November 2007

Ridley Scott's American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington as Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as the detective pursuing him, grossed over $266 million worldwide and received two Academy Award nominations, with Denzel's performance widely praised.

Alicia Keys released her third studio album As I Am, which debuted at number one with 742,000 first-week sales, the largest debut-week total of her career, and produced the hit No One, confirming her as the dominant female figure in mainstream R&B.