Mar. 16, 2025
Awards show season promises a slew of gorgeous makeup looks that we can’t take our eyes off of — andthe 2019 Grammys beauty looksdid not disappoint. But the one we’re still obsessing over isGrammys host Alicia Keys’ barely-there makeup. At first glance, it looked like the singer wasn’t wearing a single drop of makeup on the red carpet, but as it turns out, she was. So, of course, we were curious about how she achieved her natural gorgeous glow.
Mar. 16, 2025
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01of 20Business LeisureJim Smeal/WireImageA 19-year-old Keys rocked braids, white sneakers and a black fedora at the 42nd AnnualGrammy AwardsArista Records Pre-Grammy Party in 2000.
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Business Leisure Jim Smeal/WireImage
A 19-year-old Keys rocked braids, white sneakers and a black fedora at the 42nd AnnualGrammy AwardsArista Records Pre-Grammy Party in 2000.
02of 20Lavish LeatherRon Galella/WireImageThe following year at the 43rd AnnualGrammy Awards, the singer went for a beige-and-brown leather ensemble at BMG’s post-Grammys party.
Mar. 16, 2025
Alicia Keysis going to keep singing afterKobe Bryant‘s death.The singer and host of the 2020Grammy Awardsgavea tribute to Bryant, whotragically died, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, in a helicopter crash earlier on Sunday, for a second time at the beginning of the show.Addressing the sober feelings of the Grammys audience, Keys, 39, said that they needed to celebrate for the late basketball legend.“I’m looking forward to being here together with all of us, again celebrating this music because I know how much Kobe loved music,” she said.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Just two days after Keys’ makeup-free moment at the VMAs and after receiving hundreds of disapproving messages from disgruntled fans, the singer’s husband Swizz Beatz,posted a videoto Instagram, relaying his wife’s decision to go sans cosmetics.
“We gotta really talk about this — you gotta think about this, this is deep,” he began the video, addressed to his followers.
“Somebody sitting home mad because somebody didn’t wear makeup on their face…not your face,” Beatz said.
Mar. 16, 2025
Alicia Keysis having quite the exciting weekend!
The singer-songwriter, who ishosting the 2020 Grammys Sunday for the second year in a row, kicked off the weekend’s festivities with her 39th birthday on Saturday.
For her big day, Keys’ husband ofnine years,Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, shared a celebratory video for his “amazing wife” onInstagram.
“Happyyyyy Birthdayyyyy to my amazing Wife,” the producer, 41, began his caption, tacking on several party hat and birthday cake emojis.