Profile – Recording Artist, Dancer, Actress and Model

Born Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American recording artist, dancer, actress, and model. She was one of the richest singers.

Early life and career

Haughton was born on January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She was named after a Swahili word meaning “most exalted one.” Aaliyah done her schooling from Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts. She took her voice lessons since her childhood. Also, she started appearing in various television shows (“Star Search”) and performed in various concerts (alongside Gladys Knight) from her early years. At age 12 she signed a contract with Jive Records and Barry Hankerson’s (her uncle) and soon became popular in the year 1994. Aaliyah’s debut album was “Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number”, which was mentored by R. Kelly, introduced by her uncle. Apart from her mentor he was also lead songwriter and producer of her debut album. Her debut album experienced a tremendous success by selling three million copies in the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified her album as double platinum. She had worked with various renowned personalities like Timbaland and Missy Elliott , record producers, for her second album – One in a Million. Her second album also earned great success selling over eight million copies worldwide. The first single released from her second studio album, “If Your Girl Only Knew” topped theBillboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for two weeks. Aaliyah, her third album was released in July 2001 and reached No. 2 on the Billboard album chart. She had 15 #1 Singles Out of 3 Albums.

She graduated in the year 1997. Soon after her graduation, Aaliyah started her acting career. Haughton did her first major movie role in Romeo Must Die opposite martial artist Jet Li in 2000. It was ranked number two at the box office. She also contributed to the film’s soundtrack, “Try Again”. After Romeo Must Die she appeared in Queen of the Damned. Aaliyah with several posthumous releases she earned the nickname “Princess of R&B.”

Personal life

Aaliyah’s parents, Diane and Michael Haughton are African-American and her elder brother is Rashad Haughton. Aaliyah got her middle name Dana from her grandmother. Her mother Diane was a vocalist but gave her singing to raise her children. At the age of 15 she married to her mentor R.Kelly, at that time he was 27. Soon her marriage was annulled by her parents. After such allegations Haughton ended her contract with Jive and signed with Atlantic Records. Aaliyah was inspired by a number of performers like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Sade, En Vogue, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Prince, Naughty by Nature, Johnny Mathis and Janet Jackson.

She had four tattoos all over her body – The letter “A” on the side of her wrist, an Egyptian Unk in her inner wrist, a music symbol on her ankle and a dove ( as a tribute to her grandmother) on her lower back.

Death

Aaliyah and her boyfriend, Roc-A-Fella co-CEO Damon Dash had plans of getting married but their plan could not get success as Aaliyah’s life was tragically cut short by her death in a plane crash in August 2001. She was returning from Bahamas after shooting a music video. The plane crash happened in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas soon after the plane take off. Crash took place because of the overloading of the plane reportedly. Along with her various persons like pilot Luis Morales III, hair stylist Eric Forman, Anthony Dodd, security guard Scott Gallin, video producer Douglas Kratz, stylist Christopher Maldonado, and Blackground Records employees Keith Wallace and Gina Smith, were all killed . at her funeral 22 doves were released from the steps of the church, one for each year of her life. She decided to promote her album in more than 22 countries by planning concerts for her last album.

Genres – R&B, pop and hip hop

Awards

The talented aaliyah got 6 nominations and 1 award in all. Aaliyah got her first nomination- MTV Movie award in the year 1999, category Best Movie Song for Doctor Dolittle (1998). She was nominated for the same in 2001 and 2002 also. In 2001, category best female performance and breakthrough female performance both for Romeo Must Die (2000). In 2002 she got nominated in the Best Villian category for Queen of the Damned (2002). She again got nominated for BET award category Best Actress for Romeo Must Die (2000) and Queen of the Damned (2002) in 2001 and 2002 respectively. In year 2003, Aaliyah finally fetched a Chainsaw award for her, although at 2 place, category Best Actress for Queen of the Damned (2002). For the song, “Try Again”, Aaliyah earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist.

She also won 2 posthumous awards for Aaliyah at the American Music Awards of 2002; Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B/Soul Album .

Assets owned by her

After her death, the Detroit High school from which she gained her education,  has named the Recital Hall after Aaliyah in honor of her memory (original founder was Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton).

Personal quotes

It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don’t know why. I’m scared. Then suddenly I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It’s a wonderful feeling. [Source:- interview with "Die Zeit",2001.]

I want people to remember me as a full-on entertainer and a good person. [Source:- "MTV Diary: Aaliyah".]

It’s hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I’m long gone.

[her advice for aspiring artists) Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!

Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad . . . In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do.

Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self.

When I'm long gone, I want to be remembered not just as an actress or singer, but as a full-on entertainer.

