Christina Aguilera

(February 2000) Won a Grammy Award for "Best New Artist".

Made the Top 20 in FHM magazines 100 Sexiest Women.

(March 2001) Announced that she would star in TV commercials for Coke, which were slated to appear in the United States in May 2001 and continue throughout the summer. The Coke campaign also offered a $1,000,000 grand prize for a sweepstakes as well as the opportunity to meet the pop princess and hang out with her during a video taping. Christina previously starred in commercials for Coke which aired solely in Latin America. The ads were such a success that Coca-Cola decided to run new ads featuring Christina Aguilera in the United States.

Attended and graduated from North Allegheny High School in Wexford, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

(May 2001) Sued Warlock Records, Platinum Recording Group and producers Robert Allecca and Michael Brown to prevent them from releasing "Just Be Free", a demo compilation she recorded when she was just 14 years old.

Won the worlds best selling Latin female artist at the World Music Awards. Christina also performed her #1 worldwide smash hit "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" with Ricky Martin at the ceremony.

Formerly dated backup dancer Jorge Santos. Christina co-wrote the songs "Infatuation" and "Loving Me 4 Me" about the relationship.

For two seasons, Christina appeared on "MMC" which furthered her desire to record an album before she graduated from high school.

(July 2001) Nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards. So far in her career, she has received 11 nominations.

In 1994, several labels, including RCA, passed on the opportunity to sign Christina Aguilera. Undaunted, she left for Japan to jump-start her career on distant shores.

With co-performers Lil Kim , Pink and Mya , won two awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards for "Lady Marmalade". One was for the prestigious "Best Video of the Year" award and the other for the "Best Song From a Movie Soundtrack" award ( Moulin Rouge! ).

(September 2001) Is the host of the second annual Latin Grammy Awards show.

On October 26, 2001, she co-hosted the 2001 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada with Ricky Martin.

After wowing the crowd at a Pittsburgh charity banquet, 11-year-old Christina landed offers to sing the national anthem for the Penguins, Pirates and Steelers.

Her contract requests she gets various health foods and Flintstones chewable vitamins. Also soft drinks such as Coca Cola and Nesquik but not Pepsi or anything diet.

Attended Rochester Area Elementary School in Rochester, Pennsylvania.

Attended and graduated from Marshall Middle School in Wexford, Pennsylvania.

She won the 2002 Grammy Award (best collaboration) with Lil Kim , Mya and Pink for her work in the Moulin Rouge! song, "Lady Marmalade".

Although shes half-Ecuadoran and has released a Spanish album, she does not speak Spanish fluently.

Has four siblings: a younger half-brother Michael (born 1996), stepbrother Casey, younger sister Rachel and stepsister Stephanie.

Above all sports, she prefers baseball and volleyball.

Considers Mariah Carey , Whitney Houston , Etta James and Billie Holiday as her most important musical influences.

Was named Godmother, "Madrina", for the second generation of students on the Mexican TV reality-talent show called "La Academia".

Her parents met while attending college at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Has two papillon dogs, Chewy and Stinky.

Nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards for her video "Dirrty" including, Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video and Best Choreography in a Video.

Has her own shoe line, which is manufactured by ES Orginals. The shoe box that has her picture on it, can be used as a CD holder or picture frame.

Co-wrote Kelly Clarkson s hit single, "Miss Independent".

Ranked #1 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2003 list.

Is the host of MTVs 2003 Europe Music Awards.

Her parents were married in the LDS Temple in Washington, D.C.

Debuted on national television at age 8 on "Star Search" .

At 11, she was the youngest person to perform the national anthem at a major sporting event at that time

Nominated for five 2003 Grammy Awards, Song of the Year, "Beautiful", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, "Beautiful", Best Pop Collaberation with Vocal, "Cant Hold Us Down" (with LilKim), Best Pop Vocal Album, "Stripped" and Best Remixed Recording, "Beautiful" (Peter Rauhofer, Remixer).

Nominated for five 2004 Grammy Awards, Song of the Year, "Beautiful", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, "Beautiful", Best Pop Collaberation with Vocal, "Cant Hold Us Down" (with LilKim), Best Pop Vocal Album, "Stripped" and Best Remixed Recording, "Beautiful" (Peter Rauhofer, Remixer).

