Also in 1999, she released her debut album, Christina Aguilera, which went on to sell more than 8 million copies thanks in part to the chart-topping hits 'Genie in a Bottle' and 'What a Girl Wants.' The album earned Aguilera the 2000 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The singer made her debut at the all-female concert festival Lilith Fair the following year, and signed with RCA Records. In 1998 Aguilera was tapped to sing 'Reflection' on the soundtrack for the Walt Disney film Mulan. The ambitious singer lasted just two years on the program before she moved with her mother to Japan, where she recorded the hit single 'All I Wanna Do' with Japanese pop icon Keizo Nakanishi. Her fellow castmates were a collection of future stars, including Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell. In 1993 Aguilera earned more national attention when she landed a spot as a 'Mouseketeer' on The All New Mickey Mouse Club.

There, the nine-year-old prodigy wowed audiences with a mesmerizing rendition of Etta James' 'A Sunday Kind of Love,' placing second in the competition. Still, Aguilera continued to perform, and in 1990, she earned a spot on the nationally syndicated television program Star Search. It became so bad that Aguilera's mother eventually made the decision to home-school her daughter. By the time she was in elementary school, Aguilera's big voice had swept through a number of local talent shows, causing harsh envy from her schoolmates and even some parents. It wasn't until Aguilera was six that her mother managed to end the marriage and move her two daughters (Christina and her younger sister, Rachel) to a new life in Rochester, Pennsylvania.Īt an early age, Aguilera developed a deep love of music - a gift she no doubt inherited from her musical mother, an experienced violinist and pianist. Her father, an Ecuadorian immigrant and sergeant in the U.S.

Early LifeĬhristina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980, in Staten Island, New York, to father Fausto Xavier Aguilera and his wife, Shelly Loraine Fidler. Her other hit singles include 'What a Girl Wants,' 'Come on Over Baby,' 'Lady Marmalade' and the sexually charged 'Dirrty.' In recent years, Aguilera has served as a coach and mentor on the singing-competition show The Voice.

She rapidly rose to stardom following the release of her hit single, 'Genie in a Bottle,' which earned her a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Aguilera began her career as a cast member on The All New Mickey Mouse Club.

Singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980, in Staten Island, New York.

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