Alicia Keys brought her biggest hits from Songs in A Minor to the Billboard Music Awards.
In a pre-package before she hit the stage, former First Lady Michelle Obama paid tribute to Keys calling her “graceful, yet raw.”
.@MichelleObama welcomes @aliciakeys to the #BBMAs stage !!! pic.twitter.com/n51cfEfBgD
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 24, 2021
She is “just not an artist,” Obama added, “but a leader in social justice.”
Adding that “most of all, she is herself.”
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Oh s’cuse me
Meet ya’ll at the keys tonight
What song from Songs In A Minor do you want to hear??? @BBMAs pic.twitter.com/xtIRWySLql
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) May 24, 2021
Keys then sang a melody of “A Woman’s Worth”, “How Come You Don’t Call Me” and “Fallin'”.
Songs In A Minor will celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.
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Proving that she is just as talented as ever, Twitter loved every moment:
The way I only tuned in to the #BBMAs for @BTS_twt but got to watch that amazing @aliciakeys performance and @Pink will be performing as well?!? Lovin' this!
#ButterLiveDebut #BUTTER — Mayo (@maaayooooooooo) May 24, 2021
Alicia Keys S L A Y E D that entire stage!!! Sis left no crumbs!!! Q U E E N
#AliciaKeys#BBMAs — ⟬⟭ ᴮᴱMina⁷
⎋ N :E ⟭⟬ (@PurpleWhalien19) May 24, 2021
Thank you @aliciakeys for that AMAZING performance #BillboardMusicAwards you are so timeless
—
αмí (@bonitaboricuaa_) May 24, 2021
@aliciakeys love you so much. I have been a fan since 2001 . Beautiful performance tonight and always classy. #BBMAs
— Morrison (@Morrison251) May 24, 2021
