Christina Maria Aguilera was born December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York, to Fausto Xavier Aguilera and Shelley Lorraine Fidler. The beginning of the girl's life was not easy. Her father, an immigrant from Ecuador who served as a sergeant in the United States Army, was a tyrant in the family. Only when the girl was already 6 years old, her mother finally managed to end the marriage and move with her two daughters (Christina and her younger sister, Rachel) to Rochester, Pennsylvania, where the family begins a new life.

From an early age, Christina awakens an ardent love for music, a talent for which she undoubtedly inherited from her musical mother, a professional violinist and pianist. By the time the girl enters elementary school, her strong voice manages to sound at local talent shows, causing black envy of classmates and even parents. And this annoys Christina so much that her mother, in the end, decides on the home education of her daughter.

But the girl continues to perform, and in 1990 she won a prize on the television program of national importance “Looking for Stars”. The nine-year-old wonder wows the audience with a mesmerizing rendition of Etta James' "Sunday Love," earning him second prize in the competition.

Commercial success

In 1993, Aguilera again drew attention to herself, taking part in the television program "The New Mickey Mouse Club". Future stars become her partners in the show Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling and Carey Russell. Participation in the filming of Aguilera lasted only two years, after which the ambitious singer travels with her mother to Japan, where she records the single “All I Wanna Do” with Japanese pop icon Keizo Nakanishi. This was followed by new achievements. In 1998, Aguilera recorded the soundtrack for the Walt Disney film Mulan. The following year, the star will make her debut at the concert festival of female vocals "Lilith Fair", after which she signs a contract with the recording studio "RCA Records". In 1999, Christina released her debut album called "Christina Aguilera", sold 8 million copies, which brought fame to two undisputed hits on the Billboard list: "Genie in a Bottle" and the undisputed leader "What a Girl Wants". The album brought Aguilera a Grammy as the best performer.

Along with her former New Mickey Mouse Club partners Spears and Timberlake, now also at the top of the charts, Aguilera becomes one of the key figures among the teenage pop stars of her time. But the image of a pretty girl, imposed by such a role, was too small for Christina. After recording the song "Lady Marmalade" with Pink, Mya and Lil' Kim, Aguilera released her second album, Stripped, in October 2002.

As you can see from the title, the superstar has entered a completely different stage of his work. The performed album included singles that soared to the first lines of the charts: "Dirrty", "Beautiful" and "Make Over".

Aguilera's new music, as well as new piercings and tattoos, stunned some critics, but also attracted new fans. The circulation of the album "Stripped" slightly exceeded 4 million copies, but Christina, to her credit, was not at all ashamed of either her music or her appearance. “I knew that this is music for adults, and that not everyone is ready for it,” Aguilera commented on her album in an interview with The New York Times magazine.

In 2006, Aguilera changes her style again with the release of a new two-disc studio album, Back to Basics, which is heavily influenced by 1920s and 1940s music. As with the previous album, Christina is changing her image again. Now her style matches the classic image of Jean Harlow.

New projects

In 2010, Christina Aguilera returns to the recording studio with the album "Bi-on-iC". The sound becomes more electronic, which was the result of collaboration with "Le Tigre" and "M.I.A". But, despite the fact that “Bi-on-iC” got to the very top of the charts, none of his singles became a hit.

In the same year, Aguilera made her film debut, in the musical "Burlesque", being on the same stage with Cher. Christina recorded several soundtracks for the film, including "Show Me How You Burlesque", which did not receive wide recognition. Although the release of the film was expected by many, it did not gather full houses, and critics smashed it to smithereens.

During this period, Aguilera is in an extremely depressed state, both in personal and professional life. At the Super Bowl in February 2011, she forgets the lyrics to the National Anthem. Shortly thereafter, the pop star is arrested for public indecency while drunk. Both of these cases gave rise to a wave of rumors about her possible alcoholism.
But by the spring of 2011, Aguilera is back on her feet, being busy in the new long-term television competition The Voice, which launched April 26 on NBC. In this project, Christina acts as a judge and coach of young performers competing with teams led by musical talents such as Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. And while there have been rumors of behind-the-scenes drama between Christina and her crew, the pop star is proving to be a loyal support for her charges. At the end of the Voice-3 show in 2012, Aguilera announced that she was leaving the project for a while. In the fourth season, Shakira takes her place.

Aguilera at this time releases a new album "Lotus", very indifferently received by the public. Released in 2013, the single with rapper Pitbull is much more successful. The duo record the song "Feel This Moment", which they present on the TV show's fourth season finale. Shortly thereafter, Aguilera announces her return for season 5 of the project.

