Hard to believe that today marks the 12th anniversary of the untimely passing of R&B starlet Aaliyah.
Introduced as R&B ringleader R. Kelly‘s protege at the young age of 14, the Detroit native precedented an R&B teen movement, leading the way for fellow female divas-in-training Brandy and Monica to share chart success. By the time she reached sweet 17, the ‘Hot Like Fire’ hitmaker’s rise to prominence was imminent as she turned up the heat in her videos and on the charts. With then-little-known super-producer team Timbaland and Missy Elliott at the helm lacing the accompaniment for her angelic falsetto, Aaliyah found herself in a league of her own with substance, sass, and style.
Fast forward to 2001 (after a 5 year absence from album charts), the songstress was returning with her self-titled third album. To promote the July 2001 due album, Haughton hit the ground running in a progressive promo campaign including a stop on the then-popular MTV documentary series ‘MTV Diary’. Showcasing its release, promotional tour, and, of course, downtime in between, the outing gave a glimpse into an otherwise fairly private star. Gone were the shades, baggy jeans, and laidback demeanor. Replaced with a grown and sexy Aaliyah, fans were being introduced to the beginning of what was hoped to be her true rise to prominence.
Unfortunately, that beginning was struck tragically short upon the singer’s death on August 25th, 2001. But, as this very article attests, her legacy is all but forgotten and continues to inspire those left to follow her Urban Pop trail. There will never be another, for, she was truly ‘one in a million’.
R.I.P. Aaliyah
Your thoughts?
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Keep living in 1923.
B**** whats that supposed to mean?
Keep living in your mommas basement biting pillows when your “uncles” come over to dig out your boy p**** pop royalty. You ugly snaggled tooth mud hut s*** face.
^ ruthless lol
You Beyonce fans are jealous of her that’s why you mad.
Ha, you really think that dont you? You realize Beyonka NOW, is nowhere close the level Baby Girl was at in her years, vocally or artistically…. you do see this, no? lol ha, you know beyonce wanted so much to hit aaliyah’s level no? lol that b**** couldn’t even if she tried.
WE LOVE YOU BABYGIRL AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. 🙁
R.I.P Aaliyah..
Love you beautiful precious Aaliyah if you were still around Beyonce wouldn’t be s*** you were that chick
When she was here Beyonce was the s*** and after Beyonce was still that chick!. They were actually really cool so just stop it. Destiny’s Child was slaying while Aaliyah was alive and she supported them.
I MISS YOU! 🙁
FYI: Beyonce has been more famous & outselling Aaliyah since 99. Stop being insecure. Say RIP and move on! RIP Babygirl.
I was 6 when she died dont really know that much about her but she was gorgeous and had a sweet soft angelic voice R.I.P boo!
well, 2001 wasn’t a happy year after all.
I was 11 and i didn’t even know about her until 2005 when I start paying attention to artists, musical styles, etc…
She was Unique, and her Name is a Bonus Since it has an Amazing Arabic meaning.
Aaliyah>> Beyonce
Aaliyah was doing acting and music at the same time before Beyonce did
Brandy did it (and conquered) before both of them….and??
Forever my favorite, she was original, had her own voice, style, dance moves and class of videos. Queen of Urban Pop and forever the Princess of R&B. So ahead of her time, even with her films, who would had thoight vampires would be a trend years later.
Beyonce and Aaliyah where in their own lanes back then. Why are people so phucking pressed? #geez
Still one of the most beautiful women i’ve ever seen, her beauty was mind-blowing, that smile, her personality, God must have spent a little more time on her. If perfection exist, she was very close to it. I will always love her.
I detect no lies. She was simply stunning.
I THINK ERIC FORMAN ALSO DIED IN THE CRASH. WHY THOUGH??? 🙁
Whos that?
AALIYAH HAIR STYLISH, THE BALD MAN DANCING AND WEARING A WIG ON.
She was so pretty her music is timeless she is R&B icon… We will never forget you babe xoxo
Aaliyah to me is overrated especially after death people act like she was on Michael Jackson Or Madonnas level the way they praise her.. Anyways R.I.P.
I agree with her being overrated in the sense of people didnt really use her until after her death. She had great music, but she was the least popular out of the black rnb divas of the 90s (Brandy, Monica). She wasn’t a great performer. Her live vocals were below average-average at best and she was just an OK dancer. They don’t love you until you’re dead. May she RIP
Agreed she not as great as people make her seem…
Oh so your’re that Ciara fan that was being dragged >__>
NOT at you seasonal Aaliyah stans.. Where were you when she was alive? Why is she a great singer now that she is dead? And why are you only stanning for her on the anniversary of her death?
