  Christina Maria Aguilera was
born December 18, 1980 in New York and later
raised in Pennsylvania. The urge to entertain
came early for Christina with an appearance
on TV's Star Search at age 9, talent
shows and special singing engagements, and as
a member of the member of The
New Mickey Mouse Club by age 12.
When Christina was 14 she toured Japan after
dueting with Japanese singer, Keizo
Nakanishi, on "All I Wanna Do." But
childhood and emerging stardom didn't come
easy for Christina. Her childhood included a
traumatic family life and Christina was often
subjected to threats and vandalism at her
home from other peers and families jealous of
her participation in local talent shows -
eventually resulting in the family moving.
 Christina made the cross-over to
eventual stardom with a request to audition
and then sing the track
"Reflection" for the Disney film Mulan - a Top 20 Adult
Contemporary hit. Christina got a record deal
from RCA Records.
 # 18
Singles Artist of the Year
 Christina hit the Top 40 for the
first time with "Genie
In A Bottle."
Christina hit the Top
10
with "Genie
In A Bottle" which also topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks and the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 4
weeks.
 Christina's single "Genie
In A Bottle" was certified platinum.
Christina
Aguilera was released. Christina's LP
sold over 250,000 copies in its first week
and debuted at #1 on the LP charts (besting
the new LP by Puff
Daddy).
"Genie
In A Bottle" topped the Billboard Top
40 Tracks chart for 5 weeks.
Christina
Aguilera was certified double platinum
(and topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart
for a week).
"Genie
In A Bottle" hit #1 for 2 weeks (and topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Airplay chart for 3
weeks).
"Genie
In A Bottle" topped the UK Singles
chart for 2 weeks.
 Christina hit the Top 40 with
"What
A Girl Wants."
Christina
Aguilera was certified 3x
platinum.
Christina
Aguilera was certified 4x
platinum.
Christina hit the Top
10
with "What
A Girl Wants."
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist)
 Christina
Aguilera was certified 5x platinum.
"What
A Girl Wants" hit #1 for 3 weeks and the Billboard Hot
100 for 2 weeks.
Christina bested fellow teen
sensation, Britney
Spears, by taking home the Best New Artist award at the Grammy Awards (and
saying on-stage: "Oh my God, you guys. I
seriously do not have a speech prepared
whatsoever. I'm shaking right now." She
was also nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("Genie
In A Bottle"). Backstage, Christina
said "I wasn't expecting it at all, just
like I wasn't expecting the nomination."
Christina said at the Grammys: "I really
want to try to take pop a little deeper than
it is right now. I want to show people other
areas of myself that they may not be familiar
with. I really want to be seen as a
vocalist."
"What
A Girl Wants" was certified gold.
Christina
Aguilera was certified 6x platinum.
 Christina appeared on Saturday
Night Live, VH1's Men Strike Back,
and hit the Top 40 with "I
Turn To You."
Christina was awarded Favorite
New Artist, Female and Favorite Single
("Genie
In A Bottle") at the Blockbuster
Awards.
Christina toured North America
as a headliner with Destiny's
Child as her opening act for some of
the performances.
"I
Turn To You" hit the Top
10.
Christina had to cancel a
performance in Monaco and a promotional trip
to the U.K. due to a throat infection.
At the World Music Awards,
Christina walked away with Best New Female
Artist.
 Christina appeared on the cover
of Rolling
Stone.
Christina hit the Top 40 with
"Come
On Over (All I Want Is You)."
Christina was nominated for a
Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("Genio Atrapado").
Christina's mom and her manager
were being sued for $7 million by her former
manager for breach of contract.
Christina hit the Top
10
with "Come
On Over (All I Want Is You)."
Christina
Aguilera was certified 7x platinum.
 Christina released her
Spanish-language LP, Mi
Reflego. The LP features 5 Spanish
versions of previously released material from
her debut LP and 5 original tracks.
The video for "What
A Girl Wants" was nominated for 5 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Female Video, Best New Artist, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography (Tina Landon), and Viewer's Choice. Christina was able to
perform at the ceremony but cancelled concert
appearances the next night in Boston and 3
days later in Virginia due to a sore throat.
Mi
Reflego topped the Billboard Latin 50
Albums chart for 19 weeks.
 Christina hit #1
for a week with "Come
On Over (All I Want Is You)" and topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks.
Christina toured South America,
Mexico, and Puerto Rico in the fall.
She released a holiday LP, My
Kind Of Christmas.
