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Aaliyah Dana Haughton

1979-2001

Aaliyah Dana Haughton, 16 January 1979, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, d. 25 August 2001, Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas, West Indies. Although she grew up in Detroit, Michigan, Aaliyah pronounced Ah-Lee-Yah ("highest, most exalted one" in Swahili), initially came to attention as part of the "new jill swing" movement in the mid-90s.

Born January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York, Aaliyah (Haughton). Aaliyah began performing at 11 when she sang on-stage with Gladys Knight in Las Vegas. Nicknamed, "Liyah," Aaliyah just graduated from the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts (June, '97). She had 2 hit LPs by the time she was 18 years old. After a childhood of performaning on Star Search and TV pilots, Aaliyah's uncle, Barry Hankerson (Gladys Knight's ex-husband) introduced Aaliyah to R. Kelly. The meeting resulted in Kelly producing (and writing most of the songs on her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number.

1994

June

Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was released and gave Aaliyah 2 Top 5 pop hits: "Back And Forth" and "At Your Best (You Are Love)." R.

As Aaliyah's star began to rise, rumors surfaced about a possible marriage between 15 year-old Aaliyah and 25+ Kelly. The rumor was never confirmed or denied. The single "Back & Forth" was certified gold.

July

Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was certified gold.

September

Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was certified platinum.

October

The single "At Your Best" was certified gold.

1995

Aaliyah appeared on the soundtrack for Low Down Dirty Shame with "The Thing I Like."

1996

April

Aaliyah appears on the Sunset Park soundtrack with "Are You Ready."

August

One In A Million realeased. It gave Aaliyah another Top 10 pop hit with "If Your Girl Only Knew" as well as the hits "One In A Million" and "4 Page Letter." Another track was a remake of Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up."

October

One In A Million was certified gold. Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "One In A Million."

February

One In A Million was certified platinum.

June

One In A Million was certified 2x platinum.

July

Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "4 Page Letter."

October

November

Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "The One I Gave My Heart To."

1998

# 36 Singles Artist of the Year

June

Dr. Doolittle soundtrack with the Top 5 hit "Are You That Somebody?" (and seen in the film with a cameo appearance). Aaliyah was nominated for a Soul Train Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ("One On A Million").

August

Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "Are You That Somebody?" Aaliyah topped the Billboard R&B Singles Airplay chart with "Are You That Somebody?" for 8 weeks.

September

Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "Are You That Somebody?"

1999

January

Aaliyah was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.

February

Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Are You That Somebody?"). Aaliyah was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video (all for "Are You That Somebody?").

August

Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Song and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ("Are You That Somebody?").

September

Aaliyah was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best R&B Video and Best Video from a Film ("Are You That Somebody?"). Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for Music Of The Heart with "Turn The Page."

December

Aaliyah showed up on the soundtrack for Next Friday with "I Don't Wanna."

2000

# 34 Singles Artist of the Year

March

Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for Romeo Must Die including a track with DMX, "Come Back In One Piece" and the tracks "Try Again" and "Are You Feelin' Me?" Aaliyah also starred in the film.

April

Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "Try Again."

May

The Romeo Must Die soundtrack was certified platinum.

June

Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "Try Again" which also hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week (the first song without a commercial single release to ever do so).

August

Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single - Solo and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ("Try Again").

September

Aaliyah won 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film ("Try Again") and the video was also nominated for Best Choreography (Fatima Robinson). The video was also nominated for 2 Billboard Music Video Awards for Maximum Vision Video and Best R&B Clip of the Year.

2001

# 108 Singles Artist of the Year

February

Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Try Again").

July

Aaliyah released Aaliyah. Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "We Need A Resolution."

August

August 25th- Aaliyah and 8 others were killed when their plane crashed in the Bahamas shortly after take off on route toward Miami. Aaliyah had just finished shooting a music video for "Rock The Boat". Reports about the plane crash cause vary from engine failure to the plane being overloaded with baggage. Aaliyah was suppose to start filming her role in the The Matrix 2. Aaliyah did finish the film Queen Of The Damned.

Aaliyah was certified platinum.

Aaliyah was nominated for a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year ("Try Again").

September

Aaliyah topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart - selling over 300,000 copies in the US during the week after her death.

"Rock The Boat" hit the Top 40.

October

Aaliyah was certified 2x platinum.

December

Aaliyah's brother, Rashad, helped with the finished product of Aaliyah's film Queen Of The Damned by adding dialogue touch-ups.

2002

January

Aaliyah was awarded 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. Aaliyah topped the UK Singles chart with "More Than A Woman."

February

Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Rock The Boat") and Best R&B Album (Aaliyah). Aaliyah's film Queen Of The Damned was released and was the #1 movie in its opening week.

March

Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "More Than A Woman."

Aaliyah won a Soul Train Award for Female R&B/Soul Single ("Rock The Boat")

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