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According to sources, Colombian singer Shakira will spend February 14th entertaining fans at the NBA All-Star game.

Reportedly, over 80,000 spectators will see her performance as she sings “She Wolf” and “Give It Up To Me” from her latest album, “She Wolf”.

Also slated to perform are Alicia Keys and Usher.

We exclusively reported on January 25th that Alicia Keys and boyfriend Swizz Beatz were secretly engaged and now we’re hearing that the duo are planning to move in together!

Page Six reports:

Alicia Keys and her secret fiancé, hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz, are said to be buying Lenny Kravitz’s penthouse duplex at 30 Crosby St. for $14.5 million, reports The Post’s Jennifer Gould Keil.

PS. I hate story thieves who take your exclusives and claim it’s theirs two freaking days later without crediting you. Just saying. Yes, I’m looking at you US Weekly.

R&B singer Alicia Keys and boyfriend Swizz Beatz were spotted wearing somewhat matching outfits in Hawaii, earlier today.

Alicia was seen wearing a ring on her engagement finger, sparking rumors that the cute couple are set to tie the knot. So far, no official announcement has been made.

The couple were celebrating her 29th birthday, today. Happy birthday, Alicia!

R&B songstress Alicia Keys has denied reports that she is set to retire in 2011 when she turns 30.

She said that she will go on making music, despite reports that she is ready to hang up the microphone for good.

She said, “I was just saying that I would like the option to be able to retire by 30. I feel very blessed…but I definitely have so much more to do. I have so many things that I want to do, so many more things I want to get involved in, important things I want to do…I have to perform, I love it so much.”

I’m glad that she’s not retiring, I love her music. She’s such a phenomenal singer.

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Alicia Keys performed her hit song “Empire State Of Mind” on “The Colbert Report” last night with a little help from the man himself.

Stephen took the mic with a hoodie on and rapped what was supposed to be Jay-Z’s part, but changed it up. He’s so freakin’ funny, you gotta love him. (continue reading…)

I really don’t believe this story one bit. Alicia Keys was in London promoting her latest album, “The Element Of Freedom”, when she was said to have thrown a hissy fit of epic proportions.

She was given a ritzy room at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge, but it wasn’t up to par, according to sources.

She arrived on Monday, but was anything but pleased at the suite she was placed in. She reportedly walked out of the hotel, leaving the expensive room after saying that it wasn’t big enough.

A source said, “The hotel had been in discussion with Alicia’s team for a week, preparing her suite with her favorite flowers, scents and goodies. The hotel’s Rib Room entrance on Sloane Square had even been closed off at her bodyguard’s request for her arrival. But when they saw the Luxury Suite, Alicia and her people asked for something bigger. They were told there wasn’t anything bigger and that the Luxury Suite was the biggest and best in the hotel. Basically, Alicia took one look and sad she ‘didn’t feel the vibe’. And when she does that, she’s not joking, so the whole entourage piled into her limo and left.”

I’m not feeling the vibe of this nonsense, either. Are you buying it?

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Going the way of Miley Cyrus before him, Chris Brown got fed up with tweeting and has joined the ranks of Twitter Quitters.

After going off on the music industry over the weekend, it appears that Chris’ PR people have pulled his account. He was ranting and raving about Walmart not having his album stocked, while gearing up for Alicia Keys’ new release, “The Element Of Freedom.”

Walmart’s spokesperson has since released a statement saying that his album was in stock and that it had sold out. So guess who’s tucking their tail between their legs right about now?

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Alicia Keys is about to release her newest album, “The Element Of Freedom” on December 15th, and the singer has revealed that the album is about overcoming depression.

She revealed that she almost gave up on music when her grandmother passed away in 2006, but has channeled all of those emotions into her new album.

She said, “I found more freedom. Before, I thought I could only show the strong side of me. Now there’s a mixture of strong and delicate. A new sound, a new emotion. That’s a lot of who I am right now. In the past, I was locking myself in the studio because I thought it was the only way to create music. This was a more casual way to do it. The tour will take me all over the world for a year and I can’t wait to play these songs.”

