Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Muna 2006, Keys akahwina matatu NAACP Image Awards, kusanganisira Akasarudzika Mukadzi Artist uye Akasarudzika Rwiyo rwe "Unbreakable". Akagamuchirawo Starlight Award neSongwriters Hall of Fame. Muna Gumiguru 2006, akaridza izwi raMummy Martian mu "Mission to Mars" chikamu chevana terevhizheni nhepfenyuro The Backyardigans, kwaakaimba rwiyo rwekutanga, "Anenge Zvese Zviri Boinga Pano". Gore iroro chairo, Keys akapotsa apererwa nepfungwa. Ambuya vake vakanga vafa uye mhuri yavo yaitsamira zvikuru paari. Akanzwa kuti aifanira "kutiza" ndokuenda kuEgipita kwevhiki nhatu. Iye akatsanangura, kuti: "Rwendo irworwo rwakanga ruri chaizvoizvo chinhu chinokosha zvikurusa chandakaita nokuda kwangu ndimene muupenyu hwangu kusvikira zvino. Yakanga iri nguva yakaoma zvikuru yandaitarisana nayo, uye yakasvika padanho apo ndaida chaizvoizvo kutiza, chaizvoizvo, ndaida kutiza, nokutendeseka. Uye ndaifanira kuenda kure kure sezvinobvira. "Keys akaita firimu rake rokutanga mukutanga 2007 ari mhosva firimu Smokin 'Aces, co-starring somunhu muurayi ainzi Georgia Sykes pakatarisana Ben Affleck uye Andy García. Keys akagamuchira kurumbidzwa kwakawanda kubva kune vaaitamba navo mufirimu; Ryan Reynolds akamudana kuti "akasikwa kwazvo" uye akati "aizoputika munhu wese". Smokin' Aces yakabudirira zvishoma pabhokisi hofisi, ichiwana $ 57,103,895 pasi rose panguva yayo yemitambo. Mugore rimwe chetero, Keys akawana kumwe kurumbidzwa kwefirimu rake rechipiri, The Nanny Diaries, rakavakirwa pabhuku ra2002 rine zita rimwe chete, kwaakatamba pamwe naScarlett Johansson naChris Evans. The Nanny Diaries yakabudirira zvishoma pamabhokisi emabhokisi, ichiwana $44,638,886 chete munyika yose munguva yayo yemitambo. Iyewo muenzi nyeredzi sezvo pachake ari "Mumwe Munhu Is Island" muchikamu mutambo dzinotevedzana Cane.Keys akasunungura wake wechitatu Studio Album, Sezvo Ndiri, muna November 2007; izvozvo debuted panguva nhamba imwe pamusoro Billboard 200, kutengesa 742,000 makopi muvhiki yayo yokutanga. Yakaita kuti Keys awane kutengesa kukuru kwevhiki rokutanga mubasa rake uye yakava dambarefu rake rechina rakatevedzana nhamba imwe, richimuenzanisa naBritney Spears nokuda kwe...  Mubvunzo: Album rechitatu raKeys rakanga riri vhiki rechipiri rokutengesa kukuru kwegore ripi?
Gore ra2007