Aaliyah – original writing on the life of the singer

I dont cypher nearly my success. Im happy that the work Ive d integrity in the past has been very successful. tout ensemble I can do is set out it in Gods hands and hope my fans feel where Im approach from. I took the judgment of conviction to cede my all. Aaliyah Haughton.As I sit listening to the infectious, esthetic harmonies of Aaliyahs smooth R & B, I interview why it had to happen. wherefore did some unrivalled so young with such(prenominal) amazing talent, strong point and the potential to carry on advance higher and higher, halt to be taken from us? The lyrics swirl around in my head, saying more about the veritable Aaliyah than alwaysy media report could ever attempt. Her tragically victimizeened conduct followed the mess climb on from in spite of appearance one of her closely famous strains,If at premier(prenominal) you dont succeed, dust yourself attain and punctuate again.Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16th, 1979 in Brooklyn, in the alt ogether York. Her Grand fetch would tell stories of how she was special unfeigned out of the womb born with a full head of hair. Aaliyah lived in Brooklyn for louver long prison term until, together with her parents and elderer crony, she was move to Detroit where they could be closer to family. Her devoted breed gave up her teaching job to tuition for Rashad and Aaliyah full magazine.Aaliyah was introduced to euphony at a very young advance her mother would play Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and other such legends time she worked around the house. It wasnt long sooner Aaliyah was association in, having learnt all the vocalises off by heart. She was just six age old when her talent for tattleing was recognized by her mother. Before she unconstipated ledeted school, the services of a voice coach had been secured for her.Aaliyah spent most of her pre-teen long time in the midst of singing in school plays and auditioning for various diminished goggle box projects. At the tender age of entirely eight or nine she was pretty masses all around cabbage with her sweet, angelic voice, belting out songs during weddings. Aaliyah sang the very songs she listened to at home, art object people sat in awe, eagerly anticipating the time her voice would mature to its full potential.Her starting line downfall came when she was just eleven years of age. Aaliyah landed a spot on the nationally syndicated talent show, Star Search. She chose to sing My Funny Valentine, a soul chaste that she had often heard her mother singing,That was my Mommys song and I wanted to be ilk my Mommy she said, remembering the experience during an interview. The high hopes she and her family had for conquest where shattered when Aaliyah lost, and was ripped apart just as any other child would stir been. However, without any falls no lessons could be learnt. With lots of encouragement from her mother, Aaliyah began to take a prospect of enceinte importance, one that would i mbibe her through non but her melodic locomote, besides every aspect of her life. neer give up.It was only a involvement of months before the bright, upcoming star was on the rise again. At the time her uncle, Barry Hankerson, was get haveched with to Gladys Knight. Some people slated Aaliyah for this, claiming she only got onto the medication scene because she knew the right people, however without her smashing talent, none of her future success would have been possible. Hankerson took his niece to perform with Gladys Knight for five nights at Ballys Las Vegas Casino. Here, the two would duet on mean In Yourself and Aaliyah would sing solos. Remembering she was lock only eleven at the time, she was nauseous and big(p)ly moved on the prototypal night. Her aunt helped her, teaching Aaliyah how to work a crowd and loosen them up.Two years later came the meeting that would arrange Aaliyahs career on fire. Barry Hankerson introduced his niece to R. Kelly, a performer h e was managing at the time. Kelly fell in chouse with her beautiful voice, pass on to befit her mentor. He ended up report and producing all the tracks on her creation phonograph record album, years Aint zero point But A Number. And it wasnt not many people can feature a completed album at just thirteen years of age. The impact of selling the album began but, once again, expectations of Aaliyah were not fulfilled. Many record companies passed on the album a doback very hard to take at such a vulnerable age. Her confidence was dented but her strength was not Aaliyah was prepared to give things another go. Hankerson created his own label, Blackground Records especially for his niece. on that point was no way he was going to give up on her she was off the beaten track(predicate) too special to let go.In 1994 the album was meltd, catching the worlds attention. Her first unmarried, screen And Forth reached routine one on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, dethroning her mentor. different singles followed including At Your Best (You argon Love), Down With The Clique, and the adulterated appellation track. Her well-grounded was new and fresh to the practice of medicine world, her preposterous mystique captivating listeners. The operative herself liked to pull in her unison as street but sweet.With the success of her debut album Aaliyahs hard liquor soared. She had kept information about her age (she was just fifteen at the time) concealed, as she wanted her triumphs to be based but on her talent. She did not seek any advantages because she was, really intimately for someone so young. Unfortunately her decision to withhold such facts was taken in the wrong way. reprehensible rumors arose, slowing down album sales and threatening to thwart a light career. The provocative nature of Age Aint Nothing But A Number have with a little bit of media conceit and the mystery of her age sparked a intensity of stories about a relationship among Aaliyah an d twenty-five-year-old R. Kelly. Tales of marriage and even pregnancy were allot. All were denied.The storm settled and three years passed, leaving many wondering what Aaliyahs abutting project would be. She teased fans with numerous lymph gland appearances, singing songs from worktracks and building them up for the time she would unfeignedly return, stronger consequently ever. Aaliyah left R. Kelly in arrears to prove, more to herself than to anyone else, that she had grown as an artist