Aaliyah Danih Haughton Research Paper

Aaliyah Dani Haughton was born on January 16,1979, in Brooklyn, New York. The

name Aaliyah means “highest, most exalted one”. Some might think that naming your child

such a name was very strong, but for her parents Michael and Diane Haughton knew from the

start that their baby daughter had the makings of a real star.

At an early age her talents had been noticeable, when Aaliyah was five years old, the

Haughton family left Brooklyn behind and moved to a new home in Detroit. Impressed by her

incredible musical talent, decided to enroll her in vocal classes. When she wasn’t learning sing-

ing in the classroom, Aaliyah was singing up a storm wherever possible, including church plays

and the church choir.

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She also appeared on the national television talent show, Star

Search. Unfortunately, Aaliyah didn’t win first place, but she gained much experience working

in front of an larger audience.

Things started to get even better, by the age of fourteen, Aaliyah signed her first record

contract with Blackground Enterprises in 1994. She was the first act to sign with Blackground

label. Her first album, titled “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number” was most produced by the

R&B singer R. Kelly (who she was rumored to have married at only 15 years of age, but both

parties later denied the allegations), was released in 1994 and went double platinum.

In support of her first album Aaliyah has been touring different places and concert ap-

pearances all over the world. For her second album, Aaliyah decided to work with a with multi-

ple producers and songwriters in putting her album, “One in a Million”, together. Her main col-

laborator on the album was “Timbaland”, one of the hottest producers in hip-hop music.

With this second album, Aaliyah would score her first number one single “If Your Girl

Only Knew” and she established herself as a multi-platinum artist. In 1997 Aaliyah