6.1 2001–2011: Aaliyah Memorial Fund, Queen of the Damned and compilations.2.3 2001: Aaliyah and Queen of the Damned.2.2 1996–2000: One in a Million and Romeo Must Die.2.1 1991–1995: Age Ain't Nothing but a Number.
Billboard lists her as the tenth most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years, and the 27th most successful in history. Her accolades include three American Music Awards and two MTV VMAs, along with five Grammy Award nominations.
In the decades since her death, Aaliyah's music has continued to achieve commercial success, aided by several posthumous releases, and she has sold an estimated 24 to 32 million albums worldwide. Aaliyah’s family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the aircraft's operator, Blackhawk International Airways, which was settled out of court.
The pilot was later found to have traces of cocaine and alcohol in his body and was not qualified to fly the aircraft designated for the flight. On August 25, 2001, Aaliyah died at the age of 22 in an airplane accident in the Bahamas, when the badly overloaded aircraft she was traveling in crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all nine on board. After completing Romeo Must Die, Aaliyah filmed her role in Queen of the Damned, and released, in 2001, her self-titled third and final studio album, which topped the Billboard 200. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 solely on airplay, making Aaliyah the first artist in Billboard history to achieve this goal. She contributed to the film's soundtrack, which spawned the single " Try Again". In 2000, Aaliyah appeared in her first film, Romeo Must Die. After allegations of an illegal marriage with Kelly, Aaliyah ended her contract with Jive and signed with Atlantic Records.Īaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her second album, One in a Million, which sold three million copies in the United States and more than eight million copies worldwide. The album sold three million copies in the United States and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Kelly, who became her mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number.
At the age of 12, Aaliyah signed with Jive Records and her uncle Barry Hankerson's Blackground Records. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop and hip hop, earning her the nicknames the "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop".īorn in Brooklyn but raised in Detroit, she first gained recognition at the age of 10, when she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. Kelly associate Barry Hankerson.Aaliyah Dana Haughton ( / ɑː ˈ l iː ə/ January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), known mononymously as Aaliyah, was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model. The rights to most of Aaliyah’s music is owned by her uncle, Blackground Records chief and longtime R. (At press time it did not appear that the album had been added to other digital retailers.) The unexpected appearance of the hits collection came a month after Complex magazine ran a feature explaining the complicated legal struggles that have kept the singer’s music off online retailers. Previously, the only music available from the singer who tragically died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22 was her 1994 debut, Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, leaving such important works as her One in a Million and Aaliyah albums and “Are You That Somebody?” single missing from iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other online services. 11), featuring such beloved tunes as “One in a Million,” “Try Again,” “Are You That Somebody” and “Rock the Boat.” The 25-track posthumous album appeared unexpectedly on Wednesday night (Jan. UPDATE: Hours after Aaliyah’s greatest-hits collection became available digitally, it was pulled from iTunes and Apple Music.Īfter years of waiting, Aaliyah fans can finally purchase the biggest hits on her Ultimate Aaliyah collection on iTunes and stream it on Apple Music.