Like so much of Aaliyah’s career, “At Your Best ” didn’t seem revolutionary at the time of its release. She emerged from the world of black pop, and a part of the music industry that sold plenty of records – all three of her albums are certified multi-platinum – but didn’t draw much serious critical attention until just before her tragic death at the age of 22 on August 25, 2001. In retrospect, however, Aaliyah is widely recognized as one of her generation’s biggest innovators.
2016 marks 15 years since Aaliyah’s untimely passing. Here’s a remembrance of her short and remarkable life.
I was so sad the day she passed. May she rest in peace
Never met Aaliyah but from what I've heard, she seemed like a 'class act.'
I miss her. Happy 42nd
Queen Aaliyah! I wish you and Beyoncè could give us a duet, and you and Rihanna. My heart is shattered...💔
💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗l💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗One In a Million x AaliyahHaughton 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Rip
HappyBirthdayAaliyah Aaliyah
We miss you Aaliyah Aaliyah cosplay
My cousin Martha grew up listening to Aaliyah's music. 💔
The girl who sung about getting gangbanged in the mouth? Yeah.. True legend.
TheaTrinidad Good article
Forever Young Nation😀
TheaTrinidad “Then there was Chris Brown’s “Don’t Think They Know,” where he sang alongside Aaliyah’s disembodied voice. (Aaliyah might not have approved of a duet with the notoriously abusive singer.” God forbid the idiot who wrote this article ever make a mistake GEEZ
TheaTrinidad I really wish she was still alive today. 🙏🏾 She’s a gem.
Miss you so much.RIH.❤️❤️
Happy Birthday Aaliyah!! ❤️❤️
Happy Birthday to Aaliyah (January 16, 1979- August 25, 2001).
Still working the middle
Loved her, had all the CD’s...she would have excelled as an older woman ❤️🙏🏻
And this is why, Tinnii, I insist on the lace up leather trousers. innovation
It Wasn't Like This In The Past,But Now You Will Find 9 Times Out Of 10 In Hip Hop/R&B That THE PRODUCER Is The STAR On The SONG!You Know HOW Your Favourite Rapper/Singer Have Fans,So Do Producers.Nowadays People Buy Music Because Of Who Produced It More Than Who's Performing
I'd Say 'Timbaland' Is One Of Our Generations Biggest Innovators. He's A Composer, A Producer, Timbaland's A Great Source Of Innovative Music! He's Great At What He Does, Just Like Fatimah Was Her Choreographer, Timbaland Was The Brains Behind Her Music - Happy New Year 2021!
A legendary Roy Gaines daughter Carolyn Gaines sang Chicago Blues a Howlin Wolf’s song
AaliyahHaughton Love Aaliyah so much, she was incredible. Her legacy lives forever. ❤️
AaliyahHaughton Happy Heavenly bday AaliyahHaughton teamAaliyah 🎉🎉👑👑 Are you that Somebody?🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Write a fresh one 😕
Ily Aaliyah❤️
Innovated the small naked breasts
exactly, a legend
Y'all have her age at the time of death wrong: she was 22 when she passed away not 24.
If RollingStone said this, you know it's the truth..........
Oh so true.💔 So true, that this is why I came on your page just to comment on. Earth Angels 😇 are not here to stay long becuz heaven awaits. An inspiration, innovator icon TrendSetter THELASTPROPHET
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.selenagomez's top-charting Hot100 hits: 1, Lose You To Love Me 5, Good For You 5, Same Old Love 6, Come & Get It 6, The Heart Wants What It Wants 7, Hands To Myself 9, We Don't Talk Anymore 10, It Ain't Me 11, Taki Taki 13, Ice Cream 17, I Want You To Know
also the biggest example of an abuse survivor for a generation of girls and women. RIP Aaliyah.
Will always be my girl
Yup. Also; this article is from 2016 🙄
Yet we still can’t stream her music. It’s a crying shame.
