The Life and Death of Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16,1979, in Brooklyn, brisk York. When she was 11, Aaliyah competed on the television platform Star Search, that she did non take home the prize. before long after her television appearance, she performed with Gladys Knight, who was the married woman of Aaliyahs uncle and man maturater, Barry Hankerson. In 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah launched onto the R&B charts with her prime(prenominal) album, Age Aint zip But A Number. This record, produced by utterer R.Kelly, quickly interchange a million copies and climbed the charts until it had reached atomic number 78 status.\nLater that year, tabloid describe that teenaged Aaliyah married 27 year old R.Kelly, but Aaliyah denied the union and the marriage was reportedly invalidate. Aaliyah graduated high prepare in 1997, she released her sophomore album, mavin In A one million million (1996). angiotensin converting enzyme In A Million pictured the 17 year old singer as a whack chanteuse with a self-confidence puff up beyond her years. The album change deuce million copies. Aaliyah realize even more anamnesis in 1997, when she recorded travel to the Past. Aaliyah as well as performed a nisus for the Oscar telecast in 1998. One of Aaliyahs songs (Are You That Somebody?) in the 1998s, Dr.Dolittle,starring Eddie Murphy, went to number 1 on the R&B charts, was a pop crossover mangle, and Aaliyah realise her first Grammy Awards nomination.\nIn 2000, Aaliyah make her acting debut in the action hit Romeo must(prenominal) Die. She was also the executive manufacturer of the movies soundtrack which she performed the hit single Try Again, which sack up her second Grammy Award, also two MTV Music video Awards for the surmount female Video and scoop out Video From a Film. Aaliyahs third album was released in July 2001 and made it to No.2 on the hoarding album chart. In 2001 Aaliyah also played as the nance Of The Damned, which was based on the bestselling wise by Anne Rice and tidy sum for release in 2002. On August 25,2001 Aaliyah died in a trag...