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Aaliyah: BIO!On January 16th 1979 the world was blessed with the birth of Aaliyah Dana Haughton in Brooklyn, New York. Aaliyah was raised by her father, mother and brother Rashad Haughton in Detroit. At age 9 she appeared on "Star Search" (1983), the TV program and sang "My Funny Valentine", a song which her mother had sung years earlier. At age 11, she sang with Gladys Knight in a five-night stint in Las Vegas. In 1992, she began to work on her debut album with the help of singer R. Kelly. The album, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number" was released in 1994 and received heavy praise. Aaliyah came under attack shortly after when reports suggested she was married to R. Kelly. At the time, she was 15, he was 27. The marriage was apparently annulled. In 1995, she began to work on her 2nd album, alongside Jermaine Dupri, Tim Mosley, Slick Rick and Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott'. The album, titled 'One In A Million' was released on August 27th 1996. In 1998 she released the single, 'Are you that somebody?' from the Doctor Dolittle (1998) soundtrack, it was produced by her friends Tim Mosley. Later that year she released the single 'Journey to the past', from the Anastasia (1997) soundtrack. In 2000, she made her film acting debut and starred as Trish O'Day in the smash hit, hip-hop, kung fu film, Romeo Must Die (2000) alongside Jet Li. The producer was so impressed by her performance she got parts in The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003). She made numerous records for the soundtrack and released 'Try Again', for which she was nominated with 'Best female video' and 'Best Video in a film' with MTV. In 2001 she was nominated with 2 awards for MTV, the 'Breakthrough female' and 'best performing female'. In July 2001 she released her third album, the self-titled, 'Aaliyah'. In early August of the same year she filmed the video for the single 'More Than a woman', taken off the album and on the 23rd August she started filming for 'Rock The Boat', on Abaco Island, in the Bahamas. On 25th August, filming was completed and her and eight of her crew members including her hair stylist and bodyguard boarded a small plane. Shortly after take off, the plane crashed and exploded, Aaliyah and all on board, perished. Aaliyah's funeral was held on Friday August 31st in New York, and 22 white doves were flown to celebrate each year of her life. Soon after her death, the hit singles 'More Than a woman' and 'Rock The Boat' were released from her third album. In 2002, the film Queen of the Damned (2002) by Anne Rice was released in which Aaliyah played the lead, Queen Akasha. She was nominated for best Villain at the MTV movie awards 2002. Looking back at her biography, it's no wonder her name means 'Highest, most exhalted one; the best', she had achieved so much in her short life of 22 years.

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ARTISTS ABOUT AALIYAHAaliyah lives on in many people's hearts... Here are her friends and other artists talking. "She was like blood. Me and her together had this chemistry . . . beyond the music she was a brilliant person. . . the most special person I ever met." Timbaland "Aaliyah and I were the same age, but she started before me. When she made her first album I thought she was so pretty and so different. I loved the sound of her voice, the way she delivered her message. I had a lot of her pictures on my wall when I was making my first record. She just always seemed like she had it together, and everything she presented to the public seemed like the truth of who she was; it never seemed like a front. I was just talking with a friend who told me, 'I feel so stupid for crying because I never knew Aaliyah,' and I said,'You do know her because everything you saw was who she was.' I know she was very close to her family, and that's all I can think about when I think of Aaliyah because I'm so close to Ray J and my mother and my father. I got that from her, just the love she had for her family and God, and for herself - to me, that represents spirituality. You know, people tried to put us against each other and make it competitive when I first came out, but she was really one of my favorite artists. She just had a different sound, like a R&B Sade. Her voice is kinda healing. You just want to sit back and relax - her music does that to me. I couldn't wait to see what she was going to do next." Brandy "She was the best person I ever knew . . . I never met a person like her in my life. Wherever we were was like our little party in our own little world." Damon Dash "One day we will be together again... We will always love you." Janet Jackson "We just got offstage, someone paged us and we were praying it was a rumor. Then someone else paged us and we turned on the TV because we figured if it were true it would be on the news. We eventually saw it and the whole tour bus was all in tears. She was the first person to embrace Destiny's Child. She was so sweet always, and she was one of the most beautiful people I've ever known on the inside as well as on the out. She was so sweet and talented and it's just tragic. It's very sad. Our makeup artist was also on the plane. Every night we pray for her family and everyone else's family.' Beyonce Knowles It was a shock. 'It just came out of nowhere. And I said, 'How did she die?' and someone said, 'The plane crash'. There's so many ways to die and it's horrible that she had to go. The way that she went was the way that none of us want to leave. Aaliyah had a lot of bright plans for the future and she was on her way.' Lisa Lopes Two weeks before Aaliyah died I was in a private jet, and there was a rumor that something had happened [to me]. So when I got offstage and my security guard said, 'Somebody told me that Aaliyah's plane went down,' I was like,'whatever, i'm not believing that.' So I got on the TRL tour bus on my way to Chicago - that's when I foound out it was true. I just started crying immediatly. The next day, the show was so sad. I saw Destiny's Child , and they said they had been crying all night. I was proud of Aaliyah for living her dream. She was a singer; her voice was incredible. 'Age Ain't Nothing'...' - that was my theme song, 'cause we were the same age. I was a hip-hop chick and she was R&B, but I just really liked her songs. I wanted to do something with her on my third album. I'll remember her as a beautiful, intelligent, talented woman who was going her thing and she was about to become a megastar." Eve

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Aaliyah - Try Again
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Aaliyah - Rock The Boat
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Aaliyah - I Miss You
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aaliyah tribute-missy eliot & ginuwine
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Aaliyah ft Ginuwine-One in a million mix
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Aaliyah & Beyonce
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Usher's tribute to Aaliyah
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Aaliyah - are you feelin me
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Rashad's speech on Aaliyahs funeral As we live each day on this earth, we write a chapter in the book of our lives. It is a book filled with stories of happiness, laughter, adventure, danger, sadness, joy, pain, and love. Every person that smiles at us as they pass us by on the street; each is important in creating the myriad of memories that make us who we are, I believe that time exists so that we may pinpoint each one of those memories in our book of life.When the time comes for our book to be finished, we can go back and re-experience any moment that we wish to for however long we desire.God has decided that Aaliyah's book is done, and now she can sit by his side and enjoy flipping through the pages of her life and finally learn the meaning of the mystery we are all still living here on earth. Aaliyah was my little sister, my best friend, my hero, my perfect love. I knew all her little secrets and she knew all of mine. Whenever I was lost or felt there was no way out, she was there to take my hand and guide me through. What made her so special was that although she was a star, when you met her she made you feel like a star. Babygirl, I will see your smile in every sunrise and feel the warmth of your touch in its rays. I will remember how your tears cleansed my soul in every raindrop and your kiss like the wind on my face. When the birds sing I'll hear your angelic voice resonate through the sky. I'll look at the moon and stars and see the twinkle in your eye, I'll walk the earth knowing that you are everywhere. Looking down from heaven, waiting for your big brother to get there. Hold her for me God, Amen.