Aaliyah is an R&B recording artist.
Aaliyah . `` Try Again '' earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist . She has been credited for helping redefine contemporary R&B , pop and hip hop , earning her the nicknames `` Princess of R&B '' and `` Queen of Urban Pop '' . She is listed by Billboard as the tenth most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years and 27th most successful R&B artist in history . Aaliyah is the 2001 third and final studio album by American R&B singer Aaliyah .