Aaliyah Look Alike
by Jai
 People tell me all the time I have different looks. But, mostly I get that I look like Aaliyah. It's kind of funny to me because she was BEAUTIFUL and well, I don't think I can quite do it like her.. Lol, anyways, YOU be the judge! ***************************** Well, I think I can see why someone would say you look like Aaliyah! You are a beautiful lady indeed! I am honored and so glad to have an armed service lady (such as yourself) contributing to this site! We need more! Here's a bit about Alliyah in case you didn't know! Born in Brooklyn, Aaliyah Haughton moved to Detroit at an early age, where her parents provided her with a vocal instructor while she was still very young. Her public singing career was initiated at age 9 and by 11 she was performing in Las Vegas as a part of Gladys Knight and the Pips. The combination of training and inside connections moved things along quickly. Her uncle (fortuitously placed as CEO of the Blackground management company) introduced her to one of the artists in his stable - R&B singer R. Kelly, and the 15-year-old's recording career was underway. Kelly went on to write and produce most of the debut album Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, which, released in 1994 on Blackground Records. This move launched Aaliyah into the charts with 2 top ten singles. Following the success of the record, Aaliyah went on an extensive world tour before returning to complete her education. During this time a controversy surrounding her relationship to Kelly, (some sources claiming they had married despite her status as a minor), was stirred up by the press; both denied a romantic link of any kind, but the gossip brought their working relationship to an end. For her next album, Aaliyah enlisted the services of then-mostly-unknown producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott: a combination that would send the careers of all three into the stratosphere with its resultant One in a Million (1996). With this second album, she would score her first #1 single (If Your Girl Only Knew) and establish herself as a multi-platinum artist. Over the next two years, Aaliyah kept herself in the public consciousness with contributions to the soundtracks for the animated film Anastasia (earning her an Oscar nomination) and the Eddie Murphy vehicle Doctor Dolittle (earning her a Grammy nomination). The inevitable move from the soundtrack to the film itself was made in 2000, when producer Joel Silver enlisted her as one of the lead actors in the action film Romeo Must Die. The popularity of the film would later bring about a role in Queen of the Damned (released in 2002) and prospective roles in the sequels to The Matrix (which she was never able to pursue). Eventually the singer returned to the studio, her 2001 eponymous release again making use of the skills of Elliott and Timbaland. The combination proved as potent as ever, and her third record effectively repeated the success of One in a Million. She also modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, appeared in a Victoria Secret ad, and starred in two motion pictures, Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned, before she and eight others died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001 after filming the music video for the single "Rock The Boat". Since then, Aaliyah has achieved commercial success with the singles "Miss You" and "I Care 4 U". She has had more than 10 Top 25 singles and has also topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "Try Again", which became the first song in history to hit number one based on airplay alone.
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