After announcing that they were to tell the story of R&B singer Aaliyah through a biopic, ‘Lifetime’ have announced that the movie will take the bold step to explore the singer’s “relationship” with mentor R.Kelly.
Responsible for penning her interestingly titled ‘Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number’, Kelly’s recent duet with Pop star Lady GaGa saw him face fresh criticism over his dealings with the then teenager, labelled a predator for his alleged targeting and subsequent sexual abuse of African-American teenage girls.
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On Kelly’s part in the movie, executive-producer Debra Martin Chase revealed:
Aaliyah’s personal and professional relationship with R. Kelly will be explored with care in the film as we set out to depict her life with the utmost respect. Above all else, it’s our hope to inspire an entirely new generation with her music and larger-than-life talent.
Indie Wire adds:
The two singers were allegedly married in 1994, when Aaliyah would’ve been only 15 years old to R. Kelly’s 27. Although they denied it, a marriage certificate later surfaced, with her age falsely listed as 18 (her parents were later said to have annulled the marriage).
Indeed, contrary to R&B folklore, Haughton’s parents were not aware of the 15 year old’s illegal marriage to Kelly, and set out to cut ties between the pair once learning of it.
This, cited as one of many reasons behind their attempt to block the movie’s production, coming years after MTV reported that Kelly’s brother,Carey Kelly, accused the star of molesting their 12 year old cousin, and attempt to do the same to their older brother’s daughter.
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R.Kelly really disgusts me. How can take advantage of a young teenage girl like that? F****** P********.
Teenage girls sis. There was more than one.
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Now the filmmakers will take advantage of her. Aaliyah would not want this, which is evident from the way she led her life.
They have to tell that story, it’s part of her life. Believe it or not, a lot of t*** girls fall victim of older men, you can tell a child anything. I think this would good for the girls and women that been in this situation and how to rise above it. Remember Aaliyah isn’t the one in the wrong, R Kelly is and he done this to a lot of girls with his superstardom.
Hey Mark111!
Hey Ozzy, I couldn’t pass on this topic.
The problem is that they’re gonna make it seem romantic when it wasn’t. That’s why her mom is against it because she knows they won’t tell the truth.
This generation is much more intelligent than the one before 2bh. Back in the day people thought the relationship was cute.
No one at the time thought their relationship was cute when it was revealed that there was more to it than just professional. Aaliyah suffered a huge backlash after a first few hits that threatened to end her career before it even really took off. She was heavily booed at the 1995 Soul Train Awards when her nomination was called. She probably had at least two more potential hits from her debut album, but by that time the controversy had happened and no one wanted to hear from Aaliyah and instead turned to Brandy. If anything, these days people would be more prone to excuse it since we’re living in this uber sympathetic “don’t judge…don’t bully…be nice…” era.
One check is all it will take for them to make R Kelly look like an angel in this sham of a movie.
No shade but where were her parents?
Her uncle was acting as her guardian so they probably thought they could trust him.
Oh ok i didn’t know that.
No shade, but where’s baby Future parent?
Where they need to be taking care of business.
What he need to be is taking care of his 4 kids by 4 different women.
EXACTLY! How does your child have a relationship with, much less marry a grown ass man & you aren’t able to stop it before it gets to that point. She was 15 for goodness sakes! Who was in charge of her?
That’s what im sayin boo i find it very odd smh.
Okay! Thank you someone finally said it.
Lol Okay!!!!!!
Just like Jayz took advantge of Riwhoranna when she was a t*** and he brought her to the music execs in the states to have their way with her an turn her into Industry Puss!!!!!
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So your saying jay z whored Rihanna out?
….Good Girl Gone Slutty.
Tell it Bitchh! Yes! Jay Z is the one responsible for turning her into “The Industry Pusay”! And her ass is luving it kiii
Irony is that he pimps his wife the most.
The Irony is him and Dame was running train on your fav on the regular, because they knew she was Industry Pusay kii
Irony that Matthew was pimping his child for movie role. Does Robert Townsend ring a bell?
Boi byeeeeeeeee lol. You mad that Kelly turnt Aaliyah into Industry Pusay and Jay turnt Hoeianna into one kii kii
But Jay Z didn’t discover nor bring Rihanna to the states f*****. Tell ciara to call Jazze Phlop then maybe she can get a platinum album again.
One of the 3LW girls said this. When you’re a t*** in this biz, you tend to date older guys because you have nothing in common with the guys your age. You’re a star, traveling around the world while they’re in school. Miley was 17 and dated a guy that was 20, Brandy was f****** that Boys II Men guy at 15/16 while he was 23. Monice was 16 when she was messing around with C Murda who was 10 years older than her. And let’s not forget Beyonce and Jay Z who is over 10 years older (and don’t tell me they weren’t talking in that Amil video when she was 17. Even Alica Keys said she dated a guy in his late 20’s when she was 16. One difference is Kelly has a history and was a predator, that’s how things got as far as it did. It’s all sick.
Where were their parents? Sadly, back then, parents weren’t as aware as they are now. It’s the same as parents letting their kids travel with their pastor and find out that their pastor were messing with them. Even the MJ case, rather it was true or not, where were those parents? People get star strut and forget their common sense. But in Aaliyah’s case, R Kelly was her mentor, so it wasn’t strange that they were together, plus he was a friend to the family, I’m sure they trusted him. Sadly you can’t trust anyone.
