My Unhealthy Alicia Keys Crush

Alicia Keys' new album, As I Am, doesn’t come out until Nov. 13, but her passionate, piano-pounded first single, No One, makes me think her third studio effort could be lethally good.

Of course, my ability to fairly critique the classically trained Keys has been hindered ever since I met her face-to-face at the MTV VMA's and realized she was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF ALL TIME. I also saw her at the Grammys a few years ago. Now I'm no fashion expert, but I'm fairly certain her backless dress was THE MOST AWESOME SARTORIAL CHOICE IN THE HISTORY OF CLOTHING.

On No One, currently available on iTunes, the 26-year-old New Yorker borrows from Bob Marley and Brahms, weaving classical and Kingston threads into this sweaty, pleading hit. How romantic is this sucker? Nine months from now, there will be thousands of babies named Alicia. That's how romantic.