Aaliyah

Aaliyah Haughton was important to me because she was good singer and actress and she cared a lot about her fans also she has been nominated four times. Although Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn but raised in Detroit she hit the big time in her teen years with a spate of hit records before she embarked at the ripe old age of twenty on a film career. Aaliyah started her singing career at age eleven on the television program star search, In 1994 at the age of 15, Aaliyah catapulted onto the R& B charts herself with her debut album , ‘’ Age ain’t nothing but a number ‘’ Produced by R(Robert) Kelly ,the album quickly sold a million copies and eventually earned platinum status based largely on the success of two hit singles, ‘’ Back and Forth’’ and ‘’ At your best ( You Are Love).While a student in the dance program at Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts ( she graduated in 1997), Aaliyah released her sophomore album, One in a Million(1996). Helmed by the well-known pop producer Timaland (Tim Mosley) and featuring rap performer Missy ‘’Misdemeanor’’ Elliott, One in a Million portrayed the 17-year-old singer as a hip-hop chanteuse with a self-confidence well beyond her years. The album garnered favorable  reviews  and  sold two  million copies. Aaliyah gained even  more  recognition  in  1997 when  she  recorded  ‘’ Journey to  the  Past’’ the  Academy Award-nominated  theme  song to  the animated feature Anastasia. She also  preformed  the  song  for the  Oscar telecast in 1998. Her next soundtrack effort, ‘’ Are You That Somebody ? ‘’ for 1998’s Dr Dolittle, Staring Eddie Murphy ,went number one on the R & B charts, was a pop crossover hit, and earned Aaliyah her first Grammy Award nomination.