She further explained, “With the last album, I was really trying to find myself and I was feeling extremely overworked. I was also starting to understand that I was dealing with certain people in business that were not really for me and they all had their intentions and thoughts. I was snappy, I was nasty, I was mean, losing my grandmother during that time as well. Everything felt like it could all just tumble down at once.”

Wherever her artistic visions take her, I’m sure we are going to love it. She’s an amazing singer and it’s good to hear her overcoming the sadness to rise above all of the negativity.

The stars are really coming out of the woodwork for the semi-finals and finals for reality dance show, “Dancing With The Stars”.

Joining the stars and their professional counterparts on tomorrow night’s finals announcement show are Alicia Keys and British songstress Leona Lewis.

Keys will be performing her song, “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart” from her album, “The Element Of Freedom” (see the cover here). Lewis will also take the stage to perform her hit song, “Happy”, from her newly released album, “Echo”.

On the season finale of the show, on November 24th, Grammy award winning artist Whitney Houston will be performing. We haven’t received word yet as to her song choice, but we’ll hope that the performance will be better than last time on “X Factor”.

As far as I’m concerned, Whitney is the queen diva and cannot be dethroned. She’ll rock it.

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Alicia Keys has just released the album cover art for her new album, “The Element Of Freedom”. There was an imposter floating around previously, but this is the real deal.

Her fourth studio album is set to hit stores on December 15, 2009. It has been confirmed that this is the official album art, due to Alicia posting it on her Facebook account.

On November 24th, the singer will perform some of the songs from the album on the “Today Show”. Since embedding is disabled, you can view the official video for her first single, “Doesn’t Mean Anything” here on Youtube.

Her album is going to be great, I love her voice. Joining her for the “Today Show” performance are John Mayer, along with Susan Boyle. So you know it’s not something you’d want to miss.

Alicia Keys has just updated her Twitter page with a photo of herself in a pretty green dress. She is set to perform tonight at the Latin Grammys.

She tweeted:

At the Latin Grammys w @alejandro_sanz. Performing “looking for paradise” 2nite! Chck univision!Loving the diversity

Go Alicia! Now when is that new album coming out already???

Alicia Keys has just tweeted a link to her new video for “Doesn’t Mean Anything”. In true Alicia fashion, the song is melodic and awesome.

She’s been away from us for too long, glad to hear something new from her. She’s so uniquely talented in the way that she expresses her feelings, you feel like you connect with her.

Check out the video, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Alicia Keys was on Twitter tonight, talking about how she was up late working on her new album. So I tweeted her to ask what the new album is going to be called.

And she tweeted me back! Check out her response above!

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Alicia Keys says that Amy Winehouse should have been included on the new Bond theme, saying that she would have loved to record with Amy.

Amy was definitely in the running to do the new song, but the song was given to Alicia Keys and Jack White to screw up. Don’t get me wrong, Alicia has a great voice, but this just wasn’t her.

Amy was upset over not getting picked to sing the song and even threatened to release her Bond theme on the same day as the Keys/White track.

Alicia says that she would’ve liked to have shared the honor, saying, “I would have loved for her to do it – it would have been awesome. All three of us should do it.”

What she really means is, our version sucked, can you come throw us a bone?

Check out the new Jack White & Alicia Keys track, Another Way To Die, for the new bond film, Quantum of Solace. Hurry, before it gets yanked by Sony/BMG.

I like it, I think Alicia has an amazing voice.

If it gets pulled, you can also hear a sample here.

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Get ‘em Amy!

Apparently, Amy Winehouse is a little miffed at the producers who selected Alicia Keys and Jack White to do the James Bond theme, instead of her. So, to get back at them, Amy says that she’s going to release her James Bond theme, too.

To add insult to injury, she wants to release her track on the same day that the Quantum of Solace movie comes out.

Amy says that she wants to “prove that [the producers] made a big mistake” by not choosing her song.

“I do think they could have waited a bit. If they want a worldwide hit I have them all up here (pointing to her beehive),” she said. “I guess they are going for clean-cut and boring. When I do release mine – and I am tempted to do it on the same day – this would be the bigger hit.”

What else is she hiding in that beehive?