The first time Kelly Rowland heard one in a million her mouth dropped open at how different and cool it sounded it made her a fan on the spot to this day it remains to be one of her favorite songs.

Chester of Linkin park thought Aaliyah was hot. When Tyrese broke the news to Missy that Aaliyah had passed she argued with him trying to convince herself it wasnt true. Aaliyahs grandmother suggested the name "Dana" for aaliyahs middle name. Mandy Moore met Aaliyah at an event and said she was the sweetest person in the industry.

In the law suit Diane and Michael filed against Virgin they seek money for the serious and fatal injuries aaliyah suffered and compensation for the fear she had for her impending death. The young girl sitting on Aaliyahs lap in the hot like fire video is her cousin Minits (named after her grandmother).

After she left the rock the boat set she walkie talkied to hype and fatima she said Thank you so much for everything I hope we can do it again soon and Ill see you when I get back.

Before she got very ill with alzhiemers aaliyahs grandmother gave her a diamond ring which aaliyah wore on her wedding finger she vowed never to take it off though later she said she would only take it off when she got married.

Diane was unable to go with aaliyah to the Bahamas because she was having eye surgery this really bothered Diane because she always traveled with Aaliyah everywhere.

Many of Aaliyahs child hood friends worried about Rashad in the days after Aaliyahs death because they were so very close that they didnt know how he could deal without her.

Eminem had a moment of silence for Aaliyah during one of his concerts and before she passed he had try again as one of his favorite videos on mtv. Michael wears aaliyahs class ring around his neck on a chain and says not one day goes by when he doesnt feel the pain of losing her.

A few years ago a small rumor surfaced that aaliyah was killed in a car crash. a web master addressed the rumor by saying if she was really gone it would be all over the news and stuff dont count on anything like that from happening for a long time.

Whenever her and Kidada didnt feel like going out they would stay in and bake cookies. Five of Aaliyahs best friends have the same star tattoo on their wrist that aaliyah has.

The organizer for Aaliyahs teen people 21 under 21 shoot with Justin Timberlake and lance bass was afraid aaliyah would not be into boy bands and be a total snob to the guys but she was pleased to find aaliyah got along really well with both of them.

In a piece of footage since removed from the teen people site it showed Aaliyah talking to the camera at the 21 under 21 shoot (very hyper) going Were having so much fun here its all good everythings great!!! Justin Timberlake comes up behind her and says whoa aaliyah chill out with the energy meter

Aaliyah's pet dog tour died on her birthday in his sleep. When rescue workers arrived at the scene of the crash they thought aaliyah was a child because she was so small. Jomo said aaliyah loved life she loved to laugh and she found the joke in everything but in a good way. She was allergic to animal fur.

On one of her dates the guy tried to impress her by ordering all these exotic dishes and the food was awful but she didnt want to hurt his feelings so she just grinned and suffered through the meal.

Aaliyah wanted a fairytale wedding complete with a long white dress and a horse drawn carriage. She was considering buying an apartment in LA because it would make doing movies easier.

By the time she was 19, she was a multimillionaire. Kidada was disappointed in Behind the music because they cut out the majority of her footage and she wanted people to hear all the things she had to say about aaliyah. In 2002 more babies were named "Aaliyah" then Ellen and Abigail.

In her apartment Aaliyah would lay on her bed for hours looking out the window and daydreaming about Egypt and other things. Eve wanted to record a duet with Aaliyah for her then upcoming album.

A main reason Fatima phoned Diane personally to tell them of the crash was to prevent them from seeing it on the news. Josh hartnett turned down the role of Lestat for QOTD he later expressed his sympathies and condolences to Aaliyahs family after her passing.

when asked about what she felt about Aaliyahs passing Britney Spears said "it could have very well been me or any of us" I have her first two albums and they were phenomenal its truly sad she was just getting her foot in the door of her career its just (shakes head) so sad.

it was 7:30 in the morning when aaliyah received the phone call informing her she was gonna perform on the Oscars. She put her MTV awards at the foot of her bed so they would be the first thing she saw when she woke up. The only thing she found different from living on her own was waking up and not finding her mom in the next room.

Keith Wallace was one of Dianes best friends and one of the first people to realize Aaliyah had something special about her. Whenever aaliyah was offered a project and couldnt commit to it she would personally phone the organizers to apologize. Her high school now has a scolarship formed in Aaliyahs name.

While doing an interview for a magazine in a restaurant a small boy came running down the isle falling flat on his face knocking one of his shoes off while everyone else laughed Aaliyah helped him to his feet handed him his shoe and made sure he was okay.

Aaliyah was 2 hours late to an autograph signing because she had to come straight from the come back in one piece set. For her audition to get into Jive records Aaliyah sang a lisa flecher song. Aaliyah prayed before every meal and before she went to bed. Though she came across as a tomboy her friends say she was a girly girl always making sure her bag had lotion in it, her perfume was right and her nails were done.

When she was on stage she was careful to stay a safe distance from the edge because once some crazy fans tried to pull her off. her childhood church was called St. Anthonys one of aaliyahs favorite saints was saint Bernedette.as a child at times Aaliyah was so quiet and so serious her parents asked her what was going on in her thoughts. in real life trish's shop in RMD is an ice cream shop.

while on a break from shooting the RMD cast went to the hard knock life concert in vancouver afterwards jet li jokinly told aaliyah he wanted to be a rapper. the producer of the version of sparkle that was to include aaliyah is no longer sure if hes going to do the film anymore because he wrote the part specifically for aaliyah.

