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Aaliyah had a huge hit in 1998 with "Are You that Somebody" (number one U.S. R&B airplay, eight weeks), the main single from the Doctor Doolittle soundtrack. Its video was the third most-played on MTV that year, and the song's success helped make Aaliyah a household name. The single was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.
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Aaliyah gained even more recognition in 1997 when she recorded “Journey to the Past,” the Academy Award-nominated theme song to the animated feature Anastasia. She ... performed the song for the Oscar telecast in 1998. Her next soundtrack effort, “Are You That Somebody?" for 1998’s Dr. Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy, went to No. 1 on the R&B charts, was a pop crossover hit, and earned Aaliyah her first Grammy Award nomination.
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Aaliyah's promising life came to a halt when she was killed along with seven others on August 25, 2001, when the private plane in which they were traveling crashed after takeoff. She had been shooting a video for the song "Rock the Boat" in the Bahamas and was preparing to return to the United States. The cause of the crash was investigated by Bahamian aviation officials, who later reported that the pilot of the small Cessna plane had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of the crash, and that the crash was most likely caused by a pilot error. The plane was ... overloaded by at least 700 pounds, most of it sound and video equipment used in the video shoot.
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In 1995 at age 16, Aaliyah performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" live at an Orlando Magic basketball game. She performed on nickelodeon's former show "All That" performing "Age ain't nothin but a number." Also during that year, she appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for A Low Down Dirty Shame with the minor international hit "The Thing I Like" (#33 UK). The song was ... included on international versions of Age Ain't Nothing But A Number.
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Aaliyah war in ihrer Karriere auf vielen Alben anderer Künstler und weiteren Film-Soundtracks zu hören. In den vergangenen Jahren wurden zahlreiche neue unbekannte Songs von ihr ins Internet gestellt. Sie sollte im Kinofilm Honey die Hauptrolle sowie in 3 Engel für Charlie die Rolle von Lucy Liu spielen. Außerdem war sie für eine Rolle in Sparkle eingeplant. Aaliyah war die erste weibliche Sängerin, die einen posthumen Nummer 1 Hit in England hatte. Sie war die erste und jüngste afro-amerikanische Sängerin, die bei den Oscars performte.
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- Last week MediaTakeOut.com told you that R&B singer Ciara is trying to record a duet with deceased R&B great Aaliyah (using samples from unreleased tracks). Not to be outdone, it now appears like Beyonce Knowles will be working with the legendary singer .... But instead of doing a duet with Aaliyah, Beyonce plans on remaking one of her most popular songs - One In A Million. According to an industry insider, Beyonce's camp are waiting to get the thumbs up from Aaliyah's estate before they move forward. The insider explained to MediaTakeOut.com, "[Beyonce] is looking to honor Aaliyah with the remake. If [Aaliyah's] family doesn't want it done, then it won't be done." (Thanks to cornerofbeyonce.com and MediaTakeOut.com for the info) --> comments
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