These Ciara stans are talking when she had more rappers in her than the damn BET Hip Hop awards. Even her son popped out looking like a G Unit hype man with a ghetto name to match.
But Ciara was never known as Industry Pusay like your favs kii
Yea, Ciara isn’t known at all in this industry. And Beyonce doesn’t know her graduation class.
Lol U can tell I’m WINNING because your bitchh ass always has to result back to who graduated it not lmfaoooooooooooo
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mama done said dont talk ill of tha dead but im sick of ya throwin shade and expectin no one tah say s*** cause u stan for Aaliyah…Aaliyah was an industry puss,she was gettin passed round more often than hot gossip at em hair saloons..Deal b****
Smh @ R.Kelly. Your own nieces???? I hope his brother was lying. That shiit has ruined some of his legacy. I do believe the R.Kelly relationship should be in the movie though. Tina Turner told her whole story in her movie. The thing is Aaliyah isn’t here to tell anything, so someone in her family needs to be involved.
I agree, it is so disgusting for a grown man to do this to a young girl at the time. They need to expose his nasty ass forreal.
I know how it be feeling to be r****/used..I was in pre school when s*** done got down,Aaliyah was 15 an she aint see nun wrong with this..I wish Allah had done made me 15 at tha time,i woulda been smarter and it probably wouldnt have happened.
I can’t help but feel like we do these artists a disservice by exploiting everything about their lives after death. Don’t get me wrong, I’d like to know some private things about Aaliyah. It just isn’t our place to dig into her personal life. Who cares about a Robert Kelly, I’m mainly concerned about Aaliyah’s legacy. These musicians are often used up, giving so much of themselves, just to be later made a mockery of. Aaliyah was a mystery and that’s what was a part of her allure. Sometimes you have to respect that.
Off topic but is what they’re saying about Lana’s new album true? She’s promoting partner violence and saying that feminism is boring and not a good thing? Absolute death. Wtf is this thing thinking? SCREAMS
We’ll get to that right after we find out who the hell is Cheryl.
Literally the most popular and recognized pop female in the uk. Stop making yourself look stupid lmao. But ppl in the us are saying the same about Aaliyah right? Who knows her outside if the urban community? Honestly.
You’re stupid, she was an R&B star. Why would she cater to pop listeners? But the thing is, Aaliyah was succesfull in the UK and Japan plus here in the States. Why is Cherry or whatever her name is so… local? #WrongSideOfAnIsland
More people know Aaliyah than Cheryl Cole. 🙁
But answer my question. Who knows her now? You always ask the same question, but cheryl is literally the most recognizable pop star in the uk along with Adele. Who of the general public remembers Aaliyah? She’s just that girl who died in the plane crash. So stop that tired, idiotic, hypocritical “shade” and try to get people to remember your fav in her own country.
Gurl when are you gonna get on twitter??
Me?
B**** my girl is an icon. First successful R&B at age 15. Set the standard and trend for the other young first name only singers to come after (Brandy, Monica, Mya, Ashanti, Beyonce, Ciara, Rihanna and others). First to ware baggy jeans and a top with s**, class and edge. First to have a #1 hit off of radio play ALONE. First to have 2 double plat albums before the age of 18. At least she’s remembered. Like I asked, what is a Cherry boom boom?
You still haven’t answered my question. Why do people not know her today if she’s an icon? Absolute death at your inability to answer it. And cheryl has more number 1s btw, so we’re unphased. Exactly who remembers her other than as the girl who died in the plane crash right before 9/11? Really tho..
B**** you’re delusional to the max. Her death is apart of her legacy. They talk about her music, her influence, her style. The same as people talks about MJ and Whitney’s death. Are you serious?
But no one is talking about Cheers cause no one knows what or who she is.
Forever talking about Lana rather than your own fave, aren’t you embarrassed? Lmao do you even know who Cherly is? You stay lurking for Lana and opportunities to bring her up randomly in posts that don’t concern her.
Sorry, most of the time I’m trolling Rosie, but this is a serious topic. Who are you btw?
Sorry but Aaliyah was a ho3.
Society is so f***** up! A grown ass man taking advantage of a 15 yr old makes her the hoee? What does that make R.kelly then?
Pathetic. And I’m someone who isn’t lurking and waiting to talk about someone I don’t care for constantly over my own fave.
@LanasSoilder
Soldier #epicfail
Why are you commenting on your own post? And why are you always replying to my posts? Who are you btw?
Cheryl you have sick obsession with lana smh
Hm maybe i should’ve waited lol.
I’m commenting on my own post because I didn’t press the reply button by mistake and I corrected my typo, duh… And I don’t always reply to your post, I reply to a few people here like it is any of your concern. And you don’t need to know who I am, like I don’t need to know who you are, I’m a TGJ commenter just like everyone else here we don’t give a f*** who each other is.
You’re always on my posts tho. Always. More hypocritical shade. And who are you?
Nope, I don’t. I had a convo with you one time “tho” unless you’re jotting it down on a notepad every time someone responds to your stupidity, idk?
