Alicia Keys could be a diva. She has the golden voice, the undeniable looks, the charismatic performance - all the prerequisites for full-scale, larger than life, hell-to-the-no diva-dom.

But it won’t happen. It doesn’t seem to be in her nature.

Instead, on her third album, “As I Am” (J), Keys seems concerned with creating anthems for the rest of us, songs that help lead the way through the daily struggle.

Keys’ album is like the soundtrack to build one of the rarest of personas in pop culture, like post-Brad Jennifer Aniston or post-Oscar Julia Roberts - both impossible to top and down to earth. She has everything going for her and yet you still feel the need to root for her.

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