Editing Alicia Keys (section)

=== 2022–present: ''Santa Baby'' and ''Hell's Kitchen'' ===
[[File:AliciaKeys-byPhilipRomano3 (cropped).jpg|thumb|308x308px|Keys in 2025]]
After her contract with [[RCA Records]] ended, Keys released her ninth studio album and first Christmas album, ''[[Santa Baby (album)|Santa Baby]]'', on November 4, 2022, exclusively on [[Apple Music]]. It was her first release as an independent artist under her own record label Alicia Keys Records. Also released as her label debut on [[Mom + Pop Music|Mom+Pop]], it peaked at number 148 on the [[Billboard 200]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Ebony |date=2022-10-24 |title=Alicia Keys announces first Christmas album "Santa Baby" |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/alicia-keys-announces-first-christmas-album-santa-baby/2YXSPAMW65HATLF2VMIADEWWUQ/ |website=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=2022-10-28 |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101162554/https://www.ajc.com/life/alicia-keys-announces-first-christmas-album-santa-baby/2YXSPAMW65HATLF2VMIADEWWUQ/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/fi/album/santa-baby/1651348683?i=1651348943 |title=Santa Baby by Alicia Keys |website=Apple Music |accessdate=2022-10-28 |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028160629/https://music.apple.com/fi/album/santa-baby/1651348683?i=1651348943 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Between June and August 2023, Keys undertook the [[Keys to the Summer Tour]] in North America. Keys wrote, composed and produced with [[Kristoffer Diaz]] a musical entitled [[Hell's Kitchen (musical)|''Hell's Kitchen'']], which premiered at [[The Public Theater]]'s Newman Theater in New York City in November 2023 and transfer to the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mechling |first=Lauren |date=2023-11-20 |title=Hell's Kitchen review – Alicia Keys jukebox musical is a marvel|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/nov/19/hells-kitchen-alicia-keys-musical-review |access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Huston |first=Caitlin |date=December 4, 2023 |title=Alicia Keys Musical ''Hell's Kitchen'' to Open on Broadway This Spring |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/alicia-keys-musical-hells-kitchen-broadway-1235711097/ |access-date=December 5, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205023643/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/alicia-keys-musical-hells-kitchen-broadway-1235711097/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 27, 2023 "[[Lifeline (Alicia Keys song)|Lifeline]]" was published as the second original song from the 2023 film [[The Color Purple (2023 film)|''The Color Purple'']], written and performed by Keys .<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2023 |title=Warner Bros. Pictures, WaterTower Music and gamma. Announce December 15th Arrival of ''The Color Purple'' (Music from and Inspired by) |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231127702935/en/Warner-Bros.-Pictures-WaterTower-Music-and-gamma.-Announce-December-15th-Arrival-of-THE-COLOR-PURPLE-MUSIC-FROM-AND-INSPIRED-BY |access-date=November 27, 2023 |website=[[Business Wire]] |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208204227/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231127702935/en/Warner-Bros.-Pictures-WaterTower-Music-and-gamma.-Announce-December-15th-Arrival-of-THE-COLOR-PURPLE-MUSIC-FROM-AND-INSPIRED-BY |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2024, Keys performed in the [[Super Bowl LVIII]] halftime entertainment as a guest of headliner Usher;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/super-bowl-2024-alicia-keys-outfit-halftime-show-8575802 |title=Alicia Keys Scorches in Head-to-Toe Red During Halftime Appearance with Usher at 2024 Super Bowl |author=Charna Flam |date=February 11, 2024 |work=People |accessdate=February 12, 2024 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212173619/https://people.com/super-bowl-2024-alicia-keys-outfit-halftime-show-8575802 |url-status=live }}</ref> she performed "If I Ain't Got You", before joining Usher to sing their duet "[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68270826|title=Usher joined by Alicia Keys and will.i.am at Super Bowl half-time show|website=BBC|last=McIntosh|first=Steven|date=12 February 2024|access-date=12 February 2024|archive-date=February 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212175059/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68270826|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/usher-alicia-keys-super-bowl-halftime-show-performance-3585753|title=Usher brings out Alicia Keys during throwback Super Bowl Halftime Show performance|website=NME|last=Daly|first=Rhian|date=12 February 2024|access-date=12 February 2024|archive-date=February 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212095239/https://www.nme.com/news/music/usher-alicia-keys-super-bowl-halftime-show-performance-3585753|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2024, Keys released "[[Kaleidoscope (Alicia Keys song)|Kaleidoscope]]" as the lead single from the soundtrack album of ''Hell's Kitchen''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Alicia Keys Releases 'Kaleidoscope' Single From Broadway's 'Hell's Kitchen' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/alicia-keys-kaleidoscope-1235865224/ |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325092128/https://deadline.com/2024/03/alicia-keys-kaleidoscope-1235865224/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[Finally (Kings of Tomorrow song)|Finally]]", Keys's collaboration with [[Swedish House Mafia]], was released in August 2024.<ref name="dl">{{cite web |title=Finally - Single |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/finally-single/1764403352 |website=Apple Music |access-date=2024-08-30 |date=2024-08-29}}</ref>