**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).[*source?*]

Early life
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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 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
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### 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 style of fellow entertainer Lady Gaga.

Christina Aguilera in October 2012
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
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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
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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
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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
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See the main article: Christina Aguilera 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)

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