Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
Alicia Keys | Artist Essentials
First released: 2009 (year verified)
Original 2009 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The deep electronic rhythm gives the sustained vocal phrases a spacious, weighty setting.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2009 (year verified)
The original recording is documented in the 2009 release history of The Element of Freedom. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
Recording: Original 2009 studio recording
Credit: Alicia Keys
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: The Element of Freedom
The Element of Freedom - original studio program
The original 2009 program identifies Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart and the original Un-thinkable production. Its solo Empire State of Mind Part 2 is separately titled and is not the selected Jay-Z guest recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and producer whose musical training connected classical repertoire with jazz. She began playing piano at seven and released Songs in A Minor in 2001. The Diary of Alicia Keys and As I Am continued her recording career, with songs such as Fallin', If I Ain't Got You and No One becoming central to her repertoire. Her work also extends into acting, screen and stage production, and the memoir More Myself: A Journey.
Artist background sources
Sony Music Japan: Alicia Keys profile
Japanese label profile supports piano training, classical/jazz study, American singer-songwriter identity and named early albums; dated promotional totals and local release dates omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Alicia Keys: official music and biography
Supports producer/acting/stage roles, named song repertoire and More Myself: A Journey; all sales totals excluded. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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