IF I AIN’T GOT YOU | Alicia Keys | Grade 5 Piano

Purchase ‘Pop Performer! Piano Grades 4–5’ from Amazon, which includes the sheet music for 'If I Ain't Got You': https://amzn.to/4lEloca As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It costs you no extra if you buy through my links, and your support helps me to keep making piano demonstration videos. PIANO PERFORMER: William Binden (Liverpool, England, 2023) TITLE: If I Ain’t Got You ALBUM: The Diary of Alicia Keys COMPOSER: Alicia Augello Cook ORIGIN: New York, United States of America (U.S.A.) YEAR: 2003 PIANO ARRANGEMENT: David A. T. Önaç ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS: Alicia Keys, Aaliyah, Christina Aguilera, Method Man BOOK: ABRSM Pop Performer! Piano Grades 4 – 5 (ABRSM) KEY: E minor TEMPO: 120 BPM GENRE: R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop LEVEL: Grade 5 WIKIPEDIA: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Ain't_Got_You "If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys for her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). Inspired by the 2001 death of singer Aaliyah, the September 11 attacks, and other events in the world and in Keys' life, the song is about "how material things don't feed the soul". It was released as the second single from The Diary of Alicia Keys on February 17, 2004, by J Records. The single cover depicts Keys similarly to the subject of Man Ray's 1924 photograph Le Violon d'Ingres. "If I Ain't Got You" peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second consecutive R&B chart-topper, remaining atop of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for six weeks. The song received two nominations at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005), for Song of the Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, winning the latter. It was ranked at number 440 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time". Since its release, Keys has herself said that it is one of her favorite songs.