Post by Journey2herpast on Oct 22, 2005 10:30:56 GMT -5
*Born January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York, Aaliyah (Haughton) now makes Detroit her home. Aaliyah began her performing at the young age of 11 when she sang on-stage with Gladys Knight's troupe in Las Vegas. Nicknamed, "Liyah," Aaliyah just graduated from the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts (June, '97). With 2 hit LPs by the time she was 18 years old, Aaliyah has already established herself as an up-and-coming R&B force. After a childhood of intermittent performances including Star Search and TV pilots, Aaliyah's uncle, Barry Hankerson (Gladys Knight's ex-husband) introduced Aaliyah to a performer he was managing, R. Kelly. The meeting resulted in Kelly producing (and writing most songs on) Aaliyah's debut LP, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number.
1994
JUNE
*Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was released and gave Aaliyah 2 Top 5 pop hits: "Back And Forth" and "At Your Best (You Are Love)."
*The single "Back & Forth" was certified gold.
JULY
*Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was certified gold.
SEPTEMBER
*Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was certified platinum.
OCTOBER
*The single "At Your Best" was certified gold.
1995
*Aaliyah appeared on the soundtrack for Low Down Dirty Shame with "The Thing I Like."
1996
APRIL
*Aaliyah could be heard on the soundtrack for Sunset Park with "Are You Ready."
AUGUST
*Aaliyah's alliance with Kelly was not present on her 2nd LP released - One In A Million. The LP gave Aaliyah another Top 10 pop hit with "If Your Girl Only Knew" as well as the hits "One In A Million" and "4 Page Letter." Another track on the LP was a remake of Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up." Aaliyah extended her reputation for sultry, street-wise sounds and videos. The Source proclaimed: "...Aaliyah is ready to showcase her mature side..."
OCTOBER
*One In A Million was certified gold.
1997# 20 Singles Artist of the Year
JANUARY
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "One In A Million."
*"One In A Million" topped the Billboard R&B Singles Airplay chart for 6 weeks.
FEBRUARY
*One In A Million was certified platinum.
JUNE
*One In A Million was certified 2x platinum.
JULY
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "4 Page Letter."
OCTOBER
*A good start with getting into movies came with Aaliyah's contribution to the Anastasia soundtrack with the track "Journey To The Past."
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "The One I Gave My Heart To."
*The single "The One I Gave My Heart To" was certified gold.
NOVEMBER
*Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "The One I Gave My Heart To."
1998# 36 Singles Artist of the Year
JUNE
*Aaliyah could be heard on the Dr. Doolittle soundtrack with the Top 5 hit "Are You That Somebody?" (and seen in the film with a cameo appearance).
*As for her next LP, Aaliyah told MTV: "I haven't really started anything just yet... I do have some ideas... I'm gonna keep them a secret... but definitely I will be working with my family (including Missy Elliott and Ginuwine)... but as far as other ideas, I haven't really decided a lot of things just yet."
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Soul Train Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ("One On A Million").
AUGUST
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "Are You That Somebody?"
*Aaliyah topped the Billboard R&B Singles Airplay chart with "Are You That Somebody?" for 8 weeks.
SEPTEMBER
*Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "Are You That Somebody?"
1999
JANUARY
*Aaliyah was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.
FEBRUARY
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Are You That Somebody?").
*Aaliyah was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video (all for "Are You That Somebody?").
AUGUST
*Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Song and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ("Are You That Somebody?").
SEPTEMBER
*Aaliyah was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best R&B Video and Best Video from a Film ("Are You That Somebody?").
*Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for Music Of The Heart with "Turn The Page."
DECEMBER
*Aaliyah showed up on the soundtrack for Next Friday with "I Don't Wanna."
2000# 34 Singles Artist of the Year
MARCH
*New material by Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for Romeo Must Die including a track with DMX, "Come Back In One Piece" and the tracks "Try Again" and "Are You Feelin' Me?" Aaliyah also starred in the film. She also talked with MTV about the movie and her next LP: "I had to stop the album to do the movie and then stop it again to do the soundtrack."
APRIL
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "Try Again."
MAY
*The Romeo Must Die soundtrack was certified platinum.
JUNE
*Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "Try Again" which also hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week (the first song without a commercial single release to ever do so).
AUGUST
*Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single - Solo and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ("Try Again").
SEPTEMBER
*Aaliyah took home 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film ("Try Again") and the video was also nominated for Best Choreography (Fatima Robinson). The video was also nominated for 2 Billboard Music Video Awards for Maximum Vision Video and Best R&B Clip of the Year.
2001# 108 Singles Artist of the Year
FEBRUARY
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Try Again").
JULY
*Aaliyah released Aaliyah.
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "We Need A Resolution."
