establishing "Aaliyah and the Timbo family as undeniable hip-hop forces." According to Jon Caramanica from Spin, the album "found Aaliyah at the nexus of street savvy R&B and elegant pop." According to Aisha Harris from NPR, "One In A Million took Aaliyah's air of mystery and the laid-back vibes, and reworked them to help pioneer a new way forward in pop and R&B". In an article commemorating the 20th anniversary of the album's release and the 15th anniversary of Aaliyah's death, Dean Van Nguyen from The Independent stated: "Its handprints can be seen all over the two decades of pop music that followed." One in a Million was credited with elevating Missy Elliott and Timbaland's respective careers in a The Guardian article published upon the album's 2021 reissue; in the same article, Kathy Iandoli–the author of Aaliyah's biography Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah (2021)–stated: "That sound is still the blueprint for all of R&B and pop music today." One in a Million was ranked at number 90 on Rolling Stones "100 Best Albums of the '90s". It was also listed as one of 33 urban albums on the magazine's list "The Essential Recordings of the '90s". In 2007, Vibe included the album on "The 150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era", stating: "As seductive as an R&B vocalist, Aaliyah is insouciantly sexy on her second album the songwriting isn't quite polished yet, but the early signs are like gleaming flares." In November 2017, the album was ranked seventh on Complexs list "The 50 Best R&B Albums of the '90's"; editor Ross Scarano stated One in a Million "is the definitive account of Aaliyah and Timbaland's collective brilliance" and that the album's singles "If Your Girl Only Knew", "One in a Million", "4 Page Letter" and "Hot Like Fire" "are the songs that modern R&B, rap, and EDM could not do without". In 2020, the album was ranked at number 314 on Rolling Stones list "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Track listingNotes signifies an additional producerSample credits''' "A Girl Like You" contains a sample from "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang. "Heartbroken" contains a sample from "Inside My Love" by Minnie Riperton. "I Gotcha' Back" contains an interpolation from the song "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers. "Never Givin' Up" contains an interpolation from the song "I've Got an Angel" by The Clark Sisters. Personnel Credits are