Aaliyah

Aaliyah is interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Hartsdale, New York. Jeanne Aubert passed away in 1988 and was interred in the Cimetière de Pantin in the Parisian suburb of Pantin. It also contained a number of Aaliyah songs form the Blackground vaults that Aaliyah had recorded over the course of her career including "Miss You," which became the album's main single and features Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, Toni Braxton, DMX, and others paying tribute to Aaliyah in its video. Although never a headline star, for the next thirty years her career was busy with numerous recordings, film and stage performances, and eventually roles on television. In 2002, a posthumous greatest hits collection, I Care 4 You, was released in Aaliyah's name. She was part of a number of other shows in London, England and other cities throughout Europe. Aaliyah was to have had a supporting role as Harold Perrineau Jr.'s wife in the two sequels to The Matrix; her role was ultimately filled by Nona Gaye. In 1935, she returned to her native France where she acted in several films during the ensuing two years. In 1937, she went back on the Paris stage, performing in musical varieties with the celebrated songstress Fréhel.

Sadly, some of the album's biggest hits happened only after Aaliyah's death, including the remaining two singles, "More Than A Woman" and "I Care 4 U" which was a huge radio hit even without a music video. Following her divorce Jeanne Aubert began working in Broadway musical comedies as well as making an appearance in the1934 East Coast film production "The Gem Of The Ocean". "Rock the Boat" went on to become an enormous posthumous hit on radio and on video channels, and the tragic news of her death gave her album an enormous sales boost, pushing it to #1 on Billboard. In May of 1939, Nelson Morris survived the Hindenburg disaster. Aaliyah's untimely death heavily effect both her family, her friends (including Timbaland and Missy Elliott), and the entertainment industry as a whole, which almost unanimously praised Aaliyah for being a inspirational and talented individual. Eventually they moved to the United States and married but the marriage did not last. It was later determined by investigators that the plane was overloaded by several hundred pounds. Morris used his connections to get to meet her and the two became involved.

All nine people aboard, including Aaliyah, the pilot, and the other seven passengers, were either killed by the crash or died later at the hospital. Using the stage name Jane Aubert, in 1929, she made her motion picture debut in the silent film, "La Possession." Her film was seen by Nelson Morris of Chicago, Illinois a multi-millionaire whose family had made their fortune in meatpacking and who at the time was overseeing a meat processing operation in France. The plane took off, but quickly descended and crashed in the forest. Jeanne Aubert served as the first president of the JOCF of France. After shooting had wrapped, Aaliyah and her entourage boarded a small airplane, which was to take them to Miami, Florida. In 1928 she helped organize the first female branch of the Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC), a Roman Catholic apostolic organization for young people. Aaliyah traveled to the Bahamas in August 2001 to film the "Rock The Boat" video with director Hype Williams. As a teenager, she was given voice and music lessons and at age eighteen appeared in an elaborate Mistinguett production at the Casino de Paris.

She also filmed a video for the single "More Than A Woman," before it was decided that "Rock The Boat" would become Aaliyah's second single. At age five, little Marguerite began performing on stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet. "We Need A Resolution" was the last Aaliyah video released before her passing. Born Marguerite Perrinot in Paris, France to an aristocratic father she was pushed by her mother, a former flower girl, into show business. in 2002. Jeanne Aubert, (February 21, 1906 – March 6, 1988) was a French singer and actress. Most of Aaliyah was recorded in Australia, as the singer was filming scenes for her second and final movie role, that of Queen Akasha in Queen of the Damned, released by Warner Bros.

However, the album was a critical success, and the video for "We Need A Resolution" received heavy MTV2 play. "We Need A Resolution," the first single from her double-platinum third album, Aaliyah, was released in spring of 2001 and was considered a commercial failure. In 2002, she would be showcased, in her final role, as Akasha in the film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel, The Queen of the Damned. Aaliyah contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack album, including "Back In One Piece," a duet with DMX (who has a minor role in Romeo Must Die), and the international smash, "Try Again." "Try Again" was the first song ever to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart based solely on the strength of its radio airplay, without any single sales factored in (there was no single released for consumer purchase).

The film was notable for its mainstream success despite featuring Asian and African American characters in the lead roles and having few white Americans in the cast. In 2000, she co-starred in the martial-arts film Romeo Must Die with Jet Li. Its video was the third most played on MTV that year, and the song's success began to make Aaliyah a household name. In 1998, Aaliyah had a huge hit with "Are You That Somebody," the main single from the Doctor Doolittle soundtrack album.

She was the youngest ever to do a soundtrack for a Disney film. The song was nominated for an Academy Award, and Aaliyah performed the song at the 1997 Academy Awards ceremony. In 1997, Aaliyah apeared on the soundtrack album from the 1997 animated feature Anastasia, singing the pop version of "Journey To The Past". During this period, Aaliyah would also make guest appearances on albums by artists such as Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Magoo, Ginuwine, and Playa, and Elliott, Timbaland, and Playa's frontman Steven Garrett (aka "Static") would remain Aaliyah's principal collaborators for the duration of her career.

Other singles from the album included "4 Page Letter" and "Hot Like Fire". One In A Million featured the international smash hit, "If Your Girl Only Knew," the platinum single "One In A Million," and the gold single "The One I Gave My Heart To," a ballad written by Diane Warren. The album eventually went double platinum, making Aaliyah a major star, and igniting the highly successful careers of Elliott and Timbaland. One In A Million, Aaliyah's sophomore album, was chiefly written and produced by then-unknowns Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, and released in late 1996.

Neither party ever publicly admitted to the union, and R. Kelly did not work on any of Aaliyah's future recordings. Kelly, the producer of Age Ain't Nothing but a Number. Vibe magazine published a copy of their marriage certificate in 1995, claiming that Aaliyah falsified her age and claimed she was 18 so that her and Kelly could be married, and that both parties had the marriage quickly annuled when the press found out about the union. It was briefly rumored that in 1994, when she was 15, she was married to singer/songwriter R. The album eventually reached platinum status and featured the successful singles "Back And Forth", "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number," and "At Your Best (You Are Love)," a cover of a 1976 Isley Brothers single.

Signing to her uncle's Blackground label in 1993, Aaliyah released her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number, in 1994. Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Professionally known as simply Aaliyah, she also branched out into acting before her death in a plane crash in 2001 at the age of 22. Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001) was an American rhythm and blues singer.

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