniversary of release. [40] Both editions feature previously unreleased material and a documentary chronicling the making of Songs in A Minor. At the BET Awards 2011 on June 26, Keys performed a medley of songs, including "Typewriter", "A Woman's Worth" with Bruno Mars and "Maybach Music" with Rick Ross and "Fallin'". On June 28, Keys performed "Fallin'", "Butterflyz" and "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" on Good Morning America . [41] BET aired The Story So Far... Alicia Keys special, highlighting Keys' ten-year career through her BET moments, on June 28. On June 30, Keys performed Songs in A Minor in its entirety and told stories of its recording in a show titled Piano & I: A One Night Only Event With Alicia Keys at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. [40] In an interview for MTV, Keys called its tenth anniversary "incredibly surreal for me" and said of the album in retrospect: "This album is possibly the most precious to me as your first album only happens once, and so Songs in A Minor will always hold a special place in my life that's filled with amazing memories. I'm so proud the songs are still being enjoyed, and I'm crazy excited to share songs never heard before." [40] [42] To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Songs in A Minor, the album was yet again re-released on June 4, 2021, with four bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased "Foolish Heart" and "Crazy (Mi Corazon)". [43]

Singles

Davis sent the music video of the album's lead single "Fallin'" to MTV; "half the women had tears down their face" when the video finished playing. [21] The song was serviced to rhythmic contemporary, urban adult contemporary and urban contemporary radio stations in April 2001. [44] [45] "Fallin'" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, remaining atop the charts for six and four weeks, respectively. [37] [46] It became the most played song in the United States at the time and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [47] [48] Internationally, "Fallin'" peaked within the top ten in almost all countries it charted in, topping the charts in Flanders, the Netherlands and New Zealand, as well as the UK R&B Singles chart. [49] [50]

"A Woman's Worth" was released as the album's second single on October 2, 2001. [51] It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. [52] The single was certified gold by the RIAA. [53] Internationally, the song reached number one in Croatia and top ten in Hungary and New Zealand. [54] [55] [56] The single's accompanying music video was directed by Chris Robinson, who directed the video for "Fallin'". [57] Its plot continues from the video for "Fallin'", which revolves around Keys' travel to her imprisoned boyfriend, and picks up where it left, depicting his release from prison and tries to acclimate to society. [57]

The third single "How Come You Don't Call Me" was released on March 11, 2002. [58] It peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, failing to duplicate the commercial success of its predecessors. [59] Elsewhere, the song peaked within the top ten in Hungary and within the top 40 in Australia, Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom.

"Girlfriend" peaked at number 82 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart upon its 2001 release as a promotional single. [60] It was released as the album's fourth and final single outside the United States on November 25, 2002. [61] The song reached top 20 in Australia and the Netherlands, while peaking at number 24 in the UK.

Critical reception

Songs in A Minor
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Standard edition cover [a]
Studio album by
Alicia Keys
ReleasedJune 12, 2001
Recorded1998–2001
Studio
Genre
Length63:04
Label J
Producer
Alicia Keys chronology
Songs in A Minor
(2001)		 The Diary of Alicia Keys
(2003)
Alternative cover
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10th anniversary deluxe edition cover [i]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [62]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [63]
Entertainment Weekly B [31]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [64]
The New Zealand Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [32]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [65]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [66]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [67]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [68]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [69]
The Village Voice A− [70]

Songs in A Minor received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 78, based on 10 reviews. [62]

Reviewing the album in NME , Sam Faulkner described the balance between contemporary music and retrospective as "an act of pure genius". [65] Q magazine hailed it as "a prime candidate to head up the nu-soul revolution ... with a voice that challenges Mary J. Blige's". [67] Steve Jones of USA Today said that "Keys already has a musical, artistic and thematic maturity that many more experienced artists never achieve". [26] The Washington Post 's Richard Harrington wrote favorably of Keys' musical influences on the album and expressed that she has "vocal maturity and writing instincts beyond her years". [71] PopMatters critic Mark Anthony Neal praised Keys' performance on the album and called it "a distinct and oft-times brilliant debut from an artist who clearly has a fine sense of her creative talents". [13] Robert Christgau, writing in The Village Voice , said that the "grace and grit" of the first half warrant the "auspicious debut" label and that, after some "bores that threaten to sink the project midway through," Keys sustains the album with the songs at the end. [70]

