'' Aaliyah '' received highly positive reviews from critics and debuted at number two on the '' Billboard '' 200 , but sold diminishingly afterwards . When Blackground and Virgin wanted a high charting single to increase the album 's sales , Aaliyah shot a music video for the song " Rock the Boat " in the Bahamas , but died in a plane crash on a return flight to the United States on August 25 . After her death , sales of the album skyrocketed and propelled it to number one on the '' Billboard '' 200 . '' Aaliyah '' was released during a period of peak activity in contemporary R&B and , since its initial reception , has been cited by critics as one of the best R&B records of its time
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