Alia Dana Houghton, aka Aaliyah, sanannen R&B, hip-hop, rai da mawaƙin pop.
An yi mata takara akai-akai don lambar yabo ta Grammy, da kuma lambar yabo ta Oscar saboda waƙar da ta yi wa fim ɗin Anastasia.
Yarancin mawakin
An haife ta a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 1979 a New York, amma ta yi yarinta a Detroit. Mahaifiyarta, Diana Haughton, ita ma mawaƙa ce, don haka ta rene ƴaƴanta don yin sana'ar kiɗa. Aaliyah ita ce 'yar'uwar Barry Hankerson, babban jami'in waka wanda ya auri fitacciyar mawakiyar rai Gladys Knight.
Lokacin da ta kai shekara 10, ta shiga cikin shirin Tauraron Tauraro, inda ta rera wakar da mahaifiyarta ta fi so. Ko da yake ba ta yi nasara ba, ta fara aiki tare da wani wakilin waƙa, wanda ya sa ta halarci taron sauraren shirye-shiryen talabijin daban-daban.
Daga nan ta sauke karatu daga Makarantar Sakandare na Detroit don Fine da Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru da Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru na Ƙwararru da Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwaƙwalwa ) ya yi a cikin raye-raye.
Farkon sana'ar mawakiyar Aliya
Don ƙaddamar da aikinta na ƙirƙira, ta fara aiki tare da kawunta, wanda ya mallaki Blackground Records. A cikin 1994, tana da shekaru 14, an fitar da kundinta na halarta na farko, Age Ba Komai Sai Lamba.
Wannan albam ya shahara kuma ya kai kololuwa a lamba 18 akan taswirar Billboard 200, kuma adadin kwafin da aka sayar ya zarce miliyan 2. Wannan kundin ya hada da Back And Forth guda daya, wanda ya tafi zinari kuma ya kai lamba 1 akan taswirar Billboard R&B da 5 - matsayi a cikin 100 Hot Singles category.
A cikin 1994, tana da shekaru 15, ta yi aure a asirce a Illinois ga mashawarcinta, mawaƙa R. Kelly, wanda a lokacin yana ɗan shekara 27. Amma bayan wata biyar aka raba auren ta hanyar shiga tsakani da iyayen Aliya suka yi saboda karancinta. A shekarar 1995, ta rera taken kasar Amurka yayin wasan kwallon kwando na Orlando Magic.
Haɓaka Sana'a da Kundin Kundin Miliyan ɗaya
An fitar da albam na biyu na daya cikin miliyan a ranar 17 ga Agusta, 1996, a lokacin da mawakin ya cika shekaru 17 da haihuwa. Masu sukar kiɗa sun yaba wa wannan kundin, suna barin maganganu masu kyau. Wannan ya yi aiki don ƙara kawar da aikin waƙar Aaliyah, wanda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan jigogi a duniyar kiɗan R&B.
A cikin 1997, Tommy Hilfiger ya ɗauke ta a matsayin abin koyi don kamfen ɗin tallansa. A wannan shekarar, ta rera waƙa don sautin sauti zuwa zane mai ban dariya "Anastasia", wanda aka zaɓa don Oscar.
Aliya ta zama ɗan wasa mafi ƙanƙanta da ya sami lambar yabo a cikin Best Original Song category. A ƙarshen 1997, waƙar ta sayar da kwafi miliyan 3,7 a Amurka da miliyan 11 a duk duniya.
A cikin 1998, Alia ta sami gagarumar nasara tare da waƙar Shin Kai Wannan Wani? daga fim ɗin "Dr. Dolittle", kuma bidiyon wannan waƙa shi ne na uku da aka nuna a MTV a cikin wannan shekarar.
A shekara ta 2000, Aliya, tare da Jet Li, sun shiga cikin yin fim na wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo Romeo Must Die, wanda ya shahara sosai a Amurka. Ta kuma yi wasan kwaikwayo na wannan fim.
An fitar da waƙar Muka Bukatar Ƙiduri daga kundinta na uku a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 2001. Amma bai samu karbuwa sosai kamar na baya ba, duk da babban faifan bidiyo. An saki kundin a ranar 17 ga Yuli, 2001.
Kuma kodayake sabon kundin da aka yi a lamba 2 akan 200 Hot Albums, tallace-tallace ya ragu sosai, amma ya karu sosai bayan mutuwar mawakin.
Mako guda bayan hatsarin Aaliyah, kundin ya buga #1 akan taswirar Amurka kuma an ba da takardar shaidar Platinum akan fiye da kwafi miliyan 1 da aka sayar.
Mutuwar Aaliyah
A ranar 25 ga Agusta, 2001, Aliya da tawagarta sun hau Cessna 402B (N8097W) bayan yin fim ɗin bidiyo na Rock The Boat. Jirgin ne daga tsibirin Abaco, a cikin Bahamas, zuwa Miami (Florida).
Kusan nan take jirgin ya fado bayan tashinsa. Matukin jirgin da fasinjoji takwas ciki har da Aliya sun mutu nan take. Hatsarin ya afku ne saboda yin fiye da kima, saboda yawan kayan ya zarce yadda aka saba.
Sakamakon binciken ya nuna cewa, Aliya ta samu munanan konewa da kuma bugun kai mai karfi. Binciken ya nuna cewa ko da ta tsira daga hatsarin, ba za ta iya warkewa ba, domin raunukan sun yi muni sosai. An gudanar da jana'izar mawakiyar a cocin St. Ignatius Loyola a Manhattan.
Labarin mutuwar Alia ya ƙaru sosai da siyar da albam dinta da wakokinta. Ɗayan Fiye da Mace ya kai kololuwa a lamba 7 a Amurka akan taswirar R&B kuma a lamba 25 akan 100 Hot Singles. Hakanan ya kai lamba 1 akan jadawalin Burtaniya. Ya zuwa yau, ita kaɗai ce ta wani mawallafin da ya mutu ya kai saman ginshiƙi na Burtaniya.
Kundin Aaliyah ya sayar da kusan kwafi miliyan 3 a Amurka. A shekara ta 2002, an fara nuna fim ɗin Sarauniyar Damned, inda mawakiyar ta yi tauraro 'yan watanni kafin mutuwarta. Fim ɗin wannan fim ɗin ya tara dimbin magoya bayan gwanintar mawakin a gidajen sinima.
A shekarar 2006, an sake fitar da wani tarin wakokinta mai suna Ultimate Aaliyah, wanda ya hada da fitattun wakokinta da wakoki. An sayar da kwafi miliyan 2,5 na wannan tarin.
