Multi platinum singer Alicia Keys released her chart-topping album "As I Am" in November 2007 but is already actively mulling her next record.

"I've been thinking about the next album since we kind of wrapped up this album," says Keys, who's in the middle of a North American tour promoting "As I Am."

"Part of what I've been thinking about is, 'What are the ways that I want to express myself this time?' When I was just finishing recording 'As I Am,' I said to myself that I want to do something that's totally stripped-down, stripped-back, totally piano-based, singer-songwriter; [a] Joni Mitchell, Carole King type of vibe," Keys said about the plans for the new album.

"I might do that, but you never know where life takes you, where the music's going to take you."

According to Keys, the only obstacle to creating new music is finding the time to do it because a worldwide tour is coming up in 2009.

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