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.
At the time of her death, she was scheduled to reloop her dialogue in Queen of the Damned (2002) and to film the majority of her role for The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).
Posthumous single "More Than A Woman" reaches #1 in the UK. [January 2002]
The first female artist to have a posthumous number one single in the UK record charts. [January 2002]
In January 2002 she reached No. 1 in the UK with her single "More Than A Woman". She was knocked off the top spot a week later by another deceased artist - George Harrison.
At her funeral, 22 white doves were released from the steps of the church. One dove for each year of her life.
Sister of Rashad Haughton.
Auditioned for the Elton John Broadway show, Aida.
Her uncle, Barry Hankerson, was formerly married to singer Gladys Knight.
Her mother Diane was once a promising solo singer but gave it up to raise her children Aaliyah and Rashad Haughton.
She had a close friendship with producer/musical artist 'Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott' .
It was announced in November 2002 that good friend 'Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott' is to produce a tribute album to Aaliyah which will include stars finishing off songs Aaliyah was working on before her death in August 2001. In the same month, it was announced that a posthumous Aaliyah album will be released entitled 'I care 4 u'.
Was considered for the role of Alex in Charlie's Angels (2000), but casting directors deemed her too young and the part went to Lucy Liu.
Was considered for the part of Maggie in Get Over It (2001), but was already committed to Romeo Must Die (2000). Zoe Saldana was eventually cast in the role.
Was the first choice to play Valerie in Josie and the Pussycats (2001), but had already signed on for the lead role in Queen of the Damned (2002). Rosario Dawson eventually got the part.
Was almost the voice of Leah in Osmosis Jones (2001), but could not accept due to schedule conflicts. The part was eventually voiced by Brandy Norwood.
Her grandmother was Native American.
She was close friends with Nicole Richie.
Was originally cast in the title role in Honey (2003) but died before production began. Jessica Alba won the part after her death.
Best friend was Kidada Jones.
