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Christina Maria Aguilera was born on 18 December 1980 in the family of Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, an American Army sergeant, and Shelly Loraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher in Staten Island, New York. Nowadays, she is maybe most famous and beloved American pop and r and b singer and songwriter. Her initial music career began in 1998 when Aguilera sang the high "E" in full voice on a cover of the song "Run to you" of Whitney Houston, which she has recorded with an old tape recorder in her bathroom. Then, she was selected to record the song "Reflection" for the Disney production of Mulan in the same year. This single led to Aguilera earning a contract with "RCA Records" during the same week. Soon "Reflection" peaked within the top twenty on the "Adult contemporary singles" chart, and it became nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best original song" again in 1998. Thus, under the exclusive representation of Steve Kurtz, her self-titled debut album "Christina Aguilera" was released in the United States on 24 August 1999. It immediately reached the top of the Billboard 200 and Canadian album charts, selling 8 million copies in America and over twelve million copies worldwide. Her hits "Genie in a bottle", "What a girl wants" and "Come on over baby - all I want is you" easily peaked at the Billboard Hot 100 during 1999 and 2000, adding "I turn to you" on number three. Shortly of that, Aguilera won the "Best new artist" award at the 2000 Grammy Awards, and was also nominated for "Best female pop vocal performance" for the song "Genie in a bottle". She ended the year on the "2 Large New Year s Special" of MTV, as she performed and was the first artist of the millennium of this well-known music television. In 2000 Aguilera first emphasized her Latin heritage, while she released her first Spanish album, called "Mi reflejo" on 12 September. This compilation contained Spanish versions of songs from her original English debut as well as completely new Spanish tracks. It placed at number twenty-seven on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Latin album charts. In 2001 it won Aguilera another Latin Grammy Award for "Best female pop vocal album". Thus, her first Latin compilation has already sold 2,5 million copies worldwide and has been certified Gold - 500,000 - in the USA and three times Platinum. She also won the "World Music Award" as the best selling Latin artist for the same year. Shortly after that, on 24 October 2000, Aguilera has finished her first Christmas album, called "My kind of Christmas". It appeared on number twenty-eight on the Billboard 200, has sold 1,5 million copies worldwide, and has been certified Platinum - 1 million in the United States.
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