Aaliyah won two posthumous American Music Awards in 2002 for "Favorite Female R&B Artist", and "Favorite R&B/Soul Album". The album has sold 4 million in the U.S and 12 million worldwide. "Rock the Boat" went on to become a posthumous hit on radio (reaching number two on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles charts, number 14 on the Hot 100, and number 12 in the UK) and video channels, and the news of Aaliyah's death gave her album a notable sales boost, pushing it to number one on the Billboard 200. The album produced two other singles: "More Than a Woman" reached number seven on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart, number 25 on Hot 100, and number 1 in the UK, and at number 11 on BET's "Notarized" Top 100 videos of 2002. "I Care 4 U" reached number three on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart and number sixteen on the Hot 100, the latter attaining success even without the promotional push of a music video. The Aaliyah album has gone on to sell over seven million copies worldwide.

Her last film Queen of the Damned was released in early 2002. Before its release, Aaliyah's brother Rashad Haughton was called upon to re-dub several of his sister's lines during the post-production ADR process. Upon its release, the film debuted at number one. The film was dedicated to her memory. Aaliyah's "More than a Woman", released on January 7 and topped the chart on January 13, was followed by Harrison's "My Sweet Lord", re-released on January 14 and topped the chart on January 20.

Aaliyah was voted one of "The Top 40 Women of the Video Era" in VH1's The Greatest, also ranked number 36 on their list of the 100 Sexiest Artists. Aaliyah also made E!'s list on the 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment, Juiciest Hollywood Hookups, and Best Kept Hollywood Secrets. Aaliyah recently ranked at number 18 on BET's "Top 25 Dancers of All Time" and ranked at number four on BET's "Top 25 Sexiest Women of all Time". Aaliyah has been the topic of four books: Aaliyah: More than a Woman (2001) by Christopher John Farley, Aaliyah: An R&B Princess in Words and Pictures (2002) by Kelly Kenyatta, Aaliyah by Tim Footman (2003), and Aaliyah Remembered: Her Life & The Person behind the Mystique (2005) by William Sutherland.

Her family created The Aaliyah Memorial Fund which will donate money raised to charities Aaliyah supported. Aaliyah's Cancer Awareness Angels participate in a Revlon Run Walk in which Aaliyah herself once participated. The name "Aaliyah" did not appear on the Social Security Administration's popular baby names list for girls until 1994, the year of Aaliyah's debut album. However, it entered the top 100 of that list in 2001, the year of her death; it has remained there every year since, through the most recent list (2007). In May of 2008 it was announced that The Detroit School of Arts (Aaliyah's Alma Mater) had named a Recital Hall in honor of the late songtress. Aaliyah's official Myspace music page has received 18,262,062 plays and 10,437,315 views as of December 4, 2008. As of 2008 Aaliyah holds the record for best selling R&B album by a female in 2000s decade with 12 million physical copies of her album "Aaliyah" sold plus 1 million downloads for a total of 13 million copies in sales.

• Aaliyah: Making of 'Journey to the Past' (2006) (V) .... Herself
• The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die - The Remaster (2004) (V)
  .... Herself (segment "One More Chance")
• Hip-Hop VIPs (2002) (V) .... Herself
• Losing Aaliyah (2001) (V) .... Aaliyah
• "Behind the Music" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
  ... aka VH1's Behind the Music (USA)
       - Aaliyah: The Life and Death (2001) TV episode .... Herself
• "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
       - Episode dated 25 July 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Herself
• 2001 MTV Movie Awards (2001) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
• Essence Awards (2001) (TV) .... Herself
• MTV Icon: Janet Jackson (2001) (TV) .... Herself
• BET Tonight Special: Aaliyah (2001) (TV) .... Herself
• "CNN World Beat" .... As Herself (1 episode, 2001)
       - Aaliyah (2001) TV episode .... As Herself
• 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
• "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1997-2000)
       - Episode dated 17 April 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Herself
       - Episode dated 13 October 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Herself
• "HBO First Look" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
       - Making 'Romeo Must Die' (2000) TV episode .... Herself
• 'Romeo Must Die' Movie Special (2000) (TV) .... Performer
• MTV Video Music Awards 2000 (2000) (TV) .... Herself
• The Making of 'Romeo Must Die' (2000) (V) .... Herself