FratFiles

• Save Paper

Aaliyah (Haughton) Biography (1979-2001)

Singer, actress. Born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, the young singer competed unsuccessfully on the television program Star Search at age 11. Later that same year, she performed with R&B legend Gladys Knight, the former wife of her uncle and manager, Barry Hankerson, at a five-night stand in Las Vegas.
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 the successful singer 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)." Later that year, tabloid reports surfaced claiming that the sultry teen singer had married the 27-year-old Kelly, but Aaliyah denied the union and the marriage was reportedly annulled.

While a student in the dance......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 551
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Aaliyah Haughton
   

   Aaliyah Haughton Aaliyah (Haughton) Biography (1979-2001) Singer, actress. Born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, the

2. Aaliyah
   

   many people loved her." These were the words of Darlene Corbin on August 31, the day that Aaliyah Dani Haughton was laid to rest. Multi-talented singer and actress, Aaliyah

3. Love Of My Own By E,Lynn Harris Literary Analysis
   

   books that make up the novel shows how Zola and her magazine respond to the death of Aaliyah Haughton in August of 2001. The second book focuses on the September 11 tragedy in

4. 
   

5.