Aaliyah Dana Houghton was born in 1979, in New York, USA although raised in Detroit,. Aaliyah was a famous actress, singer, model and dancer. She is perhaps best known for releasing such albums as “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number”, “Aaliyah” and “One in a Million”. Aaliyah appeared in several movies, including “Queen of the Damned” and “Romeo Must Die”. Unfortunately, Aaliyah died in a plane crash in 2001. Even after her death, her music remained popular and she is even considered as the “Princess of R&B” and the “Queen of Urban Pop”. It is sad that the world lost this young and talented woman, who is still known as one of the most successful female R&B artists.
Aaliyah Net Worth $10 Million
So how rich was Aaliyah? Sources estimated that Aaliyah’s net worth was $10 million. The main part of this sum of money was no doubt from Aaliyah’s career as a singer and actress. She was a really talented personality and achieved a lot during the 10 years of her career. Unfortunately, she was not able to achieve more and gain even more acclaim, because of her tragic death.
When Aaliyah was just a small girl she started attending voice lessons. Soon she began performing at different events and even started acting in plays. Later Aaliyah began auditioning for different programs and commercials. Subsequently she appeared in such shows as “Star Search” and “Family Matters”. When Aaliyah was 12 years old, she signed to “Blackground Records”, where she was introduced to R. Kelly and they started working together. In 1994 Aaliyah released her first album called “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number”, which soon became very popular and Aaliyah’s net worth began growing. The album was also praised by the critics and Aaliyah became more noticeable in the music industry. In 1996 Aaliyah signed with “Atlantic Records”, and in the same year she released her second album, “One in a Million”, during the making of which Aaliyah had an opportunity to work with Missy Elliott and Timbaland. This album also added a lot to Aaliyah’s net worth.
In 1997 Aaliyah began her acting career, when she appeared in the show called “New York Undercover”. In 2000 she was cast in one of her most famous roles in the movie called “Romeo Must Die”. This had a huge impact on the growth of Aaliyah’s net worth. One year later, Aaliyah released her third, self-titled, album, which also became very successful and added a lot to her net worth. Although Aaliyah had many activities planned for the future, she was not able to proceed with them because of her accidental death.
Talking about Aaliyah’s personal life, she was apparently illegally married to R. Kelly as she was under age at the time, but the couple denied this marriage ever happened. She was also in a relationship with Damon Dash. Aaliyah was good friends with Timbaland and Missy Elliott and her death had an impact on them. All in all, Aaliyah was a very talented and successful woman, who achieved a lot and died too soon.