Personal life

During the filming of Burlesque (2010), Aguilera has an affair with assistant director Matthew Rutler. By that time, the singer already has a son, Max, from her first marriage to record director Jordan Bratman: the couple got married in 2005, separated in 2010 and officially filed for divorce in 2011. On August 16, 2014, Aguilera and Rutler had daughter of Summer Rain.

Outside of her stage work, Aguilera has shown herself to be a compassionate person, taking part in AIDS advocacy campaigns and being a member of the Women's Center and Shelter in Greater Pittsburgh. In early 2010, she takes on the role of a World Food Program Hunger Mission Ambassador, which takes her to Haiti, where Christina is helping earthquake victims.

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Biography

His father is a soldier, Ecuadorian by nationality, his mother is a teacher of Irish origin, who played the piano and violin in her youth.

Christina has a sister, Rachel, who is six years younger than her. Due to their father's profession, their family moved frequently, and Aguilera managed to live in Texas, New Jersey and Japan.

2. Moving to Pittsburgh

The parents of the future singer divorced when she was seven years old, and Christina, along with her sister and mother, moved to a suburb of Pittsburgh, the city of Wexford, soon her mother remarried.

celebrity throughout for long years did not communicate with her father, but in 2012 they reconciled.

Even as a child, she dreamed of becoming a singer and early began to perform at various local song contests, soon becoming famous, so far only on a local scale.

Career

3. First performances and tours

Aguilera began to seriously engage in vocals early enough - at the age of eight, she successfully performed at a local song contest with Whitney Houston's composition "The Greatest Love of All".

In 1991, the girl was invited to perform the anthem of the United States at the sports competitions then taking place in Pittsburgh, where Christina became the youngest performer.

She then participates in the television show The Mickey Mouse Club where she meets Britney, Jessica Simpson and Justin Timberlake.

In 1994, Kristina recorded her debut professional composition - "All I Wanna Do", singing a duet with a popular performer from Japan, Keizo Nakanishi. Subsequently, this track was included in the Keizo album published three years later. Then Christina first takes part in music festival, it was the "Golden Stag" held in Romania.

The rapidly developing career of the young singer leads to the fact that in the eighth grade she has to drop out of school (as a result, Christina nevertheless completed her education, having received an external certificate).

In 1998, the aspiring artist was invited by Disney Corporation - she was offered to perform the song "Reflection", which was included in the soundtrack to the cartoon "Mulan". After the appearance of the cartoon on the screens, this song was among the 15 best singles, receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award, and Christina was offered to enter into an agreement with the RCA Records record company.

4. Debut album release

Having received powerful producer support, the aspiring artist already in 1999 recorded and presented to the audience her debut disc with the uncomplicated name "Christina Aguilera".

Only in the United States it was bought by more than 8 million people, and in total more than 17 million copies of this album, which became platinum 10 times, were sold worldwide. Music critics noted the high quality of the proposed material and well-thought-out arrangements. Already in 2000, the amount of sales of Aguilera's debut album exceeded $ 80 million, and the video for the song "Come On Over Baby" took first place in all leading chat rooms.

5. Subsequent albums and further career development

In 2000, Aguilera's second album "Mi Reflejo" was released, stylistically repeating her debut album, but with five new compositions and Spanish-language tracks. In North America, the album was sold without much hype, but in Latin American countries it became very popular, being awarded the Latin Grammy as the release of the year.

In the future, Christina took part in a collaboration with Pink, Lil Kim and Maya, together they recorded a cover of the song "Lady Marmalade" for the film "Moulin Rouge". This cover was awarded the Grammy-2001 awards.

The release of the next disc, "Stripped", was repeatedly delayed, but nevertheless took place in the fall of 2002. One of the songs from this album, "Beautiful", is still the singer's most famous and titled composition to this day.

Christina's next release, "Back to Basics", appeared only four years later, but three tracks from this disc at once - "Ain't no Other Man", "Hurt" and "Candyman" became hits.

This was followed by another four-year break, after which Aguilera's next album appeared on the shelves of music stores - Bionic, sustained in the synth-pop style, rather coolly received by the audience and poorly sold, but very much liked by most music critics.

Released in 2012, the fifth studio album of the performer called "Lotus" also had a very moderate commercial success.

6. Aguilera today

In 2017, the singer performed at the American Music Awards, where she performed a number of compositions by Whitney Houston. This performance turned out to be very heartfelt and sincere, now it is considered one of the best concert numbers in her career.

