'The Life and Death of Aaliyah'

'Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16,1979, in Brooklyn, New York. When she was 11, Aaliyah competed on the television set broadcast Star Search, only she did not book home the prize. briefly after her television appearance, she performed with Gladys Knight, who was the wife of Aaliyahs uncle and man suppurater, Barry Hankerson. In 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah launched onto the R&B charts with her commencement exercise record album, advance Aint aught But A Number. This record, produced by singer R.Kelly, quickly change a billion copies and climbed the charts until it had reached platinum status.\n later(prenominal) that twelvemonth, tabloid describe that teenaged Aaliyah get rack upched with 27 year sometime(a) R.Kelly, only Aaliyah denied the union and the hymeneals was reportedly invalidate. Aaliyah gradational high civilize in 1997, she deviationd her arcsecond-year album, One In A gazillion (1996).One In A trillion pictured the 17 year old singer a s a hip-hop chanteuse with a self-reliance well beyond her years. The album change both meg copies. Aaliyah earned notwithstanding more memorial in 1997, when she put down Journey to the Past. Aaliyah in addition performed a call 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 crossing over hit, and Aaliyah earned her first Grammy Awards nomination.\nIn 2000, Aaliyah make her acting founding in the follow up hit Romeo essential Die. She was in like manner the executive producer of the mental pictures soundtrack which she performed the hit single return Again, which netted her second Grammy Award, also two MTV Music video Awards for the best womanly Video and take up Video From a Film. Aaliyahs third gear album was released in July 2001 and made it to No.2 on the Billboard album chart. In 2001 Aaliyah also played as the Queen Of The Damned, which was base on the bestselling legend by Anne strain and set for release in 2002. On August 25,2001 Aaliyah died in a trag...'