"Aaliyah Dana Haughton released three studio albums in her life, with the third, self titled "Aaliyah", released shortly before her death in a plane crash in August 2001. It debuted at number two in the Billboard 200, selling 187,000. The album has cemented Aaliyah's place as one of the greatest talents in the history of R&B, and her tragically curtailed life and career remains one of the biggest "what-ifs" in pop music history. In the wake of her death, the album rose to number one in charts." More ...