In the fall of 2018, for the first time in 10 years, Kristina embarked on a large-scale world tour organized in support of her new album, Liberation. Then she again, after a long break, appeared on the movie screens, starring in the fantastic film "Zoey" and in the musical "Broadway 4 D".

7. Problems with alcohol

Milestone 2000-2010 it was very difficult for the singer in terms of creativity - almost simultaneously, both her album Bionic and the picture "Burlesque", in which she played the main role, failed. As a result, the artist began to become excessively addicted to alcohol, which soon became public knowledge.

So, in early 2011, drunk Christina fell asleep at the celebration of the birthday of Jeremy Renner, and a month later, being drunk again, she fell right on stage at the Grammy Awards.

Soon, her boyfriend Matthew Rutler was detained by the police for driving while drunk, while Aguilera was also in the car, but she was sleeping again, after drinking heavily. After this incident, she was ordered to undergo a therapeutic course for the treatment of alcohol addiction.

8. Awards

The discography of the performer includes 8 studio albums, 1 mini-album, 1 soundtrack album, in addition, she has released more than 40 singles and 31 music videos.

The singer has received 5 Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, an MTV Europe 2007 award, two NRJ Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The merit of these awards can be judged by the high statistics of the albums she sold: more than 70 million copies were sold in the world, which makes Christina one of the most commercially successful singers of our time.

Apart from professional awards she has repeatedly been included in the list of the sexiest women on the planet: for example, according to Teen People, which included her in the list of "25 Hottest Stars Under 25", and according to Maxim magazine, which awarded her the title of best international singer in 2000 and the title of the sexiest woman of the year-2003. 10 years later, in 2013, the singer took part in the filming for "Maxim".

9. Film works

In the 2000s, Aguilera first appeared on the silver screen, having appeared in an episode of the tape "Escape from Vegas" and in the television series "Beverly Hills".

And in 2009, she became the leading lady in the film "Burlesque". However, this film was rather coolly received by both film critics and the audience, resulting in its failure at the box office.

10. Own brand

The singer decided to start her own business with the release of a line of perfumes in 2007, for which she signed a special agreement with Procter & Gamble.

Soon she released her first perfume - "Christina Aguilera", and since then regularly pleases her fans with a new original perfume. At the same time, the release of perfumes brings Christina not only financial, but also image success, since perfumes sold under the Christina Aguilera brand often become winners of various specialized awards assigned to perfume products for women. It is also interesting that the first fragrances from a celebrity were packaged in bottles, the outlines of which reproduced the figure of Christina.

Having achieved significant success in the production of perfumes, Aguilera decided to also start producing her own clothing line, which she announced in 2011. The singer is engaged in the development of clothing in conjunction with a large department store C&A, located in Brazil. The style of her collections is characterized by maximum femininity and a focus on mini length.

But it is not so easy to buy Christina Aguilera brand clothes - at the moment it is not available for general sale. But to please yourself with a perfume from a popular singer is quite realistic - the price of a bottle of perfume starts around 1000 rubles, so most women can afford such a fragrance.

Other facts

11. Plastic

In 2015, many of the singer's fans noted changes in her appearance: Aguilera's cheekbones began to be seen more clearly, and her cheeks became fuller. Because of this, the topic of the plastic surgery performed by the artist on the eve of the plastic surgery was discussed in the media for a long time, which, however, Christina herself did not confirm.

This was far from the first time that the singer was "caught" for sudden changes in appearance, attributing them to plastic surgery. For example, at the very beginning of her career, the press discussed the sudden change in the shape of the performer's nose, and then her enlarged lips and breasts.

12. Tattoos

Aguilera is known for her tattoos, for example, she has a tattoo on her lower back, stuffed in honor of her first husband, Jordan Bratman - the inscription in Hebrew "I belong to my beloved, and my beloved belongs to me." And on her left forearm there is another dedication to Bratman, already made in Spanish - “I love you always” and the initials of the first spouse inscribed next to it.

On the left wrist of Christina is a symbol taken from Celtic folklore and meaning eternal love and friendship, and in the lower abdomen - a tattoo in honor of Jorge Santos, the singer met with him in the early 2000s. On the neck of the artist is a tattoo in the form of a cursive inscription, which is her abbreviated name.

13. Likes to experiment with his own appearance.

In addition to her passion for tattoos and love for piercings, Christina loves to change her original appearance with hair dye. From the age of sixteen, she was a blonde, but since then she has been periodically dyed black, then honey, then red and blue.

Her hairstyles also changed, which included, among other things, the braiding of "Greek" and "African" braids. Now Aguilera has decided on the color of her hair - she prefers "platinum blonde", but is still not averse to experimenting with hairstyles. By the way, her natural hair color is light red.

