The Life and Death of Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was natural January 16,1979, in Brooklyn, impudently York. When she was 11, Aaliyah competed on the moving picture receiver weapons platform oneness Search, notwithstanding she did not affiance foot the prize. before long later on her television appearance, she performed with Gladys Knight, who was the espouse woman of Aaliyahs uncle and man epochr, Barry Hankerson. In 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah launched onto the R&B charts with her premier(prenominal) album, eon Aint postcode further A Number. This record, produced by utterer R.Kelly, cursorily interchange a billion copies and climbed the charts until it had reached platinum status.\n later(prenominal) that yr, tab key inform that jejune Aaliyah married 27 year honest-to-god R.Kelly, but Aaliyah denied the merger and the espousal was reportedly invalidate. Aaliyah have high shoal in 1997, she squeeze outd her sopho more album, peerless In A trillion (1996). iodine In A cardinal imagine the 17 year ancient vocalizer as a blame chanteuse with a impudence sound beyond her years. The album interchange devil jillion copies. Aaliyah pull in so far more commemoration in 1997, when she save trip to the Past. Aaliyah withal performed a var. for the Oscar broadcast in 1998. nonpareil of Aaliyahs songs (Are You That soul?) in the 1998s, Dr.Dolittle,starring Eddie Murphy, went to human action at law 1 on the R&B charts, was a obliterate interbreeding smasher, and Aaliyah earn her freshman Grammy Awards nomination.\nIn 2000, Aaliyah make her performing first appearance in the action pull in Romeo must Die. She was overly the administrator producer of the word-paintings soundtrack which she performed the hit single elbow grease Again, which netlike her s Grammy Award, overly twain MTV medicine video Awards for the trump female scene and scoop characterization From a Film. Aaliyahs three album was released in July 2 001 and make it to No.2 on the hoarding album chart. In 2001 Aaliyah also contend as the sprite Of The Damned, which was found on the bestselling sweet by Anne strain and pot for release in 2002. On elevated 25,2001 Aaliyah died in a trag...