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Ginuwine Says Aaliyah Would Be 'Neck & Neck' With Beyonce
Posted Mar 21st 2011 2:30PM by Kathy Iandoli



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R&B songstress Aaliyah Haughton would have turned 32 years old back in January. After her
tragic death in 2001, many female artists drew comparison to the R&B singer with fierce dance moves.
However, if you ask Ginuwine, Beyoncé is the artist that reminds him most of Aaliyah.

"Aaliyah was in a class by herself," Ginuwine tells The BoomBox. "If
you're talking triple threat of a writer, singer and actress, that
would probably be Beyoncé. If Aaliyah were still here, she and Beyoncé
would be neck and neck."

Beyoncé's career with Destiny's Child was already thriving when Aaliyah was alive.
The trio released their self-titled debut in 1998, and Aaliyah passed just three years after
that. Both also went on to pursue acting alongside music. Aaliyah added
actress to her resume with roles in 2000's 'Romeo Must Die' and a lead
role in 2002's 'Queen of the Damned,' which was released after the
singer passed away.

The DC front woman had parts in films like MTV's 'Carmen: A Hip Hopera
in 2001,' along with ancillary roles in 2002's 'Austin Powers in
Goldmember' and 'The Fighting Temptations' a year later, before really
driving the point home with her riveting roles in 2006's 'Dreamgirls'
and 2008's 'Cadillac Records,' which really solidified the artist's
position as a serious actress. While Aaliyah's life was cut short and
she was unable to continue her career, Ginuwine is confident that Miss
Haughton would have been equally successful.

While the Aaliyah comparisons with newer artists still float on today,
Ginuwine says it's nothing to shun. "Ain't nothing wrong with that," he
says. "I think everyone should aspire to be someone great, and that was
one of the greats. Aaliyah was one of the great ones."

Source: http://www.theboombox.com/2011/03/21/ginuwine-says-aaliyah-would-be-neck-and-neck-with-beyonce/?utm_source=feedburner

Honestly, I think Aaliyah would've been bigger in movies. She was a pretty good actress and would've been a great one had she been given the time to grow and perfect the craft. I really loved Aaliyah as an artist and enjoyed her music, but I don't think she was much of a 'performer'. Let me rephrase that. A *live* performer. As much as I don't care for Beyonce most of the time, she is a performer. She can put on a show. That's why her tours be selling out.

i think aaliyah woulda been bigger in movies as well, as far as music goes, aaliyah woulda always been bigger than beyonce (at least in my eyes) .. i dont really care for beyonce either, but i agree wit nystyle, the bitch can sell out arenas.

I doubt it, simply because her team was never that aggressive in promoting her; at least nowhere near to the same extent Beyoncé's machine does. I think if she had lived, she would have become like a Vanessa Williams-type. An 'entertainer' who started off singing, but gradually focused more and more on acting, while still putting out the occasional album in between acting gigs. I will say that Aaliyah had the potential to be a *much* better actress than Beyoncé.

I think Aaliyah had the potential to be a superstar; whether that meant being almost as big, equal to, or bigger than Beyoncé is trivial. With time her talents continued to make obvious strides, and by the end of her life, her name was becoming more and more recognized in the mainstream media. But Chris is right, she could only go so far under the team that was handling her career. Blackground and Barry Hankerson has a terrible reputation in the business. They are control freaks who dream big, but are notorious for fumbling the ball, and have alienated many industry contacts…and sadly, I think Aaliyah would have fallen victim to their mishandling. If she had branched out from her family's management, and allied herself with more competent and focused business people, there's no doubt in my mind that she could have become a huge superstar. However, I don't think she would have easily done that.

Who knows....but Aaliyah didn't strike me as aggressive enough for super stardom in vain of Beyonce. She seemed like type who would say "enough", and take a 5 year break.