Profile
Aaliyah
Singer + Dancer + Actress + Model
Female
Born
Jan 16, 1979
Hometown
New York City
Died
Aug 25, 2001
Death Place
Marsh Harbour
Genres
Hip hop + Soul + ...
Performed With
Jay-Z + Ginuwine ...
Record Label
Virgin Records
Aaliyah Dana Haughton, who performed under the mononym Aaliyah, was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show… Read More
Photos
View newly released photos of Aaliyah.
Family
Discover the family history of Aaliyah.
Aaliyah
d.2001
parents
-
Michael HaughtonFather -
Diane HaughtonMother
siblings
-
Rashad HaughtonBrother, Age 35
News + Updates
Browse recent news and stories about Aaliyah.
-
Music Review; Rapping Through Contrasting MoodsNYTimes - Sep 30, 2010
-
Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: No Aaliyah SuitNYTimes - Jan 07, 2005
-
Arts, Briefly; Hip Hop Ring TonesNYTimes - Jan 04, 2005
-
Record Company Can Sue Over Popular Singer's DeathNYTimes - May 29, 2004
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Aaliyah.
CHILDHOOD

TEENAGE

…
Additionally, she released "The Thing I Like" as part of the soundtrack to the 1994 film A Low Down Dirty Shame.
… Read More
1995
16 Years Old
Aaliyah, who was 15 at the time, was listed as 18 on the certificate; the illegal marriage was annulled in February 1995 by her parents.
… Read More
1997
18 Years Old
Aaliyah attended the Detroit High School for the Performing Arts, where she majored in drama and graduated in 1997.
… Read More

1998
19 Years Old
Aaliyah performed the song at the 1998 Academy Awards ceremony and became the youngest singer to perform at the event.
… Read More
TWENTIES


The first single, "We Need a Resolution", featured Timbaland and was released in late April in the United States. The song reached number fifty nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the issue dated June 9, 2001, and remained on the chart for sixteen weeks. "We Need a Resolution" reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart and the top 30 in Canada.
… Read More
Original Authors of this text are noted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaliyah.
Text is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Text is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.






