Auditioned for a role on the television sitcom "Family Matters" (1989).
Chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21." [1999]
Aaliyah is Arabic for "highest, most exalted one"
3 tattoos: her initial and a star on her hand, a music symbol on her ankle and a dove on her lower back.
Voted First Place by the readers of Black Men Magazine for "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year." [2000]
Performed with Gladys Knight at age eleven in Las Vegas.
Aaliyah's self-titled long awaited third album is released. [July 17, 2001]
Got her dove tattoo as a tribute to her grandmother.
Graduated from the Detroit High School of the Performing Arts with a 4.0 GPA.
Got her big break on the television show "Star Search" (1983).
Died in a plane crash on a return trip from shooting a music video in the Bahamas. The crash, which happened in Marsh Harbour, located on Abaco Island in the Bahamas, was determined to have been caused by the plane being overloaded. [25 August 2001]
She got her middle name Dana from her grandmother.
At the time of her death, Aaliyah and her boyfriend, Roc-A-Fella co-CEO Damon Dash, had plans to wed.
Parents: Micheal and Diane Haughton. Brother: Rashad Haughton (born 6 August 1977).
At the age of 5, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she grew up.
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