Christine's parents met when Foster served at Ernst Harmon Air Force Base in Stephensville, Newfoundland and Labrador. When they got married, their mother was 2 and their father was nearly 32. Aguilera lived with her parents before she was 6 or 7 years old, and then her parents divorced. Her mother took her and her sister Rachel to her grandmother's house in Pittsburgh. According to Christine and her mother, her father is a controlling person, and also has physical and psychological abuse. These are reflected in Christine's songs, such as' I'm OK' in Naked and' Oh Mother' in Born Geji. [3] After the divorce, Sally married a military doctor named Jim Kearns and changed her name to Shelly Kearns. [4]
At the age of 14, Christine recorded her first song, All I Wanna Do, which was sung in duet with Japanese singer keizo nakanishi and soon caused a sensation. [5]
Christine's grandmother was the first person to discover her vocal talent. Christine wanted to be a singer when she was a child. Aguilera has performed in block parties and skill competitions since she was a child, which won her opportunities. Soon, the media noticed her and called her "a little girl with a mature voice". [6]
Through the program Driven on VH1 TV, she was finally widely known. When the contestants knew that their opponent would be christinamaria aguilera, many people immediately abstained, reminding those who stayed behind that "this is undoubtedly a sheep in the tiger's mouth". Her peers soon became jealous of her and often ridiculed and laughed at her. Once on physical education class, he even tried to attack Christine. Destruction events such as puncturing the tire of the family car kept happening around her, and finally, according to Christine's meaning, the family moved. And vowed to hide his strength before the next great opportunity appeared. [7]
On March 15th, 199, Aguilera appeared in Star Search and sang Ella Fitzgerald's song A Sunday Kind of Love, but he didn't win. Shortly after the failure of "Star Search", she returned home and appeared on the Pittsburgh TV good morning program with Larry Richert. After singing the same song again, she sang Mariah Carey's first single "Vision of Love". Has been widely concerned and praised, especially the iconic whistle in Mariah Carey. People say that this 1-year-old girl's whistle "sounds like 2 years old".
After spending her childhood in Pittsburgh, Christine sang star-spangled banner's "The Stars and Stripes" before basketball, football and rugby matches in Pittsburgh. An important step for her to enter the entertainment circle was to join the variety show Mickey Club of Disney Channel in 1993. Britney spears, Justin, JC Chazes, Rona Binet (who later became a member of En Vogue), Ryan Gosling and Kelly Russell joined in the same period. According to the documentary "Driven" at that time, Christine's companions in Mickey Club called her "the queen of songs", especially famous for singing Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing". [7] It is also reported that Aguilera often quarrels with Britney Spears because of Justin. Aguilera responded that both of them scoffed at the report, proving that the authenticity of the report needs to be examined. After the dissolution of the club in 1994, Aguilera began to record sample records, hoping to get the attention of record companies.
in p>1997, she participated in the Golden Stag Festival on behalf of the United States and sang two songs, including Sheryl Crow and Diana Ross [8].
When Christine recorded Whitney Houston's song "Run to You" in the bathroom with an old tape recorder in 1998, she sang a high-pitched "E" scale (the "E" is higher than the high-pitched "C"). After that, she was chosen as the lead singer of the theme song Reflection of the Disney animated film Mulan (1998). Reflection was recorded in Japan. Recording this song enabled Christine to get a record contract with RCA Records in the same week. [9] "Reflection" stayed in the top 2 of the adult singles list, and was nominated as the best original song in the Golden Globe Award in 1998.
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Christine's first album of the same name, christinamaria aguilera, was released in the United States on August 24th, 1999. As soon as it was launched, it topped the billboard 2 and Canadian album charts, with sales of 8 million in the United States and more than 14 million worldwide.
in April 2, Christine's singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants" and "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" topped the billboard top 1 singles from 1999 to 2,' i. Christine won the best new singer at the 2 Grammy Awards, and she was also nominated for the best female pop singer for genie in a bottle. Christine wanted to show the changing range and range of her voice during the promotion of the album, so she performed a cappella in front of the TV, accompanied only by the piano. [7] She performed in MTV's "2 Large New Year's Special" on New Year's Eve at the end of the year. She was the first appearance artist of MTV in the Millennium.
