Alicia Keys uses her superpowers to heal in the video for her second single “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart.” Watch as the “Superwoman” takes a motorcycle ride through the streets of Brooklyn and sings atop a high-rise in the Syndrome-directed clip.

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Alicia Keys debuts the official artwork for her fourth album The Element of Freedom. The final version contains some of the same elements as the mock-up that previously leaked, including the doves and typeface. A definite improvement though.

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Alicia Keys has the gift and the curse in the video for her second single “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” off December 15th’s The Element of Freedom. She compares the character she plays to Will Smith’s Hancock and X-Men’s Rogue.

“I have the blessing of having this ability to bring things back to life or to heal something when it’s sick,” Keys explains to Billboard. “As much of a blessing as that is, it’s also my curse because I can’t physically touch anyone that I love.”

Alicia Keys was glowing in green as she walked the green carpet at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday (Nov. 5). Keys performed “Looking for Paradise” with Latin singer Alejandro Sanz, below. Listen to a snippet of her new song “Dreaming” here.

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Alicia Keys schooled students at New York University’s Skirball Center by performing material from her new album The Element of Freedom including “Doesn’t Mean Anything” and “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart,” plus “Empire State of Mind,” “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You,” and more.

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Fresh out the frying pan and onto the Internet comes the full video for Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind,” the second single off The Blueprint 3. Not even Jay and Alicia’s star power can outshine New York City in the Hype Williams-directed clip.

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Jay-Z and Alicia Keys knocked it out of the park with their second live performance of “Empire State of Mind” during Game 2 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Thursday (Oct. 29). Lil’ Mama was nowhere in sight.

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“Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart” is the second single from Alicia Keys’ new album The Element of Freedom, coming December 15. Updated with CDQ.

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