Alicia Keys to Obtain Recording Academy’s Dr. Dre International Have an effect on Award

Alicia Keys is about to obtain the 2025 Dr. Dre International Have an effect on Award on the fourth annual Recording Academy Honors Introduced via the Black Track Collective, to be held on the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 30. The award used to be established in 2023 to acknowledge artists whose affect extends a ways past tune. It additionally takes under consideration entrepreneurial achievements, philanthropic efforts and international have an effect on.

Dre gained the inaugural award at the Grammy telecast in 2023. Jay-Z gained at the telecast previous this yr, the place he memorably referred to as out Grammy electorate for no longer but honoring his spouse, Beyoncé, within the album of the yr class.

Keys is a present Grammy nominee for absolute best musical theater album for Hell’s Kitchen. The musical, in response to Keys’ early profession tale and that includes her songs, opened on the Shubert Theatre in New York on April 20 and remains to be taking part in. It gained 13 Tony nominations and gained two – absolute best efficiency via an actress in a number one function in a musical (Maleah Joi Moon) and absolute best efficiency via an actor in a featured function in a musical (Kecia Lewis).

“From her undying tune to her unwavering willpower to uplifting others, Alicia has made an indelible have an effect on at the international,” Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, mentioned in a commentary. “Alicia embodies the whole lot the Dr. Dre International Have an effect on Award represents – her artistry is aware of no bounds, her advocacy evokes significant exchange, and her affect has profoundly formed tradition. We’re commemorated to have a good time her odd legacy and the transformative contributions she continues to make in tune and past.”

Keys is a 16-time Grammy-winner. She gained 5 Grammys in 2002, together with absolute best new artist and tune of the yr for “Fallin’.” She used to be simply 21, which made her the youngest tune of the yr winner to that time.

Keys has collected 4 No. 1 hits at the Billboard Sizzling 100 and 5 No. 1 albums at the Billboard 200.

Returning for the fourth consecutive yr to supply the Recording Academy Honors match is MVD Inc, with Adam Blackstone additionally returning as tune manager for the night. Blackstone gained a Primetime Emmy in 2022 because the tune director of The Pepsi Tremendous Bowl LVI Halftime Display Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent. He has gained 5 Grammy nods, together with one this yr for running with Keys at the Hell’s Kitchen solid album.