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"I DON'T THINK ABOUT MY SUCCESS. I'M HAPPY THAT THE WORK I'VE DONE IN THE PAST HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. ALL I CAN DO IS LEAVE IT IN GOD'S HANDS AND HOPE MY FANS FEEL WHERE IM COMING FROM. I TOOK THE TIME TO GIVE MY ALL."
AALIYAH WAS BORN ON THE 16TH OF JANUARY 1979 IN BROOKLYN,NEW YORK. WHEN SHE WAS FIVE HER FAMILY MOVED TO DETROIT,THIS IS WHERE AALIYAHS STAR STARTED TO SHINE. AALIYAHS MOTHER REALISED AT A YOUNG AGE THE POTENTIAL AALIYAH HAD AND SIGNED HER UP TO VOCAL TRAINING AT AUDITIONS. ONCE AALIYAH WENT TO SCHOOL SHE SIGNED HERSELF UP TO EVERY SCHOOL PLAY THERE WAS GOING. AT NINE YEARS OF AGE AALIYAH APPEARED ON THE TELEVISION SHOW STAR SEARCH WHERE SHE SANG A RENDITION FOR HER MUM OF MY FUNNY VALENTINE,ALTHOUGH SHE CAME SECOND AALIYAH SHOWED WHAT A STAR SHE WAS BY GREETING THE WINNER AND SMILING.JUST TWO YEARS LATER AALIYAH WAS SINGING ON STAGE IN LAS VEGAS WITH HER AUNT GLADYS KNIGHT.
AALIYAH WENT ON TO SIGN WITH HER UNCLES RECORD LABEL BLACKGROUND RECORDINGS. IN 1992 WHEN AALIYAH WAS THIRTEEN SHE MET RNB ARTIST R.KELLY,THE TWO OF THEM WOULD GO ON TO PRODUCE AND SING VARIOUS RECORDING PRODUCTS. HER FIRST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1994 CALLED AGE AINT NOTHIN BUT A NUMBER,THE ALBUM AND THE SINGLE BACK AND FORTH TOPPED THE CHARTS CREATING A STAR. THIS DIDNT AFFECT AALIYAH AS SHE REMAINED AT SCHOOL TO FINISH HER STUDIES IN PERFORMING ARTS AND DANCE. SHE ALSO COLLABERATED WITH ACTS LIKE JUNIOR MAFIA,KRISS KROSS AND MADE AN APPEARANCE IN THE NOTORIUOS B.I.G.VIDEO CALLED ONE MORE CHANCE.
PARTING WITH R.KELLY, AALIYAH TEAMED UP WITH THE MAN SHE WOULD WORK ON TWO ALBUMS WITH PRODUCER TIMBERLAND, TO MAKE HER SECOND ALBUM THE DOUBLE PLATINUM ONE IN A MILLION. WITH HIT SINGLES LIKE ONE IN AMILLION AND 4 PAGE LETTER AALIYAH CEMENTED HERSELF AS A RNB SUPERSTAR. SHE WAS SOON FEATURING IN MAGAZINES ALL OVER THE WORLS SUCH AS ELLE,SEVENTEEN AND COSMO. AALIYAH FURTHED HER HOLLYWOOD AMBITION BY RECORDING SOUNDTRACKS TO MOVIES SUCH AS DR DOOLITTLE AND ANASTASHIA.AALIYAH BECAME ONE OF THE YOUNGEST PERFORMERS TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY AWARDS TO SING JOURNEY TO THE PAST.
2000 WAS THE YEAR AALIYAHS CAREER REALLY WENT WILD SHE TOOK THE ROLE OF TRISH O'DAY IN ROMEO MUST DIE A MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE STARRING JET LI. AS WELL AS STARRING IN THE FILM AALIYAH WROTE,PRODUCED AND SANG ON THE MOVIES SOUNDTRACK, WHICH ALSO FEATURED DESTINYS CHILD. SHE AGAIN WORKED WITH PRODUCER TIMBERLAND TO RELEASE HER THIRD AND LAST ALBUM SIMPLY TITLED AALIYAH,WITH HITS SUCH AS WE NEED A RESOLUTION TRY AGAIN AND ROCK THE BOAT. TRY AGAIN EARNED HER TWO GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR BEST FEMALE VIDEO AND BEST VIDEO FROM A FILM. SHE FOLLOWED ROMEO MUST DIE WITH QUEEN OF THE DAMNED WERE SHE PLAYED WITH STYLE AKASHA QUEEN OF ALL VAMPIRES AND WAS TO FOLLOW UP WITH A BACK TO BACK ROLE IN THE MATRIX.
EVERYTHING SEEMED PERFECT FOR AALIYAH, SHE HAD TWO MOVIES UNDER HER BELT CREATING A NICE LITTLE MOVIE CAREER FOR HERSELF, SHE WAS ENGAGED TO DAMON DASH HEAD OF ROCCAWEAR AND HAD THREE VERY SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS. BUT ON THE 25TH OF AUGUST 2001 TRAGEDY STRUCK. AALIYAH HAD JUST FINISHED SHOOTING HER NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ROCK THE BOAT IN THE BAHAMMAS AND WAS PLANNING TO FLY BACK TO NEW YORK FOR OTHER WORK COMMITMENS. SHE BOARDED A CESNA PLANE WITH 8 OF HER CREW AND FRIENDS WHEN THE PLANE SUDDENLY CRASHED KILLING ALL ON BOARD. THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. SHE WAS JUST TWENTY TWO YEARS OLD.
