Ten years have passed since the music industry and legions of fans reluctantly bid farewell to Aaliyah Dana Haughton, an R&B powerhouse who showed tremendous growth and lyrical grace during her drastically shortened career. On August 25, 2001, when she died in a tragic plane crash over the Bahamas, at the age of 22, it was apparent the sonic landscape lost a singing angel. With three albums to her name — ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number,’ ‘One in a Million’ and ‘Aaliyah’ — she proved to be the quintessential guideline for female artists to follow. The BoomBox highlights 10 of Baby Girl’s famed tracks that have lived on well after her passing.
10. ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number’