Aaliyah in General

Aaliyah was a singer, dancer and actress who was very famous in America and only just making a big impact on the UK. She had so much to look forward to, as it seemed she was going to be even more famous than she already was. Unfortunately Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash whilst returning from a video shoot in the Bahamas. Nine people were killed altogether. The crash was thought to have been caused by engine failure. Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16th 1979 in Brooklyn New York. Her name means ‘highest, most exalted one” in Arabic. Many say her name is Swahili but it is a Muslim name, and Aaliyah herself explained her parents found the ...  Read the complete review

Aaliyah was one of the finest r and b singers that the world had ever come across. But, strangely, she failed to really do well in the UK. In her short, but jam packed life, Aaliayh managed to achieve many accomplishments to be proud of. Back in 1994, 16 year old Aaliyah Haughton first entered the world of showbiz by releasing the album "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number". She worked with ever so popular R Kelly to produce a satisying blend of r and b and hip hop. The two appeared to be very close, and many rumours shot around the world tghat they were engadged (this eventually proved to be false). There was also some speculation to just how old ...  Read the complete review

I could call her a diva - but she wasn't. She was too sweet and too gentle to ever be a diva in today's sense of the word. She wasn't a 'pop princess', either, or a 'pop idol'. She was Aaliyah. The girl next door, thought more beautiful than most of our neighbours. She had talent, beauty, personality - she was an icon. A beacon for the rest of us to look up to, in a time when so many r'n'b and hip hop stars have messed up their lives with drugs and violence. She kept it clean, she made good music. 'Age ain't nothing but a number' was the first album I ever bought and she hasn't let me down since. Aaliyah should ...  Read the complete review

Aaliyah should be an international superstar of Janet Jackson proportions. Yet, for whatever reason, the slender caramel-brown songstress has hit a glass ceiling in the fame department,after releasing two well recieved double platinum albums. So what's a diva in training to do? Hook up with extended family member and all- world producer Timbaland, again. This time, for your self-titled 3rd album, you release an adventurous single about relationship turmoul. "We Need a Resolution" with its twisted, futuristic chamber music,is the perfect display for Aaliyah's disarming angelic alto. Her pitch also works well on the sex-drenched carribean ...  Read the complete review

Aaliyah was a singer, dancer and actress who was very famous in America and only just making a big impact on the UK. She had so much to look forward to, as it seemed she was going to be even more famous than she already was. Unfortunately Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash whilst returning from a video shoot in the Bahamas. Nine people were killed altogether. The crash was thought to have been caused by engine failure. WHO SHE WAS~~ Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16th 1979 in Brooklyn New York. Her name means ‘highest, most exalted one”. She had been singing from a very early age and showing signs that she wanted to be a singer, ...  Read the complete review