Aaliyah: More Than a Woman

Christopher John Farley

Jan 2002 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Don’t miss the inspirational biography behind the exciting new Lifetime movie Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, starring Alexandra Shipp as the extraordinary singer Aaliyah.

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 fourteen with the album Age Ain’t Nothin’ but a Number, Aaliyah raised the bar with her hugely influential and bestselling follow-up, One in a Million. She then took her talents to Hollywood, starring in the action thriller Romeo Must Die and the highly anticipated horror film The Queen of the Damned. 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.

Here is the inspirational story of the star The Washington Post 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.

Ratings and reviews

A beautifully crafted historical analysis of Aaliyah's life from her humble beginnings to her meteoric rise to super stardom and unfortunate and untimely demise. I would recommend anyone who is a fan of this beautiful soul to read this book. Very good information and I learned a lot about who she was as a person. Highly recommended

I read this book three times 👏🏽. I looked up to Aaliyah👑. This book comes with amazing photos of Aaliyah and the heartbreaking crash🫣😭. The beginning to the end it tells you the true life of Aaliyah👏🏽🙏🏼🎤. Please just read it!

Aaliyah she is classy smart but also funny and professional at the same time it sad that she died in that horrible plane crash. But I am only 12 and I listen to her music all the time when I grow I wanna be just like her.

About the author

Christopher John Farley, a graduate of Harvard University, is the music critic for Time magazine, and interviewed Aaliyah shortly before the accident that claimed her life. He is also the author of the novel My Favorite War. He lives in New York City.