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AALIYAH
 

AALIYAH is an american new-jill-swing chanteuse born AALIYAH DANA HAUGHTON on the 16/01/1979 in the heart of Brooklyn/New-York, but grow up in Detroit/Michigan.

Her uncle, BARRY HANKERSON, manager of R. KELLY, is married to GLADYS KNIGHT. AALIYAH appeared in the TV broadcast musical show Star Search at 10. HANKERSON presents her to R. KELLY. He produces her first album "AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER" in 1994.

Next, AALIYAH will work with severals producers like TIMBALAND. For movies, she plays in "Romeo must die". For the soundtrack, she sings her greatest hit "TRY AGAIN" (#1 in the USA on the 17/06/2000 for only one week, #5 in Great Britain and in Germany, #8 in Australia and in Switzerland), containing samples from ERIC B. AND RAKIM's "I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL". In the U.K., her best seller single track is "MORE THAN A WOMAN" (#1 in Great Britain on the 19/01/2002 for one week).

AALIYAH leaves us the 26/08/2001 about 6 a.m. in a crash airplane around Abaco/Bahamas.



  HIT SINGLES

Year

1. BACK AND FORTH 1994 16 05 38
2. AT YOUR BEST (YOU ARE LOVE) <<< cover from ISLEY BROTHERS 1994 27 06 40
3. AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER 1995 32 75  
4. DOWN WITH THE CLIQUE 1995 33    
5. THE THING I LIKE 1995 33    
6. IF YOUR GIRL ONLY KNEW 1996 15 11  
7. GOT TO GIVE IT UP <<< cover from MARVIN GAYE 1996 37    
8. ONE IN A MILLION 1997 15    
9. FOUR PAGE LETTER 1997 24    
10. THE ONE I GAVE MY HEART TO 1997 30 09 74
11. HOT LIKE FIRE (feat. MISSY ELLIOTT) 1997 30    
12. JOURNEY TO THE PAST {"Anastasia" soundtrack} 1998 22    
13. ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY ? {"Dr. Dolittle" soundtrack} 1998 11 21 03
14. I DON'T WANNA {"Romeo must die" soundtrack} 2000   35  
15. TRY AGAIN {"Romeo must die" soundtrack} 2000 05 01 03
16. COME BACK IN ONE PIECE (feat. DMX) {"Romeo must die" soundtrack} 2000     59
17. ARE YOU FEELIN' ME {"Romeo must die" soundtrack} 2000      
18. WE NEED A RESOLUTION (feat. TIMBALAND) 2001 20 59 37
19. MORE THAN A WOMAN 2001 01 25 38
20. I REFUSE 2001      
21. ROCK THE BOAT 2001 12 14 12
22. MISS YOU 2002   03 14
23. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YA 2003 22   57
24. COME OVER 2003   32