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Aaliyah Dana Haughton Was An American R&B And Pop Singer Dancer Fashion Model And Actress. Born In Brooklyn New York She Was Raised In Detroit Michigan Where She Attended Detroit School Of Performing Arts. She First Gained Recognition At The Age Of 10 When She Appeared On The Television Show Star Search And Performed In Concert Alongside Gladys Knight. At The Age Of 12 Aaliyah Signed With Jive Records And Her Uncle Barry Hankerson's Blackground Records. She Released Her Debut Album Age Ain't Nothing But A Number The Album Sold Three Million Copies In The United States And Was Certified Double Platinum By The Recording Industry. Aaliyah Worked With Record Producers Timbaland And Missy Elliott For Her Second Album One In A Million Which Sold Three Million Copies In The United States And More Than Eight Million Copies Worldwide. In 2000 Aaliyah Appeared In Her First Film Romeo Must Die. She Contributed To The Film's Soundtrack Which Spawned The Single "Try Again". The Song Topped The Billboard Hot 100 Solely On Airplay Making Aaliyah The First Artist In Billboard History To Achieve This Goal. After Completing Romeo Must Die Aaliyah Filmed Her Role In Queen Of The Damned And Released In 2001 Her Self-Titled Third And Final Studio Album Which Topped The Billboard 200. Unfortunately The 22 Year Old Singer's Life Was Tragically Cut Short In A 2001 Plane Crash After Filming Her Video For "Rock The Boat" In The Bahamas. Aaliyah Became Famous In Her Own Right During The Mid-1990s With Several Hit Records From The Songwriting/production Team Of Missy Elliott And Timbaland And Their Associate Steve "Static" Garrett. Notable For Recording Several Hit Singles Including "One In A Million" And "Try Again" Aaliyah Has Sold Over 32 Million Records Total Worldwide Including Posthumous Releases. Two Posthumous Albums Have Been Released Since Haughton's Death I Care 4 U In December 2002 And Ultimate Aaliyah In April 2005 The Latter Of Which Was Released As A Box Set That Included Her Greatest Hits And A Documentary On Her Life. Haughton Also Ventured Outside Of Music Modeling For Tommy Hilfiger And Starring In Two Motion Pictures Romeo Must Die & Queen Of The Damned Before Her Untimely Death.
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"Are You That Somebody?" Is A Song By American R&B Recording Artist Aaliyah Recorded For The Dr. Dolittle Soundtrack 1998 . The Song Was Co-Written And Composed By Static Major Who Also Sang Backing Vocals And Timbaland Who In Addition To Writing The Song Produced And Performed A Guest Rap For It. The Track Samples The Sound Of A Baby Cooing From Producer Jac Holzman's 1964 Track "Happy Baby" From Authentic Sound Effects Volume 8 Later Used In Perrey And Kingsley's 1966 Hit "Countdown At 6" Off The In Sound From Way Out! The Song Was Sent To US Rhythmic Contemporary Radio Stations On June 9 1998. "Are You That Somebody?" Was A Commercial Success Reaching Number 21 On The US Billboard Hot 100 Number 11 In The United Kingdom Number Three In The Netherlands And Number One In New Zealand. The Song Was Listed 387th On The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born A List Of Songs Compiled By Blender Magazine. Rolling Stone Ranked The Song Number 24 On Its "50 Best Songs Of The Nineties List" And Later At Number 238 On Their 2021 List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. It Was Also Ranked 18th On Spin Magazine's Top 20 Singles Of The 1990s. Pitchfork Media Included The Song At Number 8 On Their Top 200 Tracks Of The 1990s. 8 Slant Magazine Ranked The Song At Number 19 On Their 100 Best Singles Of The 1990s List. This Song Earned Aaliyah A Grammy Award Nomination For Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
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Aaliyah Dana Haughton Was An American R&B And Pop Singer Dancer Fashion Model And Actress. Born In Brooklyn New York She Was Raised In Detroit Michigan Where She Attended Detroit School Of Performing Arts. She First Gained Recognition At The Age Of 10 When She Appeared On The Television Show Star Search And Performed In Concert Alongside Gladys Knight. At The Age Of 12 Aaliyah Signed With Jive Records And Her Uncle Barry Hankerson's Blackground Records. She Released Her Debut Album Age Ain't Nothing But A Number The Album Sold Three Million Copies In The United States And Was Certified Double Platinum By The Recording Industry. Aaliyah Worked With Record Producers Timbaland And Missy Elliott For Her Second Album One In A Million Which Sold Three Million Copies In The United States And More Than Eight Million Copies Worldwide. In 2000 Aaliyah Appeared In Her First Film Romeo Must Die. She Contributed To The Film's Soundtrack Which Spawned The Single "Try Again". The Song Topped The Billboard Hot 100 Solely On Airplay Making Aaliyah The First Artist In Billboard History To Achieve This Goal. After Completing Romeo Must Die Aaliyah Filmed Her Role In Queen Of The Damned And Released In 2001 Her Self-Titled Third And Final Studio Album Which Topped The Billboard 200. Unfortunately The 22 Year Old Singer's Life Was Tragically Cut Short In A 2001 Plane Crash After Filming Her Video For "Rock The Boat" In The Bahamas. Aaliyah Became Famous In Her Own Right During The Mid-1990s With Several Hit Records From The Songwriting/production Team Of Missy Elliott And Timbaland And Their Associate Steve "Static" Garrett. Notable For Recording Several Hit Singles Including "One In A Million" And "Try Again" Aaliyah Has Sold Over 32 Million Records Total Worldwide Including Posthumous Releases. Two Posthumous Albums Have Been Released Since Haughton's Death I Care 4 U In December 2002 And Ultimate Aaliyah In April 2005 The Latter Of Which Was Released As A Box Set That Included Her Greatest Hits And A Documentary On Her Life. Haughton Also Ventured Outside Of Music Modeling For Tommy Hilfiger And Starring In Two Motion Pictures Romeo Must Die & Queen Of The Damned Before Her Untimely Death.
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"Are You That Somebody?" is a song by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah, recorded for the Dr. Dolittle soundtrack (1998). The song was co-written and composed by Static Major, who also sang backing vocals, and Timbaland, who, in addition to writing the song, produced and performed a guest rap for it. The track samples the sound of a baby cooing from producer Jac Holzman's 1964 track "Happy Baby" from Authentic Sound Effects Volume 8 (later used in Perrey and Kingsley's 1966 hit "Countdown at 6" off The In Sound from Way Out!) The song was sent to US rhythmic contemporary radio stations on June 9, 1998.
"Are You That Somebody?" was a commercial success, reaching number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in the United Kingdom, number three in the Netherlands, and number one in New Zealand. The song was listed 387th on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born, a list of songs compiled by Blender magazine. Rolling Stone ranked the song number 24 on its "50 Best songs of the nineties list" and later at number 238 on their 2021 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was also ranked 18th on Spin magazine's Top 20 Singles of the 1990s. Pitchfork Media included the song at number 8 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.[8] Slant Magazine ranked the song at number 19 on their 100 best singles of the 1990s list. This song earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.