In addition to experiments with hair, a celebrity is not averse to adjusting the natural color of her eyes. Since childhood, Christina has been suffering from myopia and is forced to wear contact lenses, which now, at her choice, give the singer's eyes a bright blue color. In fact, Aguilera's eyes are gray-blue.

14. Stay in shape with yoga

According to her, it was yoga that helped her lose ten kilograms in 2013, when the singer noticeably gained weight. During this period, her weight reached 60 kg and began to rapidly approach the next ten.

However, Christina fought with excess weight throughout her conscious life, for example, at the beginning of her career she weighed only 47 kg (with a height of 157 cm), but periodically recovered and was forced to constantly diet.

Now the celebrity often says that she fell in love with her body and feels good with any weight. But many of her fans believe that 54 kilos with her growth is still a lot.

15. Does charity work

For her significant contribution to the fight against hunger, Christina was honored with an award from the United States Department of State. She was actively involved in the implementation of the food program of the United Nations, for which in 2009 she came to Guatemala.

In 2010, the singer raised $60 million to help the victims of the earthquake on the island of Haiti, in total, she donated about $117 million to charities.

In addition, Christina participated in a campaign to draw attention to the problems of people with HIV infection. And to all the guests who came to her wedding in 2005, Aguilera strongly advised not to give them and her husband expensive presents, but to contribute this money to the fund for helping those affected by the consequences of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

16. Vocal training from Aguilera herself

In 2016, Christina launched her own vocal training, offering everyone to take two dozen vocal lessons from her for $ 90. The bonus of this training was the a cappella performance by the singer of her most famous songs.

17. Conflicts of Christina Aguilera and Eminem

For many years now. The beginning of their conflict was the offensive dedication by the rapper to Christina of part of the verse of his song "The Real Slim Shady". Subsequently, Aguilera repeatedly accused Eminem of insults and spoke unflatteringly about his early work.

18 Rolling Stone recognition

Rolling Stone included Aguilera in the top 100 musical artists, while she became the youngest in this hundred. In addition, Christina is the only celebrity included in this rating who, at the time of inclusion in the list, was not yet 30 years old.

19. Soundtracks and scoring of cartoons

Recorded songs for animated films. In addition to the soundtrack to the Mulan cartoon, which was already mentioned above, together with Missy Eliot, she took part in the recording of a cover of the song "Car wash", the soundtrack to the cartoon "Shark Tale", in which she also acted as a voice actress.

20. Her old demos were released without her consent.

When Christina became a popular singer, the record company that worked with her released a compilation consisting of her old demos. Aguilera was against the release of this disc, because she considered her old tracks unfinished and did not take them seriously. However, this release firmly established itself in the top three independent records and went platinum.

21. The appearance of Aguilera without makeup surprised many

In 2018, Aguilera, who had never before appeared in public without makeup, ventured to be photographed without makeup for the cover of Paper Magazine. And for good reason - in these photos the singer is simply unrecognizable - and, in the best sense of the word: in these photos she looks much younger and more attractive than herself in a traditional way.

22. The best clips of the entire career

The most famous and popular videos of the singer are "Fighter", "Dirrty", "Hurt", "Ain't No Other Man", "Save Me from Myself", and, of course, her debut video "Genie in a Bottle".

Personal life

23. First rumors about personal life

At the dawn of the 2000s, Aguilera was already very famous, but she did not meet with anyone, although the press constantly attributed numerous novels to her. Most often, media representatives saw Justin Timberlake as Christina's "boyfriend", but Aguilera herself denied these rumors very actively, and sometimes not quite correctly.

24. Jorge Santos

In 2001-2002 celebrity met with Jorge Santos, a dancer from his troupe. Their relationship developed over the course of two years, but in 2002 Santos decided to quit dancing and left the singer's troupe, after which they broke up.

25. Jordan Bratmano and Matt Rutler

In 2002, Christina met music producer Jordan Bratman. Soon they began to meet, and in 2005, the performer married Bratman.

In 2011, they officially divorced, although in fact they separated earlier. Even before the divorce, the couple stopped living together - since 2010, the artist has been in a relationship with Matt Rutler, her current common-law spouse. In 2014, they announced their engagement, but have not yet formalized their relationship.

26. Children of Christina Aguilera

Christina has two children: son Max Lyron, born in 2008 in a marriage with Bratman, and daughter Summer Rain from Matt Rutler, born in 2014.

