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Posthumously, Aaliyah went on to even greater success than she had found in earlier years. In the month following her death, her most recent release, Aaliyah, went multiplatinum. Critics unanimously agreed it was her most accomplished work. All Music Guide critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine declared, "Aaliyah isn't just a statement of maturity and a stunning artistic leap forward, it is one of the strongest urban soul records of its time." Blackground Enterprises released ICare4U in 2002. The release contained most of Aaliyah's greatest hits as well as six new, previously unreleased tracks, including the poignant first single, "Miss You."
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Aaliyah filmed Queen in Australia where she ... worked on her third self-titled album. It was released in July of 2001, five years after her last album. It showcased her broadening range as a vocalist. "I really wanted to show my versatility," she remarked to the Dallas Morning News. As she made the rounds promoting her album, Aaliyah signed up for a role in the upcoming sequels to The Matrix, where she hoped to get in on the action. "There's nothing like a strong woman who kicks butt," she exclaimed to Time magazine.
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Aaliyah's funeral was held on August 31, 2001 at Saint Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, New York City. She was interred at the Rosewood Mausoleum in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.[33]
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In late 1997 Aaliyah recorded "Journey to the Past" for the Anastasia soundtrack, a song that is Disney pop rather than R&B. She performed the song during the televised Oscars broadcast, where it won for Best Song in a Motion Picture. Aaliyah ... took part in Tommy Hilfiger's Tommy Jeans ad campaign. The ads, which included a number of celebrities, showed her sporting men's boxers under baggy jeans while wearing a tube top with the Hilfiger logo. "It created a whole new look. It was sexy but classic," Andy Hilfiger told Vibe.
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With an ethereal beauty, an angelic voice and agile dance moves, Aaliyah was able to parlay her skills into roles in movies and television. Early in her career, she appeared on the Nickelodeon series All That performing "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number". She returned again in 1996 to perform her hit "One in a Million". She ... appeared as herself on a 1994 episode of the gritty cop drama New York Undercover.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Zingy (http://www.zingy.com/), the Americas' leading mobile media company, has signed an exclusive agreement with Aaliyah, LLC to distribute previously unreleased Aaliyah mobile content to consumers worldwide. As part of the agreement, a percentage of the proceeds will go to the Aaliyah Memorial Fund, a non-profit organization supporting Alzheimer's, AIDS and Breast Cancer Research. This is one of the first times mobile content has been used to generate revenues for a charitable organization and the first time a new Aaliyah song has been first released as a ringtone.
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