LOL stans make me LOL sometimes
Thats what im tryna say but of course everyone dislikes my comment im just keepin it real. No one went this hard for Aaliyah when she was alive.
Sis I just can’t with these flip flop bandwagoners
R.i.p. Had her own style (vocals clothing dancing music) not many people can mix class street s*** but she did in a original way
Beyonce haters, bow down. Beyonce >>>>Aaliyah.
B**** and who is Monica?
Someone who’s happily married, expecting her third child and can make her own decisions like a grown ass woman should. Oh yeah, someone who outsold Aaliyah. Worry about Retardney and the leash that her master…I mean dad has her on.
LOL RETARDNEY THAT WAS FUNNY BUT BRITNEY AINT NO FLOP LIKE MONICA THE GHETTO HAS BEEN
Britneys a legend meanwhile Monicas struggling for relevance.
Beyonce and Monica aint s*** especially Monica lol
RIP aaliyah.
*Plays Rock The Boat*
She was a legend in the making her breathy vocal and sounded like an angel. Rest in peace your music will live on for ever
And we come the haters. Ya know, dissing a woman that been dead for 12 years won’t make your faves look any less wack as they are. What y’all gonna bring up, sales? Your faves are just copies, Aaliyah was original, a blue print that most of y’all faves (Ciara) used to get here for the short time before they started falling. Where were Aaliyah fans when she was alive? Having a life, doing something, no one sat around on their computer bashing people who were more successful than you could ever be. Aaliyah graduated with a 4.0, so look at her fan base, they’re probably doing something cause of the positive music she did. The haters love to pop out on this day, one f****** day and y’all have to be trolls. I love how there’s a Monica Stan out of nowhere, where were you when her album dropped?
Your a Rihanna stan no one gives a F*** about what you gotta say.
I purchased both a physical copy and an iTunes copy, actually. New Life was a cool album, but not my fave! Thanks for your concern.
New life is a very solid album. Monica is in her own lane and nobody can touch her.
Playing Without you. One of her best songs ever
One last thing. What Aaliyah has done is already written, so there NOTHING you haters can do, not a bad nor flop album in her career. Her “fall” was her death, when most of these singers lose everything and then die from drugs or are no longer relevant.
Well, Can We Talk about How this Song And Music Video Were So Perfect ?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAeoOcpUS4&feature=player_detailpage
I like the Arabic Beat, Her Unique sense Of Style, Her distinctive Voice, And Of course her Dance Moves.
I think This Is her Signature Song, Damn Everything about her Was Sophisticated in a Way.
Monica stan stfu
NOT CIARA, BEYONCE, AND MONICA FANS HATING ON BABYGIRL!!! YOU”RE FAVES COULD NEVER BE AS BEAUTIFUL TALENTED AND SUCCESSFUL AS AALIYAH DANA HAUGHTON ESPECIALLY CIARA SHE HAS BEEN IN THE GAME FOR TEN YEARS AND AINT ACOMPLISHED S***!!!!!
Destiny’s Child>Aaliyah
Beyonce Solo>Aaliyah
Monica was slaying aaliyah
You must have selective memory
Monica who?
Aaliyah all day f*** Monica
Aaliyah was beautiful and very talented. I think why many people still care for her is because she had SO much potential to be one of the biggest influences in the entertainment industry. She was just getting started when she passed away. Not to mention, she had a beautiful heart.
On a side note, Care 4 U will forever be one of those songs that shows what she’s all about. She sang that song with so much feeling and her voice takes full control of that song! She was going places! She really was…
R.I.P Aaliyah, If she was still here I could see her featuring on Beyonce’s video phone and killing it! Video, unique verse and choreography! No shade @Gaga
Y’all throw preschool ass shade. Bottom line is that the industry is too dynamic to truly know what aaliyah had to offer. Beyonce didn’t do superbowl until 35, Madonna did it at 55, then, look at rihanna. She was a flop until GGGB, Ciara was popping, now shes 57k flopping. Aaliyah was gorgeous, and had a style that was unique. You can’t compare her to ciara (Janet Jackson), beyonce (Diana Ross). Again, it’s so unfair to write off aaliyah because she died too young for any of us to know her Slay potential.
Also, y’all need to step your tired ass shade game up. Same damn commentary everyday. Like, be original like the woman you seem to hate (that’s shade too Ciara is everything, etc)
if she was still alive it would be the beyonce stans vs aaliyah stans but in a friendly respectful way. rihanna and that other girl i forgot her name i think its tiara sold 57k but anyway they have nothing on bey and aaliyah.