Throwback Thursday – Alicia Keys ‘Fallin’ (2001)
"Fallin" was the debut single off of Alicia Keys' first album Songs in A Minor.
The song performed very well on the charts and even won three Grammys.
According to Wikipedia:
The song attained global success, reaching number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and reached the top five in several countries. It also received numerous certifications around the world, and is one of the best-selling singles of 2001. In 2009, the single was named the 29th most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade.[2] It won three Grammy Awards in 2002, including Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and was also nominated for Record of the Year.
The music video centers on Alicia Keys going to visit her boyfriend in prison.
I remember the first time I saw the video, I just thought Alicia Keys was so cool because she had braids that came up over her ears and I had never seen that before. I thought she was so stylish.