R&B singer and actress Aaliyah, photographed in 2001, died in a plane crash that same year at age 22. (Jim Cooper / Associated Press) Twenty years after multiplatinum R&B singer Aaliyah's untimely ...

One night in August 2001, my mom and I were watching the news when a reporter announced the unimaginable: Aaliyah and eight others had died in a plane crash shortly after takeoff in the Bahamas.

The decision has reportedly been held up as a result of Aaliyah’s uncle and former manager, Barry Hankerson. But in a recent interview, Hankerson says he did not set out to initially hold the music ...

On Wednesday, the singer's estate called out the "unscrupulous endeavor to release Aaliyah’s music without any transparency." By Sharareh Drury Former Associate Editor Aaliyah’s estate on Wednesday ...

In May of 1994, at the age of 15, Aaliyah released her debut album. Appropriately titled, Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number. It was a huge success. It didn’t take the star very long to produce and ...

The Weeknd is on the new track from a forthcoming posthumous Aaliyah record. Credit: Everett Collection, lev radin / Shutterstock.com After many years of speculation and bitter dispute over the rights ...

Twenty years after one of the most celebrated stars of ’90s R&B died in a plane crash, her songs — like “Try Again” and “If Your Girl Only Knew” — will be widely available. By Ben Sisario For years, ...

"These matters are not within our control and, unfortunately, take time," Aaliyah's estate said Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

It’s been a long time, indeed. But all the dope beats that Aaliyah left us to step to — after she died in a plane crash 20 years ago on Aug. 25, 2001 — will finally be available to stream soon. For ...

Music icon Aaliyah released countless hits during her career and, for years, many of them weren't available to stream — until last August. For the first time since the early 2000s — with the exception ...

Aaliyah's music hit streaming services on Friday, almost 20 years after her 2001 death in a plane crash. The singer's sophomore album, "One In A Million," dropped on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, ...

Twenty years after multiplatinum R&B singer Aaliyah’s untimely death, her music is finally being released on streaming services — without the blessing of her estate. Although the “Ultimate Aaliyah” ...