Keys' vocal performance was lauded; [25] [63] [65] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine declared that Keys' displayed a "powerful range, proving she can belt along with the best of them". [29] Uncut called the album "frequently stunning" and said that Keys sings like "a young Aretha Franklin". [72] However, some found her lyrics to be sub-par to her singing and musical ability. [63] [68] The New Zealand Herald 's Russell Baillie stated that Keys "might indicate abundant talent aligned to neatly reverential vintage soul style", but expressed that the songs "don't add up to anything particularly memorable". [32] Entertainment Weekly 's Beth Johnson called the second half of the album slacked with "sad sack teen themes", but called it a promising album. [31] Rolling Stone 's Barry Walters perceived her singing as more mature than her songwriting, but commended Keys for her "commanding presence" on the album. [68] Los Angeles Times writer Robert Hilburn said that it "makes a convincing case that's she's going far—in both a commercial and creative sense". [64]

In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine perceived the album's music as "rich enough to compensate for some thinness in the writing" and called it "a startling assured, successful debut that deserved its immediate acclaim and is already aging nicely". [63] Barry Walters wrote in a later article for Rolling Stone, "the album has aged well – excepting a drum-machine beat or two, it feels timeless." [73] In the Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2011), Colin Larkin said Keys had fused urban R&B, hip hop, and blues on what he called "a minor classic of modern soul". [74] Songs in A Minor is regarded as an influential and distinctive album of its era. [11] [35] [75] [76] [77] [78]

Accolades

Songs in A Minor led Keys to win five awards at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song for "Fallin'", Best New Artist, and Best R&B Album; "Fallin'" was also nominated for Record of the Year. Keys became the second female solo artist to win five Grammy Awards in a single night, following Lauryn Hill at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards (1999). [79] The album also won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album. [80] Keys was also named Best New Artist at the 2002 World Music Awards. [81] "Fallin'" was ranked at number 37 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years in 2003 [82] and was ranked the 413th greatest song of all time by Blender magazine. [83] The album was ranked at number two on the Rolling Stone magazine's Top 10 of 2001, number 18 on The Village Voice 's 2001 Pazz & Jop list, number 27 on Mojo magazine's Best 40 Albums of 2001 and was also named one of Q magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Ever. [84] [85] Q also listed the album as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. [86] In 2009, Rolling Stone named it the 95th best album of the past decade, while "Fallin'" ranked at number 62 on the magazine's "100 Best Songs of the Decade" list. [87] [88] In 2012, Entertainment Weekly ranked Songs in A Minor the 57th best album of all time. [89]

Commercial performance

Songs in A Minor debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 236,000 copies in its first week. [90] Through word of mouth and promotion, the album remained at number one on the chart, selling a further 221,000 copies in its fourth week. [91] The album spent a total of three non-consecutive weeks at number one, [17] and became one of the best-selling albums of 2001. [92] As of June 2014, the album had sold 6,348,000 copies in the United States. [93] Billboard ranked the album at number 32 on the Billboard 200 decade-end chart for the 2000s and at number 12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums decade-end chart. [94] [95] In 2001 the album was the 7th best-selling album globally, selling 6.7 million copies. [96] By March 2008, Songs in A Minor had sold over 12 million copies worldwide. [97] On August 19, 2020, the album was certified septuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of seven million units in the United States. [98]