[on her inspirations]: Sade. How beautiful is she? I chose her because I idolize her. I’ve always looked up to her. She and I have the same birthday which is January 16th so I feel like she is my soul sister. What I love about Sade is that she stays true to her style no matter what. She can leave us for 8 years and come back and be absolutely mind blowing. And you gotta respect that.

Being female, you’re raised to be a good, sweet girl and not flip out. So I had to give myself permission to be mean and evil. It’s tough. But I’ve always been drawn to the darker side of things.

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Introduction

Nick Cannon was born on October 8, 1980 in San Diego, California, U.S. His birth name is Nicholas Scott Cannon. He is a multi-talented rich personality who lived a king sized life from the very teenager life and is still counted in fortune. He is not just a Rapper but a comedian, an American actor, television host and a renowned radio personality. He started his career on television as a teenager on an American show ‘All That’ and later on host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild ’N Out and America’s Got Talent. As an actor he did various films like ‘Drumline’, Love Don’t Cost a Thing and Roll Bounce. He released his debut as a rapper self-titled album in 2003 and a hit single ”Gigolo” in collaboration with singer R. Kelly.

Music career

He start his career in music in the period 1999-06 and formed a rap group “Da G4 Dope Bomb Squad” with a friend Steve Groves. He sang with Jive Records in 2001. In 2003 his single was released “Your Pops Don’t Like Me”. In 2009 he formed his own label N’ Credible Entertainment cancelling his old one which was formed in 2005, Can I Ball Records. Currently he is working on a new album “White People Party Music”.

Personal Life

He was married on April 30, 2008 to an American R&B/ pop singer Mariah Carey. He married on Windermere Island in The Bahamas which was her private estate. After that in 2011 Mariah gave birth to two twins and named the girl as Monroe Cannon (after Marilyn Monroe) and the boy as Moroccan Scott Cannon, Scott is the middle name which was also the middle name of Nick and his grandmother’s maiden name. The reason of Moroccan is that Cannon Proposed Mariah in her Moroccan-style room.  Cannon is suffering from serious health issues since 2012 and has been hospitalized a number of times because of mid kidney failure. Nick and Mariah celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary and their twins second birthday at the Disneyland Resort and lived out a fairy tale- “Fantasy”.

Career in other Ventures

Hosting

In 2005 he hosted the slime stunt on Nickelodeon’s 2005 Kids and MTV improve comedy series ‘Wild ‘N Out’. On July 4, 2011 he hosted the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. In spring 2014, it is expected that he will host one out of World’s Got Talent, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

Business

He is the chairman of Teen Nick. In 2012 Nick created a sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew. On November 30, 2012 it comes into news that Nick signed a deal with NBC Universal to produce scripted as well as unscripted material for the network.

Radio Hosting and Comedy

In New York from January 19, 2010 to February 17, 2012 he hosted a morning show along with two other co-hosts on 92.3 NOW FM. CBS Radio also taking his show ‘Canon’s Countdown’. In early May 14, 2011 his first comedy show Mr. Showbiz was released.

Awards and Nominations

He won Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in the year 2002 in the category of Favorite Television Actor for the ‘Nick Cannon Show’ also he won Hollywood Film Festival award in 2006 in the category of Ensemble of the Year and in 2012 he got NAACP Image Awards in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor for the film ‘Up All Night’. He is really doing well in his career and in almost year he is nominated for the one or the other category. He was nominated for various awards like the Black reel Awards, MTV Movie Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards and for Teen Choice Awards also.

Charitable work

Nick was a part of various charitable organizations. He funded for Alzheimer’s Association for an Elephant Project and raise awareness. Actually the charity works to eliminate the risk of dementia by promoting brain health and do a lot of research, provide care and support for the affected. He regularly seems to be active in funding and funded one of the most popular Andre Agassi Foundation for education. Also, since 2011 on the second Saturday in May he actively participate as the celebrity spokesperson for the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual national food drive, throughout the United  States.

Richness

Nick Cannon is a known wealthiest person. He owned six rich sedan cars and walk out for a long drive along with his family.  He got a metallic black Ferrari on January 2012.It has a speed of 320 km/hour and has completely retractable electronic roof top.  He also drives a $110,000 SUV black Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon and take his children out for a long drive. He got $188,900 red Ferrari F430 surely the queen of roads with top speed of 200mph. He is very rich and got $452,000 worth Rolls Royce Drop Head Coupe. Just after his wedding he picked up Maserati Quattroporte. It is an Italian Luxury car and is a sister of Ferrari. He got his 6^th car in October 2012, Black range Rover, a SUV and it took maximum of 100km/h in just 5 seconds. Talking more about richness he used the new Greenwich Travel Bag from Louis Vuitton which is basically a Macassar Canvas bag. He went out with his wife on romantic couple vacation on his 40^th birthday bash to Barbados, which is spread over 166 square miles and beautiful beaches.

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