Aaliyah

Aaliyah
Aaliyah in 2000
Background information
Birth name	Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Born	(1979-01-16)January 16, 1979 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	August 25, 2001 (aged 22) Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas
Genres	R&B pop hip hop soul
Occupation(s)	Singer actress dancer model
Years active	1989–2001
Labels	Blackground Records Jive Atlantic Virgin Universal Interscope
Website	Aaliyah.com

Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and model.

She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. From her youth, she began to sing: she did singing competitions, castings and shows. Her career began in 1994 with the release of her first album Age Ain't Nothing But A Number. She continued going to the High School of the Performing Arts after this.

In 1996, Aaliyah's second album, One in a Million. Aaliyah always wanted to act and she got the leading role in Romeo Must Die (2000). Then she starred in Queen of the Damned in 2002.

In 2001, Aaliyah returned to music with her third eponymous album, she put a lot into it, as a singer and as an executive producer. She worked on it with her uncle. After completing her music video Rock the Boat, she was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001 at age of 22. She was going to be in the movie The Matrix Reloaded, but the filmmakers had to use another person after her death.