{{Short description|2020 book by Alicia Keys}} {{Infobox book | italic title = force | name = More Myself: A Journey | image = File:More_Myself.jpg | image caption = | title_orig = | translator = | author = {{hlist|[[Alicia Keys]]|Michelle Burford}} | official website = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = | publisher = [[Flatiron Books]] | release_date = {{Start date|2020|3|31}} | media_type = | pages = 272 | isbn = 9781529046045 | dewey = | congress = | oclc = | followed_by = }}
'''''More Myself: A Journey''''' is a book by American recording artist [[Alicia Keys]], written with the assistance of writer Michelle Burford. The book is the first release on Oprah Winfrey's imprint An Oprah Book.<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Legaspi, Anthea |title=Alicia Keys Details 'More Myself' Autobiography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alicia-keys-more-myself-autobiography-memoir-oprah-winfrey-807947/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |date=2019-03-13|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> The book appeared at number three on ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[The New York Times Best Seller list|Best Seller list]] for Hardcover Nonfiction and at number four for Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardcover Nonfiction |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/04/19/hardcover-nonfiction/ |access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/04/19/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> It also appeared at number seven on ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'''s list of the best selling Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction books.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hardcover Frontlist Nonfiction |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/HardcoverNonfiction.html |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> In 2021, the book won the [[Audie Award]] for Best Narration by Author, while also being nominated for Best Audiobook.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Maher, John |title=2021 Audie Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/85874-2021-audie-award-winners-announced.html |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=2021-06-19 |date=2021-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Pereira, Carina |title=Meet the 2021 Audie Awards Finalists |url=https://bookriot.com/2021-audie-awards/ |website=Book Riot |access-date=2021-06-19 |date=2021-02-24}}</ref>
== Background and release == Keys and Oprah Winfrey announced the book on 30 March 2019 on their respective social media accounts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alicia Keys to Release 'More Myself' Memoir in November |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2019/03/13/alicia-keys-more-myself-memoir/ |website=[[Rap-Up]] |date=2019-03-19|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> Described as "part autobiography, part narrative documentary", Keys expressed much excitement at the announcement of the book's release about both the book and getting to release it through her friend's ([[Oprah Winfrey|Oprah]]'s) imprint.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Canfield |first1=David |title=Alicia Keys to publish memoir More Myself with Oprah |url=https://ew.com/books/2019/03/13/alicia-keys-memoir-more-myself-oprah/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |access-date=2020-03-31 |date=2019-03-13}}</ref> The book was originally slated to be released on November 5, 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Alicia Keys to Publish 'More Myself' Memoir in November |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8502437/alicia-keys-more-myself-memoir |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=2019-03-13|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> The audiobook version narrated by Keys, includes introductions and vignettes by Oprah Winfrey, Bono, Swizz Beatz, Jay Z and Michelle Obama, as well as original music by Keys.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gillette |first1=Sam |title=Alicia Keys Recorded More Myself Audiobook with the Help of Michelle Obama, Oprah, JAY-Z and Bono |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alicia-keys-recorded-more-myself-155559534.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEPVTL5eHrmNicnmz40Uyi-vM1nAXv56AEjHwk8_f1ukVvGSxfg9QIuTM8yCqYb0aTYwSQphAlzqg3znlp116wpwQprbcfNzZYRah9D8eSJmAovATV7m2wvyP4bCpD8qy4KDm3HzGF36vGQUZyLE1yYBVspVyEgkEWYQzoMkXPJR |website=[[Yahoo!]] |date=2020-03-27|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> The memoir in combination with her album ''[[Alicia (album)|Alicia]]'' (2020) were described by Keys as "the best therapy I ever had"<ref>{{cite web |title=Alicia Keys Announces New Album ALICIA |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2019/12/05/alicia-keys-announces-new-album-alicia/ |website=[[Rap-Up]] |access-date=2020-03-31 |date=2019-12-05}}</ref> Keys stated that the book and album are "similar in this exploration, in the concept, in the conversation about identity, and what makes us up to be who we are".<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Noel |title=Alicia Keys Reflects On How Life Experiences Gave Her Permission To Be 'More Myself' |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/27/821654852/alicia-keys-reflects-on-how-life-experiences-gave-her-permission-to-be-more-myse?t=1585402126355 |website=[[NPR]] |date=2020-03-27|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref>
== Promotion == In October 2019, Keys appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' to promote the book and said "I'm definitely looking and I've been on a journey to discover more of who I am and how to be more authentically who I am without kind of worrying about what other people think".<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Zemler |first1=Emily |title=Watch Alicia Keys Perform 'Show Me Love' on 'Kimmel' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alicia-keys-show-me-love-kimmel-902119/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=2019-10-22|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]'' in March 2020, Keys stated that journey to knowing herself has been a struggle for her, saying that "the craziest part is that I didn't know that I didn't know myself".<ref name="cbs"/> Keys also revealed that her mother considered abortion after getting pregnant.<ref name="cbs">{{cite web |title=Alicia Keys on Her Struggle to Know Herself |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alicia-keys-on-her-struggle-to-know-herself/ |website=[[CBS News]] |date=2020-03-22|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> In April 2020, Keys appeared on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' via video call to discuss the book.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Alicia Keys Performs Flo Rida's 'My House' With a Self-Isolation Spin on 'Colbert': Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9350194/alicia-keys-performs-my-house-colbert |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=2020-04-03|access-date=2021-02-07}}</ref> Keys appeared on ''[[El Hormiguero]]'' to promote the Spanish version of the book, ''More Myself: Mi Viaje'', on June 10, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Borrell, J. F. |title=Alicia Keys Revela la Condición Que le Puso Prince Para Trabajar Con Ella: "No Sé Si Te Lo Voy a Poder Prometer" |url=https://www.marca.com/tiramillas/television/2021/06/11/60c27950ca474178378b45c7.html |website=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]] |publisher=[[Unidad Editorial]]|language=Spanish|access-date=2021-06-19 |date=2021-06-11}}</ref>
==Release history== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" | Region ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Format ! scope="col" | Publisher |- !scope="row"| Australia<ref>{{cite web |title=More Myself: A Journey |url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781529046045/ |website=MacMillan|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> | March 30, 2020 | [[Hardcover]], eBook | MacMillan |- !scope="row"| Brazil<ref>{{cite web |title=More Myself (English Edition) |url=https://www.amazon.com.br/More-Myself-Journey-Alicia-Keys-ebook/dp/B07NP3FDVD |publisher=Amazon.br|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> | March 30, 2020 | eBook | [[Flatiron Books]] |- !scope="row"| Spain<ref>{{cite book |title=More Myself: Mi Viaje |language=Spanish| id={{ASIN|8412321405|country=es}} }}</ref> | June 16, 2021 | [[Hardcover]] | Ediciones Camelot |- !scope="row"| Sweden<ref>{{cite web |title=More Myself – Alicia Keys |url=https://www.bokus.com/bok/9781529046069/more-myself/ |publisher=Bokus |language=Swedish|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> | April 4, 2020 | [[Hardcover]] | MacMillan |- !scope="row"| United States<ref>{{cite book |last1=Keys |first1=Alicia |title=More Myself: A Journey |date=31 March 2020 |publisher=[[Flatiron Books]] |isbn=978-1250153296}}</ref> | March 30, 2020 | [[Hardcover]] | [[Flatiron Books]] |- |}
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