Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys

Girl on Fire, Alicia Keys' fifth album, came out on November 22, 2012, her first for RCA after Sony shut down J Records, with Babyface in the producer credits. It's an R&B record at heart, but a restless one, borrowing from rock, electro, reggae and hip-hop while keeping the production spare and letting her piano lead.

The title track is the big statement, a fist-in-the-air anthem that climbed to No. 11 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart; "Brand New Me", "New Day", "Fire We Make" with Maxwell and "Tears Always Win" followed it out as singles. The chords wander off the obvious path more than you'd expect. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 159,000 copies in its first week, sent her out on the Set the World on Fire Tour through 2013, and won Best R&B Album at the Grammys, her third win in that category.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.