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All About The Naturally Talented, Gorgeous, Inspirational, Bubbly Christina Aguilera And The 20 Fun Facts About Her

Part 2 of The Free Virtual Celebrity Museum on Vocal

By Talia DevoraPublished 3 years ago 2 min read
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Biography

Christina Aguilera is an American singer, songwriter and television personality. She was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York. She lived in the town of Wexford, Pennsylvania for the remainder of her youth, after residing in places like Japan during her early childhood. Christina Aguilera has been in the music business since she was as young as 7 years old and began her career as a cast member on The All New Micky Mouse Club (1989-1996) in the early 90's with pop artists Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. She quickly gained momentum and fame once she released her award-winning hit "Genie in a Bottle". Her other well-known single hits include "What a Girl Wants", "Come on Over Baby", "Lady Marmalade", and the provocative "Dirrty". Throughout the later stages in her life and career, Christina Aguilera has worked as a vocal coach and mentor on the singing-competition television show The Voice. Till this day, she continues to work as a singer, songwriter and actress and releases many albums like "Libration" in 2018 and single hits like "Accelerate" featuring rapper Ty Dolla Sign and 2 Chainz and "Fall in Line" featuring American singer and Camp Rock (2008) cast member Demi Lovato.

Watch a video clip of 9 year old Christina Aguilera singing on Star Search (1989).

The 50 Fun Facts About Christina Aguilera

1. Her favourite sport is baseball.

2. She's naturally a blondie.

3. Her eye colour is blue.

4. Her primary sources of inspiration are Etta James, Billy Holiday and Whitney Houston. She was also influenced by actress Julie Andrews, after watching The Sound of Music (1965).

5. Her two favourite colours are powder pink, white, black, turquoise, purple and red.

6. Her favourite kind of pet is a dog.

7. Her favourite artists are Fatboy Slim, Lauryn Hill, Brian McKnight, Korn, Beck, Madonna, Foxy Brown and Aretha Franklin.

8. Her favourite pastimes are shopping, listening to music, watching films, dancing and hanging out with her friends.

9. Her favourite foods are mayo, avocados, steak and potatoes.

10. Her favourite Disney films are The Little Mermaid (1989) and Mulan (1998).

Photo from www.pinterest.com: Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera on the All New Mickey Mouse Club in 1993.

11. Her favourite school subjects were English and Science.

12. Her favourite celebrities are Johnny Depp, Julio, Ben Affleck and Enrique Iglesias.

13. Appeared in "The Pussycat Dolls" musical.

14. Her last name "Aguilera" means "Eyrie" in Spanish.

15. When she was 11 years old, she became the youngest person to perform the national anthem at a mass sporting event.

16. She has at least three nicknames: Xtina, Chrissy and Christi.

17. She went to an open audition for The Mickey Mouse Club at age 10.

18. Although she doesn't speak Spanish fluently, she released a Spanish album called "Mi Reflejo".

19. She's best known for her big singing voice and ability to sing acapella.

20. Her first hit single was "All I Wanna Do", which was recorded and done with Japanese pop artist Keizo Nakanishi.

Photo from Twitter: Christina Aguilera in 1999

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Talia Devora

Poetess, visual artist and lifestyle/quiz writer! My pastimes include reading, sleeping, gaming, music, fitness, etc! Be yourselves, be kind and value life! Let's connect and be friends!

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