• Birth
Date: December 18, 1980
• Birth
Place: in Staten Island, NY
• Father:
Jim, works in the military
• Mother:
Shelly, violinist, pianist; president of Christina's fan
club
• Sister:
Rachel; younger
• Sister:
Stephanie; younger
• Brother:
Michael; younger
• Brother:
Casey; younger
• Boyfriend:
Jordan (works in her managment team)
• Pets:
2 dogs
• Education:
High school
• She is a
former member of the Mickey Mouse Club which included
Britney Spears, J.C. and Justin of 'N Sync and Felicity's
Keri Russell.
• She appeared
on Star Search at age 9
• Her first
kiss was at age 6
• She took off
all her piercings, except for a "special" one
that "is for me", she says.
• She's got 4
tattoos.
• She's been
performing since age 6?
• Christina has
been singing and performing ever since she was in
diapers. She used to lay a towel on the floor in the
bathroom and use the shampoo bottle as a microphone?
• During
Christina's early years, the Aguilera family followed her
father's assignments to Florida, Texas, New Jersey, and
Japan?
• Christina's
parents are divorced?
• Christina's
mother was abused by her father?
• Christina
doesn't have a close relationship with her father?
• Christina is
half Hispanic and half American-Irish?
• Christina's
father is from Ecuador, South America and he used to be
in the army?
• Christina
appeared on Star Search when she was 9?
• Christina
started her career singing the National Anthem for the
NFL team Pittsburgh Steelers at the age of ten?
• Christina was
one of the youngest on the Mickey Mouse Club?
• Christina and
Britney Spears used to be good friends?
• When
Christina was 12, she and Britney looked up to Keri
Russell?
• Jamie Lynne,
Britney's little sister, used to love playing with
Rachel, Christina's little sister, when Christina and
Britney were in the Mickey Mouse Club?
• Christina's
mother, the former Shelly Fidler, was a talented
violinist who toured with the Youth Symphony Orchestra as
a teenager?
• Christina has
never severed links to her home in Pittsburgh?
• Attended
North Allegheny High School up until the 9th grade in
Wexford, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
• Christina was
made fun and bullied of in school?
• Aguilera,
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?
• When
Christina was 15, she had a crush on Red Hot Chilli
Peppers's David Navarro. She used to sleep with the
inside cover of RHCP CD every night underneath her
pillow. For Halloween, she carved a Dave Navarro pumpkin?
• When
Christina was called to LA to prove she could sing, she
sang a song from "the preacher's wife"
acappella, and Ron Fair loved it?
• Christina
made her first recording as a fourteen-year-old on a duet
with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi. The song was called
"All I Wanna Do"?
• Christina
took her first voice lesson after she was hired to sing
"Reflection." Her vocal coach is now Don
Lawrence. She uses a practice tape to warm up before big
shows?
• Christina
toured with TLC?
• Sang
"Don't Make Me Love You (Till I'm Ready)" on
the soundtrack of the Madonna-Rupert Everett movie
"The Next Best Thing"?
• Christina's
debut album went ten times "Platinum"?
• Christina's
first single, "Genie in a Bottle," sold over
two million copies in 1999 and its Spanish-language
version, "Genio Atrapado," helped Aguilera
become a rare crossover success from the pop mainstream
to the Latino market?
• Jorge Santos
(Christina's former boyfriend) was her first love?
• Genie In A
Bottle was originally called 'If You Want To Be With Me'?
• Christina was
in the car driving with one of her friends when she first
heard her song on a radio?
• What a Girl
Wants was originally called What a Girl Needs but Ron
Fair thought that What a Girl Wants was catchier?
• Come On over
was originally called All I want is You (by the writers),
but when Christina and Ron etc worked on the song they
decided to call it Come On Over?
• Blessed
almost didn't make it. Christina and Ron was listening to
a tape of about 20 demo songs and they were all bad, and
they said, just one more then we stop, and then the next
was Blessed?
• Obvious was
one of the original demo tracks that was sent to Ron Fair
before Christina was signed with RCA?
• Christina was
2000's 10th biggest earning pop act raking in $81 million
in U.S. album sales and $13.5 million in tour revenues?
• Christina was
the only female guest performer on VHI's 'Men Strike
Back'?
• Brian
McKnight thanks Christina in "Thank You's" at
his new album: "To Christina Aguilera- it was a
pleasure working with you"?
• Adrienne from
3LW (Jorge's cousin, who was Christina's fiance) asked
Christina to be in their video for "No More",
but Christina's so busy that she turned it down?
• Christina was
the first celebrity to sign a letter from PETA to the
South Korean government asking that the country stop its
alleged "abuse of dogs and cats killed for
food"?
• In her free
time, Christina usually visits museums, go to the movies,
goes shopping and eats chili cheese fries at Johnny
Rockets (no onions) with a cherry Coke?
• The album
"Mi Reflejo" was recorded in Miami?
• That
Christina was a big part in the making of her Stripped
album?
• Christina has
3 Grammy Awards and a Latin Grammy?
• Christina has
2 MTV Video Music Awards?
• That the
recording of "Beautiful" was actually only the
demo. Christina wanetd to get it perfect but the
producers said, "No, it shows your broken notes and
your flats and sharps, leave it how it is"?
• Kelly
Clarkson' first single 'Miss Independent' was co-written
by Christina?