Has a Cadillac SUV and a Range Rover.

Nominated for the 2004 Echo Awards Best International Female.

Her "Stripped" tour with Justin Timberlake came in first in Rolling Stone magazines 2003 Readers Poll for Best Tour.

Received three BRIT Award nominations, Best International Female Solo Artist, Best International Album, and Best Pop.

Has joined forces with Fetish, the cosmetic line to come out with a line of her own.

Won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, with her song, "Beautiful".

Her much talked about, ground-breaking, record-setting video "Dirrty" cost an estimated $5 million dollars to make.

In 2003, she made an estimated $29.7 million in album sales and endorsement campaigns.

Her video, "Fighter", has six nominations for the 2004 Music Video Production Association awards for best pop video, best hair and best makeup, best cinematography, best styling and best direction of a female artist.

Ranked #3 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2004 list.

Is one of Teen People magazines 25 Hottest Under 25.

She was named Glamour magazines very first Woman of the Year.

She has four tattoos; on the back of her neck - "Xtina", on her left waist, on her left wrist and on her arm - "Te Amo Siempre".

Her infamous satin thong from her cover of Maxim magazine, was fetched by a lucky bidder on eBay for $1,542.69. The treasured thong was obtained from BBC Radio 1 personality Scott Mills, who got them from a friend at Maxim, according to the online description. The winner got more than the thong that once adorned the backside of Aguilera. The total eBay deal included a bottle of the pool water, a note from Mills, a note from a BBC producer, a letter from Maxim that included pointers from Aguilera and a copy of the racy magazine itself.

Ranked #14 on VH1s The 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era.

Stated in a recent interview that she had all her piercings removed with the exception of the one in her right nipple.

She has asked the US Patent and Trademark Office to approve over 450 items. Among the list are lingerie, crayons, skiwear, ropes and handcuffs.

Rolling Stone magazine wrote that her video, "Dirrty", is the most played music video of all time.

Her mother, Shelly Kearns, was voted #2 for best showbiz mother, according to an In Touch magazine poll. She was outvoted by Justin Timberlake s mother, Lynn Harless.

On December 21, 2003, she visited and donated $200,000 to the Womens Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh in Oakland, a domestic abuse shelter.

Ranked #13 in Stuff magazines "102 Sexiest Women in the World".

Is a spokesperson for Fetish (cosmetics), Coca-cola, Versace, Sketchers, MAC-cosmetics, Virgin-mobile, Mercedes, Declare Yourself.com, Xpose (perfume).

Is mentioned in the song "Riot Girl" by Good Charlotte.

Her former husband Jordan Bratman is a music executive.

Is mentioned in Eminem s song "The Real Slim Shady" and spoofed in the songs music video.

Her last name is Spanish for "Eyrie".

150,000 FHM Music TV fans decided that "Dirrty" is the sexiest video of all time.

Is on Us Weekly magazines Young Hollywood Hot 20 list.

Is an NPC (non-playable character) in The Sims: Superstar, an expansion pack for The Sims.

Named #16 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2005 list.

Husband Jordan Bratman asked for Christinas hand in marriage with a 5-carat diamond and platinum Stephen Webster ring.

Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake were among the 130 guests at her wedding to Jordan Bratman.

Her mother, Shelly Loraine (Fidler), is American-born, and has English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and distant French, Welsh, and Dutch, ancestry. Her father, Fausto Xavier Aguilera, is Ecuadorian.

Named #27 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.

Ranked #8 in Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2002 supplement.

Was best friends with Britney Spears when they performed together on "MMC"

Her father Fausto was an Ecuador-born U.S. army sergeant, who separated from her mother Shelly when Christina was 6.

Her idol is legendary singer Etta James.

Named #37 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Ranked #62 on VH1s 100 Sexiest Artists.

Had appeared on every one of Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of the year lists, for 11 years in a row. From 2000 until 2011, she appeared somewhere on the list, including taking the No. 1 spot in 2003. However, she did not appear on the 2012 list, which was the first time the list was fan-voted and not chosen by the editors of the magazine. Her 11 year streak is likely a record now.