Lies lmao. Stay seething tho. Is this Rosie?
Seething at what? You being a stalker? And wow you think I’m Rosie… You’re actually paranoid. But then again since I don’t think you’re a real cherly Stan but using this as some sort of alias to talk about Lana I should expect nothing less that you think I’m someone else. Unlike you I don’t have time for multiple accounts, its just a comment section on a messy blog site, its not that serious.
How is “cheryl soldier” an alias? Dumb f*** Hahahah. Babe if you weren’t a scared b**** then you wouldn’t hide your fav.
Lmao. I don’t hide who my fave is, my fave gets like 200+ comments in a post its easy for my comment to get lost in it all. Unlike Cherlys posts where the comments are normally “who?” Don’t take it out on me no one knows who you Stan for and that you’re her only fan here. Goodbye.
Who is your fav tho? Why are you hiding? Who are you?
All this noise about the movie and i’m sure it isn’t gonna happen, I think when this marriage got annulled NO ONE was allowed to discuss it otherwise im sure we would have heard the details about it a long time ago.
This Cheryl Stan is so annoying. Also perched and bringing up Lana cause no one cares to talk about local fav who no one knows besides bootyhole-less twins in the UK. Aaliyah was very successful worldwide.
AANBAN – 6,000,000 WW ( 2,000,000 in US)
One In a Million – 10,000,000 WW ( 2,000,000 in US)
Aaliyah – 2,600,000( idk if this is ww or us sales)
The second album being on Rolling Stones greatest albums of all time list.
Babe, I posted about Lana because tgj isn’t going to post about it and it’s all over the web today. But again, why is Aaliyah not remembered by a large majority of ppl in her home country if she’s an icon? And stop with that cheryl shade when your fav literally stans for cheryl. SCREAMSS
Both of your favs stan for cheryl*
Ok im so over this Cheryl tramp get a life stop stalking Rosie and lana weirdo….
And this movie should just be cancelled.
Sorry babe 🙂
Aaliyah > Cheryl who?
Garbage > Cheryl who?
Irony: cheryl out peaked summertime sadness
Not in America fool.
Just peaked at your girls discography. I think the whole neighborhood heard my scream
Seriously who remembers aaliyah anymore? Everyone only remembers her because she died in a plane crash no shade and I love Aaliyah she was good at what she did but the new generation does NOT know Aaliyah…and I’m dying at the fact that y’all calling her icon she’s clearly not, was she building her career towards icon status Absolutely but unfortunately she’s passed away you can’t just throw the word icon to everybody, Aaliayah could have been one of the greatest but she’s not she died at her height of career but she’s no Icon.
Thank youuuuuuuu!!!
^This w**** is making 2nd accounts and talking to her/himself. SAD!
Uh receipts? And you just compared Aaliyah to mj, losing all credibility.
After this I’m done with your dumb ass. I was giving an example of one’s death is apart of their legacy. You can’t tell a story without the beginning and end.
Oops sorry for bringing Lana up but I wanted ppls opinion!! Sorry @rosie when you see this lmao
Kiii TGJ deleting my comments!
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Aaliyah was a HO3
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IDGAF!
Ooop. Giiiirl!!
Aaliyah got around that’s for sure. Lol
I don’t know much bout Aaliyah but its obvious she was a fast little girl with little supervision smh she’s no legend or icon so stop it Katy perrys done more than her but yall would never call her a legend or icon.
Katy perry is joke she would never be an icon she would be know as the biggest joke in the industry
But katy has still had more success than Aaliyah… i don’t see how Aaliyahs a legend or icon when she hasn’t even had major success like that. just saying babe
No shade molly, but didn’t Aaliyah directly influence your fav? How could you have not heard of her?
Not imo opinion but she did inspire Ciara but Ciara is her own artist she not like rita ora and ariana who copy everything from Rihanna and Mariah.
I didnt say COPY but influenced. Aaliyah definately influenced Ciara the most after Janet. How can you shade her. A little hypocritical in my eyes.
Pot calling the kettle black.
Yet your fave copied that “unknown” girl every move. Icon does not equal sales. Hell Backstreet boys sold alot, no one is calling them legends nor icons. A icon is the image/artistry/creativity. Aaliyah set the standard for all those young R&B girls that went on and opened the doors for the Britneys and Xtinas later that year.
I literally asked some friends if they knew Aaliyah and they said “who?” SCREAMMM #icon
And dead at brining cheryl Coles name in a Aaliyah she might be unknown in America but doesn’t make her less of an artist she’s huge in the UK and Europe she might not be the most talented but she’s def doing something right if she’s making millions I wouldn’t care if I’m popular in the UK, America or all
Over the world as long as I’m making millions that’s all jt matters some artist can be extremely popular but doesn’t mean they’re making a tons of money.
Yessssss. She’s literally one of the most recognizable names in the uk. She literally chills with the royals
^and still talking to itself. LOL!!!!!
You gotta chill @Cherylsolider
I was wrong for bringing Lana up, but I’m tired of the “who” “shade” just because people only know about what’s big in the us, like the us = the world.
I know but instead of being messy post videos and help recommend her songs to people who don’t know her i never had an issue with Cheryl until you started coming for Ciara. We can call a truce boo its nothing cause i don’t hold grudges.
