What is Aaliyah?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox Musical artist | Name = Aaliyah | Img = Aaliyah-02.jpg | Img_capt = Aaliyah in 2000 | Img_size = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = Aaliyah Dana Haughton | Alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1979|1|16}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], U.S. | Origin = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S. | Genre = {{flatlist| * [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] * [[Pop music|pop]] * [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] * [[Soul music|soul]] * [[new jack swing]]}} | Occupation = {{hlist|[[Singer]]|actress|dancer|model}} | Years_active = 1989–2001 | Label = {{flatlist| *[[Blackground Records]] *[[Jive Records|Jive]] *[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] *[[Virgin Records|Virgin]] *[[Universal Music Group|Universal]] *[[Interscope Records|Interscope]] }} | URL = [http://www.Aaliyah.com Aaliyah.com] | death_date = August 25, 2001 (aged 22) | death_place = Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas }} '''Aaliyah Dana Haughton''' (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001) was an [[Americans|American]] [[singer]], [[actress]], [[dance]]r, and [[Model (person)|model]]. She was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], and raised in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. From her youth, she began to sing: she did singing competitions, castings and shows. Her career began in 1994 with the release of her first album ''Age Ain't Nothing But A Number''. She continued going to the High School of the Performing Arts after this. In 1996, Aaliyah's second album, ''One in a Million''. Aaliyah always wanted to act and she got the leading role in ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'' (2000). Then she starred in ''Queen of the Damned'' in 2002. In 2001, Aaliyah returned to music with her third eponymous album, she put a lot into it, as a singer and as an executive producer. She worked on it with her uncle. After completing her music video '''Rock the Boat''', she was killed in a plane cra