Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter,
record producer and actress. Born in Staten Island, New York and raised in Wexford, Pennsylvania,
she made appearances on the television series Star Search and The Mickey Mouse Club in her childhood.
In 1999, Aguilera came to prominence with her debut studio album, Christina Aguilera,
which spawned the number-one singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants" and "Come On Over Baby
(All I Want Is You)". Her follow-up records, Mi Reflejo and My Kind of Christmas (2000),
were certified triple platinum and achieved moderate success worldwide. Displeased with her lack of input
in her image and music, Aguilera assumed creative control for her fourth album, Stripped (2002),
which yielded the international chart-toppers "Dirrty" and "Beautiful".
After collaborating with several artists, Aguilera incorporated 1930s and 1940s blues,
soul and jazz influences to her fifth album, Back to Basics (2006). The record spawned the top-ten singles
"Ain't No Other Man", "Hurt", and "Candyman". However, her electronica-inspired sixth album,
Bionic (2010), made little commercial impact. That year, Aguilera starred alongside Cher in the film Burlesque,
and served as the executive producer of its successful soundtrack. Her seventh record, Lotus (2012),
incorporated electropop, dance-pop elements and became her lowest-selling release to date.
Aguilera is an original coach on The Voice, having appeared in three of its four seasons since 2011.
Aguilera has become a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and culture,
and has been recognized as a pop icon,[1] "Princess of Pop",[2] and "Voice of Generation".
[3] She has earned numerous awards and accolades, including five Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award,
two Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Music Video Awards, a Golden Globe Award nomination,
and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. To date, Aguilera has sold over 50 million albums worldwide,
[4] with 14.5 million units certified in the United States alone.
[5] Rolling Stone ranked her 58th on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time,
becoming its youngest and only artist under the age of thirty. During the 2000s,
Billboard recognized her as the 20th Artist of the Decade and its second top-selling single artist,
behind Madonna. Aguilera was ranked number eight in VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music and was one of Time's
100 Most Influential People in the World in 2013. Outside of her work in the entertainment industry,
Aguilera is involved in charitable activities through human rights, world issues, and her work as a UN
ambassador for the World Food Programme.
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