Aaliyah was an artist.
Aaliyah . In 2000 , Aaliyah appeared in her first film , Romeo Must Die . The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 solely on airplay , making Aaliyah the first artist in Billboard history to achieve this goal . She released her third and final album , Aaliyah , in July 2001 . 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 .