Christina Aguilera

In 2005, Aguilera got married to her boyfriend Jordan Bratman, who is a record producer. She got married in a nondenominational ceremony that cost her 2 million US dollars. She wore a Christian Lacroix gown for her ceremony.

In 2008, she gave birth to her son Max Liron Bratman and after five years of their marriage, Aguilera and Bratman decided to separate. They never got an official divorce but have been separated for years.

In 2010, Aguilera got hooked up with Matthew Rutler, her production assistant. He is five years younger to her. They are still together.

Christina Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York to Xavier Aguilera and Shelly Moraine. Her father was in the US army which meant that they had to move from place to place and her mother was a violinist and a pianist.

Her parents separated when she was only 6 years old and she moved to live with her maternal grandmother in Pennsylvania with her mother. Her father is said to be abusive to her and her mother, emotionally and physically.

Aguilera always wanted to be a singer and was locally famous for her golden voice. In 1990, she made a public appearance for the first time on the show ‘Star Search’ but did not win the competition.

She used to study in the Rochester Area School District and Marshall Middle School, Wexford. In both the schools she was bullied because of her singing talent and for having appeared on the television.

In 1993, she did ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ with other celebrities like: Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, etc. And, she was only 14 when she recorded her first song ‘All I Wanna Do’, a duet sung with a Japanese singer.

In 1998, Aguilera auditioned for the soundtrack of the animated movie ‘Mulan’. She recorded the song ‘Reflection’ and after that RCA Records signed her for a musical contract.

In 1999, she came out with her debut album ‘Christina Aguilera’ and gave hit singles like ‘Genie in a Bottle’ and ‘What a Girl Want’ to the world. The album was a number 1 hit on the US charts and all over the world.

In 2000, she sang a duet with Enrique Iglesias at the Superbowl XXXIV. She was awarded as the Best New Artist by Grammys in the same year. ‘Mi Reflejo’ came out, her Latin-pop Album for which she learnt Spanish. It had the hit single ‘Nobody Wants to be Lonely’, a duet with Ricky Martin.

In 2000, Aguilera’s ‘My Kind of Christmas’ came out, it was a Christmas album, which was certified platinum and sold over 3 million copies all over the world.

In 2001, Aguilera did a single called ‘Lady Marmalade’ with other renowned singers like: Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink. The song was made for the movi9e ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and became one of the best selling singles of all time.

She posed without clothes for the Rolling Stone for which she was highly criticized but she condemned all the criticism and said that she loves to experiment with her sexuality and would like people to see her like that.

She is famous for her controversial kiss with Madonna on the stage of MTV VMAs, while she was performing on Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ along with Britney Spears.

She gave tribute to James Brown by singing his ‘It’s a Man’s World’ during Grammys in 2007.