Age Ain't Nothing But A Number was released in 94'
and gave Aaliyah 2 Top 5 pop hits: "Back And Forth" and "At Your
Best (You Are Love). R. Kelly wrote all the songs on the LP (except "At
Your Best (You Are Love)). This CD was certified gold. In September it was
certified platinum.
In 95' Aaliyah appeared on the soundtrack for A Low
Down Dirty Shame with "The Thing I Like."
One In A Million is Aaliyah's 2nd CD and it came out in 96', when Aaliyah was
justt 16 years old.Aaliyah's alliance with Kelly was
not present on her 2nd LP released - One In A Million. The
LP gave Aaliyah another Top 10 pop hit with "If Your Girl Only Knew"
as well as the hits "One In A Million" and "4 Page Letter."
Another track on the LP was a remake of Marvin Gaye's "Got To Give It Up.
In October
A good start with getting into movies came with Aaliyah's contribution to the
Anastasia soundtrack with the track "Journey To The Past" in 97'.
Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "The One I Gave My Heart To." < This
song was certified gold.
In 98' Aaliyah could be heard on the Dr. Dolittle
soundtrack with the Top 5 hit "Are You That Somebody?" (and seen in
the film with a cameo appearance).
In 2000 Aaliyah could be found on the soundtrack for
Romeo Must Die including a track with DMX, "Come Back In One Piece"
and the tracks "Try Again" and "Are You Feelin' Me?" Aaliyah
also starred in the film. The Romeo Must Die soundtrack was certified platinum.
In
July 2001 Aaliyah released Aaliyah.
Aaliyah hit the Top 40 with "We Need A Resolution." Aaliyah's
album, Aaliyah, topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart - selling over
300,000 copies in the US during the week after her death. "Rock The Boat"
hit the Top 40.