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BIOGRAPHY

Born: January 16, 1979
Died: August 25, 2001

A star in the R & B world before she was even in her teens, Aaliyah had a promising career tragically with her death, a break in a plane crash at age 22. Even with only three albums under her belt, she had already earned a place among the tendencies as a talented R & B elite. After a successful transition to a more mature image, Aaliyah played a major role in promoting the stuttering, futuristic production style that hip-hop and urban soul consumed in the late 90s. Her collaboration with Timbaland, especially, has some of the most future-oriented R & B of her time, even if the competing neo-soul movement has gained a reputation. Aaliyah's death comes on the heels of the third and most successful album, which makes it all the more regrettable that it was deprived of the opportunity to continue their creative development.

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, and named after a Swahili word meaning "most exalted." Her uncle, Barry Hankerson, was manager and entertainment lawyer who is married to Gladys Knight for a while, and her mother is a singer, Aaliyah enrolled in voice lessons before school starts. Still very young, she moved with her family in Detroit, where she performed in several plays. At age nine, she succeeded, she auditioned for the show Star Search, where she shot "My Funny Valentine" (and losses). Two years later, thanks to the connections of her uncle Hankerson spent five nights in Las Vegas as part of a Gladys Knight show. Besides her niece, Hankerson was also managing a rising R & B star named R. Kelly, and introduced the two in 1992. Kelly Aaliyah under her wing and was soon writing and producing songs for her.

The first album by Aaliyah, age is not nothing but a song, released in summer 1994 and quickly became a platinum hit by two opponents of the singles "Back & Forth" and "best for your ( you are my love) (Previous Isley Brothers cover). Hitting both the pop Top Ten and went gold, and "Back & Forth" went to number one R & B charts, while " the Best "fell one spot short. At the end of the year, Aaliyah was at the center of controversy when rumors spread that the singer 15 years, Kelly had, which was more than ten years older married. Although both camps were resolutely silent, documents later confirmed that the two Sea in Illinois that August and was granted the annulment shortly thereafter. As the media buzz died down, the two separated, both personally and creatively.