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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Thursday, Spotify announced that it will stream Aaliyah&#8217;s discography starting August 20th with &#8216;One In A Million&#8217; dropping first. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rollout will consist of releasing her projects over the course of three months. &#8220;Romeo Must Die Soundtrack&#8221; will drop September 3rd, &#8220;Aaliyah&#8221; on September 10th, and &#8220;I Care 4 U&#8221; + &#8220;Ultimate Aaliyah&#8221; will be released on October 8th.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While Spotify made the announcement, it wasn&#8217;t immediately known if Apple Music or Tidal will stream the late singer&#8217;s catalog. But Blackground Records did insinuate that Aaliyah&#8217;s body of work will be available in other places.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The record label took to Instagram and wrote, &#8220;Aaliyah&#8217;s music will officially be available on all major digital streaming platforms + physical albums,&#8221; and continued to list the projects that fans can expect to receive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This comes just a day after a website, &#8220;Aaliyah is Coming,&#8221; surfaced online, in which Aaliyah&#8217;s estate released a statement, in part that read,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Protecting Aaliyah&#8217;s legacy is and will always be our focus. For 20 years we have battled behind the scenes. Enduring shadowy tactics of deception with unauthorized projects targeted to tarnish. We have been confused as to why there is such a tenacity in causing more pain alongside what we already have to cope with for the rest of our lives.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As you know, Aaliyah&#8217;s uncle, Barry Hankerson, founder of Blackground Records, and other members of her family, have been at odds since her death in 2001. The conversation about releasing her music has lingered for 20 years, until now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The release of Aaliyah&#8217;s music is happening just as Barry is reviving Blackground Records.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">People seemed pretty excited about the news and stated, &#8220;We&#8217;re getting Aaliyah&#8217;s &#8220;One IN A MILLION&#8221; album on the 20th.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Someone else added, &#8220;Finally! Also—I just got a record player and my new vice are records! Release the self-titled Aaliyah album on vinyl next.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another person said, &#8220;We can finally stop listening to Aaliyah musically illegally y&#8217;all.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roomies, are y&#8217;all excited about this?</span></p>
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