Track listing

Songs in A Minor– Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Piano & I" Alicia Keys
1:51
2."Girlfriend"
  • Keys
  • Dupri
3:34
3."How Come You Don't Call Me" Prince
  • Keys
  • Brothers
3:57
4."Fallin'"KeysKeys3:30
5."Troubles"
  • Keys
  • Brothers [a]
4:28
6."Rock wit U"
  • Keys
  • Taneisha Smith
  • Brothers
  • Keys
  • Brothers
5:36
7."A Woman's Worth"
  • Keys
  • Erika Rose
Keys5:03
8."Jane Doe"
  • Keys
  • Kandi
3:48
9."Goodbye"Keys Brian McKnight 4:20
10."The Life"
  • Keys
  • Smith
  • Brothers
  • Keys
  • Brothers [a]
5:25
11."Mr. Man" (duet with Jimmy Cozier)
  • Keys
  • Cozier
4:09
12."Never Felt This Way" (interlude)
Keys2:00
13."Butterflyz"KeysKeys4:08
14."Why Do I Feel So Sad"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
4:25
15."Caged Bird"KeysKeys3:02
16."Lovin U" (hidden track)KeysKeys3:48
Total length:63:04
Songs in A Minor– Japanese edition (bonus track) [99]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Rear View Mirror"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
4:06
Total length:67:07
Songs in A Minor– Japanese reissue edition (bonus tracks) [100]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Fallin'" (extended remix) (featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage)Keys
4:18
19."A Woman's Worth" (remix radio edit)
  • Keys
  • Rose
4:24
Total length:75:49
Songs in A Minor– UK special edition (bonus tracks) [101]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Fallin'" (extended remix) (featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage)Keys
4:15
17."A Woman's Worth" (remix) / "Lovin U" (hidden track)"A Woman's Worth" (remix):
  • Keys
  • Rose
    "Lovin U": Keys
"A Woman's Worth" (remix):
  • Keys [c]
  • Brothers [d]
    "Lovin U": Keys
10:38
Total length:74:06
Songs in A Minor– DVD-Audio edition (bonus videos) [102]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
17."Fallin'" (music video) Chris Robinson 3:27
18."A Woman's Worth" (music video)Robinson4:39
19."Girlfriend" (music video)Patrick Hoelck4:00
Total length:75:07
Songs in A Minor– 20th anniversary digital edition (bonus tracks) [43]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Fallin'" (Ali version)KeysKeys4:26
18."I Won't (Crazy World)"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
  • Keys
  • Brothers
3:44
19."Foolish Heart"Allen CatoCato4:39
20."Crazy (Mi Corazon)"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
  • Paul L. Green
  • Taneisha Smith
Brothers3:53
Total length:79:43
Songs in A Minor– 20th anniversary vinyl edition (bonus tracks) [103]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Foolish Heart"CatoCato4:39
18."Crazy (Mi Corazon)"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
  • Green
  • Smith
Brothers3:53
Total length:71:33
Songs in A Minor: Remixed & Unplugged– European edition (bonus disc)
Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor– Brazilian and Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Girlfriend" (KrucialKeys Sista Girl Mix)
  • Keys
  • Dupri
  • Thompson
3:27
2."Gangsta Lovin'" (Eve featuring Alicia Keys)
  • Alisa Yarbrough
  • Jonah Ellis
  • Lonnie Simmons
3:59
3."Fallin'" (Remix) (featuring Busta Rhymes and Rampage)KeysBrothers [b] 3:56
4."A Woman's Worth" (Remix)
  • Keys
  • Rose
3:20
5."Butterflyz" (Roger's Release Mix)Keys
3:54
6."Troubles" (Jay-J & Chris Lum Bootleg Mix)
  • Keys
  • Brothers
4:24
7."How Come You Don't Call Me" (Neptunes Remix featuring Justin Timberlake)Prince
  • Keys
  • The Neptunes [e]
4:23
8."Fallin'" ( Ali version)KeysKeys4:30
9."Moonlight Sonata" / "L'Interludio, Ambivalente" / "Ain't Misbehavin'" (live)
 2:22
10."Goodbye" (live)Keys 2:49
11."Never Felt This Way" (interlude) (live)
  • McKnight
  • Brandon Barnes
 1:45
12."Butterflyz" (live)Keys 0:52
13."Caged Bird" (live)Keys 2:03
14."I Got a Little Something for You" (live)Keys 1:45
15."Someday We'll All Be Free" (live)
 6:24
Total length:49:49
Songs in A Minor– 10th anniversary deluxe edition (bonus disc)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Woman's Worth" (remix) (featuring Nas)
  • Keys
  • Rose
4:28
2."Juiciest" (mixtape version)
3:03
3."If I Was Your Woman" (original funky demo)
2:59
4."Fallin'" (Ali version)Keys4:26
5."Typewriter"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
3:10
6."Butterflyz" (The Drumline Mix)Keys3:49
Total length:21:55
Songs in A Minor– 10th anniversary collector's edition (bonus disc)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Woman's Worth" (remix) (featuring Nas)
  • Keys
  • Rose
4:28
2."Juiciest" (mixtape version)
  • Keys
  • Mtume
  • Brothers
3:03
3."If I Was Your Woman" (original funky demo)
  • McMurray
  • Jones
  • Swayer
2:59
4."Ghetto Man" (featuring muMs da Schemer)
  • Bernard Doss
  • Brothers
  • Keys
4:17
5."Fallin'" (Ali version)Keys4:26
6."Typewriter"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
3:10
7."Butterflyz" (The Drumline Mix)Keys3:49
8."I Won't (Crazy World)"
  • Keys
  • Brothers
3:44
9."Girlfriend" (KrucialKeys Sista Girl Mix – The UK Video Remix Edit)
  • Keys
  • Dupri
  • Thompson
3:52
10."I Got a Little Something" (live at KeyArena, Seattle, Washington, 10 August 2002)Keys1:42
11."Moonlight Sonata" / "L'Interludio, Ambivalente" / "Ain't Misbehavin'" (live at KeyArena, Seattle, Washington, 10 August 2002)
  • Beethoven
  • Chew
  • Brooks
  • Razaf
  • Waller
2:07
12."Light My Fire" (live at KeyArena, Seattle, Washington, 10 August 2002)
3:27
Total length:41:04
Songs in A Minor– 10th anniversary collector's edition (bonus DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."Songs in A Minor Documentary" 
2."A Harlem Love Story" ("Fallin'" / "A Woman's Worth") 
3."Girlfriend" 
4."How Come You Don't Call Me" 

