Christina Aguilera Biography

Christina Aguilera was born in Pennsylvania in 1980. Her first break was landing a spot on the Mickey Mouse Club at the age of twelve, but she rocketed to superstardom with her debut album in 1999, partially on the strength of the single “Genie in a Bottle.” The year following, she won her first Grammy for Best New Female Artist.

“I Turn to You” and “What a Girl Wants” followed, but in 2001 her participation in the single “Lady Marmalade,” on the soundtrack for the film Moulin Rouge, brought her household recognition. Stripped was released in 2003, and featured singles such as “Can’t Hold Us Down,” “Beautiful,” and “Dirrty.” That same year she was recognized as the number one Billboard Female Artist of the Year. Then, Back to Basics came in 2006, and “Aint No Other Man” won Christina Aguilera another Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocals in 2007. After a short hiatus, Christina Aguilera returned in 2010 with Bionic. Two of the album’s singles, “You Lost Me” and “Not Myself Tonight” reached number one on the charts.

Christina Aguilera appeared in her first film, Burlesque, alongside Cher, in 2010, performing eight of the songs on the film’s soundtrack, and earning a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack; the film went on to gross more than ninety million dollars worldwide. Later that same year, Christina Aguilera received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the year after, she began serving as a judge on The Voice.

For her achievements in music, Rolling Stone has ranked her on their 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, at number fifty-eight. She is the youngest and only artist on the list under the age of thirty.  Billboard ranks her at twentieth on the list of Artists for the first decade of the new millennium. Her record sales are estimated at more than fifty million units worldwide, establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of all time.

Christina Aguilera continues to write, record, perform, and tour. In recent years, audiences have been able to see her first as a judge on the reality show competition The Voice, and then later as one of the show’s coaches. Recent recordings by Aguilera include “We Remain” (for the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack), and “Say Something” (recorded with A Great Big World and for which Aguilera won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.)

Most recently, Christina Aguilera was season on the third season of the ABC drama Nashville. Next, she is scheduled to appear in the sci-fi film, Zoe, shooting throughout 2017 and scheduled for release in 2018.