Ranked #4 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 15, 2010. Other inductees included Brooks and Dunn , Ricky Martin , Red Hot Chili Peppers , George Harrison , Angela Bassett , Cate Blanchett , Tim Robbins , Stan Lee and Howie Mandel.

Is good friends with Lil Kim and Jung-hyun Lee.

Lived in Japan for three years, before she starred on "MMC" .

(January 2008) Sold the first photos of her newborn Max for $1,500,000.

Has sold over 17 million records since her self-titled debut album came out on August 24, 1999.

Ranked #8 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.

Was offered the role of Stephanie Necrophuros in Nine , which she turned down due to scheduling conflicts with her upcoming album recording. Kate Hudson was cast instead.

She pronounces her last name as "Ah-GEE-leh-ra" (not "Ah-Gwe-leh-ra"/ "Ah-Guh-leh-ra").

Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Max in order to begin recording her fourth studio album "Bionic".

Ranked #18 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2010 list.

Sang the National Anthem wrong at Super Bowl XLV on Feburary 6, 2011.

Has sold 50 million albums worldwide.

Her second studio album "Stripped" has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

Ranked #48 Sexiest Woman by the Spanish version of DT magazine.

She was best friends with actress and singer Brittany Murphy for many years until Murphys death on December 20, 2009 from pneumonia aged 32.

Made British chart history in 2010 when her fourth studio album "Bionic" registered the largest weekly decline by a British number one album by slipping 28 places to No. 29. It also had the lowest first week sales for a number one album in eight years with just 24,000 copies sold.

Has an older half-sister named Ceres, who ran away to Bahia (Brazil) in the 1980s to study marine biology, married and stayed there. Nowadays, divorced, she lives in Abrolhos, Bahia and is engaged in preserving the jubarte whale species.

Named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People in the World.

(May 2004) Cancelled her North American summer tour with Chingy , due to strained vocal cords.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 27, a son named Max Liron Bratman on January 12, 2008. Childs father is her ex-husband, Jordan Bratman.

Gave birth to her son Max down the hall from Nicole Richie who was also giving birth to her daughter Harlow.

Is in a relationship with Matthew Rutler since 2010 and they became engaged on Valentines Day 2014. They have a daughter together.

Ranked #15 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.

On May 24, 2016, she became the first female coach to have a winning team on "The Voice" . Alisan Porter was named the winner of the tenth season.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 33, a daughter named Summer Rain Rutler on August 16, 2014. Childs father is her fianc, Matthew Rutler.

Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her daughter Summer to resume mentoring on "The Voice" .

Her album "Bionic", its songs and one video promoting the albums single were pre-nominated for nine Grammy Awards in categories: Record of the Year ("You Lost Me"), Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("You Lost Me"), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("You Lost Me", "Lift Me Up"), Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Woohoo"), Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Recording ("Not Myself Tonight"), and Best Short Form Video ("You Lost Me"). In December 2010, Aguilera was not nominated for any of these awards, however.

Her song "Dynamite" won the Rocket Pop Music Award for Best Pop Song in 2009. Her Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 single, "Keeps Gettin Better", was nominated in the same category.

She is mentioned in The Androids "Do It With Madonna.".

Hold your head high and sway your hips when you walk!,Power is making a statement about who you are.

I have grown up now and have no need to dress like that anymore. I want,my music to speak for me rather than the dress or lack of dresses I,wore.

Confidence is the hugest thing - once you exude that, guys catch on.

[on her childhood] I never really had this father figure, which never,bothered me. I had my mom, I had people that did love me and care for,me.

When my son Max looked at me and said, "Mommy, you look so pretty," was,a mommy moment I will never forget.

Trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing you can do. Sexiness,should be effortless.

The roughest roads often lead to the top.

If life is a journey, It can take you anywhere you wanna go.

In the end you’ll see you won’t stop me.

I’m sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn’t do, and I’ve hurt myself by hurting you.

My emotions overload because there is no hand to hold, there’s no shoulder here to lean on; I’m walking all on my own.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with my dad being very controlling, which is why I push back whenever I feel like someone is trying to box me in. It makes me run for the hills.

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt. .