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Songs in A Minor. [104]

Musicians

  • Alicia Keys – vocals (all tracks); piano (tracks 1, 2, 6, 11–14, 16); vocal arrangement (tracks 1, 2, 9); keyboards (tracks 1, 6, 11, 16); background vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–10, 13, 14, 16); all instruments (tracks 3, 8); arrangement (tracks 4, 5, 7–13, 15, 16); all instruments except violin (track 4); all instruments except bass (track 5); digital programming (tracks 7, 10); piano concept (track 9); string arrangements (track 16)
  • Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – drum programming (tracks 1, 3); digital programming (tracks 4–6, 8, 10, 14, 16)
  • Brian Cox – keyboards (track 2)
  • Miri – violin (tracks 4, 11); keyboards (track 11); additional strings (track 16)
  • Cindy Mizelle – background vocals (track 4)
  • Tammy Saunders – background vocals (track 4)
  • Andricka Hall – background vocals (track 4)
  • Tim Shider – bass (track 5); bass concept (track 14)
  • Paul L. Green – background vocals (tracks 5, 7)
  • Isaac Hayes – string arrangements, flute arrangements, Rhodes piano (track 6)
  • The Isaac Hayes Orchestra – string arrangements, flute arrangements (track 6)
  • Norman Hedman – percussion (tracks 6, 10)
  • Gerald G. Flowers – guitar (tracks 6, 13, 14)
  • Vic Flowers – bass (tracks 6, 14)
  • Arty White – guitar (tracks 7, 10)
  • Kandi – background vocals (track 8)
  • Brian McKnight – all instruments (track 9)
  • Anthony Nance – drum programming (track 9)
  • Rufus Jackson – bass (track 10)
  • Jimmy Cozier – vocals (track 11)
  • Arden Altino – additional keyboards (track 11)
  • Cato – guitar concept (track 13)
  • Richie Goods – upright bass (track 13); bass (track 16)
  • Reggie Flowers – additional fills (track 14)
  • John Peters – organ (track 16)
  • A & C Productions – strings (track 16)

