Alia Dana Houghton, aka Aaliyah, ndi wodziwika bwino wa R&B, hip-hop, soul and pop music artist.
Anasankhidwa mobwerezabwereza kuti apereke mphoto ya Grammy, komanso mphoto ya Oscar chifukwa cha nyimbo yake ya filimu ya Anastasia.
Ubwana wa woyimba
Adabadwa pa Januware 16, 1979 ku New York, koma adakhala ubwana wake ku Detroit. Amayi ake, Diana Haughton, analinso woimba, motero analera ana ake kuti aziimba. Aaliyah anali mphwake wa Barry Hankerson, wamkulu wa nyimbo yemwe adakwatirana ndi woyimba nyimbo za mzimu Gladys Knight.
Ali ndi zaka 10, adatenga nawo mbali pa TV ya Star Search, akuimba nyimbo yomwe amayi ake ankakonda kwambiri. Ngakhale sanapambane, adayamba kugwira ntchito ndi woimba nyimbo, zomwe zidamupangitsa kupita ku ma audition amitundu yosiyanasiyana ya TV.
Kenako adamaliza maphunziro ake ku Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts m'kalasi yovina yokhala ndi magiredi abwino kwambiri.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya woimba Aliya
Kuti ayambe ntchito yake yolenga, adayamba kugwira ntchito ndi amalume ake, omwe anali ndi Blackground Records. Mu 1994, ali ndi zaka 14, album yake yoyamba, Age Ain't Nothing But a Number, inatulutsidwa.
Chimbale ichi chinatchuka ndipo chinafika pachimake pa tchati cha 18 pa chartboard ya Billboard 200, ndipo chiwerengero cha makope omwe anagulitsidwa chinaposa 2 miliyoni. Chimbale ichi chinali ndi nyimbo imodzi ya Back And Forth, yomwe inapita golide ndikufika pa nambala 1 pa Billboard R & B chart ndi 5 - pa 100 Hot Singles gulu.
Mu 1994, ali ndi zaka 15, anakwatiwa mwachinsinsi ku Illinois ndi mphunzitsi wake, woimba R. Kelly, yemwe panthawiyo anali ndi zaka 27. Koma patatha miyezi isanu, banjali linathetsedwa chifukwa cha kulowerera kwa makolo a Aliya chifukwa cha kuchepa kwake. Mu 1995, adayimba nyimbo ya fuko la US pamasewera a basketball a Orlando Magic.
Kukula kwa ntchito ndi Album ya One in a Million
Album yachiwiri One in a Million inatulutsidwa pa August 17, 1996, pamene woimbayo anali ndi zaka 17. Otsutsa nyimbo adayamika chimbale ichi, ndikusiya ndemanga zabwino. Izi zidapangitsa kuti Aaliyah ayambenso kuyimba, yemwe wakhala m'modzi mwa anthu ofunikira kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi panyimbo za R&B.
Mu 1997, Tommy Hilfiger adamulemba ntchito ngati chitsanzo pazamalonda ake otsatsa. M'chaka chomwecho, iye anaimba nyimbo nyimbo kwa zojambula "Anastasia", amene anasankhidwa kuti "Oscar".
Aliya adakhala wosewera wachichepere kwambiri kuti alandire kusankhidwa mugulu la Best Original Song. Pofika kumapeto kwa 1997, nyimboyi idagulitsa makope 3,7 miliyoni ku US ndi 11 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi.
Mu 1998, Alia adachita bwino kwambiri ndi nyimbo ya Are You That Somebody? kuchokera mu kanema "Dr. Dolittle", ndipo vidiyo ya nyimboyi inali yachitatu kuwonetseredwa pa MTV m'chaka chimenecho.
Mu 2000, Aliya, pamodzi ndi Jet Li, adagwira nawo ntchito yojambula filimu ya karati ya Romeo Must Die, yomwe inakhala yotchuka kwambiri ku America. Anayimbanso nyimbo za filimuyi.
Nyimbo imodzi yomwe timafunikira chigamulo kuchokera mu chimbale chake chachitatu idatulutsidwa pa Epulo 24, 2001. Koma sichinayambe kutchuka kwambiri ngati nyimbo zam'mbuyomo, ngakhale kanema wapamwamba kwambiri. Nyimboyi idatulutsidwa pa Julayi 17, 2001.
Ndipo ngakhale chimbale chatsopanocho chinayambira pa nambala 2 pa 200 Hot Albums, malonda anali otsika kwambiri, koma adakula kwambiri pambuyo pa imfa ya woimbayo.
Patatha sabata imodzi pambuyo pa ngozi ya Aaliyah, chimbalecho chinagunda # 1 pama chart aku US ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi Platinum kwa makope oposa 1 miliyoni omwe adagulitsidwa.
Imfa yomvetsa chisoni ya Aaliyah
Pa Ogasiti 25, 2001, Aliya ndi gulu lake adakwera Cessna 402B (N8097W) atajambula kanema wa Rock The Boat. Inali ulendo wa pandege kuchokera pachilumba cha Abaco, ku Bahamas, kupita ku Miami (Florida).
Ndegeyo inagwa pafupifupi itangonyamuka. Woyendetsa ndegeyo ndi okwera asanu ndi atatu, kuphatikiza Aliya, adamwalira nthawi yomweyo. Ngoziyi idachitika chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira, popeza kuchuluka kwa katundu kudapitilira zomwe zidachitika.
Malinga ndi zotsatira za kafukufukuyu, Aliya adawotcha kwambiri komanso kumenyedwa mwamphamvu m'mutu. Kafukufukuyu anasonyeza kuti ngakhale atapulumuka ngoziyo sakanachira chifukwa kuvulalako kunali koopsa kwambiri. Maliro a oyimbayo adachitikira ku Church of St. Ignatius Loyola ku Manhattan.
Nkhani za imfa ya Aliya zidakulitsa malonda a Albums ndi nyimbo zake. Mmodzi wa More Than A Woman adafika pachimake pa nambala 7 ku US pa tchati cha R&B komanso pa nambala 25 pa 100 Hot Singles. Idafikanso pa nambala 1 pama chart aku UK. Mpaka pano, ndi imodzi yokha ya wojambula wakufayo kufika pamwamba pa ma chart aku UK.
Chimbale cha Aaliyah chagulitsa makope pafupifupi 3 miliyoni ku US. Mu 2002, filimu yoyamba ya "Queen of the Damned" inachitika, yomwe woimbayo adasewera miyezi ingapo asanamwalire. Kuwonekera koyamba kwa filimuyi kunasonkhanitsa mafani ambiri a talente ya woimbayo m'mafilimu.
Mu 2006, gulu lina la nyimbo zake, Ultimate Aaliyah, linatulutsidwa, lomwe linali ndi nyimbo zake zonse zodziwika bwino. Makopi 2,5 miliyoni a zinthu izi agulitsidwa.