Aaliyah had the ability to fold her tounge into lets say the shape of a male organ lol. rashad faxed aaliyah the video concept for 4 page letter while she was on the road Aaliyah's first star search audition was a cattle call audition (like american idol). once her career got into full swing Aaliyah only found time to go back to detriot once a year. Valerie one of Aaliyah's best friends went on tour with her sometimes during Age ain't nothing but a number days.

she said she wouldn't do a steamy sex scene unless in a movie unless it had some major significance to the story. sugar ray dedicated a few of thier performances to aaliyah in the weeks following her passing.

the promo commerical for one in a million took 8 hours to shoot it made aaliyah laugh to think about it because they did all that work and the commercial turned out to be like 30 sec. aaliyah was a big fan of japanese animation.

Gladys said Aaliyahs hugs were always to different because when she hugged you you would just know she meant it not just the off hand hug you because I have to. after Diane flew down to the bahamas to identify Aaliyah's body she fell even deeper into her state of grief and stayed in seclusion for weeks.

Aaliyah had a playstation in her apartment and neighbors remembers her and her friends playing late into the night laughing and screaming while playing the games. when asked if she could cook Aaliyah said "well enough to get by but I can't throw down or anything".

While aaliyah's body guard was being pulled away on the stretcher he gave to emergancy workers a thumbs up and one of the last things he ever said was "is Aaliyah okay?".

Aaliyah and Diane had a special set of christmas ornaments of the 8 days of christmas and they would decorate the tree together every year. the first time Aaliyah ever performed on stage was when she was 5 it was for her uncles operation get down charity event and Aaliyah climbed on stage and sang a song.

Rashad said Aaliyah was the closest thing to perfection on earth. Wilson (the pillow) was made of black silk. during a photo shoot in a hotel, the cameraman gave aaliyah a bowl of red jelly beans to match her lipstick and she sat there and stared at it when he turned his head the whole bowl and aaliyah was gone.

one of her favorite nail polishes was called vamp (a mac shade). Aaliyah didn't like to smile in pictures because she thought it made her look goofy. she had never literally surfed the web before.

during aaliyah's funeral Diane managed not to cry thourghout the whole ceremony but when she released the first of the 22 doves she broke down into tears. sometimes Aaliyah would sleep over and fatima's house but she would always have to phone Diane and tell her first. Diane and Michael were considering becoming muslim at one point before Aaliyah was born. during one of Aaliyah's diet phases instead of eating regular pizza she would eat grilled cheeseless eggplant pizza.

Destinys child dedicated a chapter of thier autobiography to aaliyah and called it "the day the music died". puff daddy and other celebrities attending aaliyah's funeral sat in separate VIP sections. Gladys knight and Bebe winans sang "everything you touched was a song" at Aaliyah's burial.

the dove tattoo was so painful Aaliyah squeezed a chair sweated up a storm with gritted teeth and repeated "this is for my grandmother" over and over again to help with the pain. some of Aaliyah's guilty food pleasures were cheese and chocolate.

When Shaq made that comment that he slept with Aaliyah and a number of other female celebs aaliyah was apparently very angry and demanded an apology (he did apologize in the end to everyone).

Moby expressed sympathy to Aaliyah's friends and family in his online journal and called the tragedy "a terrible tragic waste" (he doesn't mean that in a bad way). Nsync selected Aaliyah as one of the celebrities they wanted for their challenge for the children charity basket ball game.

The process to get airbrushed gray for QOTD took 3 hours her teeth were also airbrushed. Fresh men at her high school would follow her around and others would ask for her autograph. One in a million went to #1 on the R&B chart (I just found that out and thought it was interesting lol). Out of all of the singles released from OIAM the one I gave my heart to performed the best on the pop chart peaking at #1.

When asked if she would ever consider doing a tour with brandy and monica Aaliyah replied "that would be interesting" that would be very interesting." Chilli from TLC heard about aaliyahs passing on the tv when she was in her kitchen making breakfast she sat down at the table and just cried. The first time Aaliyah met left eye was at lil kims birthday party. A reason why Aaliyah and Trent Reznor (nine inch nails) never recorded anything together was because he was horribly stubborn about changing his schedual so they could never find the time to get anything done. The hawk in the are you that somebody videos name is Raquel and aaliyah had to lure her to her arm with food she said it was an experience she would never forget.

Rashad helped aaliyah write some of her statements and answers for questions reporters would ask her in interviews. Aaliyah said something strange she found about herself was she liked to be alone.... where most other people cant stand to be by themselves.

After hearing that aaliyah had died Ginuwine upset and crying phoned missy who was also in tears and they 3 wayd Timbaland and they eventually just spent the night crying together. The recording of "Aaliyah" actually started in 98 but kept having to be put on hold to make room for her other projects.

In the beginning stages of RMD Aaliyah was offered a spot on the soundtrack first before the director even thought about casting her for the movie its self. When asked if she being in an interracial union on screen made her afraid for her credibility with the African American community Aaliyah said "questions like these tell me that society still has a problem with interracial relationships me being with an caucasion or asian on screen should have no affect on my credibility I know who I am when I wake up Im African American, when I go to sleep Im African American and trust me I love who I am.