Quick Facts

• 27. She sang publicly for the first time at the age of eight, and at eighteen she went on her first tour.
• 28. She composes her own songs.
• 29. The debut album of the singer was sold in a record circulation - it went platinum ten times.
• 30. She loves piercings, which, however, she took off as soon as the fashion for him passed. But at one time, Aguilera was one of the most pierced celebrities.
• 31. She was a member of the judges of the TV show "The Voice" ("Voice"), where she often clashed with other members of the jury.
• 32. The singer's height is only 157 cm, so she almost always wears heels.
• 33. In 2004, she became the new face of the MAC cosmetics company and spokesperson for the MAC AIDS Foundation.
• 34. As of April 2011, she has sold 50 million albums worldwide.
• 35. Christina's voice is a soprano with a vocal range spanning four octaves.
• 36. was close friend singer and actress Brittany Murphy, who died in 2009.
• 37. She writes all her songs only with lips painted with her favorite bright pink lipstick.
• 38. Likes to amaze fans with his posts Instagram photographs in fairly revealing outfits.
• 39. According to the horoscope Christina Sagittarius.

POP DIVA CHRISTINA AGUILERA

Voice Christina Aguilera one of the most recognizable among all American vocalists, and she herself has long received the title of pop diva from her colleagues and fans. Christina won the title of "princess of pop" at the very beginning of her career and continues to prove that she is worthy of this title, having already sold 50 million albums worldwide.

One can only imagine what other hits are ahead of us.

young starlet

Childhood Christina it was not at all bleak. She was born in 1980 in New York. His father (an immigrant from Ecuador) was a military man and kept his family in strictness, which sometimes looked more like tyranny. Mother Aguilera endured it for six years, and then took two daughters and went to Pennsylvania to start a new life.

Despite family troubles, the mother paid maximum attention to the children and developed them Creative skills, being a professional violinist and pianist herself. Christina inherited her love for music.

Already in primary school she became the envy of all her classmates when she started performing on a show for talented children. At 10 Aguilera won second place at the prestigious Looking for Stars competition, performing Etta James's song "Sunday Love". Then the audience was simply fascinated by the voice of the little vocalist.

Every year, the piggy bank of the girl's creative victories only replenished. After the 8th grade, she even decided to leave school and finish her studies as an external student in order to devote more time to her favorite singing. Mother hired for Christina tutors so that her daughter does not have a gap in school education.

Christina Aguilera's first contract

The popular TV show "The New Mickey Mouse Club" in 1993 ignited such stars as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Carey Russell and Ryan Gosling. Christina participated in the filming of the program for two years, and then left with her mother for Japan. There, Keizo Nakanishi was waiting for her, with whom she recorded the song "All I Wanna Do". This single made the young American singer very popular in the Land of the Rising Sun.

At home Christina immediately offered to record the soundtrack "Reflection" for Disney's feature-length animated film Mulan. This song became commercially successful and helped win the Golden Globe award for the performer. After that, the record company RCA Records signed a contract with the singer.

In 1999, her debut album Christina Aguilera saw the light of day, the circulation of which reached 8 million copies. The undoubted hits of the collection were the songs "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants". Firm self-confidence, striving for improvement, originality of performance and powerful vocal abilities helped Christina to make the first album worthy of the warmest reviews from critics. For him, the singer was awarded the Grammy Music Award as the best performer of the year.

New look

Now with my former partners in The Mickey Mouse Club and current colleagues became teen idols in the mid to late 1990s. But the romantic image of a cutie girl quickly got bored Christina, she realized that these frameworks were not for her temperament and character. The singer recorded a joint single "Lady Marmalade" with singers Pink, Mua and Lil Kim. It became the soundtrack to the film "Moulin Rouge". In front of the fans Christina appeared in a defiant and even aggressive way, which attracted new admirers to her work. The song stayed at the top of the charts for several weeks and brought the performers a whole set of awards. A Christina at the age of 20 she became a world-famous celebrity.

Music for adults

In the wake of such success, RCA Records released a collection of youth songs Christina Aguilera titled "Just Be Free". Not only did it sell well, the disc went platinum.

At the end of 2002 Christina released a new album "Stripped". It was a new stage of her creativity. The album climbed to number two on the US and UK charts.

In this collection, the singer decided to try herself as a songwriter and co-wrote 14 of 20 compositions.

Aguilera experimented with styles and sounds, diluting pop music with rock, soul, blues and hip-hop. The album's circulation reached 12 million, despite the storm of criticism that the singer had to endure because of her sexy image and the topless photo on the cover. Image change Aguilera not all critics liked it, but the impeccable performing abilities Christina gave no reason to doubt her professionalism. The album was nominated for five Grammy Awards. For the best female pop vocal, the singer nevertheless received the coveted statuette.