SMH at y’all dragging Aaliyah. LMAOOOOOO. No shade but Aaliyah directly influenced all these R&B whisperers of the 2000’s. If anything, YOU should be paying homage LMAOOO
DEATH That you got suspended by Twitter Moderators!!!!! Kiii
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They sent your ass right back to TGJ where you belong!
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#1Chop !!!!
B****, i blocked you on twitter. Get yourself a new wig.
Thats fine I blocked you right back…. But Twitter still suspended your account at the end of the day dahling!!! DEATH!!!
How can you block someone and still findout they were suspended?
Because it notified me that the account was in suspension….
Death at Molly saying Katy has done more than Aaliyah. Katy used payola for her numbers 1s and her album sales are a joke. Aaliyah has outsold every Katy album with just one. Where are Katy’s movies, where are Katy’s on antibodies greatest of all time list. Katy is literally the Paula Abdul of this generation.
Ok but katys still done more at the end of the day discrediting Katy won’t make Aaliyah more relevant.
Katy hasn’t done much but release generic music, Katy slays when it comes singles but she fall short everywhere else. No acclaim, no talent, basic looks. She matched Mjs record for 5 #1s singles on an album yet her album only sold 4.6 million WW even after a re release, and save the albums don’t sell anymore excuse because…21, Loud, and Born This Way all outsold it with less #1s, even 1D outsold her and they don’t even have a #1 in the states
Everything Katy has done is tied to the bill oars hot 100, once an artist career dies down you don’t talk about their billboard success you talk about their music/albums and the impact they left and sorry to say but Aaliyah revolutionizing the late 90s/early 00s R&B is more impactful than anything Katy has done.
*billboard
Katy has absolutely done more than Aaliyah although the b**** is tacky as f***, she’s successful.
Gurl bye being more successful and having fast good number ones doesn’t mean you have done more you’re comparing quality over quantity lol katy perry is a joke she has done nothing new of fresh everything that she’s doing is already been done she could be popular and have tons of number ones doesn’t make mean she’s done “a lot” just like the saying you can put lipstick in a p** but is still p**, Katy can have all the number ones and success but she’s still untalented and she brings nothing new.
Gurlll bye you’re an ignorant! Paula Abdul is an icon in her own right how dare you compare that garbage of Katy perry to Paula Abdul? You do know that Paula is dancer and most of the dance moves that you see by popular artist like britney, and many theater plays she was the choreographer. She’s extremely successful Behind the scene so have several seats with your ignorance.
@Flopzzy
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I screeeeeamed when I found out Twitter banned & Suspended your account! It was truly a kii
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How does that make you feel?
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You wasnt doing s*** on there anyway but dedicating your tweets to me from the start!
Twitter Moderators told you to keep your ass on TGJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katy hasn’t done much but release generic music, Katy slays when it comes singles but she fall short everywhere else. No acclaim, no talent, basic looks. She matched Mjs record for 5 #1s singles on an album yet her album only sold 4.6 million WW even after a re release, and save the albums don’t sell anymore excuse because…21, Loud, and Born This Way all outsold it with less #1s, even 1D outsold her and they don’t even have a #1 in the states
Shes still done more than Aaliyah though lol #Fact
You mean # opinion…fact is 13 years later she Is still being talked about and has remain a topic of conversation pretty much every year even after death, this generation has to realize that hot 100 success isn’t much if that’s all you got.
All im saying is that Katys done way more than Aaliyah but yall would never call Katy an icon or legend but Aaliyah is? Why because she died?
On the hot 100 your absolutely right but when it comes to music what more has she done…I mean katy has tied 1 billboard record which if we want to take it there Aaliyah also has a hot 100 record she broke open.
One In A Million DID NOT SELL 10,000,000+ million copies…
Yes it did.
I have too receipts one says sold over 10,000,000 and the other says 8,000,000 shipping 10,000,000
LMAO THE EXTREME INFLATION
I was using Katy as an example btw… Same could be said bout others.
When I said Aaliyah has done more I was also talking about comparing Aaliyah’s first 3 albums with Katy’s 3 albums.
If, Aaliyah was alive her career would’ve been cancelled by Beyonce just like the rest of those girls. Lets just be honest…
Except for Rih ofcourse…
Gorl…
And you know that how? Aaliyah was already a well established artist and she had a really successful movie “Romeo must die” “Aaliyah” the album itself has sold 12 million copies worldwide she was building a great legacy unfortunately she passed away at her height she could have been wayyyyyy bigger than beyonce, beyonce probably wouldn’t have a career bye!
PREACH!
Trolling Bitchh Sit! I don’t give a fawk who was alive. KING B was going to SHINE!!!!
