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    Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York City, [3] the younger child of Diane and Michael "Miguel" Haughton, a warehouse worker. [4] [5] She was of African-American descent. [4] [6] [7] Her name is the feminine form of the Arabic "Ali", meaning "highest, most exalted one, the best."

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Singer and actress Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in Detroit, Michigan, the young singer competed unsuccessfully on the television program Star...

  4. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she was raised between Detroit and New York and eventually became a client with Abrams Artists. She graduated from the Detroit Performing Arts High School in 1997 with a 4.0 GPA.

    • Aaliyah was secretly married to R. Kelly. R. Kelly produced Aaliyah’s first album, Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number in 1994 when she was just 14. The title proved apt.
    • Her career was a family affair. Aaliyah became successful at such a young age in part because of her family’s connections to the music industry. Her uncle Barry Hankerson was a music executive who founded Blackstreet Records and was married to music legend Gladys Knight.
    • Aaliyah was falsely rumored to have a glass eye. Early in her career, Aaliyah always wore sunglasses in photographs. Fans began to speculate that she was deliberately hiding her eyes because she had a glass eye.
    • Aaliyah was on track to become a major movie star. In 2000, Aaliyah starred in the surprise hit action movie Romeo Must Die. She also produced the soundtrack, which included one of her biggest hits, "Try Again."
  5. Aug 25, 2021 · Born in Brooklyn, New York, as Aaliyah Dana Haughton and raised in Detroit, Aaliyah stocked up five Top 10 hits on Billboard's Hot 100 along with a string of No. 1 songs on the pop and R&B charts.

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  7. Oct 11, 2001 · Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born January 16th, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Detroit with her family at age five. She grew up singing with her mother, and at eleven opened for her aunt...

  8. Aug 13, 2021 · Aaliyah backstage at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1995. Photograph: Catherine McGann/Getty Images. Baby Girl (the title is taken from a nickname given to Aaliyah by her father and used by ...

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