As I Am is the upcoming third studio album by American R&B/soul singer Alicia Keys, set to be released on November 13, 2007. Keys has been working on the album since late 2005, but focused on it greater in 2006.
She first spoke the album's name to the E! News reporter Giuliana DePandi on June 26, at the 2007 BET Awards red carpet pre-show. During the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards she confirmed that her album was finished. Earlier Keys said to MTV: "It's coming together incredibly. I am in love with this album. It's very fresh and new".
The album was put up for listening on MTV's website on November 6, 2007, a week before the album's North American release date. The retail version of the album leaked to the Internet on November 7, 2007.
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