Editing Aaliyah (section)

===Influences===
As an artist, Aaliyah said she was inspired by a number of performers. These include [[Michael Jackson]],{{Sfn|Sutherland|2005|pp=8–10}} [[Stevie Wonder]],<ref name="Farley p28">{{harvnb|Farley|2002|p=28|Ref=none}}</ref>  [[Sade (singer)|Sade]],<ref name=idols2001>{{cite web|first=George|last=Lang|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2001/08/31/promising-singer-worthy-of-posthumous-praise/62132698007/|title=Promising singer worthy of posthumous praise|date=August 31, 2001|access-date=June 21, 2022|work=[[The Oklahoman]]|quote=her principal idols were Sade, whom she tried to emulate on much of her mid-tempo material like "Rock da Boat," and Trent Reznor, whose industrial influence was felt on the final album's closer, the genre-bending What If.|archive-date=June 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621075332/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2001/08/31/promising-singer-worthy-of-posthumous-praise/62132698007/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]],<ref name=idols2001/> [[Korn]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Jacobs |date=October 26, 2021 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/an-oral-history-of-queen-of-the-damned.html |title=An Oral History of Queen of the Damned |work=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]] |access-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102000554/https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/an-oral-history-of-queen-of-the-damned.html |archive-date=November 2, 2021 }}</ref> [[Donnie Hathaway]],<ref name="Farley p28"/> [[Johnny Mathis]],<ref name="Farley p28"/> [[Janet Jackson]],{{Sfn|Sutherland|2005|pp=8–10}} [[Whitney Houston]],<ref>{{harvnb|Footman|2021|Ref=none}}</ref> and [[Barbra Streisand]].<ref name=yahoo01/> Aaliyah said that Michael Jackson's ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' was her "favorite album" and that "nothing will ever top ''Thriller''."{{Sfn|Sutherland|2005|pp=8–10}} She said she had always wanted to work with Janet Jackson, to whom she had often been compared, saying, "I admire her a great deal. She's a total performer&nbsp;... I'd love to do a duet with Janet Jackson."{{Sfn|Sutherland|2005|pp=8–10}}<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Drennen|first1=Eileen M.| last2= Murray| first2= Sonia| last3= Hamilton |first3= Doug| last4= Dollar|first4=Steve|last5=Henry|first5=Derrick|last6= Janich|first6=Kathy|last7=DeVault|first7=Russ|title=Home Entertainment The Latest in Music, Videos And Books New Music Mini Reviews Review|newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|publisher=[[Cox Enterprises]]|date=August 9, 1996|page=G.06|quote=Actually, she's a streetwise Jackson with a far more soulful song selection. The gritty beats just don't stop on 'One in a Million,' which, a la Jackson, has one track after another aching for sensual choreography.}}</ref> Jackson reciprocated Aaliyah's affection, saying, "I've loved her from the beginning because she always comes out and does something different, musically." Jackson also said she would have enjoyed collaborating with Aaliyah.{{Sfn|Sutherland|2005|pp=8–10}}