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Aaliyah was born in Brooklyn, New York City and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. [1] [2] [3] At age 10, she appeared on Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight. [1] [4] At age 12, Aaliyah signed a deal with Jive Records and Blackground Records.
After Hankerson signed a distribution deal with Jive Records, he signed Aaliyah to his Blackground Records label at the age of 12. [23] [24] Hankerson later introduced her to recording artist and producer R. Kelly, [21] who became Aaliyah's mentor, as well as lead songwriter and producer of her first album, recorded when she was 14.
Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group. In the US , the label had offices in New York City and Chicago .
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number is the debut studio album by American singer Aaliyah.It was released on May 24, 1994, by Blackground Records and Jive Records.After being signed by her uncle Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah was introduced to recording artist and producer R. Kelly.
This is a list of artists who have once recorded for Jive Records. Listed in parentheses are names of Jive-affiliated labels, if applicable, under which the artist recorded. Contents:
One in a Million is the second studio album by American singer Aaliyah.It was released on August 13, 1996, by Blackground Records and Atlantic Records.After facing allegations of an illegal marriage with her mentor R. Kelly following the success of her debut studio album, Age Ain't Nothing but a Number (1994), Aaliyah severed all ties with him as Blackground ended its partnership with Jive ...
During Shaquille O’Neal’s ascent to professional basketball legend status, he was also a rapper with a multimillion-dollar record deal. In the 1990s, the four-time NBA championship ring holder ...
After Aaliyah and R. Kelly parted ways, Jive and Blackground agreed to terminate their contract in 1996 and Hankerson signed a lucrative distribution deal with Craig Kallman at Atlantic. Months later Aaliyah released her second studio LP, One in a Million , and Blackground signed two singing groups, Both Ends and Kashmere (their music was never ...