Christina Aguilera

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Christina Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York, 1980. Aguilera wanted to be a singer since she was little, she was known as the 'little girl with the big voice' apparently when she was little and would enter singing competitions competitors would drop out when the heard they were up against her, this lead to christina being ridiculed, and once assaulted in gym class.

On March 15, 1990, she appeared on Star Search singing Etta James' A Sunday Kind of Love, but lost the competition. When she returned home to Pittsburgh she was asked to sing the same song on KDKA-TV's Wake Up! morning show, throughout her childhood she sang the 'star-spangled banner' at Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Pittsburgh Steelers football and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games.Her first break into the entertainment world came in 1993 when she joined Disney Channel's The Mickey Mouse Club the show she cancelled a year later. At the age of 14 Aguilera recorded her first song 'All I Wanna Do' with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi the song was a hit in japan.

In 1998 Christina recorded the song 'Reflection' singing a High 'E' for the Disney movie Mulan. The song led to signing a contract with RCA records the same week. The song was nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe.

Aguilera's self-titled debut album dropped on August 24, 1999. It went #1 on the Billboard Charts selling 8 million copies U.S. and 12 million around the world.Her singles Genie In A Bottle, What A Girl Wants'and Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You) all went # 1 on Billboard. In 2000 she won the Grammy for 'Best New Artist'.

On Sept 12, 2000 Christina released her latin album Mi Reflejo, she won a Latin Grammy Award for 'Best female pop Vocals'. Oct 24, 2000 Aguilera released a Christmas Album 'My King of Christma' which went platinum in the U.S.

In 2001 Christina, Mya, Lil' Kim, and P!nk were chosen to colaberate on a remake on Patti Labelle's 1975 single 'Lady Marmalade' for the film and soundtrack to Moulin Rouge. The song which Missy Elliott produced spent 5 weeks atop the Hot 100 chart and earned all four performers a Grammy for 'Best pop Colaberation' it also won the MTV VMA for 'Video of the Year' in 2001.

On Oct 29, 2002 Aguilera released her second English Studio Album entitled 'Stripped' sold 9 million copies worldwide, with the singles 'Dirrty', 'Beautiful', 'Fighter', 'Can't Hold Us Down'ft. Lil' Kim, and 'A Voice Within'. During this time Christina got her nickname 'X-tina tatooed on the back of her neck and several piercings. The raunchy video for the song Dirrty was a hit on MTV networks, but was a dissapointment on the charts. In 2004 Kelly Clarkson released her secong single Miss Independent co-written by Aguilera and originally written for the Stripped album it was not finished in time.

Aguilera then joined Justin Timberlake for the Stripped/Justified world tour, died her hair black, and topped Maxim's Hot 100 list in 2004. And performed with Madonna, and Britney Spears for the now infamous Like a Virgin performance.

In late summer 2004 Aguilera Dyes her Hair Platinum Blonde and took on an new 'Old-Hollywood Glam' look, and recorded the singles 'Car Wash' with Missy Elliott for the movie Shark Tale and 'Tilt Ya Head Back' for Nelly's album. Both singles did not perform well but charted fairly good in other parts of the world.In 2005 she helped Disneyland open the 50th anniversary by singing 'When You Wish Upon A Star'.

Christina's 3rd english studio album 'Back To Basics' was released August 15, 2006, and debuted at #1 in 13 countries including the U.S. Aguilera described the double CD as "a throwback to the 20s, 30s, and 40s-style jazz, blues, and feel-good soul music, but with a modern twist." The lead single 'Ain't No Other Man' did very well and the follow up singles did well in different regions, 'Hurt' in Europe and 'Candyman' in the Pacific. Back to Basics has sold over 4 million copies world wide.

In 2006 She began the 'Back To Basics Tour', it was the most succesful female tour in 2007. In 2008 she released the concert DVD 'Back To Basics: Live and Down Under' hinting that it was filmed in Sydney, Australia. At the 49th Grammy Awards that year she won best female pop performance for 'Ain't No Other Man', and payed tribute to James Brown singing 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World'. In 2007 she was named the 19th richest woman in entertainment by forbes magazine, with a net woth of U.S.60 million.

To comemorate Aguilera's 10 years in the music industry, she will release Keep's Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits on Nov 11, 2008 The greatest hits CD will include her four #1 singles as well as hit singles from her past 3 english albums. The album also has a new song 'Keep's Gettin' Better' and it's the lead single. Aguilera has a forthcoming album also that she says will be "short, sweet and completely different" from Back to Basics.

On January 12, 2008, Aguilera gave birth to her son, Max Liron Bratman, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. His name translates to "Our Greatest Song" in Hebrew. Aguilera was reportedly paid $1.5 million USD by People magazine for her baby pictures, which according to Forbes places fifth on the list of the most expensive celebrity baby photos.

Christina is still rockin' 'Old-Hollywood Glam' and platinum blonde locks and the music just "Keep's Gettin' Better".