AUGUST
* August 25th Aaliyah passed away when her plane went down in the Bahamas shortly after take off on route toward Miami. Aaliyah had just finished shooting a new music video for the single "Rock The Boat" and was returning to Florida. Aaliyah was to continue filming her role for the sequel to The Matrix. Aaliyah did finish her work with the film Queen Of The d**ned which will be released in 2002.
*Aaliyah, her self-titled CD was certified platinum.
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year ("Try Again").
1994
JUNE
*Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was released and gave Aaliyah 2 Top 5 pop hits: "Back And Forth" and "At Your Best (You Are Love)."
*The single "Back & Forth" was certified gold.
JULY
*Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was certified gold.
SEPTEMBER
*Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was certified platinum.
OCTOBER
*The single "At Your Best" was certified gold.
1995
*Aaliyah appeared on the soundtrack for Low Down Dirty Shame with "The Thing I Like."
1996
APRIL
*Aaliyah could be heard on the soundtrack for Sunset Park with "Are You Ready."
AUGUST
*Aaliyah's alliance with Kelly was not present on her 2nd LP released - One In A Million. The LP gave Aaliyah another Top 10 pop hit with "If Your Girl Only Knew" as well as the hits "One In A Million" and "4 Page Letter." Another track on the LP was a remake of Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up." Aaliyah extended her reputation for sultry, street-wise sounds and videos. The Source proclaimed: "...Aaliyah is ready to showcase her mature side..."
OCTOBER
*One In A Million was certified gold.
1997# 20 Singles Artist of the Year
JANUARY
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "One In A Million."
*"One In A Million" topped the Billboard R&B Singles Airplay chart for 6 weeks.
FEBRUARY
*One In A Million was certified platinum.
JUNE
*One In A Million was certified 2x platinum.
JULY
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "4 Page Letter."
OCTOBER
*A good start with getting into movies came with Aaliyah's contribution to the Anastasia soundtrack with the track "Journey To The Past."
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "The One I Gave My Heart To."
*The single "The One I Gave My Heart To" was certified gold.
NOVEMBER
*Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "The One I Gave My Heart To."
1998# 36 Singles Artist of the Year
JUNE
*Aaliyah could be heard on the Dr. Doolittle soundtrack with the Top 5 hit "Are You That Somebody?" (and seen in the film with a cameo appearance).
*As for her next LP, Aaliyah told MTV: "I haven't really started anything just yet... I do have some ideas... I'm gonna keep them a secret... but definitely I will be working with my family (including Missy Elliott and Ginuwine)... but as far as other ideas, I haven't really decided a lot of things just yet."
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Soul Train Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Female ("One On A Million").
AUGUST
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "Are You That Somebody?"
*Aaliyah topped the Billboard R&B Singles Airplay chart with "Are You That Somebody?" for 8 weeks.
SEPTEMBER
*Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "Are You That Somebody?"
1999
JANUARY
*Aaliyah was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.
FEBRUARY
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Are You That Somebody?").
*Aaliyah was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video (all for "Are You That Somebody?").
AUGUST
*Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Song and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ("Are You That Somebody?").
SEPTEMBER
*Aaliyah was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best R&B Video and Best Video from a Film ("Are You That Somebody?").
*Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for Music Of The Heart with "Turn The Page."
DECEMBER
*Aaliyah showed up on the soundtrack for Next Friday with "I Don't Wanna."
2000# 34 Singles Artist of the Year
MARCH
*New material by Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for Romeo Must Die including a track with DMX, "Come Back In One Piece" and the tracks "Try Again" and "Are You Feelin' Me?" Aaliyah also starred in the film. She also talked with MTV about the movie and her next LP: "I had to stop the album to do the movie and then stop it again to do the soundtrack."
APRIL
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "Try Again."
MAY
*The Romeo Must Die soundtrack was certified platinum.
JUNE
*Aaliyah hit the Top 10 with "Try Again" which also hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week (the first song without a commercial single release to ever do so).
AUGUST
*Aaliyah was nominated for 2 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards for Best R&B/Soul Single - Solo and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video ("Try Again").
SEPTEMBER
*Aaliyah took home 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video and Best Video from a Film ("Try Again") and the video was also nominated for Best Choreography (Fatima Robinson). The video was also nominated for 2 Billboard Music Video Awards for Maximum Vision Video and Best R&B Clip of the Year.
2001# 108 Singles Artist of the Year
FEBRUARY
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("Try Again").
JULY
*Aaliyah released Aaliyah.
*Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "We Need A Resolution."
AUGUST
* August 25th Aaliyah passed away when her plane went down in the Bahamas shortly after take off on route toward Miami. Aaliyah had just finished shooting a new music video for the single "Rock The Boat" and was returning to Florida. Aaliyah was to continue filming her role for the sequel to The Matrix. Aaliyah did finish her work with the film Queen Of The d**ned which will be released in 2002.
*Aaliyah, her self-titled CD was certified platinum.
*Aaliyah was nominated for a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year ("Try Again").
