Aaliyah was a United States citizen.
Aaliyah . She was born in Brooklyn , New York , and raised in Detroit , Michigan . Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her second album , One in a Million , which sold 3 million copies in the United States and over eight million copies worldwide . One in a Million is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Aaliyah , first released on August 27 , 1996 by Blackground Records and Atlantic Records . `` Try Again '' is a song by American recording artist Aaliyah .