Girl no one is trolling have a seat I’m stating the facts, beyonce is a massive star nobody is taking that away from her but you don’t know things would have gone for Beyonce if Aaliyah was still alive, she was doing movies, endorsement deals,her Aaliyah album was massive it’s probably bigger that dangerously in love and y’all know is true because dangerously in love has sold 11 million copies aaliyah the album 12 million copies but with that being said beyonce is great at what she does
Trolling Bitchh Aaliyah’s best selling album sold 8 million copies WW. THE PURE LIES KIII. Also Aaliyah’s self titled album sold 132k first week and flopped down the charts after that. So what BIG SELLING ALBUM are u talking about???? Your ass don’t know nothing about Aaliyah’s discography kii. She never had an album that sold no where near DIL sales. And just like u told me, I don’t know how big Aaliyah would of been. You don’t know also. Look at Brandy, Monica and May today
Yea like Rihanna who is giving that circus act a run for her money? Are we acting like Ciara didn’t sale during her only two years of relevancy after DIL? Or Rihanna’s huge career that Beyonce still can’t stop? Please, Beyonce isn’t even R&B, she’s just as pop as the other girls.
F** u crack me up lmfaoooo. Hoeianna is an W****, Attention W**** and Singles artist. So where in The World is she giving THE QUEEN a run for her money????? A bitchh with 13#1s and a NON FACTOR on The RIAA with 7 ALBUMS remains beneath HER ROYAL HIGHNESS KII KII #U TRIED THOUGH
Apples and Oranges you can’t compare the 2, what benefited Aaliyah is she had an ability to entertain and she carved out her own lane which none of those other girls did or could do, Brandy did but she had her hands in too many pots in her t*** years so that’s why she burned out it had nothing to do with Bey.
Aaliyah didn’t sell f****** 12 million ww. Wtf is up with this inflation? Brandy was the only teenage black female artist who sold over 10 million WW. Aaliyah, Monica and Mya were local and never sold over 2 million in America wtf lmao
Girl please just don’t speak, if you don’t know anything about other artist. Both of Aaliyah’s first two albums sold over 3 million in the US.
These kiddy h*** don’t nothing about Aaliyah. Did I REALLY here a bitchh say Katy has more success? Although Aaliyah got around, she wasn’t no basic singer bitchh. She had to albums back to back that went multiplatinum. She was also the first artist n history to garner a #1 solely based on airplay. She help redefine a genre! Katy and the rest of the poptart h*** couldn’t shine Aaliyah’s coffin.
Know
Aaliyah’s impact was more musical genre based. She influenced soooo many R&B girls today. Katy Perry is a commercial success that has done more COMMERCIALLY though her impact is questionable…
Yea Katy has more commercial success but she probably will never see The Impact Aaliyah brought to the Industry.
Digger Bey, make a Twitter account!
no thanks.
Stephy twitter is tooooo Messy for even for DIGGER BEY KII
I’m trying to tell these people that later on down the line chart success doesn’t mean much without musical impact behind it.
Hoeliyah >>>> Katy Payola TBH
BISSSHHH STOP!
Just being honest Sky.
Aaliyah’s first 3 albums >>> Katy’s 3 albums
Why do most ppl say who when asked about Aaliyah if she’s an icon?
Yall are iflaiting Aaliyah’s sales like shitt.
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How in the hell ONE IN A MILLION sold 10+ million copies when it barely sold 2 million in america?
Worldwide sales babe a lot of albums in the early 00s have sales like that, Janets All For You album comes to mind.
Janet’s ALL FOR YOU sold 7 million WW & 3 Million USA Makes sense!@
Sold Over 50 million. and 24 million posthumously. Over 70 million in total.
Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number: 3,000,000 world wide to date.
One in A Million – 8,000,000 world wide to date.
Romeo Must Die: Soundtrack – 3,000,000 world wide to date.
Aaliyah – 15,000,000 world wide to date.
I Care 4 U – 6,000,000 world wide to date.
Ultimate Aaliyah – 1,600,000 world wide to date.
Single sales between 10-15 million copies
Aaliyah had 11 number one r&b hits.
An estimated networth between $50-80 million!
THESE SALES ARE INFLATED!
I care 4 U sales are inflated but the Age ain’t jotting but a number sales should be higher so it all equals out in the end lol.
*nothing
And people keep making fun of this girl’s death as if their fave can’t fall out of a plane. When you make fun of death, you already lost the battle. Cause we all gonna die, it’s a matter of when and how.
PREACH! When are you gonna make a twitter?
And when you’re making assumptions without providing receipts, you already lost the battle! #byefelicia #youcansuckitdry
But why are you comparing her to who get and Michael now? You lost all of your credibility.
Whitney*
Stephy stop Beyonce isn’t running s*** like that when she’s struggling to keep up with Rihanna Nicki GaGa & Miley.
Um…Stan of Cuum on a d**** bitchh. KING B is an Living Legend! None of those other bitchhs couldn’t wipe her rose smelly ass.
F*** you Beyonce is a overrated ass whale.
LMFAO I got this Cuum on A D**** Stan maaaaaaaaad kii kii
STOP LYING ABOUT AALIYAH”S SALES!!!
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Aliyah (the album) DID NOT SELL 12 million copies… It barely, sold 2 million in America! WTF!
I agree with you Steph, the numbers don’t exactly add up…
Worlwide dumbass! It even sold out of print. You can’t even find the original print with the bonus track since 2004. But I’m sure you can find 90% of I Am a Flop, The Elephant Cheerios in stores after dusting them off.
I’m sure you know the exact amount of sales since you spend day and night researching Aaliyah’s album. How pathetic. Feel free to correct my inflated sales.
Your sales aren’t Inflated her last album sold 12 million worldwide these people are just MAD.
