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Christina Aguilera: Staten Island
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Christina Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 at Staten Island, NY. Performer since the young age of 8, she made her television debut at Star Search, then The New Mickey Mouse Club at age 12. Her break-out came in 1998 when she auditioned for the big ballad "Reflection" of the motion picture Mulan,Reflection peaked within the top twenty on the Adult Contemporary Singles Chart, and it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song" in 1998. And she got her record deal, with RCA that same week.
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Christina Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York and her family later resided in Pittsburgh. At the age of five she knew every one of the songs from the musical, “The Sound of Music.” And it wasn't extended after Christina was performing the national anthem at professional sporting events in the area.
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Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York but grew up mainly in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wexford, Pennsylvania, after living in various places around the world such as Texas and Japan. Her father, Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, is a U.S. Army sergeant; he was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador and moved to Staten Island when he was 19. Her mother, Shelly Loraine Fidler, is a Spanish-language translator and violinist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of German descent on her father's side and of Irish, Welsh and Dutch descent on her mother's. Aguilera's parents met while Fausto was serving at Earnest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador; when her parents married, her mother was 20 years old and her father was almost 32. Aguilera lived with her father and mother until she was six or seven years old, when her parents divorced and her mother took her and her younger sister Rachel to her grandmother's home in Pittsburgh. According to Aguilera and Fidler, her father was very controlling, as well as physically and emotionally abusive.
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Christina Maria Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York on December 18, 1980, though she grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania following her parents' divorce. She is now married to music marketing executive Jordan Bratman.
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Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York, but grew up mainly in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wexford, Pennsylvania, attending North Allegheny School District, after living in various places around the world such as Texas and Japan. Her father, Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, is a U.S. Army sergeant; he was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and moved to Staten Island when he was 19. Her mother, Shelly Loraine Fidler, is a Spanish-language translator and violinist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Aguilera’s maternal grandfather was of German ancestry and her maternal grandmother was of Irish, Welsh and Dutch descent.
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Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York, but grew up primarily in Wexford, Pennsylvania. Her father is of Ecuadorian descent and her mother is from Newfoundland and of remote Irish descent; both are fluent in Spanish. They met while he was serving on Earnest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland.
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