Nude photos for Rolling Stone magazine only supported the new candid image Christina Aguilera. And in 2003, she again excited the public when she turned from blonde to brunette and went on a world tour with Justin Timberlake, which became the most successful at the end of the year.

The next year was for Christina debut as a TV presenter. She removed almost all of her piercings and began her career as an MTV host. In parallel, her singles are released - "Car wash", "Tilt Ya Head Back", "A Song for You", "Somos Novios".

Back to basics

Four years Christina working on a new album. She called such a break in the release of discs a necessary pause that will help her convey in her songs internal state and new experiences. During this time, material was created that fits on two disks, then Aguilera decided to take a chance and release a double album "Back to Basics". Again, she changed her style and image.

According to the performer herself, it was a throwback to the 1920s-1940s. music world, but in modern processing. The singer has always been a fan of jazz performers, so while creating the compositions for this album, she was inspired by the work of the greats, Billie Holiday and Etta Jace. This disc significantly expanded the audience Aguilera. Now among her fans are not only teenagers, but also people of the mature generation.

New album in fifteen countries Christina became number 1 in the charts and sold a total circulation of 4.5 million copies. And again Aguilera won one nomination for "Best Female Vocal" and won a Grammy Award.

Burlesque Christina Aguilera

in the musical "Burlesque"

Ten year creative anniversary Christina celebrated with the release of a collection of her hits and in the same year became one of the most desirable women in the world according to Maxim magazine.

After a couple of years, she returns to the studio to record a new album, "Bi-on-iC". Christina continued to experiment with styles and sound, now she directed her work into an electronic channel. This disc did not achieve great success, although some songs were selected to the top of the charts. But in the big movie she was waiting the main role. Aguilera starred with in the musical "Burlesque" in 2010. For a long time film producers pursued Christina, offering to star in a TV series or film. The singer constantly refused, appearing on the screen several times in episodes. But in the almost autobiographical "Burlesque" she starred with pleasure.

Happiness on the second try

with Matt Rutler

At this time at Christina began not the easiest period in his personal life. In 2005, she married Jordan Bratman, who was a music producer. Three years later, she gave birth to her first child Max, and a couple of years later she decided to divorce her husband. Aguilera does not like to talk about his life, so the fans could only guess about the reasons for the breakup. By the way, many tend to associate career failures during this period with the personal experiences of the singer. Fortunately, while filming Burlesque, she met producer Matt Rutler and fell in love with him. In the summer of 2014, the couple had a daughter, Summer, and now the singer dreams of a third child and assures that she will go down the aisle only with a rounded tummy.

Goodwill ambassador

Now she is busy filming in the popular TV project "Voice", she has also been cooperating with the UN for several years as part of a program to combat child hunger. The singer admitted that when she herself became a mother, she realized that she would do everything possible so that children in need would not starve. Part of your income Aguilera I used to donate to charity. She participated in the UN food program for assistance to Guatemala, as well as in a charity telethon to raise funds for earthquake victims in Haiti. The US State Department even awarded the vocalist for her contribution to the fight against hunger.

DATA

Took a worthy place in the ranking best singers of all time in Rolling Stone magazine. Of the entire list, she is the only one who was not even 30 years old at that time. Christina took a place in the ranking next to such stars as the group and Mariah Carey.

Martin Scorsese invited Christina Aguilera in your documentary Rolling Stones. Shine a Light" which featured the band's two-day show in New York. In a duet with the band's frontman Mick Jagger, the singer performed the song "Live With Me".

She was always sympathetic to the grief of other people and tried to help them. When she got married, she asked the guests not to give them expensive gifts, but to send this money to help those affected by the hurricanes that swept across the United States.

Updated: April 8, 2019 by: Elena

The work of Christina Aguilera

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)

Tours

Christina Aguilera in Concert (2000-2001)
Justified & Stripped Tour (2003)
The Stripped Tour (2003)
Back to Basics Tour (2006-2007)
Liberation Tour (2018)

Christina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, USA. The girl grew up in the family of military Fausto Wagner Javier Aguilera and Shelley Lorraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher. Christina's mother, Irish by nationality, is a professional violinist and pianist who performed with the Youth Symphony Orchestra.

The girl very early began to show herself as a gifted singer. Creative biography started in elementary school. At the age of eight, Christina takes second place in the children's talent competition "Star Search", performing the complex composition of Whitney Houston "The Greatest Love of All".