Some people are pressed and obsessed I guess…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Yt0xJKDY8
B****** lying bout Aaliyah sales smh.
You mean like how Cuum on a D*** would lie about how many diccks she has brushed her teeth with???????
That SOUNDTRACK is not Aaliyah’s album… She only sung 4 out of the 18 songs…
If you don’t like Aaliyah why you keep commenting? Why does she have you so pressed. How tragic
Well tell that to Whitney who sung 6 of the 13 songs on the Bodyguard soundtrack and less on the Waiting to Excel soundtrack.
This is true! This is why Nippy SOUNDSCAN sales of BODYGAURD are not added…
How tf did Aaliyah sell 10 million ww when she barely sold 3.5 mil in her absolute biggest markets? South Africa and Zimbabwe surely didn’t buy 6.5 million copies. Absolute death. The album has a double platinum cert in the us and a platinum one in the uk.
Aliyah’s WORLDWIDE CERTIFICATIONS ARE NOT EVEN IMPRESSIVE!
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Aaliyah’s Album Chartings are HORRIBLE WORLDWIDE…
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Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[79] 41
Austrian Albums Chart[79] 21
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[79] 11
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[79] 10
Canadian Albums Chart[71] 6
Danish Albums Chart[79] 34
Dutch Albums Chart[79] 9
Irish Albums Chart[98] 38
Finnish Albums Chart[79] 33
French Albums Chart[79] 9
German Albums Chart[79] 9
Japanese Albums Chart[99] 17
New Zealand Albums Chart[79] 25
Norwegian Albums Chart[79] 30
Swedish Albums Chart[79] 23
Swiss Albums Chart[79] 6
UK Albums Chart[78] 5
US Billboard 200[71] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[71] 2
Aaliyah, was a good smooth R&B singer. I never said I disliked her. She was cute. But, during the late 90s she was not that big. She became huge AFTER she died. Before, she was just another Janet Jackson lessor. BYE!
She wasn’t a Janet lessor, but more of a child of Janet. No one is saying she was the biggest thing. We’re saying that she set the standard and was original and made the blue print for alot of R&B girls that came after.
I give up! I respect her music cause my sister loved her & so did I. Im done!
But her 1st week sales for her last album are better than any by Brandy and Monica and she accosted this with an under performing single and no real consistent promotion(her promo was meant to pick up aggressively after the VMAS)
*accomplished
“As of December 2008, she has sold 8.4 million albums in the United States and over 32 million albums worldwide.” -Billboard
Those numbers sound better. Not those inflated ones by skyfall. Most places do put her at around 32 mil.
My #s were the same for here first 3 albums I just added her sales from Romeo must die, I care 4 u, & ultimate
ESTIMATIONS!!!!!!! But, when you calculate her CERTIFIED sales her albums were OVERLY SHIPPED & her REAL sales are not even close to her RETAIL sales…
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For Example…
Music Box: 1993 (32,000,000+) are SHIPMENTS not actual sales… Music Box only sold 26 million CERTIFIED sales.
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Bye Marky Mark!
You gotta rememer, music was different back then. You had music store and the main way to count them were by shipments. But those were SOLD, not ship. Where? I don’t know. Every artist sell more WW than in the States. The same with movies.
I don’t feel like arguing anymore. RIP to Aaliyah… MAKE A TWITTER ACCOUNT! I wanna see yo FACE in my mentions..
Shipments would mean her album would still be In stores, you would be LUCKY to see an aaliyah album in any bodies music store so those are her actual sales
How is she going to sell 4x 8 mil we when the us is her biggest, and only, market?! The delusion. Post the link where billboard says that. Again, third world countries aren’t making up that gap when her albums have sold ~10 million in the us and uk, her two biggest markets.
Meanwhile….
The New Flop ( 177,000 WW with #1)
Elusive Chanteuse (155,000 WW year of pushback and flop singles except #Beautiful)
Who f****** cares… When you already sold 200+ records. Mariah is paying that shitt dust!
Gurllll bye you Stans and those tired ass record sales for artist of her caliber 155j is a damn shame that’s beyond pathetic.
Lmao skyfall is a fake h** wasn’t she a Mariah stan last week?
Mariah > Flooliyah.
Lmao skyfall is a fake h** wasn’t she a Mariah stan last week?
Mariah > Flopliyah.*
Ain’t nothing tired about selling 54+ million RETAIL ALBUMS that RETAIL is still sending her BACK payments for. Also, that “pathetic woman” will always have a hit during Xmas bring in royalties of almost 8 million dollars… BYE
First of all sweetheart if you actually read right I was never calling Mariah pathetic but I guess your to dumb to comprehend I was calling the sales of he album pathetic with that being no one is taking away anything from mariah, but if I don’t see the need of keep bringing those tired ass receipts.
THEY ARE NOT TIRED WHEN THEY ARE STILL PAYING HER BILLS AND BRINGING IN ROYALTIES!!!.
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Also, EVERYBODYS current ALBUM sales are horrible! HELLO THIS IS 2014 not 1995…
“Eve Barlow of Q magazine credited the album for “creating a blueprint that can be heard across pop music today” with acts such as Beyoncé Knowles, The Weeknd, and The xx.” The Red album.
