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 The All New Mickey Mouse Club 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.


Won a Grammy for "Best New Artist" in February 2000. Announced that she will star in TV commercials for Coke, which were slated to appear in the United States in May 2001 and continue throughout the summer. The Coke campaign also offered a $1,000,000 grand prize for a sweepstakes as well as the opportunity to meet the pop princess and hang out with her during a video taping. Christina previously starred in commercials for Coke which aired solely in Latin America. The ads were such a success that Coca-Cola decided to run new ads featuring Christina Aguilera in the U.S. [March 2001] Sued Warlock Records, Platinum Recording Group and producers Robert Allecca and Michael Brown to prevent them from releasing "Just Be Free", a demo compilation she recorded when she was just 14 years old. [May 2001] Formerly dated backup dancer Jorge Santos. Christina co-wrote the songs "Infatuation" and "Loving Me 4 Me" about the relationship. Nominated for 6 MTV Video Music Awards. So far in her career she has received 11 nominations. [July 2001] With co-performers Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones, won two awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards for "Lady Marmalade." One was for the prestigious 'Best Video Of The Year' award and the other for the 'Best Song From A Movie Soundtrack' award (Moulin Rouge). Co-hosted the 2001 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas with Ricky Martin. [October 26, 2001] After wowing the crowd at a Pittsburgh charity banquet, 11-year-old Christina landed offers to sing the national anthem for the Penguins, Pirates, and Steelers. Although she is half-Ecuadoran and has released a Spanish album, she is not fluent in Spanish. Won the 2002 Grammy (best collaboration) with Lil' Kim, Mya, & Pink for her work in the 'Moulin Rouge' song 'Lady Marmalade'. Co-wrote fourteen songs on her latest album, "Stripped". Has 4 siblings: a younger half-brother Michael (born 1996), step-brother Casey, younger sister Rachel (born 1986) and step-sister Stephanie. Considers Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Etta James and Billie Holiday as her most important musical influences. Her parents met while attending college at Brigham Young University in Utah. Nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards for her "Dirrty" video including, Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video and Best Choreography in a Video. Step-dad is: Jim Kearns Is #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 of 2003. Her parents were married in the LDS Temple in Washington D.C. At 11, she was the youngest person to perform the national anthem at a major sporting event at that time Nominated for five 2004 Grammys, Song of the Year, "Beautiful", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, "Beautiful", Best Pop Collaberation with Vocal, "Can't Hold Us Down" (w/ Lil'Kim), Best Pop Vocal Album, "Stripped" and Best Remixed Recording, "Beautiful" (Peter Rauhofer, Remixer.) Nominated for the 2004 Echo Awards Best International Female. Received 3 BRIT Award nominations, Best International Female Solo Artist, Best International Album, and Best Pop. Won the 2004 Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, with her song, "Beautiful". In the year 2003 she made an estimated $29.7 million in album sales and endorsement campaigns. She is #3 on Maxim's Hot 100 List for 2004. Released an album, "Stripped", in October 2002. The first single from her album was released in mid-September. She was named Glamour's very first Woman of the Year (2004). Her infamous satin thong from her cover of a Maxim Magazine, was fetched by a lucky bidder on ebay for $1,542.69. The treasured thong was obtained from BBC Radio 1 personality Scott Mills, who got them from a pal at Maxim, according to the online description. The winner got more than the thong that once adorned the backside of Aguilera. The total ebay deal incuded a bottle of the pool water, a note from Mills, a note from a BBC producer, a letter from Maxim that included pointers from Aguilera and a copy of the racy Magazine itself. Stated in a recent interview that she had all her piercings removed with the exception of the one in her right nipple. [2004] Rolling Stone Magazine wrote that her video, Dirrty, is the most played music video of all time. Her mom, Shelly Kearns, was voted #2 for best showbiz mom, according to an In Touch magazine poll. She was out voted by Justin Timberlake's mother, Lynn Harless. Recorded a remake of the disco classic "Carwash" with 'Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott'. Ranked #13 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). She is mentioned in the song "Riot Girl" by Good Charlotte. Graduated from North Allegheny High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania (1999) Shares a birthday with Katie Holmes, Brad Pitt, DMX, Casper Van Dien and filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Her last name is Spanish for "Eyrie". Us Weekly Young Hollywood Hot 20 list (2005). Named #16 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake were among the 130 guests at her wedding to Jordan Bratman. Named #27 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005) Was best friends with Britney Spears when they performed together on "MMC" (1989) Her idol is legendary singer Etta James. Ranked #62 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. Ranked #4 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. Is good friends with Korean singer Jung-hyun Lee. Gave birth to a baby boy on January 12th, 2008 at 10.05 pm. Christina and her husband, music executive Jordan Bratman, named the boy Max Liron Bratman. Max was 20.5 inches long and weighed in at 6 lbs., 2 oz. In January 2008, she sold the first photos of her newborn Max for $1,500,000. #8 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2008 list. She pronounces her last name as "Ah-GEE-leh-ra" (not "Ah-Gwe-leh-ra"/ "Ah-Guh-leh-ra").