Forever in love aaliyah biography

ByMarta Djordjevic

Aaliyah Dana Haughton, better known simply as Aaliyah, will forever be remembered as "The Princess of R&B." The singer was poised to watch her star grow even further, as Spin revealed in November 2001, "she already had one gold and two platinum albums to her credit," with her silver screen career breaking out, as well.

"I feel very established as a musician," she told the outlet months earlier, adding, "And now that I've started acting, I want to grow in that world."

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Tragically enough, Aaliyah's rise to the top of the entertainment industry was cut short, as the starlet was killed on August 25th, 2001, when the 22-year-old's plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the Bahamas.

Per Rolling Stone, the "Rock the Boat" singer "was among six passengers dead at the scene; three others passed away hours later."

"The thing with Aaliyah is that everybody liked her,