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Trivia
Birth name: Christina Maria Aguilera
Nickname: Chrissy, X-Tina, Christi
Date of birth: 18 December 1980
Place of birth: Staten Island, New
York, USA Height: 5' 2˝" (1.59 m)
Spouse: Jordan Bratman (19 November 2005 - present)
Her mother is Irish and her father is
Ecuadorian.
Won a Grammy for "Best New Artist"
in February 2000.
Made the Top 20 in FHM Magazine's 100
Sexiest Women. [2001]
Announced that she will 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
U.S. [March 2001]
Attended North Allegheny High School up
until the 9th grade in Wexford, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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. [May 2001]
Won the world's best selling Latin female
artist at the World Music Awards. Christina also performed her #1
world-wide smash hit "Nobody wants to be lonely" with Ricky
Martin at the ceremony. [2001]
Formerly dated backup dancer Jorge Santos.
Christina co-wrote her song "Infatuation" about the
relationship.
For two seasons, Christina appeared on
"MMC" (1989) which furthered her desire to record an album
before she graduated from high school.
Nominated for 6 MTV Video Music Awards. So
far in her career she has received 11 nominations. [July 2001]
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 her co-performers, 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).
Host of the second annual Latin Grammy
awards show. [September 2001]
Co-hosted the 2001 Radio Music Awards in Las
Vegas with Ricky
Martin. [October 26, 2001]
Voice range is four octaves.
After vowing 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. [2000]
Although she is half-Ecuadorian and has
released a Spanish album, she is not fluent in Spanish.
Attended Ingomar Middle School in Wexford,
Pennsylvania.
Won the 2002 Grammy (best collaboration)
with Lil' Kim, Mya, & Pink for her work in the 'Moulin Rouge' song
'Lady Marmalade'.
Appeared in the musical "The Pussycat
Dolls".
Co-wrote fourteen songs on her latest album,
"Stripped".
Attended Rochester Area Elementary School in
Rochester, Pennsylvania.
Has 4 siblings: a younger half-brother
Michael (born 1996), step-brother Casey, younger sister Rachel (born
1986) and step-sister 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".
"Loving Me 4 Me" and
"Infatuation" was about her relationship with Jorge Santos.
Her parents met while attending college at
Brigham Young University in Utah.
Has two papillon dogs, Chewy and Stinky.
Nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards for
her "Dirrty" video 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.
Step-dad is: Jim Kearns
Her parents are: Shelly Kearns and Fausto
Aguilera
Co-wrote Kelly
Clarkson's hit single, "Miss Independent".
Is #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 of 2003.
Is the host of MTV's 2003 Europe Music
Awards.
Her parents were married in the LDS Temple
in Washington D.C.
Debuted on national TV at age 8 in
"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 Grammys, Song of the
Year, "Beautiful", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance,
"Beautiful", Best Pop Collaberation with Vocal, "Can't
Hold Us Down" (with Lil'Kim), Best Pop Vocal Album,
"Stripped" and Best Remixed Recording, "Beautiful"(Peter
Rauhofer, Remixer.)
Nominated for five 2004 Grammys, Song of the
Year, "Beautiful", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance,
"Beautiful", Best Pop Collaberation with Vocal, "Can't
Hold Us Down" (w/ Lil'Kim), 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.
Christina Aguilera/Justin Timberlake's
"Justified and Stripped" tour came in first in the Rolling
Stone 2003 Readers' Poll for Best Tour.
Received 3 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 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 the year 2003 she made an estimated $29.7
million dollars, 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.
She is #3 on Maxim's Hot 100 List for 2004.
Cancelled her North American summer tour
with, Chingy, due to strained vocal cords. [2004]
Released an album, "Stripped", in
October 2002. The first single from her album was released in
mid-September.
One of Teen Peoples 25 Hottest Under 25
(2004).
She was named Glamour's very first Woman of
the Year (2004).
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 a
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 pal 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 incuded 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 VH1's The 50 Geatest 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. [2004]
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.
Is close friends with Kimberly 'Lil' Kim'
Jones.
Her mom, Shelly Kearns, was voted #2 for
best showbiz mom, according to an In Touch magazine poll. She was out
voted by Justin Timberlake's mother, Lynn Harless.
On 21 December 2003, she visited and donated
$200,000 to the Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh in
Oakland, a domestic abuse shelter.
Recorded a remake of the disco classic
"Carwash" with Missy Elliot
Recorded a duet with Nelly of "Tilt Ya
Head Back"
Ranked #13 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
She is a spokesperson for Fetish
(cosmetics), Coca-cola, Versace, Sketchers, MAC-cosmetics,
Virgin-mobile, Mercedes, Declare Yourself.com, Xpose (perfume)
She is mentioned in the song "Riot
Girl" by Good Charlotte.
Is engaged to music executive Jordan Bratman
Graduated from North Allegheny High School
in Wexford, Pennsylvania (1999)
Attended Marshall Middle School in Wexford,
Pennslyvania.
Shares a birthday with Katie
Holmes, Brad
Pitt, DMX,
Casper Van Dien and filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
Is mentioned in Eminem's song "The real
Slim Shady" and is spoofed in the song's 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 (2005).
Us Weekly Young Hollywood Hot 20 list
(2005).
She's an NPC (non playable character) in The
Sims: Superstar, an expansion pack for The Sims.
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