I want her still. My baby 😭. She was special beyond words.
BeardedFr0g Really? Never heard of her
She dying and R Kelly living is proof that Karma doesn’t exist.
She was just too pretty and talented for this world... She's with god's angels now!
I miss her presence in the industry so much. Her music was always something to listen to, dance to, and feel.
Aaliyah any other female R&B singer
I love her so much, If I could give my life for hers I would🖤 she was such a pure, genuine & sweet soul. Way ahead of her time with her style & music. But I know that she is in a better place & I hope to meet her there 😔🖤🙏🏽
The princess.
So thats how old Queen of the damned is.
Never forget your voice music when I was at the store bought a cd 💿 of new album wow amazing memories.
NafessaWilliams 😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔
In the light of today’s Epstein scandal, I can’t help but think how incredibly irresponsible and unethical it was for record companies etc to promote songs like “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number” from a sexualized underage girl who was being abused by R Kelly. Shameful.
AaliyahHaughton 👼🏻
She literally made R&B and molded it into something positive and meaningful. May this legend rest in peace. There would never be another. Rest in peace aaliyah. ❤❤❤
Wow 18yrs?...unbelievable. Gone too soon. 🙏
Young Goddess, gone to soon!! Rest Queen! 🙏🏽
DivaDepressao mairamedeiros FilhosDaGravida
FlawlessLadys1 🙏🏻
AALIYAH
My heart will always be heavy,I remember just like it was yesterday of her walking around the hood 😩.
R.I.P. Aaliyah
R.I.P, Aaliyah....
🍓☀️
Babe 😍
Named my first child after her ❤️❤️
My beautiful friend Scott G her body guard did as well in her plane. RIP
She was so beautiful, timeless beauty
'It's Friday, and I'm ready to fling'🎶 Try not to bob your head.
richgutierrez18 Rip beautiful miss you forever love you
She died at 22 not 24 ..... smh .
One of R Kelly's victims.
I know the focus should be on Aaliyah.... But damn I just realized I'm hella old
This article.......
Wow, i remember the moment i heard the news. Time flies. R. I.P baby girl.
Chuckkk_WTF I still can’t believe she’s gone. I can only imagine what her music would sound like right now❤️😭💯👑🙌🏼🙏🏽💗
The firm I worked at in Miami represented Honeywell in her plane crash. It was very tragic and sadly the crash could have been avoided because the plane was too heavy. 💔 RIPAaliyah
🕊🙏🏽👸🏽💕
Aaliyah Art By Sandra Pearsall A True Talented Beauty with the most amazing style of music that resonates even today. Missed but never forgotten. ❤️❤️❤️💐💐💐
18 years. Her music is and will forever be as if it was recently released. ❤️
I can’t get overs it’s been 18 years... I still remember waking up to hearing the news from Kurt Loder
Stupid article. Even got the age of her death wrong.
It’s bullshit her uncle/family/whoever won’t put her final two albums on streaming services.
Aaliyah will always be in our hearts and never forgotten!! We love you ❤️🥺🕊 Aaliyah18years BabyGirl Princess R&B
Listen to her all the time. Such beautiful talent. Babygirl
she was SOOO beautiful. I just can’t help but think about all the artists she would’ve collabed with and how much bigger she would’ve gotten had she not passed. The best ones always die too soon. Rest easy, babygirl. ❤️
we care 🙄
arxroze The Pilot wishes he could dust himself off and try again.
RIP Aaliyah - sadly missed
AaliyahHaughton Babygirl❤️ She is so missed
AaliyahHaughton I Miss you ❤
🙏🏽
❤️miss her much
Also this
ClintonsBodyCount
She died when she was 22, not 24. Apart from that, nice article.
Miss Her! 😭
Omg it’s been that long😩😩😩
I still miss her.😔 I listen to many of her songs still. She was definitely taken away too soon. I have no doubt her career would be off the charts if she was still alive today
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