Biographic - Sunday November 21, 2010 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York, and raised in Wexford, Pennsylvania, Christina Aguilera was only 7 years old when she appeared on the TV talent show "Star Search" although she didn't win, her appearance on the show made her a minor celebrity in Pittsburgh Steelers football and Pittsburgh Penguins hockey games. Her big break came in 1993 when she joined the cast of the Disney Channels "Mickey Mouse Club" alongside young Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. Her first single was a collaboration with pop star Keizo Nakanishi in his native Japan when she was 14. In 1998, Christina was selected to perform the song "Reflection" on the "Mulan" soundtrack a minor hit, the song was nominated for a Golden Globe. Released in 1999, her self-titled debut album was a multiplatinum worldwide sensation, thanks to such hit singles as "Genie In A Bottle" and "What A Girl Wants" in 2000, she topped the Latin charts with her Spanish-language album "Mi Reflejo" in 2001 and Pink on Lady Marmalade a chart-topping single in more than 50 countries! With her next album, 2012's "Stripped" came a dramatic change of image, Christina adopting a raunchier approach, the album stayed on the world's charts for two years, spawning such hits as "Beautiful" Christina's third English-language studio album "Back To Basics" was released in 2006. Containing such hits as "Ain't No Other Man" and "Hurt." The album was a worldwide chart-topper. By this point, she had married music biz executive Jordan Bratman, the couple's first child, a boy, was born in 2008. A greatest hits album in late 2008, was followed by her "Bionic" album in 2010. Having previously appeared in cameos in the likes of TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210" and such movies as "Get Him To The Greek" Christina took her first starring role opposite Cher in the movie musical "Burlesque"

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