Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Detroit, Michigan.
Aaliyah started voice lessons shortly after she learned to talk. Determined to be a star, she signed a contract with Jive Records at the age of 12 and came to popular acclaim in 1994. On her way home from a music video shoot in 2001, a plane crash killed Aaliyah and eight members of her film crew.
She was 22 years old at the time of her death.
Sixteen years ago today, the world said a heartfelt good-bye to the reigning R&B queen, Aaliyah. At the time of her tragic passing, the singer's iconic status was inevitable.
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