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Christina Aguilera |
Christina Aguilera is an American Pop / R&B singer and songwriter. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel’s Television series. Growing up with her brothers and sisters in Wexford, Pennsylvania, Christina always knew that she wanted to be a performer. In her early 20s, this blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty got more than she bargained for.
Christina Aguilera was born December 18, 1980, in Staten Island, New York. She is the daughter of an Ecuadorian father, Fausto, and a Irish mother, Shelly. Since her father was in the military she moved around quite a bit in the initial years. Her parents separated when she was seven, and she settled with her sister and mom in Wexford, Pensylvania. Her mother was a professional pianist.
By the time she was five, Christina knew all the songs from The Sound of Music and performed them at neighborhood block parties. At the age of eight, Christina appeared on the nationally syndicated show Star Search and at the age of ten she sang the National Anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins. By twelve years of age Christina had become a member of the television show the New Mickey Mouse Club. with fellow cast mates Britney Spears, Keri Russell, and J.C. Chasez and Justin Timberlake from the boy band *N Sync.
All the while Christina had in mind a goal of producing her first album before she graduated from High School. After her two-year stint on The Mickey Mouse Club, Christina traveled to Japan in 1998, where she recorded a duet with Japanese star Keizo Nakanishi. She also performed at the Golden Stag Festival in Transylvania, Romania, joining Sheryl Crow and Diana Ross, who were also on the playlist.
Christina Aguilera caught the eye of manager Steve Kurtz, who requested a demo tape. Amazed by her voice and beauty he offered her a record deal when she was 15. She got the gig to sing Reflection for the animated film Mulan and the song was eventually nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture.
Her self-titled debut album was released on August 24th, 1999, and sold more than 250,000 copies within one week of being released. It spawned the hits Genie in a Bottle, Come on Over and What a Girl Wants. She also had a hit with P!nk, Courtesy of BMG and Lil Kim with the Moulin Rouge song, Lady Marmalade. Christina subsequently went on to win the 1999 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
In less than a year since the release of Genie in a Bottle, Christina performed a duet with B.B. King and performed The Christmas Song for Bill Clinton on the TV special Christmas at the White House. Also performed a duet at the Super Bowl Half Time Show with Enrique Iglesias; and she was the only female guest at VH1's Men Strike Back special.
A cover girl on magazines such as Seventeen, Rolling Stone and Vibe, Christina also has a Latin album to her credit (in honor of her Ecuadorian roots).
As far as her dating life, like Britney, little evidence is known. She has admitted to having a crush on MTV's Carson Daly, as has Britney Spears, so apparently the cold as ice relationship between the two ex-Mouseketeers has competitveness both musically and in the sex department. The most recent dating rumor for Christina has been Enrique Iglesias, whom the New York Post claims the two were dancing nasty together late at night in a New York bar. As also the most recent dating fact has been that she's been dating one of her dancers, Jorge Santos, whom she's also been living with.
The newlywed's more jazzy and soul-inspired Back to Basics was released in 2006, and Christina's first single, "Ain't No Other Man," went on to win a 2007 Grammy Award in the Best Female Pop Vocal category. The mature and catchy rhythm of that track made us wish that there weren't no other man, which is why she landed on our Top 99 Most Desirable Women list in 2008.
Look for an upcoming 2009 album from this sexy songstress.
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