Biography

Birth name Christina Maria Aguilera
Date of birth (location) 18 December 1980, Staten Island, New York, USA

Christina began performing at age six in school talent shows, at eight she appeared on 'Star Search', at ten she sang the National Anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins, and at twelve appeared in 'The New Mickey Mouse Club' - together with Britney Spears, J.C. and Justin of 'NSync, and others ... continue

When the show ended two years later, Christina performed in Japan and Romania, but always had one goal - to have her own album recorded and released before she graduated high school.

In 1998 Christina auditioned to sing 'Reflection' for Disney's animated film 'Mulan'. Christina cut a demo in her living room singing to a karaoke tape of Whitney Houstons 'I wanna run to you', and soon Christina was in Los Angeles recording 'Reflection'.

In 1998, 'Reflection' turned into a Top 15 A/C single, and Christina performed it live on 'CBS this Morning' and the 'Donnie & Marie Show'. The single got a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture and brought Christina to the attention of writers and producers.

Those writers and producers helped Christina on her first, self-titled album for RCA. continue

Christina's breakthrough began with her first Number-One single 'Genie in a Bottle', which stayed atop the charts for five weeks and rocketed the album to # 1 upon its release in August 1999. The follow-up single 'What a girl wants' was the first #1-hit of the new millenium.

Christina was named one of the most fascinating women of 1999 on the 'Ladies Home Journal' CBS-TV special, won 1999 Best New Artist at ALMA awards, was on covers of many magazines and guest star in TV shows and TV specials like 'Saturday Night Life', 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' and others.

Christina also performed 'The Christmas Song' for President Bill Clinton on TNT's 'Christmas at the White House'-special, and in 2000 she appeared with Enrique Iglesias at the Super Bowl Half Time Show.

Christina also got nominated for two Grammies - Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal performance. And in February 2000 the Grammy for Best New Artist went to - Christina Aguilera! continue

'Mi Reflejo' - released in fall 2000, is Christinas Spanish language album - Christina has Ecuadorian heritage which she is proud of and wanted to explore her Latin side.

Christina is thrilled by her success, but remains reflective and grateful. For her, the greatest thing is being able to interact with her fans and touching their lives.

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