Christina Aguilera

Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and dancer. She has earned five Grammy Awards and five number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", a cover of "Lady Marmalade" (with P!nk, Mýa, and Lil' Kim), and "Moves like Jagger" (with Maroon 5). She also earned the top-ten hits "I Turn to You", "Beautiful", "Ain't No Other Man", "Keeps Gettin' Better", "Feel This Moment" (with Pitbull), and "Say Something" (with A Great Big World).

Early life
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 ancestry. Throughout her father's service in the Army, her family moved to various locations, including New Jersey, Texas, New York, and Japan. Her parents divorced when Aguilera was six years old. She, her mother, and her younger sister Rachel then lived at her grandmother's home in Rochester, Pennsylvania, a town outside Pittsburgh. Her mother later remarried.

Singing career

1990–93: Star Search and The New Mickey Mouse Club 
Aguilera made her debut in Star Search in 1990. 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 style of fellow entertainer Lady Gaga. 

In October 2011 Aguilera performed "Smile" and "Dirty Diana" at Michael Jackson Forever. Aguilera released her seventh album Lotus on November 9, 2012. Two singles were released from the album. The first single, "Your Body", reached the top ten in Canada and the top 40 in the US. Aguilera made a Spanish song for the 2012 movie Casa de Mi Padre. Aguilera also sung a song on the sound track of the 2013 movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire called "We Remain". 

Aguilera was also a featured artist on rapper Pitbull's single "Feel This Moment" in 2013.  Later that year, she performed a duet of Lady Gaga's single "Do What U Want" on The Voice with Gaga. The studio version of the duet was released January 1, 2014. 

She sang on the single version of A Great Big World's single "Say Something", which reached number one in Canada and Australia and the top five in other countries.  She released the standalone song "Change" in 2016, after the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.

2018–present: Liberation and La Fuerza 
On June 15, 2018, Aguilera released her eighth studio album, Liberation. In 2022, she released the EP La Fuerza, returning to Latin music.

Artistry 
Aguilera possesses a four-octave soprano vocal 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' Roses as her musical influences.

Personal life 
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.

Acting career
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.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums
 Christina Aguilera (1999)
 Mi Reflejo (2000)
 My Kind of Christmas (2000)
 Stripped (2002)
 Back to Basics (2006)
 Bionic (2010)
 Lotus (2012)
 Liberation (2018)
 Aguilera (2022)

EPs
 La Fuerza (2022)

Soundtracks
 Burlesque (2011)

Compilations
 Keeps Gettin' Better – A Decade of Hits (2008)

Demo albums
 Just Be Free (2001)

References

Other websites 

 Official US website

1980 births
Living people
Actors from Staten Island
American child singers
American movie actors
American R&B musicians
American pop musicians
American hip hop musicians
American soul singers
American blue-eyed soul singers
American dance musicians
Brit Award winners
 
Grammy Award winners
American performers of Latin music
Mouseketeers
Musicians from Staten Island
Singers from New York City
Latin Grammy Award winners