U-Alia Dana Houghton, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Aaliyah, ungumculi owaziwayo we-R&B, we-hip-hop, we-soul nowomculo we-pop.
Uqokwe kaningi emklomelweni weGrammy, kanye nendondo ye-Oscar ngengoma yakhe yefilimu i-Anastasia.
Ubuntwana bomculi
Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 16, 1979 eNew York, kodwa wachitha ubuntwana bakhe eDetroit. Unina, uDiana Haughton, naye wayengumculi, ngakho wakhulisa izingane zakhe ukuba ziphishekele imisebenzi yomculo. U-Aaliyah wayengumshana kaBarry Hankerson, isikhulu esiphezulu somculo owashada nomculi womculo odumile uGladys Knight.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala, wabamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwe-TV i-Star Search, ecula ingoma kanina ayintandokazi. Nakuba engazange aphumelele, waqala ukusebenza ne-ejenti yomculo, okwamholela ekutheni ahambele inhlolokhono yezinhlelo ezihlukahlukene ze-TV.
Wabe esephothula eDetroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts ekilasini lokudansa ngamamaki amahle kakhulu.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculi u-Aliya
Ukuze ethule umsebenzi wakhe wokudala, waqala ukusebenza nomalume wakhe, owayephethe iBlackground Records. Ngo-1994, eneminyaka engu-14, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, yakhululwa.
Le albhamu ibe nedumela futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme ku-18 eshadini le-Billboard 200, futhi inani lamakhophi athengisiwe ladlula izigidi ezi-2. Le albhamu yayihlanganisa eyodwa ethi Back And Forth, eyahamba ngegolide yafinyelela inani elingu-1 eshadini le-Billboard R&B kanye no-5 - isikhundla esigabeni sama-Hot Singles angu-100.
Ngo-1994, eneminyaka engu-15, washada ngasese e-Illinois nomeluleki wakhe, umculi uR. Kelly, ngaleso sikhathi owayeneminyaka engu-27 ubudala. Kodwa ezinyangeni ezinhlanu kamuva, umshado wachithwa ngokungenelela kwabazali baka-Aliya ngenxa yobuncane bakhe. Ngo-1995, wacula iculo lesizwe laseMelika ngesikhathi somdlalo we-basketball we-Orlando Magic.
Ukuthuthukiswa komsebenzi kanye ne-albhamu ye-One in a Million
I-albhamu yesibili ethi One in a Million yakhululwa ngo-August 17, 1996, lapho umculi eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala. Abagxeki bomculo bayincomile le albhamu, bashiya imibono eyakhayo. Lokhu kusebenze ekususeni umkhakha womculo ka-Aaliyah, osephenduke omunye wabantu ababaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni womculo we-R&B.
Ngo-1997, u-Tommy Hilfiger wamqasha njengemodeli yemikhankaso yakhe yokukhangisa. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wahlabelela ingoma ye-soundtrack kukhathuni "Anastasia", lapho aqokelwe khona i-Oscar.
U-Aliya ube ngumdlali omncane kunabo bonke ukuthola ukuqokwa esigabeni seBest Original Song. Ekupheleni kuka-1997, leli culo lase lithengise amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-3,7 e-US kanye nezigidi ezingu-11 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngo-1998, u-Alia wathola impumelelo ebalulekile ngengoma ethi Ingabe Ungulowo Othile? kusukela ku-movie ethi "Dr. Dolittle", futhi ividiyo yale ngoma ingeyesithathu ukuboniswa kakhulu ku-MTV ngalowo nyaka.
Ngo-2000, u-Aliya, kanye no-Jet Li, babamba iqhaza ekuqoshweni kwefilimu yezobuciko i-Romeo Must Die, eyaduma kakhulu eMelika. Uphinde wacula izingoma zale movie.
Ingoma ethi We Need a Resolution ephuma ku-albhamu yakhe yesithathu yakhululwa ngo-April 24, 2001. Kodwa ayizange ithole ukuthandwa okuningi njengezingoma ezidlule, ngaphandle kwesiqeshana sevidiyo esihle. I-albhamu yakhululwa ngoJulayi 17, 2001.
Futhi nakuba i-albhamu entsha ikhishwe ngenombolo yesi-2 kuma-albhamu angu-200 ashisayo, ukuthengiswa bekuphansi kakhulu, kodwa kunyuke kakhulu ngemva kokushona komculi.
Ngemva kweviki ingozi ka-Aaliyah, i-albhamu yashaya #1 kumashadi ase-US futhi yanikezwa isitifiketi sePlatinum ngamakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1 athengisiwe.
Ukufa okudabukisayo kuka-Aaliyah
Ngo-Agasti 25, 2001, u-Aliya nethimba lakhe bagibela i-Cessna 402B (N8097W) ngemuva kokuqopha ividiyo ye-Rock The Boat. Kwakuwuhambo lwendiza olusuka esiqhingini sase-Abaco, eBahamas, luya eMiami (Florida).
Indiza yaphahlazeka cishe ngemuva nje kokusuka. Umshayeli wendiza nabagibeli abayisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa no-Aliya, bashone ujuqu. Ingozi yenzeke ngenxa yokugcwala ngokweqile, njengoba inani lomthwalo lidlule ngokuphawulekayo okwakujwayelekile.
Ngokwemiphumela yophenyo, u-Aliya uthole ukusha kanzima nokushaywa kanzima ekhanda. Uphenyo luveze ukuthi noma angasinda engozini kodwa angeke alulame ngoba amanxeba abemabi kakhulu. Umngcwabo walo mculi ububanjelwe esontweni iSt. Ignatius Loyola eManhattan.
Izindaba zokushona kuka-Aliya zandise ukuthengiswa kwama-albhamu nezingoma zakhe. Eyodwa ethi More Than A Woman ifinyelele kunombolo-7 e-US eshadini le-R&B kanye nakunombolo 25 kwezingu-100 Ezishisayo Ezingashadile. Iphinde yafinyelela kunombolo 1 kumashadi ase-UK. Kuze kube manje, iyona yodwa yomculi oshonile ukufinyelela phezulu emashadi ase-UK.
I-albhamu ka-Aaliyah isidayise amakhophi acishe abe yizigidi ezi-3 e-US. Ngo-2002, ifilimu i-Queen of the Damned yenzeka, lapho umculi wadlala izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe. I-premiere yale filimu iqoqe inani elikhulu labalandeli bethalente lomculi kumabhayisikobho.
Ngo-2006, kwakhululwa elinye iqoqo lezingoma zakhe, i-Ultimate Aaliyah, elihlanganisa zonke izingoma zakhe ezidumile nezingoma. 2,5 million amakhophi aleli qoqo asedayisiwe.
