Aaliyah

Don’t miss the inspirational biography behind the exciting new Lifetime movie *Aaliyah: The Princess of R &B*, starring Alexandra Shipp as the extraordinary singer Aaliyah.

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was that music business rarity: a teen idol who transformed herself into a critically acclaimed hip-hop soul artist, a singer who successfully made the transition to actress, and a beautiful woman who never let the trappings of celebrity go to her head. Following her impressive debut at age fourteen with the album *Age Ain’t Nothin’ but a Number,* Aaliyah raised the bar with her hugely influential and bestselling follow-up, *One in a Million.* She then took her talents to Hollywood, starring in the action thriller *Romeo Must Die* and the highly anticipated horror film *The Queen of the Damned.* But soon after the release of her third album in the summer of 2001, Aaliyah’s life was cut short in a tragic plane crash.

Here is the inspirational story of the star *The Washington Post* dubbed “Hip-Hop’s Lady Di”—a woman who, by the time of her death at age twenty-two, touched legions of fans around the world with her haunting voice and gentle spirit.