Aaliyah Dana Haughton was that music business rarity: a teen idol who transformed herself into a critically acclaimed hip-hop soul artist, a singer who successfully made the transition to actress, and a beautiful woman who never let the trappings of celebrity go to her head. Following her impressive debut at age 14 with the album <I>Age Ain't Nothin' but a Number,</i> Aaliyah raised the bar with her hugely influential and bestselling follow-up, <I>One in a Million.</i> She then took her talents to Hollywood, starring in the action thriller <I>Romeo Must Die</i> and the highly anticipated horror film <I>The Queen of the Damned.</i> But soon after the release of her third album in the summer of 2001, Aaliyah's life was cut short in a tragic plane crash. <P> Here is the inspirational story of the star <I>The Washington Post</i> dubbed "Hip-Hop's Lady Di" -- a woman who, by the time of her death at age twenty-two, touched legions of fans around the world with her haunting voice and gentle spirit.