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In the summer of 2001, Aaliyah filmed the video for her intended second single More Than A Woman. The video was to be released, but Rock The Boat began receiving huge amounts of radio-play, so she was immediately sent to the Bahamas to shoot the video. However, after her life was claimed by a fatal plain crash, More Than A Woman ended up becoming her third self-titled album's third single.
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Aaliyah had seven Top 10 hits on the Billboard Top 100 Countdown.
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Aaliyah is interred in a private room at the Rosewood Mausoleum at the Ferncliff Cemetary in Hartsdale, New York.
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Aaliyah was set to play the lead in the 2003 film Honey, which was then played by Jessica Alba.
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Aaliyah has been mentioned in numerous songs through out the years, including songs by Missy Elliot, Jadakiss, Mary J. Blige, and Yolanda Adams.
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Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails was to produce a song on Aaliyah's last album, but due to scheduling conflict, it never happened.
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Aaliyah has been the topic of four books: aaliyah: more than a woman (Christopher John Farley, 2001), Aaliyah: An R&B Princess in Words and Pictures (Kelly Kenyatta, 2002), Aaliyah (Tim Footman, 2003), and Aaliyah Remembered: Her Life & The Person behind the Mystique (William Sutherland, 2005).
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Aaliyah is mentioned in Brandy's 2004 song Afrodisiac. She is referred to in the line, "Get babygirl's attention, she's more than a woman and we sure do miss her."
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Aaliyah was the spokeswoman for Clairol's hair product for women of color, Texture and Tones, in 1998.
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Aaliyah's best friend was Kidada Jones, whom she met at a Tommy Hilfiger photo shoot in 1996.
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When Aaliyah was 19, she was the first and youngest African-American woman to perform at the Oscars.
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Aaliyah was the face of Tommy Hilfiger's street-but-sweet line in 1996-97.
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In 2006, one of Aaliyah's unreleased tracks was released onto the Internet. It was called Time, and was meant for the 2002 soundtrack 30 Years To Live.
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The video for Take Away was dedicated to Aaliyah.
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Aaliyah's maternal grandmother, Mintis L. Hicks Hankerson, was Native American.
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Though Aaliyah is featured in Notorious BIG’s video One More Chance, she is not actually doing the vocals. They were performed by Faith Evans.
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When Aaliyah was 15, she performed the "National Anthem" at an Orlando Magic game in 1995.
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Aaliyah was in the movies Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned.
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Aaliyah had just filmed the video for "Rock the Boat" in the Bahamas before her death.
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Aaliyah was good friends with Missy Elliot.
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Aaliyah had a greatest hits album and DVD released after her untimely death.
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Aaliyah was considered for the part of "Alex" in Charlie's Angels, but she was to young, so the part was given to Lucy Liu.
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Aaliyah's uncle is a famous music producer, Barry Hankerson.
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Aaliyah was voted First Place in 2000 by the readers of Black Men Magazine for "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year."
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Aaliyah is the Pincess of RnB/Soul and Pop.
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Grammy-winning R&B singer Gladys Knight was her aunt by a former marriage to Aaliyah's uncle Barry Hankerson.
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Aaliyah is originally from New York, but later she moved to Detroit.
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Aaliyah is Arabic for "Highest, Most exalted one; the best".