Technical

  • Alicia Keys – production (tracks 1–8, 10–16); executive production
  • Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – production (tracks 1, 3, 6, 14); recording (tracks 3–6, 10, 13–16); additional production concepts (track 5, 10)
  • Gerry Brown – recording (track 1); mixing (tracks 1, 5, 6, 13, 14)
  • Jermaine Dupri – production (track 2)
  • Brian Frye – recording (track 2)
  • Phil Tan – mixing (track 2)
  • Russ Elevado – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 16)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 7–10)
  • Kandi – production (track 8)
  • Ralph Cacciurri – recording (track 8)
  • Brian McKnight – production (track 9)
  • Chris Wood – recording (track 9)
  • Mary Ann Souza – recording assistance (track 9)
  • Jimmy Cozier – production (track 11)
  • Arden Altino – production (track 11)
  • Miri Ben-Ari – production (track 11)
  • Rick St. Hillaire – recording (track 11)
  • Tony Maserati – mixing (track 11)
  • Acar Key – recording (track 12)
  • Clive Davis – executive production
  • Peter Edge – executive production
  • Jeff Robinson – executive production
  • Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Songs in A Minor
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [175] 3× Platinum210,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [176] Gold20,000*
Belgium (BEA) [177] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [178] 5× Platinum500,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [179] Platinum50,000^
France (SNEP) [180] Platinum300,000*
Germany (BVMI) [181] Platinum300,000^
Italy (FIMI) [182] Platinum150,000 [183]
Japan (RIAJ) [184] Gold100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [185] 2× Platinum160,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [186] Platinum15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [187] Gold25,000*
Poland (ZPAV) [188] Gold20,000*
South Africa (RISA) [189] Platinum50,000*
South Korea—23,138 [190]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [191] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [192] Platinum80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [193] 2× Platinum80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [194] 3× Platinum1,144,603 [195]
United States (RIAA) [196] 7× Platinum7,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [197] 3× Platinum3,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Songs in A Minor
RegionDateEdition(s)Format(s)Label(s)Ref(s)
United StatesJune 12, 2001Standard J [198] [199]
United KingdomJuly 23, 2001CD RCA [194]
AustraliaSeptember 3, 2001 BMG [200]
Germany [201]
JapanOctober 3, 2001 [99]
February 27, 2002Reissue [100]
United KingdomMarch 11, 2002Special Double CD RCA [101]
GermanyOctober 28, 2002Songs in A Minor: Remixed & UnpluggedBMG [38]
United KingdomDecember 2, 2002Special Vinyl RCA [202]
JapanFebruary 26, 2003Remixed & Unplugged in A MinorCDBMG [39]
United StatesDecember 9, 2003Standard DVD-Audio J [102]
GermanyJune 24, 201110th anniversary (deluxe)
 Sony Music [203]
10th anniversary (collector's)
  • Digital download
  • double CD+DVD
[204]
United KingdomJune 27, 201110th anniversary (deluxe)
  • Digital download
  • double CD
RCA [205] [206]
10th anniversary (collector's)
  • Digital download
  • double CD+DVD
 [207]
United StatesJune 28, 201110th anniversary (deluxe)
  • Digital download
  • double CD
  • vinyl
 [208] [209] [210]
10th anniversary (collector's)
  • Digital download
  • double CD+DVD
 [211] [212]
JapanJuly 3, 201110th anniversary (deluxe)
  • Digital download
  • double CD
Sony Music [213]
10th anniversary (collector's)
  • Digital download
  • double CD+DVD
 [214]
United KingdomSeptember 19, 2011StandardVinylRCA [215]
VariousJune 4, 202120th anniversary
  • Legacy
  • RCA
 [43]
December 3, 2021Vinyl [216]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ UK special edition cover features a different photo of Keys. [1] 20th anniversary edition cover is a wider version of the standard edition one. [2]
  2. ↑ Track 1
  3. ↑ Track 2
  4. ↑ Tracks 3–6, 10 and 13–16
  5. ↑ Track 8
  6. ↑ Track 9
  7. ↑ Track 11
  8. ↑ Track 12
  9. ↑ 10th anniversary collector's edition cover features a black artwork of Keys. [3]
  10. ↑ In Europe, Songs in A Minor was reissued to include a bonus disc of live performances and remixes, subtitled Remixed & Unplugged. In Japan, the bonus disc was released on its own under the title Remixed & Unplugged in A Minor. Both releases feature the same cover artwork.

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