Later in 2, Christine emphasized her Latin ancestry and inherited the trend of Latin pop music. On September 12th, 2, Christine also released her first Spanish album "Latin Feelings". This album includes some Spanish versions of English songs from the first album, as well as new Spanish songs. This album also made it to billboard 2 #27 and Latin album list #1, which enabled Christine to win the best pop album female singer at the Latin Grammy Award in 21. This album has sold 2.1 million copies worldwide, and has been proved to have gold album sales (5,) in the United States and 3 platinum albums (6, Latin albums) under the Los Premios de Oro y Platino program of RIAA [8]. One of the albums, Falsas esperanzas, reached the top 4 in Argentina. Christine also released a Christmas album My Kind of Christmas on October 24th, 2. Immediately boarded the billboard #28 in the top 2, and sold 1.3 million copies worldwide, which was proved to have platinum record sales (one million) in the United States. [9] Later, Ricky Martin invited Christine to sing in a song "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" on his album "Sound Loaded". Ricky Martin's album was released in 21. The song they sang together is the second single in the album. At the same time, it has reached the top five in the British and German pop charts, the top 2 in the United States and the top 4 in Canada, Switzerland and Australia.
in p>21, Christine, Lil' Kim, m? A and p! NK was chosen to record the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge, the single Lady Marmalade released by —Patti LaBelle in 1975. "Lady Marmalade" was a big hit as soon as it was released. It won the first place in Hot1 in the United States for five weeks in a row and the first place in eleven countries, which made four people win the best pop chorus song at the Grameen Awards ceremony.
This year, a single called Just Be Free appeared in the record store, which was one of the sample records that Christine recorded when she was about fifteen years old. When RCA Records found this single, they appealed to fans not to buy it. German authorities have also fully recovered all the singles [1]. After more than 1 months, Warlock Records is ready to release Just Be Free, and the album contains Christine's past sample records. Christine sued Warlock for breach of contract and unfair dispute, and the producer of this album was banned from releasing it. [11] Instead, the two groups decided to release this album together. Christine provided her name, appearance and photos to compensate for the loss. Many details in the lawsuit were treated as confidential. When the album was released in August 21, the cover photo was of Christine when she was 15 years old. [12]
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Although Christine's first album is very popular, she is dissatisfied that her music route and image are controlled by the record company. At the same time, Christine was labeled as a Bubblegum pop singer, because the music types tend to be young idols. However, she publicly announced that she had planned that her next album would be deeper, more listening and more meaningful. [13] Steve Kurtz is the creative direction of the singer, and she is Christine's manager. The problem of giving too many schedules is part of Christine's legal means to terminate their management contract.
in October, 2, Christine filed a lawsuit against Stephen Kirsch for breach of fiduciary duty, including improper, excessive and inappropriate influence on her private activities, and cheating. According to the legal documents, Steven Kosh failed to protect her rights and interests. Instead, he took action for his own interest at her expense. The lawsuit came when Christine found out that Stephen Kirsch was quantified and paid other managers to help him use more of her dividend income. She also appealed to the California Labor Committee to invalidate the contract. Irving Azoff became her new manager after the termination of Steven Kirsch's contract. [14] The change in the rock manager company indicates that Christine has a new route and what kind of music she will make in the future.
Later in the same month, Stephen Kirsch violated the contract, claiming that the singer had violated the same agreement that she sued for invalidation. In the lawsuit, he included other people close to Christine, asserting that their intention was to destroy his business relationship with Christine. He also chose Irving Azoff, which is against Steven Kirsch's contract. < P > On October 29th, 22, she officially released her second English album, Naked. In the first week, the sales volume reached 33, copies, and it ranked #2 in the top 2 bulletin boards. More than half of the songs in Naked are written by Christine, and the music is influenced by different themes and musical images, including rhythm and blues, gospel music, soul music, folk songs, pop music, pop rock, hip hop and jazz. In this album, Cristina took her penetrating voice to the extreme. At the same time, with the release of this album, she also changed her pure image as a girl next door, but showed her sexy side. She has worked for Maxim, Rolling Stone Magazine [16] and CosmoGirl! Magazines such as ""have taken many photos, many of which are semi-naked or completely naked. But she denied that it was for publicity. She thinks that her sexy image is more in line with her personality than the pure image in 1999, compared with the pure image in the past. Christine calls herself "Xtina", which shows that this is "a reflection of her dark side". She once said to Netzeitung, a German newspaper, "I like making love, which is very exciting ... I like to experiment with different ways and try as much as possible. It is wrong to hide your personality. I am sexier and ruder now, but it is very interesting. "
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At first, this rude image brought some for Christine in America.