Christina María Aguilera (; Spanish: [aɣiˈleɾa]; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Referred to as the “Voice of a Generation”, she is credited as one of the artists responsible for reviving teen pop in the late nineties and using her vocal ability to address such topics as sexuality, feminism, and domestic violence. She has frequently reinvented her image, becoming known for her extravagant and unconventional looks. Her works have generated both critical praise and controversy in the media, with which Aguilera is often cited as an influence by other artists.
Christina María Aguilera (; Spanish: [aɣiˈleɾa]; born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Referred to as the “Voice of a Generation”, she is ascribed as one of the artists held responsible for reviving juvenile pop in the late nineties and using her vocal carrying out to habitat such topics as sexuality, feminism, and domestic violence. She has frequently reinvented her image, becoming known for her extravagant and future looks. Her works have generated both critical compliment and controversy in the media, with which Aguilera is often cited as an touch by supplementary artists.
Born in New York City and raised in Pennsylvania, Aguilera began her career as a child star after appearing in various television programs during the nineties, including The Mickey Mouse Club (1993–94). In 1999, after signing a recording contract following RCA Records, she transitioned to pop music later her self-titled debut album, which had three Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: “Genie in a Bottle”, “What a Girl Wants”, and “Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)”, establishing her as a bubblegum pop artist. Aguilera assumed artistic run with Stripped (2002), for which she misused the course of her career; in the music video for “Dirrty”, she sparked controversy for exploring her sexuality, causing the departure of her image as a youngster idol. “Beautiful” and “Fighter” were top-ten songs in various countries, and she was seen as the most flourishing female player of 2003.
Her fifth album, Back to Basics (2006), was traditional with complimentary reviews and became the second material of her career to debut atop of the Billboard 200. The album had the flourishing singles “Ain’t No Other Man” and “Hurt”. In 2010, Aguilera made her film debut in Burlesque, which was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. As a featured performer Aguilera reached number-one upon the Billboard Hot 100 in three consecutive decades with “Moves Like Jagger”, which became one of the best-selling digital singles of everything time. She afterward featured on the top-ten singles “Feel This Moment”, “Nobody Wants to Be Lonely”, and “Say Something”. Outside of her deed in the music industry, she was a coach in the television authenticity show The Voice (2011–16) and as an actress she appeared in the series Nashville (2015). In 2019, she embarked on The Xperience, her first residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
With estimated sales going on for 75 million records, Aguilera is certified as one of the world’s best-selling music artists; in 2009, she was classified by Billboard as the twentieth most booming artist of the 2000s. Throughout her career, she has accumulated numerous awards and accolades, including five Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), one Billboard Music Awards, one Guiness World Record, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2019, she was as a consequence honoured as a Disney Legend. Aguilera is often considered to be one of the greatest singers of anything time by magazines such as Rolling Stone and Consequence of Sound, and was named the greatest of Latin descent by Latina. In 2013, Time elected her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, while she has been listed as one of the most influential artists in the phonographic industry by VH1 and The Independent.