The next notable success was the performance of the American national anthem at the opening of the sports games in Pittsburgh. At that time, Christina was eleven years old. A year later, the famous American TV show "The Mickey Mouse Club" starts, and young Aguilera becomes one of the participants in the project along with such future stars as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling.

In 1998, Aguilera is already on tour. The girl leaves for Japan, where she meets the well-known performer Keizo Nakanishi in this country. Together they recorded the song "All I Wanna Do", which added to Christina's popularity in the Land of the Rising Sun. In the same year, the singer performed at the Golden Stag festival in Romania.

In the same period, the Disney Corporation needed the girl to perform the song "Reflection" for the cartoon "Mulan". After its release in June 1998, the composition was included in the list of the fifteen best singles, and the song was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Song for a Film category. Thanks to this, the singer signed a contract with RCA Records.

A year later, the singer released her debut album "Christina Aguilera", which immediately became popular, and the single "Genie in a Bottle" turned out to be a #1 hit in America.

On Billboard's most famous music chart, the song held the top position for five consecutive weeks. The second single "What a Girl Wants" not only repeated the fate of the first song, but also became best song years from a commercial point of view. Thanks to these hits, Christina Aguilera's first album became ten times platinum and brought the singer such awards as Grammy, ASCAP Pop Music, BMI, Blockbuster, Ivor Novello, Teen com.

In 2000, Christina released the Spanish-language album Mi Reflejo. The disc for the most part repeated the first disc, only the songs were performed in Spanish. There are also five new items here. In the US, the album did not have much commercial success, but in Spanish-speaking countries it received recognition and the Latin Grammy award for the best album of the year.

The following year, Aguilera, along with Pink, Maya and Lil Kim, made a splash by recording a cover version of the famous song "Lady Marmalade" as a soundtrack for the movie "Moulin Rouge". The song and the quartet received a Grammy, the video was named the best video of the year in many countries, and the single stayed at the top positions in all world charts for many weeks.

Further, Christina again becomes a guest singer in a colleague's single, this time the artist performs "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" in a duet with Ricky Martin. The singer also participates in the recording of two charity compositions "What's Going On" and "El Último Adiós".

Having met the new year 2003 on the wave of the resounding success of the single “Beautiful”, Christina prepared a “double” blow to the world of music for spring. First, a radical change in image: after four years on the stage of one of the most famous blondes, Aguilera has become a burning brunette. Secondly, a joint tour with the most popular singer of her generation Justin Timberlake across the USA. The Justified and Stripped Tour became one of the most successful tours of the year, winning the Teen People Readers' Choice Awards.

In 2006, the disc "Back to Basics" was released, and three songs from it became hits: "Ain't no Other Man", "Hurt" and "Candyman". And then a four-year break. A long break brightened up the release of Aguilera's first collection of hits "Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits" in 2008.

Only in 2010 did the synthpop album "Bionic" appear. The album includes the singles "You Lost Me" and "I Hate Boys", the song "Woohoo" featuring Nicki Minaj, and the song "Not Myself Tonight", certified gold in Australia.

A year later, Christina Aguilera performed the song "Moves Like Jagger" with the group "Maroon 5" for the group's album "Hands All Over". The single was certified 11 times platinum in Australia, eight times in Canada, six times in the US, and was certified platinum in ten more countries around the world.

A little less popular was another track, in which Aguilera again acted as a guest star. In 2012, Christina performed the song "Feel This Moment" together with Pitbull for the musician's album "Global Warming". The track was certified 4x platinum in Canada, 3x in Australia, and 2x in Mexico.

In total, for December 2018, the artist presented more than three dozen music videos, in eight videos Christina Aguilera appeared as a guest performer.

Winner of six Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award. Rolling Stone named her one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time as the youngest performer and the only one under 30.

Awarded by the US State Department for her contribution to the fight against hunger. He is an ambassador for the World Food Program and the United Nations. Christina's participation in charitable projects helped raise over $117 million.

Aguilera is also known for the films Burlesque, Pitch Perfect 2, Escape from Vegas, Zoe and TV series Nashville, Handsome, Emoji Movie.

Christina Aguilera is a popular actress and performer, dancer, aspiring producer, was born on December 18, 1980 in New York (USA).

Childhood

The girl's parents, so different in temperament and character, nevertheless passionately loved each other, and two beautiful daughters, Christina and Rachel, became the fruit of their love. Her father emigrated to the United States from Ecuador, where he served in the armed forces. Her mother was a professional musician - she played the violin and sang.

