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After Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera was the most popular female singer of the late-'90s teen pop revival. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Aguilera was a technically skilled singer with a genuinely powerful voice, belting out her uptempo dance numbers and ballads with a diva's panache. Born Christina Maria Aguilera on December 18, 1980, on Staten Island, her parents were of Irish and Ecuadorian stock and her father's military career meant the family moved quite a bit during her childhood. They eventually settled in Pittsburgh, PA, where Aguilera began performing in talent shows at age six, with considerable success. She appeared on Star Search in 1988 (though she didn't win) and in 1992 joined the cast of the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club, which ... included Spears, future *NSYNC members Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, and Felicity star Keri Russell.
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Unlike many of her contemporaries, Christina Aguilera is a technically skilled singer with a genuinely powerful voice, belting out her up-tempo dance numbers and ballads with a diva's panache. Her self-titled debut album was released in the summer of 1999 and with teen-oriented dance-pop all the rage, the lead single 'Genie in a Bottle' shot to the top of the U.S charts and the album soon followed suit and went on to sell in excess of ten million copies worldwide. The follow-up, 'What a Girl Wants,' was the first number one single of the new millennium. Seeking a place in the current Latin pop explosion she decided to record a Spanish-language album called 'Mi Reflejo' and the same year issued a Christmas album. By the time she released her second studio album 'Stripped', Christina's image and style had gone from glossy and clean cut to gritty and sexual. The lead single from the new album, 'Dirrty' revealed this new sexual power and it became a chart smash around the world as did the subsequent singles including the sweeping ballad, 'Beautiful'.
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Christina Aguilera won a Grammy Award as best new artist in 1999, when she was a midriff-baring teen singer in the Britney Spears mold. Aguilera and Spears were both in the cast of TV's The Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s, and Aguilera got her first big break singing the song "Reflection" for the soundtrack of the 1998 Disney movie Mulan. But her self-titled 1999 album spawned the sultry single "Genie In A Bottle" and her not-so-Disneylike preference for tight shorts, naughty innuendo and platinum curls gave her career a controversial cachet. She won a second Grammy in 2001 for her cover (in collaboration with fellow stars Mya, Pink and Lil Kim) of Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" for the soundtrack to the movie Moulin Rouge. Her other albums include the Spanish-language album Mi Reflejo (2000), Stripped (2002, featuring the hit singles "Beautiful" and "Dirrty"), and Back to Basics (2006).
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Christina Aguilera tickets are available for this pop diva who got her start in the well-known Mickey Mouse Club. Amongst the other Mouseketeers singing with Aguilera were Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Taking the pop music scene by storm in the '90s, Aguilera found her spot with Britney Spears and being the two of the most popular female singers. Aguilera was born to be famous with her relentlessly strong voice that doesn't let you go. Get your concert tickets today to see Aguilera live as she graces the stage again.
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Christina Aguilera , known the world over as Christina Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York, United States. Aguilera is an American pop singer-songwriter who specializes in the Pop,R&B,Soul, and Latin genre. She is of Ecuadorian and Irish descent.
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Christina Aguilera is a bilingual singer mixed with Irish and Ecuadorian roots. Her self titled debut album went 10x platinum. She has received many honors including 6 Grammy Nominations and one win for Best New Artist. 2 MTV Video Music Awards, a Radio Music Awards, 2 VH1 Awards, and a Teen Choice Award with Lil'Kim, Mya and Pink and the smash hit "Lady Maramalade". She was on "MMC" (1989) with Nsync's Justin Timberlake and J.C. Chasez, Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell. Her musical influences included Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson.
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