Christina topped the Billboard
Latin Tracks chart with "Ven Conmigo
(Solamente Tu)" for 2 weeks.
 Christina won a Billboard Music
Video Award for Best Latin New Artist of the
Year ("Ven Conmigo (Solamente
Tu)").
The single "Come
On Over (All I Want Is You)" was certified
gold.
Christina
Aguilera was certified 8x platinum and My
Kind Of Christmas was certified
platinum.
Christina topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as Top Pop Artist -
Female and Top Latin Pop Album (Mi
Reflego).
 # 45
Singles Artist of the Year
 Christina was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist.
Christina teamed up with Ricky
Martin to re-record his song "Nobody Wants To Be
Lonely"
and hit the Top 40.
Christina was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("What
A Girl Wants") and Best Latin Pop Album
(Mi
Reflego).
Christina hit the Top 10 with "Nobody Wants To Be
Lonely"
with Ricky
Martin.
Christina hit the #1 for a week with Ricky
Martin with "Nobody Wants To Be
Lonely."
 Christina won 2 Blockbuster
Entertainment Awards for Favorite Female
Artist and Favorite Artist - Latino.
Christina hit the Top 40 (with Lil' Kim, Mya &
Pink) with the remake of
"Lady Marmalade" from the film
Moulin
Rouge.
Christina won 2 Billboard Latin
Music Awards for Pop Album, New Artist and
Pop Album, Female (Mi
Reflego).
 Christina hit the Top 10 and #1 for 9 weeks with "Lady Marmalade."
"Lady Marmalade" topped the
Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 9 weeks.
Christina filed a lawsuit to
stop the release of earlier material she
recorded when she was 14 (the suit was later
settled out of court).
Christina topped the Billboard
Hot 100 for 5 weeks and the Hot 100 Airplay
chart for 6 weeks with "Lady Marmalade"
Christina topped the UK singles
chart for a week with "Lady Marmalade."
Christina received 2 Latin
Grammy Award nominations for Record of the
Year ("Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti") and
Female Pop Vocal Album (Mi
Reflego).
 Christina's early recordings
from 1995 were released with the LP Just
Be Free - a collection of demo tracks
recorded when Christina was 14 and 15.
Aguilera won a Teen
Choice Award for Choice Song of the Summer
("Lady Marmalade").
Christina's collaborative video
for "Lady Marmalade" won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year and Best Video from a Film, and was also
nominated for Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Choreography (Tina Landon), and Best Art Direction (Bernadette Dus).
Mi
Reflego was certified 3x platinum..
 Christina was to co-host the
Latin Grammy Awards with Jimmy Smits - the
ceremony was cancelled due to the terrorist
attack on September 11th.
Christina joined forces with
other Latin artists for a fund-raising single
for the victims and families of the terrorist
attack with the recording of "El Ultimo
Adios (The Last Goodbye)."
Christina could be heard on the All-Star
Tribute benefit single "What's
Going On" (with proceeds going to
AIDS and 9/11 charities).
 Christina won a Latin Grammy
Award for Female Pop Vocal Album (Mi
Reflego).
Christina (along with Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink) topped The ARC Weekly
Top 40 Year-End Top 100 for 2001 with
"Lady Marmalade."
Christina won 2 My VH1 Awards
for Favorite Video and Is It Hot In Her Or Is
It Just My Video for "Lady Marmalade."
 # 39
Singles Artist of the Year
Christina previewed a new song
at the closing ceremonies for the Winter
Olympic Games.
 Christina won
another Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
for "Lady Marmalade" with Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink which they performed
at the ceremony, and Christina was also
nominated in that category for "Nobody Wants To Be
Lonely"
with Ricky
Martin.
Christina hit the Top 40 with
"Dirrty."
 Christina
ranked # 62 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Christina released her next LP, Stripped which sold over
330,000 copies its first week of release in
the US. She said of the LP to Rolling
Stone: "This record is
definitely my baby. Being 21 now, I've grown
into more of what I feel like as a woman... I
wanted to make a record that was about me
completely. Nothing superficial, no hype, no
gloss."
 Christina graced the cover of Rolling
Stone wearing nothing but a guitar
and black boots.
Christina hit the Top 40 with
"Beautiful."
Christina topped the UK singles
chart for 2 weeks with "Dirrty."
Christina hit the Top 10 and #1 for 5 weeks with "Beautiful."
Stripped was certified
2x platinum.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist of the Year)
Christina performed at the American Music
Awards.
Christina was nominated for a Grammy Award for
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