Christina Aguilera

Christina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York City to musician Shelly Loraine Fidler Kearns and U.S. Army sergeant Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera Monge. Her father is Ecuadorian and her mother, who is American-born, has English, Scots-Irish, and German ancestry. Her parents divorced when she was young and she lived with her mother, although they moved around a lot. Her goal almost since birth was to be a singer, and at age 12 she was invited to audition for _The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989)_ (qv). She won the part and stayed until the show ended. In 1999 she had her breakthrough hit, "Genie in a Bottle." Since then she's made millions of fans, sold millions of records, and won many awards, including a Grammy for Best New Female Artist. She has even made a Latin album and released a Christmas album.Aguilera is a bilingual singer. She has received many honors including Grammy Nominations and a win for Best New Artist. 2 MTV Video Music 'Awards' (qv), a Radio Music 'Awards' (qv), 2 VH1 'Awards' (qv), and a Teen Choice Award with ''Lil' Kim' (qv)', 'Mya' (qv) and 'Pink' (qv) and the smash hit "Lady Maramalade". She was on _The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989)_ (qv) with '*NSYNC' (qv)'s 'Justin Timberlake' (qv) and 'J.C. Chasez' (qv), 'Britney Spears' (qv), 'Ryan Gosling' (qv), and 'Keri Russell' (qv). Her musical influences include 'Mariah Carey' (qv), 'Whitney Houston' (qv), and 'Janet Jackson' (qv).::[email protected] and [email protected]