Aaliyah

Aaliyah Biography

Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 August 25, 2001), better known as Aaliyah (pronounced /li/), was an American R&B and pop singer and actress. Introduced to audiences by R&B-pop singer R. Kelly, Aaliyah became famous during the mid-1990s with several hit records from the songwriting/production team of Missy Elliott and Timbaland. She found success with her debut album Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, while introducing a "street but sweet" style which would become her trademark throughout her career followed by two more albums, One In a Million and the self-titled Aaliyah.
In addition to Aaliyah's commercial success, collaborations with Timbaland helped shape the sound of R&B in the later half of the 1990s. She also modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, appeared in a Victoria Secret ad and starred in three motion pictures, Romeo Must Die, Queen of the Damned and Matrix Reloaded, before she and eight others died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001 while filming for the #1 hit single Rock The Boat.[2] Since then, Aaliyah has received much commercial success with hit singles like Miss You, and I Care 4 U. She also had more than 10 Top 25 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including the worldwide #1 hit single Try Again, which became the first song in history to top the Billboard Hot 100 based on airplay alone.