Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera
Age: 29
Date of birth: December 18, 1980
Born: Pennsylvania, United States
Genres: Pop, R&B, Dance, Teen, Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul, Electronic

Christina Aguilera is more than just an iconic recording artist who began in the late 1990s. She is an artistic chameleon. First dubbed as the rival to fellow rising pop star Britney Spears back in 1999, Christina outperformed Britney when her debut single spent 5 times more weeks than Britney's at the #1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100, and her subsequent successes led Christina to taking home the coveted Best New Artist award given out in early 2000. (read complete biography)

Quick facts

* 4 #1 singles
* 5 Grammy awards
* 43 million albums sold

Me and Christina

Favourite song
Simple. Dirrty featuring Redman, the lead single from the second album, Stripped. It didn't fare well in the US, but it was a Top 10 hit in more than 10 countries and topped the UK and Ireland charts. Dirrty was my most-listened song of 2009 even though it was released seven years before that.

Favourite album
Very very very hard to answer this, so if based on the number of favourite songs per album, it would be Back to Basics or Stripped. However, I do skip some Stripped songs. However, the songs from Stripped have more impact on me. So... which one? Hopefully her next album, Bionic, while be even better, so I don't have to be stuck in this dilemma.

First song I heard
Needless to say, Genie in a Bottle, thanks to my parents buying a music video compilation of the then pop stars many many years ago. I kept watching those music videos, and Genie in a Bottle was one of them.

How I became a fan
I only remember it was 2009 when I saw myself as a Christina Aguilera fan, but as for the process, I think it started with me hooked on to Dirrty and then proceeding to buy the entire Stripped album, followed by the rest, and then, voila.

Favourite Christina belt
Christina's belts are louder and more aggressive than Mariah's for sure! Let's see, I think it would be the bridge of Beautiful, when she hits a note I've never heard in my life. Hahahah! Others include Fighter, The Voice Within, Ain't No Other Man, Lady Marmalade, Car Wash, her live performance of It's A Man's Man's Man's World, and arguably Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You).

Christina looked best in the year
1999 and 2000. I think she looks gorgeous in the music video for What A Girl Wants.

Discography

*released as a single

Christina Aguilera (1999)
First studio album
Billboard 200 position: #1
My favourite tracks:
• Genie in a Bottle*
• What A Girl Wants*
• I Turn To You*
• Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)*
• Reflection
• So Emotional







Mi Reflejo (2000)
First Latin studio album
Billboard 200 position: #27
Billboard Top Latin albums: #1
My favourite tracks:
• Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tu)*











My Kind of Christmas (2000)
First Christmas album
Billboard 200 position: #28
My favourite tracks:
• None at the moment! :P












Stripped (2002)
Second studio album
Billboard 200 position: #2
My favourite tracks:
• Dirrty featuring Redman*
• Beautiful*
• Fighter*
• Can't Hold Us Down featuring Lil Kim*
• The Voice Within*
• Impossible
• Infatuation
• Stripped Intro
• Walk Away




Back To Basics (2006)
Third studio album
Billboard 200 position: #1
My favourite tracks:
• Ain't No Other Man*
• Hurt*
• Candyman*
• Enter The Circus
• Mercy On Me
• Save Me From Myself
• Still Dirrty
• Understand
• Welcome




Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits (2008)
First compilation album
Billboard 200 position: #9
My favourite tracks:
• Keeps Gettin' Better*
• Genie 2.0











Bionic (2010)
Fourth studio album
Billboard 200 position: Album not yet released
My favourite tracks:
• Not Myself Tonight*












Other great records

Lady Marmalade (2000)
Single featuring Lil Kim, Mya & Pink
Billboard Hot 100 position: #1







Car Wash (2004)
Single featuring Missy Elliott
Billboard Hot 100 position: #63







Tilt Ya Head Back (2004)
Single with Nelly
Billboard Hot 100 position: #58







Tell Me (2006)
Single with P Diddy
Billboard Hot 100 position: #47







Related articles
• 20 Favourite Christina Aguilera Songs
My all-time favourite tracks recorded by Christina, including smash hit singles Genie in a Bottle and Dirrty, as well as non-singles like Impossible and Understand.
• Not Myself Tonight (& Maybe Tomorrow Too)
My review on Christina's lead single, Not Myself Tonight, off her fourth album, Bionic.

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