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Aaliyah wasn't 'flopping hard' before her death, not everyone has instant huge commercial success. it was pretty clear she hadn't peaked yet and was on her way up as a star.

As valid as you bringing up a sophomore album released in 1998 by a major distribution label to compare it to a debut album released by a small local label with limited international availabilty 4 years earlier

Beyonce could sing circles around Aaliyah when she was alive. I like Aaliyah but her stans keep trying it and Brandy was the it girl of that time. For a black teen to have successful albums, TV show and endorsements was huge.

i don't even know what Moesha is.
flopping? the album was out just for 6 weeks, who knows how much it would sell if Aaliyah didn't die? as fas I know it was her fastest selling album, so it would definitely end up selling more

why you use tv show from BET as an argument? where they even let Ciara to appear?

yeah I know, ever white girl who's sexy and scandalous is the next Madonna, means that Madonna owned 'that look' like Aaliyah owned tomboy style, what Brandy 'owned'? what was her thing? something that screams 'Brandy'? i'm just asking

nobody glorifies Aaliyah, there are so many people who are dead but nobody really talks about them anymore, just because
if Aaliyah didn't do anything iconic when she was alive, then we wouldn't even have this discussion, she stand the test of time and she's dead for 13 years, Brandy didn't do anything special during these years, Aaliyah at least would have mega hit The Matrix that's for sure

We're talking a DEBUTS as in Aaliyah was the first one on the scene and her success made labels sign other teen acts. She was a "IT girl" for a while then Bran and Mon debuted and things changed.

Brandy was clearly the black it girl of the 90s teen music. She had the album sales, single success, a sucessful tv show and endorsements(covergirl), and even had a barbie doll. Aaliyah didn't start to see mainstream success, until the late 90s, by then other musical teen acts start to emerge.

What's funny is I NEVER brought up Never say never. That was Leon. Once again, Aaliyah's third album isn't relevant to this disscussion.

Aaliyah stans need to stop the delusions and exaggerations. Beyoncé was already singing tyhoons around Aaliyah back in the late 90s and 2000.

Sorry. I couldn't bother to search through all these pages to find the original comment

Her third album is relevant because imo its success proves her longevity in the industry with little label push.

No.

She was for about a month until Brandy came out and completely took over.

No one said Beyonce couldn't outsing Aaliyah though....

She wasn't the It Girl for the year... As soon as I Wanna Be Down dropped, Aaliyah also did from the media's attention.

What is wrong with you and your Aaliyah hate? Are you mad that she's still has all these stans pressed years after her death?

Aaliyah clearly was something special for people to still be discussing her now.

Aaliyah technicaly put "TEEN R&B girls" on the map . Nobody is saying she was the most successful were saying she opened the doors for acts like Brandy, Monica, other solo teen R&B acts in the 90's because there weren't many at the time.

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Mess at you not knowing who Moesha is.

Moesha is an iconic and massively successful sitcom revolving around a teenage black girl growing up in the suburbs of Santa Monica. It's still very popular and re-runs are still played on many channels (BET, WCIU, Centric etc.)

All I know is, the album was failing to meet the expectations the label set on it. It may have been her fastest selling, but the amount they put into the project was way more than what was being put out. You can't compare the red album to OIAM or AANBAN because even with her death, her other two albums sold much better.

106 & Park is actually iconic and a huge platform many artists used to get their careers started. In Kanye's debut song he says "I wanna be on 106 & Park pushin' a benz"

What "screams" Brandy are her signature braids and her powerhouse vocals and godlike runs.

Aaliyah died young and was a staple in the Black community; they're the only ones that still use her and bring her up.

"Brandy didn't do anything special in 13 years" How about the Top 10 single in 2002, or her Critically acclaimed masterpiece: Afrodisiac, or her Urban Smash Put It Down, or her role on one of the highest rated sitcoms on BET, The Game, or her own reality show with her brother Ray J, or her performance at the Essence Festival, or her role as a judge on America's Got Talent in 2006, Her role on Dancing With the Stars, Her role in the Tyler Perry film, Temptation or her numerous endorsements and performances around the globe.

Whether YOU can see it or not, Brandy is doing things, and people know who she is and what she has done. Her entire family is iconic.

I can't answer this I didn't know who Aaliyah was until like the mid 00's even tho I'm a 90's baby & black



I grew up with Mo tah E to tah

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