Age Ain't Nothing But a Number

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
Studio album by Aaliyah
Released	May 24, 1994 (1994-05-24)
Recorded	September 1993 – April 1994 Chicago Recording Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Hip hop new jack swing R&B
Length	48:54
Label	Blackground Jive BMG Records
Producer	Barry Hankerson (exec.) Robert Kelly
Aaliyah chronology
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number One in a Million (1996)
Singles from Age Ain't Nothing But a Number
"Back & Forth" Released: May 10, 1994 (1994-05-10) "At Your Best (You Are Love)" Released: August 22, 1994 (1994-08-22) "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" Released: December 6, 1994 (1994-12-06) "Down with the Clique" Released: May 2, 1995 (1995-05-02) "No One Knows How To Love Me Quite Like You Do" Released: June 27, 1995 (1995-06-27) "The Thing I Like" Released: August 3, 1995 (1995-08-03)

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number is the debut studio album by American singer Aaliyah, released under Jive and Blackground Records on May 24, 1994, in the United States. The album was produced by fellow R&B singer R. Kelly (who also wrote most of the material for the album). It was around the time that both Aaliyah and R. Kelly secretly got married.^[1] The album features mainly R&B and hip hop songs that were influenced by the popular new jack swing genre.

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Slant Magazine	[5]

Track listing

Standard CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Intro"	R. Kelly	Kelly	1:30
2.	"Throw Your Hands Up"	Kelly	Kelly	3:34
3.	"Back & Forth"	Kelly	Kelly	3:51
4.	"Age Ain't Nothing but a Number"	Kelly	Kelly	4:13
5.	"Down with the Clique"	Kelly	Kelly	3:24
6.	"At Your Best (You Are Love)"	Ernie Isley Marvin Isley O'Kelly Isley, Jr. Ronald Isley Chris Jasper	Kelly	4:51
7.	"No One Knows How to Love Me Quite Like You Do"	Kelly	Kelly	4:07
8.	"I'm So into You"	Kelly	Kelly	3:25
9.	"Street Thing"	Kelly	Kelly	4:58
10.	"Young Nation"	Kelly	Kelly	4:40
11.	"Old School"	Kelly	Kelly	3:17
12.	"I'm Down"	Kelly	Kelly	3:16

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
13.	"The Thing I Like[6]"	Kelly	Kelly	3:28
14.	"Back & Forth (Mr. Lee & R. Kelly's Remix)[6]"	Kelly	Kelly	3:45

Personnel

• Aaliyah – vocals
• Timmy Allen – bass
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Barry Hankerson – executive producer
• Keith Henderson – guitar
• Stephanie Huff – background vocals
• R. Kelly – background vocals, multi-instruments, producer, mixing
• Doug McBride – mixing assistant
• Peter Mokran – programming, engineer, mixing
• Joshua Shapera – mixing assistant
• Maria Valencia – design

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position	Certification (sales threshold)
Canadian Albums Chart	20	Gold
Dutch Albums Chart	44	Gold
European Albums Chart	68
Japanese Albums Chart[7]	39	Gold
Israel Albums Chart	96
UK Albums Chart	23	Silver
U.S. Billboard 200	18	3× Platinum
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	3
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums (2001)[8]	13

References

1. "7 Facts About Aaliayh: Get The Scoop Before You Watch the Lifetime Movie". Biography.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
3. Ehrlich, Dimitri (June 17, 1994). "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number - Music Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
5. Cinquemani, Sal (2001). "Aaliyah: Age Ain't Nothing But a Number". Slant. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
6. "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number: Aaliyah". Amazon UK. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
7. "Website Disabled" (PDF). aaliyahremembered2.homestead.com.
8. "Aaliyah Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2010.