Biografia

Was originally cast in the title role in Honey (2003) but died before production began. Jessica Alba won the role after her death.

The first female artist to have a posthumous number one single in the UK record charts.

Had a 4.0 voice - she was a "soubrette soprano".

In Arabic, the name Aaliyah means "highest, most exalted one.".

(August 25, 2001) Aaliyah and eight other people died in a plane crash on the return trip from shooting a music video in the Bahamas. The crash, which happened about 200 yards from Marsh Harbour Airport on Abaco Island in the Bahamas, was determined to have been caused by the plane being overweight by more than 700 pounds, and with one more person than the plane was rated for.

[interview in July 2001 with Germany's "Die Zeit" newspaper that eerily predicts her death] It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don't know why. I'm scared. Then suddenly I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It's a wonderful feeling.

[from "MTV Diary: Aaliyah"] want people to remember me as a full-on entertainer and a good person.

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

[her advice for aspiring artists) Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad . . . In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do.