When is aaliyahs new album coming out

All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. Music by Aaliyah, shown here in , is now available on streaming services. But I learned to live with that. On Jan. In addition, the estate was not made aware of the impending release of the catalog until after the deal was complete and plans were in place.

Instead, Blackground and the estate have communicated through representatives. I wish we had the same relationship that we had years ago.

I love my sister. But when it made the statement last August that it had begun speaking to labels, the estate reached out to Blackground and expressed a desire to be involved in the process of finding a distributor, conversations it says went on for an extended period of time.

Ultimately, the estate says it was informed that the EMPIRE deal was happening only after it was final, without having any input. During the course of the reporting for this story, the Aaliyah estate hired a public relations firm and made clear that it would not be supporting the deal between Hankerson and EMPIRE. This time, however, it appears that the final outcome will be different: Blackground and EMPIRE are moving ahead with the plans to roll out the catalog.

As of now, there are no plans to take legal action to stop it, sources say. We have always 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.

In the meantime, the rollout remains on track to begin Aug. A version of this article originally appeared in the Aug. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. Top Artists. Top Charts. Hot Songs. Billboard Top Videos. Top Articles. Aaliyah in By Dan Rys and Gail Mitchell. Copied to clipboard. Click to copy. Aaliyah 's album One in a Million will be available to stream tonight Thursday August 19 at midnight, according to an email from Spotify and an Instagram post by Aaliyah's label, Blackground Records.

The rest of Aaliyah's discography will be available "over the next few weeks," according to promotional materials from Spotify. The streaming release of One in a Million is the culmination of a years-long drought where most of Aaliyah's music, save her debut album Age Ain't Nothing But A Number , was unavailable to stream.