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—Aguilera on winning Best New Artist at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards. After the album's release, "What a Girl Wants", topped the Hot 100 and is recognised as the first new number one entry on the chart for the 2000's decade. The song was also nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards. This was followed with "I Turn to You" which reached number three ...
- Stripped
Stripped is the fourth studio album by American singer...
- Christina Aguilera Discography
Christina Aguilera discography. American singer Christina...
- List of Awards and Nominations Received by Christina Aguilera
In 2000, followed by the release of a Christmas album, My...
- Back to Basics
Back to Basics is the fifth studio album by American singer...
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- Lotus
Lotus is the seventh studio album by American...
- Christina Aguilera Videography
Aguilera at the premiere of Burlesque at the Empire,...
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Christina María Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York, on December 18, 1980. Her parents Fausto Xavier Aguilera, was a soldier in the United States Army and Shelly Loraine (née Fidler), was a violinist and pianist, respectively. Her father has Ecuadorian ancestry. Her American mother has German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French ancest...
1990–93: Star Search and The New Mickey Mouse Club
Aguilera made her debut in Star Search in 1990 at age 8, singing a cover of "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Mariah Carey. Three years later, she starred on The New Mickey Mouse Club. She starred alongside entertainers Britney Spears, Fergie, Ryan Gosling, JC Chasez, and Justin Timberlake.
1998–2006: Mulan, Christina Aguilera, Mi Reflejo, Stripped, and Back to Basics
She was signed to RCA Records after making the song "Reflection" for the movie Mulan. Aguilera received a Best New Artist Grammy Award for her first album Christina Aguilera (1999). She made a Latin pop album, Mi Reflejo, and a Christmas album, My Kind of Christmas. Mi Reflejo won a Latin Grammy Award. Aguilera received Grammy Awards for her second album Stripped (2002), and her third album Back to Basics(2006).
2007–17: Bionic, Lotus, and collaborations
In 2007, Aguilera was featured on rapper Diddy's single "Tell Me". In 2008, she released her first greatest hits album, Keeps Gettin' Better – A Decade of Hits, a new song, "Dynamite", and new versions of her hits "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful", called "Genie 2.0" and "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)". In 2011, Aguilera became a coach on The Voice. Aguilera released her sixth album, Bionic, in 2010. It featured the single "Not Myself Tonight". The song's music video was compared to the...
Aguilera possesses a four-octave sopranovocal range. She is also recognized her ability to sing in the whistle register. She lists Cher, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Pearl Bailey, and the bands Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N' Rosesas her music...
Aguilera has two children, son Max Liron Bratman (born January 12, 2008) from her former husband Jordan Bratman and daughter Summer Rain Rutler (born August 16, 2014) with her current fiancé Matthew Rutler. Both of her children were born via cesarean section.
In 2010 Aguilera acted in a film for the first time. It was a musical called Burlesque. She played a woman called Ali. She sang eight of the songs in the soundtrack.
- Matthew Rutler (2010–present; engaged)
- 1993–present
- Jordan Bratman, (m. 2005; div. 2011)
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Apr 29, 2024 · Christina Aguilera, American pop singer who emerged during the teen pop explosion of the late 1990s, achieving commercial success with such hits as ‘Genie in a Bottle’ and ‘Lady Marmalade.’ She later was a judge on the TV talent competition The Voice (2011–16). Read more about her life and career.
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Feb 5, 2024 · Christina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980, in Staten Island, New York, to father Fausto Xavier Aguilera and his wife, Shelly Loraine Fidler. Aguilera's early home life was troubled ...
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99+ Videos. 99+ Photos. Christina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York City, New York to musician Shelly Loraine Fidler Kearns and U.S. Army sergeant Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera Monge. Her father is Ecuadorian and her mother, who is American-born, has Welsh, Dutch and German ancestry.
