Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Signing to her uncle Barry Hankerson's Blackground label in 1993, Aaliyah released her debut album, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number, in 1994. The album eventually reached platinum status and featured the successful singles "Back And Forth", "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number," and "At Your Best (You Are Love)," a cover of a 1976 Isley Brothers single.

It was briefly rumored that in 1994, when she was 15, she was married to singer/songwriter R. Kelly, the producer of Age Ain't Nothing but a Number. VIBE magazine published a copy of their marriage certificate in 1995, claiming that Aaliyah falsified her age and claimed she was 18 so that she and Kelly could be married, and that both parties had the marriage quickly annuled when the press found out about the union. Neither party ever publicly admitted to the union, and R. Kelly did not work on any of Aaliyah's future recordings. Add/Complete Bio

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