Christina inherited her musical talent and charming appearance from her. And from her father - a quick temper and an incredibly stubborn character, thanks to which she was able to build a brilliant career on her own.

However, the family idyll did not last long. Shortly after the birth of their youngest daughter, Christina's parents broke up. The jealous temper of the father was the cause of constant scandals in the family. Because of him, his mother even left musical career and went to work as an ordinary school teacher. But when he began to regularly dissolve his hands, she took the children and went to her mother in Pennsylvania.

However, Christina's mother tried very hard so that family troubles did not affect the fate of her daughters. From an early age, she taught Christina music and singing. Moreover, the girl showed a beautiful voice and almost absolute pitch. And when a few years later she married a second time, the situation in the family became quite calm.

Singer career

Christina began her career as a singer at the age of 8. Having made her debut at the children's vocal competition "Star Search" (like which the super-popular program "Morning Star" later appeared in Russia), the girl confidently took second place. Although she herself counted on winning and was very upset by this result.

But the competition did its job, and the young singer was noticed. When she was only 11, she was already singing the US anthem at prestigious sports competitions in Pittsburgh. And a year later, she began performing in one of the best children's music shows " New Club Mickey Mouse ”, with which Justin Timberlake and began their careers at the same time.

It took so much time for singing and dancing classes that Christina practically abandoned school. However, at the insistence of her mother, she began to study at home and nevertheless passed the exams as an external student in order to receive a full certificate. However, the girl was not going to study further. At the age of 16, she already went on her first tour.

While in Japan, she meets a very famous local performer at that time, Keizo Nakanishi. Fascinated by the appearance and voice of the young singer, he invites her to record a duet song. The composition very quickly took the top steps of the Japanese charts and made Christina very popular in this country.

After recording a song for the cartoon "Mulan" at the Disney film studio, which became a hit in the United States, one of the best recording studios RCA Records concludes a contract with Christina, with the assistance of which she manages to prepare and present her debut album to the public in just a year.

The title track of the disc “Genie in a bottle” spent more than a month on the top lines of the most prestigious American charts and received several music awards. But the listeners also liked the rest of the compositions so much that the total circulation exceeded 8 million copies in a year. The girl instantly became a real star.

At the peak of popularity

In 2000 and 2001, literally one after another, two new full-length discs of the singer were released, each of which was instantly sold out. Her popularity is growing rapidly, as are the fees. She starts to work at a crazy pace. In addition to constant recordings at the studio, she manages to wander around on tour, including in Europe.

But quick success did not blind Christina. She is well aware that a well-chosen image of a romantic and tender blonde will not be able to be exploited for a long time. And as soon as the public gets fed up with it, another singer will take the top lines of the charts. Therefore, she decides to radically change her image and become a fatal temptress.

In 2002, she literally shocked the audience with a simultaneous change in appearance and musical style. After two pop albums, she suddenly releases a collection of jazz compositions. And again, her tracks take the lead on musical Olympus. In addition, the circle of admirers of her work has significantly expanded. Since she has shown that she is able to deeply feel and seriously perform complex music.

Realizing that this technique worked perfectly, Christina decides to repeat it. But this time, not too well. It seemed to many that the girl overdid it a little when, unexpectedly for everyone, she became a brunette, who recorded several very provocative compositions. But when she left on a joint tour with another megastar Justin Timberlake, they were received everywhere with a standing ovation.

A year later, Christina again returns to the image of a blonde and no longer experiments so boldly. Being the favorite of millions, she often appears on screens in various music shows and even tries herself in the leading career. However, the main focus still remains on the recording of new songs.

In just the years of his creative activity Christina managed to release seven solo albums, in which more than a hundred songs are read. Her acting career was not very successful. But as a producer of the vocal show "Voice", the audience liked her so much that when she missed one of the seasons, they began to literally demand the singer's return to the judging table.

Personal life

Despite the fact that the singer has always had many fans, she always dreamed of having a strong family, so she was not seen in numerous relationships. At 24, she signed with her own producer, Jordan Bratman.

With Jordan Bratman

Journalists were not allowed to attend a luxurious wedding, and the guests were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement about the details of the celebration. However, it was a well-thought-out publicity stunt. Much is still "leaked" to the press.

Three years later, the couple had a son. And all the time of pregnancy, Christina not only worked hard, but also actively starred in "pregnant" photo shoots for prestigious glossy magazines. However, the seemingly ideal union unexpectedly broke up for everyone in 2010.

Officially, the reasons were hushed up. But according to the unofficial version, Christina's affair with Matthew Rutler became the reason for the breakup.

With Matthew Rutler