Not Mark1267862718
Inflating Hoeliyahs numbers!
I call her flopliyah… or NonFactorLiyah
F*** Aaliyah & this movie
@applause
B**** I ain’t fake and i still Stan for the songbird supreme. I simply letting it be known that she is coming for iggys ww #s without a hit in a year but people still call her a flop but wanna call iggy the new queen.
RIP to Aaliyah! Im done….
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Damn, y’all dragging this b**** like she still alive LMAOO. Her impact>>>>>
“Anderson Jones from Entertainment Weekly was less enthusiastic with the album. He gave the album a C rating and considered it as: “An album that seems based on the philosophy ‘If Aaliyah can do it, why can’t I?’ except that in singing about best friends, heroes, and puppy love instead of about making love, t*** actress Norwood (TV’s Thea) acts her age. A premature effort, at best.” 1994
“Though the album has a clear retro-’80s quality, her influences don’t run very deep: Destiny’s Child is an admitted influence, and “Pick Up The Phone” is a much less s*** rip off of Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat.”” -slantmagazine reviewing Ciara’s Goodies album.
“Raymond Fiore of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B and commented, “If Aaliyah had lived to make another CD, it might have sounded like Goodies,”
DEATH!!!!!!!!
SCREEAAAAMMS!!
Many critics noted that Aaliyah first album sounded a lot like music the quartet En vogue would do! One in a million was compared to Janet one critic also noting how similar Aaliyah is to Janet! Rolling stone said her 3rd album sounds like that of Outkast ”stankonia” , Sade “Lovers rock” and Missy Miss E… So addictive. It was even compared to that of Jill scott and Macy grey…. Girl your perfecr Aaliyah was influenced like everyone else I always called her Janet 2.O
Here’s the thing, I didn’t grow up on Aaliyah. Homegirl debuted a few years after I was born. However, I remember when she passed because I had older cousins who liked and mourned her. Over the years, I’ve grown to really appreciate her catalog and artistry but her story remains intriguing to me because of the R. Kelly scandal. If that part of her life is not handled properly in this upcoming film, it could cause damage both to her tightly guarded legacy and the feelings of her family. From what I’ve read, the Haughtons literally closed off all talks regarding this matter when the news of the marriage broke. R. Kelly is a legend no doubt but he’s a disgusting one at that and it bugs me how people give him a pass because he’s talented. Oh and I don’t get the whole Aaliyah isn’t an icon gist. She was on the brink of superstardom when she passed but that doesn’t mean she isn’t a certfied R&B icon. She’s no legend but she’s been very influential in the genre. Look at artists like Ciara (ironic that a C-Squad member would diss Liyah), Tinashe, Sevyn, Drake, The XX etc, they all borrow from her in one way or the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5143VS4T-I
This is why she’s iconic b******! lol
TBH, there is no denying her fashion impact on Rih lol.
I know! I have to be careful when I say Rihanna has an Aaliyah vibe, cause people think I’m talking about musically, but I mean fashion wise. Rihanna is the one that really carried on that edge while the others (Ciara, Mila and others) just jacked it and did nothing else with it.
I agree, that’s what I love about both of them. There’s this level of edge and swag to their style that no one else has perfected.
SMH what a messy post!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84H-WTId_s4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=84H-WTId_s4
Death! The inflation of Aaliyahs sales is real! Screaming. Aaliyah was local as f*** stop making out she had a huge ww market. (RIP but shes majorly overrated because of her death. Half you h*** did not buy her albums till she died smh)
What are you talking about?..Her album sales ww were great especially for someone who didn’t catch mainstream audience until 2000.
Why is no one talking about how Aaliyah looked like TLC her first album tho? How she was serving Janet in her others? She is overrated but she is a good artist! Where are these Powerhouse vocals cus in case you were delusional her last performance she sounded terrible!!!! People suck up to her cus she died R.I.P to her but I see her fans are mad their fav died so they attack everyone insight!!! Yall old asses need to go look after your kids!!!! Why is no one mentioning her SALES on went up after she died Aaliyah only became well known after her death Yes US might have known her but WW no one knew her when I was Younger we all were like Who’s Aaliyah but was sadden by her death and bought her music which was actually decent!! But I saw a lot of Janet , paula etc yall quick to say how she influenced someone when we forget that Janet did it first!!!! Any chick who dances and sing yall like she wnna be aaliyah bye I know you miss your fav but you gotta let it go!! Aaliyah was a S*** for sleeping with older men at 15 she knew what she was doing we all can THINK at 15 I knew at 15 what was wrong and what was right it takes 2 to tango But we all make mistakes
Lmaooooo these inflated sales are a joke! None of her albums sold over 2 million in America and she damn sure wasn’t getting platinum plaques in other countries.
Aaliyah’s first and second album sold over 3 million in the US.
Aaliyah sales went up after she died! Its proven facts before she died her 3rd album wasn’t even Gold!!! And I quote “The album sold diminishingly afterwards! Since virgin and blackground records wanted her charting single to sell the album Aaliyah shot a video for Rock the Boat”. After Aaliyah death her sales skyrocketed propelling her album to 1 it wasn’t even 1 Aaliyah reign was letting up People don’t see it what would have happened if she hadn’t died ?
