ʻO Alia Dana Houghton, aka ʻo Aaliyah, he mea pena mele kaulana R&B, hip-hop, ʻuhane a me nā mele pop.
Ua koho pinepine ʻia ʻo ia no kahi makana Grammy, a me kahi makana Oscar no kāna mele no ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Anastasia.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi o ka mea hīmeni
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Ianuali 16, 1979 ma New York, akā ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona wā kamaliʻi ma Detroit. ʻO kona makuahine, ʻo Diana Haughton, he mele hoʻi, no laila ua hānai ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki e ʻimi i nā ʻoihana mele. ʻO Aaliyah ke kaikamahine a Barry Hankerson, he luna mele kiʻekiʻe i mare i ka mele mele kaulana ʻo Gladys Knight.
I ka 10 o kona mau makahiki, ua komo ʻo ia i ka hōʻike TV ʻo Star Search, e hīmeni ana i ke mele punahele a kona makuahine. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i lanakila, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana pū me kahi luna mele, nāna i alakaʻi iā ia e hele i nā auditions no nā hōʻike TV like ʻole.
A laila ua puka 'o ia mai ke kula ki'eki'e o Detroit no ka Fine and Performing Arts ma ka papa hula me nā māka maika'i loa.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka o ka ʻoihana o ka mea mele ʻo Aliya
No ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kāna ʻoihana noʻonoʻo, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana me kona ʻanakala, nona ka Blackground Records. I ka makahiki 1994, i ka makahiki 14, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album mua, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number.
Ua kaulana kēia album a ua piʻi i ka helu 18 ma ka pakuhi Billboard 200, a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kope i kūʻai ʻia ma mua o 2 miliona. kūlana ma ka māhele 1 Hot Singles.
I ka makahiki 1994, i ka makahiki 15, ua mare malū ʻo ia ma Ilinoi me kāna kumu aʻo, ʻo R. Kelly, ʻo ia ka mea i kēlā manawa he 27 mau makahiki. Akā ʻelima mau mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka male ma o ka hana ʻana a nā mākua o Aliya ma muli o kāna mea liʻiliʻi. I ka makahiki 1995, ua hīmeni ʻo ia i ke mele aupuni o ʻAmelika i ka wā o ka pāʻani pīpeku no ka Orlando Magic.
Hoʻomohala ʻoihana a me One in a Million album
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua album One in a Million ma ʻAukake 17, 1996, i ka manawa he 17 mau makahiki o ka mea mele. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka poʻe mele mele i kēia album, e waiho ana i nā manaʻo maikaʻi. ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻopau hou i ka ʻoihana mele a Aaliyah, a ua lilo ia i mea nui loa i ka honua o nā mele R&B.
I ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Tommy Hilfiger iā ia i kumu hoʻohālike no kāna mau hoʻolaha hoʻolaha. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hīmeni ʻo ia i kahi mele no ka leo kani i ke kiʻi "Anastasia", kahi i koho ʻia ai ʻo ia no Oscar.
Ua lilo ʻo Aliya i mea ʻōpio ʻōpio loa i loaʻa i kahi koho ma ka ʻāpana Best Original Song. I ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 1997, ua kūʻai aku ke mele i 3,7 miliona kope ma ka US a me 11 miliona ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
I ka makahiki 1998, ua lanakila nui 'o Alia me ke mele Are You That Somebody? mai ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni "Dr. Dolittle", a ʻo ke wikiō no kēia mele ke kolu o ka hōʻike ʻia ma MTV i kēlā makahiki.
I ka makahiki 2000, ua komo ʻo Aliya, a me Jet Li, i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kaua ʻo Romeo Must Die, i lilo i mea kaulana loa ma ʻAmelika. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā mele kani no kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mea hoʻokahi We Need a Resolution mai kāna album ʻekolu i ka lā 24 ʻApelila, 2001. Akā ʻaʻole i kaulana nui ʻia e like me nā mele ma mua, ʻoiai ke kiʻi wikiō nui. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma Iulai 17, 2001.
A ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka ka album hou ma ka helu 2 ma ka 200 Hot Albums, ua haʻahaʻa loa ke kūʻai aku, akā ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka mea mele.
I hoʻokahi pule ma hope o ka pōʻino o Aaliyah, ua paʻi ka album i ka #1 ma nā palapala palapala US a ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Platinum no ka ʻoi aku o 1 miliona mau kope i kūʻai ʻia.
Ka make poino o Aaliyah
Ma ʻAukake 25, 2001, ua kau ʻo Aliya a me kāna hui i kahi Cessna 402B (N8097W) ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana i ke wikiō no Rock The Boat. He lele ia mai ka mokupuni ʻo Abaco, ma Bahamas, a hiki i Miami (Florida).
Ua hāʻule ka mokulele ma hope koke iho o ka lele ʻana. Ua make koke ka pailaka a me ʻewalu mau ohua, me Aliya. Ua loaʻa ka pōʻino ma muli o ka overload, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ukana ma mua o ka maʻamau.
Wahi a nā hopena o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ua loaʻa ʻo Aliya i ke ahi nui a me ka hahau ikaika i ke poʻo. Ua manaʻo ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana inā ua ola ʻo ia i ka pōʻino, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ola hou, no ka mea, ua ʻeha loa nā ʻeha. Ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻolewa o ka mea mele ma ka Halepule o St. ʻO Ignatius Loyola ma Manhattan.
ʻO ka lono o ka make ʻana o Aliya ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana i kāna mau album a me nā mele. Ua piʻi ka mea hoʻokahi More Than A Woman ma ka helu 7 ma US ma ka palapala R&B a ma ka helu 25 ma ka 100 Hot Singles. Ua hōʻea pū ʻo ia i ka helu 1 ma nā pakuhi UK. I kēia lā, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea hoʻokahi a kahi mea pena kiʻi i make i hiki i ka piko o nā palapala UK.
Ua kūʻai aku ka album a Aaliyah ma kahi o 3 miliona mau kope ma US. I ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻomaka ka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Queen of the Damned, kahi i hoʻokani ai ka mea mele i kekahi mau mahina ma mua o kona make ʻana. ʻO ka mua o kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hōʻiliʻili i kahi helu nui o nā mea aloha o ke kālena o ka mea mele ma nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi hōʻuluʻulu o kāna mau mele, ʻo Ultimate Aaliyah, kahi i komo ai kāna mau mele kaulana loa a me nā mele. Ua kūʻai ʻia aku he 2,5 miliona kope o kēia ʻohi.