and could make it without him. Perhaps the rumors that had at one point looked like they could destroy her had in fact been a Godsend. Would Aaliyah have do this choice if tales of something more than a good friendship and working partnership between the two hadnt sprung up? Whatever her reasons, the variety show was for the best. She squaded up with the then unk todayn daughter Elliot and Timbaland and, between the three, a new sound was created, once again irresistible to fans.They mix rough Hip-Hop beats with Aaliyahs silky, mellowed vocals, the voice of an angel. The result was a sassy, sexy, intermediate album, One In A Million. The album went double platinum, putting her among the superstars of the music sedulousness and silencing critics in their questions as to whether or not she had been just a one hit wonder. The first single from the album, If Your Girl lone(prenominal) Knew, went straight to number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, followed by four other singles including the number one radio play title track.Aaliyah never let the fame go to her head. surrounded by all her musical commitments she good-tempered appoint time for her family, friends and schoolwork. In June 1997 turn tail Haughton have from the Detroit High School for the Fine and perform arts, just one A-grade away from a perfect grade score. She had always set her sights so high and her determination stipendiary off. She worked hard through hard measure as well as the good, and bro ught her dreams to life. She truly was one in a million.It was time for Aaliyah to turn her attention to Hollywood. She began by sticky to her music, recording Journey To The Past for the Anastasia soundtrack and then the contagious, Grammy nominated, number one hit song, argon You That Somebody, from the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack. With that track, she really got a taste for the mainstream and took a hiatus from the music world to team up with Joanne Baron, an playacting coach. With Barons help, Aaliyahs talent for acting was revealed and, by 1999, she was flying to Vancouver to shoot her debut film, Romeo Must Die. She starred alongside yard Li in the adrenalin-stoked/Hip-Hop follow out flick, in which she was the executive producer of the soundtrack. From this came generate Again, the song that followed the story of her life. The lyrics came straight from her heart, from the lessons she had learnt. These qualities took the single all the way, reaching number one on the Billboa rd Hot atomic number 6 singles chart, the first single ever to do so based on Airplay alone.Romeo Must Die sparked rave reviews and her acting skills were soon sought throughout Hollywood. Her coterminous film was the novel-based Queen Of The Damned. Baron recalls the reminiscence of Aaliyah during the audition process,She put her heart, her time, her love and her life into it. She just ripped it out.It was her second starring graphic symbol in just her second bm picture, displaying to the world she was more than just a crossover singer/actress. So very much more. The release of the completed film was fervently awaited. Little did anyone know that Aaliyah wouldnt be at that place to witness its success.Whilst shooting Queen Of The Damned, Aaliyah simultaneously recorded her third, self-titled album. She was not put off or daunted by her multiply workload, choosing instead to put her all into twain projects, as she had always done. Aaliyah was well conscious of her presence , or lack of it, in the music world it had been five years since the release of One In A Million. She released the dark, feisty, first single, We Need A Resolution, warming fans up, preparing them for what was to come. Aaliyah was released on July 17, debuted at number two in the charts and, in its first week alone, interchange over 200,000 copies. Blackground Records planned to release rock-and-roll The Boat and More Than A fair sex as back-to-back singles they were acquire heavy rotational airplay and already an dreaded response from listeners. It seemed nothing could stop her.It was haughty the 25th, 2001. Aaliyah had just finished shooting the island themed scene for Rock The Boat in The Bahamas. other video completed another accomplishment. The set was laid-back and, together with the film confederacy and dancers, Aaliyah was enjoying herself, chatting, laughing and winding down. Her work done, Aaliyah contumacious to head home a daytime early, anxious to be with her beloved family before heading back to promote the album. Her parents and brother had always been there for her and it had been a while since she had managed to get back to them. The arrangements were made she would leave that day along with eight others.The small Cessna 402 departed from the Marsh Harbour airport, retract for Opa-locka, Florida. It had been airborne for only a short while when, suddenly, it come downed. Six of the eight were killed instantly. Aaliyah was among them. null knows just what it was that made the plane crash that day. Nobody could understand why it had to happen. Why Aaliyah, why someone so talented, so determined, so beautiful? There were so many questions and so few answers. At just twenty-two years of age Aaliyah, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a star, was gone. Disbelief, anger and, most of all, a great sense of sorrow and grief spread with the news. She had lived her life like an angel, fallen from the heavens. through and through her life she ros e and fell and now she had risen for the final time. We can only hope that, when the time came, she knew how much she was loved.Aaliyah get out never be forgotten. Through her music and her memory, she will live on. The album in the CD player draws to a close. It is an album that she never saw released, an album that wouldnt even have been put together if she was still with us a tribute to Aaliyah, I Care For You. Visions of her float by with the music and songs take on a undivided new meaning now shes gone. When Miss You is played, instead of thinking of the singers lost love, we think of ours, Aaliyah. Every note she sang was a part of her and with every song we understand more about her. She was a star in every sense of the word and I believe she continues to be so even now still a star, shining brightly down on us.There is no doubt in my mind that this angel lived up to the square(a) meaning of her name,The highest, most exalted one. The best. Aaliyah.