Biography

	Christina Maria Aguilera was born on the 18th of December in 1980. After living in several places around the world e.g. in Texas, Japan and New Jersey with her dad, a military man, and her mom, she appears on the national TV show Star Search in 1988.
	Having begun performing in school talent shows at the age of six and appeared on the US national TV show Star Search aged eight, she joins the cast of "The New Mickey Mouse Club" at the age of 12 and remains with the show for two years.
	In 1994 she ventures overseas to enhance her training. While being in Japan she records a hit duet with one of that countries most famous pop-stars, Keizo Nakanishi.
	In January of 1998 Christina started recording demo tapes for her record deal and records the song "Reflections" for the Disney film 'Mulan'.
	One year later, in June of 1999 she had her first prime-time TV performance with "I turn to you". One month later, she released her first single "Genie in a bottle" ,which becomes number one in the US, and her debut album with the name "Christina Aguilera" which enters the Billboard charts at #1.
	Later on in December her second single "What a girl wants" is released and becomes the first number on in the US charts. She also released the Christmas single "the Christmas song" and is given the honor to perform for the president of the United States for Christmas.
	The new year started just as eventful as the last had ended. Besides performing at the Super Bowl Half-Time Show with Enrique Iglesias and as the only female performer at the VH-1's "Men Strike back" show, Christina won the Grammy for the Best New Artist and took home two awards at the 2000 Blockbuster Awards.
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