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Annie Mae Bullock was always a fine singer, but her career began when she went on stage for a dare to sing with the rhythm'n'blues group, Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm. She later married Ike, and together they had many hits, such as River Deep, Mountain High (1966) and Nutbush City Limits (1973).
After she divorced Ike in 1976, she struggled to develop a solo career and in 1983 she had a hit again with Let's Stay Together. Her new approach to records and live shows, blending her soulful vocals with rock guitars, resulted in What's Love Got to Do With It (1984) becoming ‘record of the year’ in the USA and establishing her as a major star of the 1980s.

Bruce Springsteen began his career playing in small clubs and bars around America, but later became one of the most popular live entertainers ever. Although he had great successes with albums like Born to Run (1975), The River (1980) and Born in the USA (1984), it was his live shows that his fans remembered best. In 1984, now nicknamed ‘The Boss’, he set off on the hardest and longest rock tour ever, playing 158 shows in 61 cities in 11 different countries of the world. On this tour he played and sang to nearly 5 million people altogether and earned millions of dollars.

Famous as: Singer, Dancer, Actor & Model

Nationality: American

Born on: 16 January 1979 AD

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn    Famous Capricons

Born in: New York City

Died on: 25 August 2001 AD

place of death: Marsh Harbor

father: Michael Haughton

mother: Diane

siblings: Rashad Haughton

Spouse: R. Kelly

education: Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts, Detroit, MI

Works & Achievements: Released albums such as "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number", "One in a Million" and "Aaliyah", Worked in the movie "Romeo Must Die", "Queen of the Damned"

awards: 2002 - Posthumous award at the American Music Awards for Favorite Female
2002 - posthumous award at the American Music Awards for R&B Artist and Favorite R&B/Soul Album


As one hums the song "Age ain't nothing but a number", memories flashback of the "Princess of R&B", who with her debut album broke all records to emerge as the "Queen of Urban Pop". Aaliyah, who redefined contemporary R&B and hip hop in her short career span, has been listed by Billboard as the tenth most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years, and 27th most successful R&B artist overall. Tune to the rest of the write-up to get details about the life, career and legacy of this distinguished and celebrated artist.