On Monday, Alicia Keys unveiled the video for “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” the second single off her upcoming album, The Element of Freedom — in stores Dec. 15, 2009.

On NBC Nightly News Tuesday, Grammy-winning recording Alicia Keys sat down with NBC’s Lester Holt about her determination to be “a voice for the voiceless” through her Keep a Child Alive foundation, which provides life-saving treatment, care and support to families affected by HIV/AIDS in Durban, South Africa, Africa, and India.

Alicia Keys’ fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom, originally slated for a Dec. 1 release — World AIDS day — will now be available on Dec. 15.

On The Next Episode of Cheaters: Swizzy and A. Keys! It appears karma hath cometh for Little Miss. Perfect. On Friday, The YBF received a set of images featuring Swizz Beatz and his piano-playing Buss It Baby Alicia Keys sucking face in January of 2008…when the hitmaking producer was very much attached with his now-estranged wife, Mashonda.

Swizz has long denied hooking up with Alicia during his marriage to the R&B singer, despite Mashonda’s allegations to the contrary.

It took an extra 24-hours, but Brooklyn native Jay-Z and Harlem’s own Alicia Keys got to perform their hit hometown anthem, “Empire State of Mind,” before Game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies in the Bronx on Thursday night.

Hov and A. Keys had been due to take the stage at last night’s World Series kickoff, but their performance was delayed due to inclimate weather.

Here’s a sneak peek at what the Jay-Z/Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” Music Video will look like….

Alicia Keys and Jay-Z were scheduled to perform before Game 1 of the World Series between the storied New York Yankees and the defending champs the Philadelphia Phillies, but will now perform before Game 2.

The superstars will sing their song “Empire State of Mind” off Jay-Z’s album, The Blueprint 3, and then Alicia will sing the national anthem. Their performance was moved to Game 2 due to bad weather predicted for Wednesday, which could make for wet conditions that will make performing dangerous.

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys are set to perform their hit anthem “Empire State of Mind” as the New York Yankees take on defending World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies, in Game 1 of the World Series this Wednesday night. Better not tell, Lil Mama! The Bronx Bombers have been blasting the Hov/A. Keys collabo during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the duo perform the song live.

“Thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee,” an excited Jay-Z said of the pending performance in an interview on Monday

The hip-hop impressario calls the opportunity a “once in a lifetime experience.”

Mark your calendars for Sunday, Nov. 22 on ABC: Superstar Jay Z and hubby-snatchin’ songbird Alicia Keys are set to perform the charttopping collabo “Empire State of Mind” at the 2009 American Music Awards next month. The duo performed the single — featured on Hov’s Blueprint 3 LP — at the MTV VMAs last month, but irksome rapper Lil Mama crashed the stage during the performance.

Show producer Larry Klein is excited to have booked the duo for a redux: “We are thrilled to have Jay-Z and Alicia Keys on stage together, both are such talented artists, it’s sure to be a memorable performance.”