“Before her death, its sales had been diminishing since the album’s release in July,[53] and stood at more than 447,000 copies sold.” -MTV
It was already gold w****. They needed a hit cause We Need a Revolution didn’t chart high. Stay mad.
Big f****** deal! Alicia Keys came and SLAYED her! Nobody cared about Aaliyah until she died!
Good for AK, even tho she had a huge hit. Aaliyah chart without one. You deal b****.
You’re right. I remember her album selling 132k first week and it tumbled down the charts after that. No shade. Aaliyah had lost some of her popularity by 2001. I still loveeeeeee WNAR but the song didn’t put Aaliyah back on top where she use to be. Even though it was produced by Timbo. Aaliyah in 2001 was like how Lady Caca is now. Had so much success in the past but lost her reign. So to this day (although I love A aliyah) I don’t get why people say there would of never been a KING B, Ciara or Ashanti.
Her album did 190K the first week. Get your facts right. Those other h*** came later.
Well whatever it sold it didn’t sell good after that, for someone of her caliber. And those other h*** were still gonna come, if she had died or not.
That’s cool, but one one of them had success after success. The other two were just one trick ponies.
Aaliyah was still hugely popular at the time of her last album release. It had not been even half a year since Aaliyah finished leading the sales of the Romeo Must Die soundtrack into the 1 million mark. Aaliyah’s album didn’t sound like the hits from the movie soundtrack and that may be what initially threw people off. If Aaliyah weren’t still at the top of her game, she would not have been getting movie offers left and right – that much alone proves her star power at the time of her death.
Aaliyah has become an icon over the years, but she wasn’t that big of an artist while she was alive. She was always just kinda….there. People used to say very nasty things about her too. She did make good music, but I wish people would stop saying s*** like “such and such wouldn’t be here if Aaliyah was still alive”. It’s so annoying.
I just said the same thing. Aaliyah wasn’t that BIG artist she use to be in 2001. The charts prove it. So every female that debuted after her death would of still made an impact.
Yup. Only God knows what Aaliyah would’ve been today, but with the way the GP disposes of artists I wouldn’t be surprised if she was on the Brandy/Monica level….more so brandy because Aaliyah was also an actress. But like I said, only God knows. Aaliyah’s stans (mostly bandwagon) are just so annoying.
Anyway….Aaliyah, Brandy and Monica were the soundtrack to my childhood days. No disrespect to Aaliyah at all. I also wish people would stop disrespecting Brandy and Monica also because whatever your fav is currently doing; chances are they’ve been there and done that.
aaliyah best selling album is her second album…sold 10 m world wide
her 3rd album only sold 8 million but after 2004 it was rerelease in other countries to sell 10 million
LMFAO WHERE ARE THE RECEIPTS FOR THAT?
HER WW NUMBERS ARENT EVEN AVAILABLE
ON WIKIPEDIA SO THAT SHOULD TELL YOU
SOMETHING RIGHT THERE. AALIYAH SOLD
MODESTLY IN THE STATES AND SHE WAS
NOT A GLOBAL ARTIST. STOP GASSING HER UP
AND INFLATING THOSE SALES KIII. I GUESS
KEYSHIA COLES FIRST ALBUM SOLD 50
MILLION WORLDWIDE!!!
The fact that they’re toting the R.Kelly thing as a highlight in the biopic shows me that their motivations for making the movie are completely self-serving. It will function as no more than a cash-in on one of the biggest question surrounding Aaliyah. These filmmakers don’t give a damn about Aaliyah, and neither does the actress hired to play her, or else she would respect the wishes of Aaliyah’s mom and brother.
People like to say Aaliyah is basic and local then why the hell did she have up to 4 movies lined up to play before she died or how about the tour she was planning on doing? By the way “Aaliyah” sold 2.9mil in the states and 13 mil ww!! It’s her best selling album to date and yes it was gold before she died and got those good ass reviews before she died. Aaliyah was a star get over yourselves! She’s still talked about after 13 years before her passing that makes her an icon. Donna summer passed and so did Etta James they had more success than Aaliyah and are still not as talked about as she is! I’m here for the movie if the family gets it together and stop all this drama.
I thnk the reason y the haughtons dnt wont that movie to come out is because aliyah mom know that she holds fault to this rkelly thing with her daughter.what mother u know let their 15yr old daughter go anywhere with a grown ass man why she cldnt go to the studio sessions who in their right mind leave their baby girl with a man and dont even know whats going on.as a parent she shld hv been more involved in babygirl activities.
At this point, the Haughton family just need to let the movie come AND go.
They are the ones bringing more attention than the movie actually deserves. A lot of 15 year old girls would have eloped with R Kelly at that time, he was the bomb!
I hope they cast Derek Luke as R Kelly and Trevor Jackson as Ginuwine … Quincy Combs would have been perfect but he doesn’t look like he can act or bust a move
They were married but it wasn’t Aaliyah’s place to be the grown-up, R.Kelly was a FOUL MESS! Don’t know if a film about Aaliyah will see the light of day.. I hope it will,eventually. Aaliyah is sorely missed by her fans that span this world&the genuine/unbridled talent she possessed was lighting in a bottle! RIP AALIYAH