Aaliyah's greatest 音楽 inspirations were Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Sade - she mentioned her as her soul sister cause they share birthday the same day, January 16th, also Barbara Streisand and Stevie Wonder, she loved him. As for Mariah アリーヤ mentioned her few times in her interviews, for sure she liked her and had a lot of respect for her work and increadible voice :)
