Girl On Fire

Whilst Alicia’s never struggled to win fans on her own, there’s no denying that her collaboration with Jay-Z, on "Empire State Of Mind", brought her soulful tones to a whole new audience. Lesson learned, Ms Keys has organized a load of high-profile hook-ups with the Class of 2012 for her fifth studio album. That includes ubiquitous Brit Emeli Sandé, who co-wrote "Brand New Me", a token rap from crazy Nicki Minaj, on the Inferno remix of the title track, and Frank “The Saviour of R&B” Ocean, who dropped round Alicia’s gaff to compose a few bars for "One Thing". In fact, about the only buzz-name missing here is Monsieur Guetta, but that’s probably no bad thing.