Christina Aguilera

     On August 24, 1999, Christina released her first ever self-titled album.  With the help of manager Steve Kurtz, the album quickly reached the top of the Billboard 200 and Canadian album charts, selling 8 million copies in the U.S. and over twelve million copies worldwide.

Her big singles were “Genie in a Bottle“, “What a Girl Wants” and “Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)“.  They topped the charts for 1999 and 2000, and were followed up by “I Turn to You“, a hit that reached #3 with lightning speed.  Aguilera won the “Best New Artist” award at the 2000 Grammy Awards, and was nominated for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” for “Genie in a Bottle”.

To show us just what she was made of, Christina performed many times after the release of “Christina” with only an acoustic guitar and a room full of people.  She ended the year on a high note performing for MTV’s 2 Large New Year’s Special as MTV’s first artist of the millennium.

Following the Latin pop trend of the time, Aquilera decided to show her roots.  After”Christina”, she released her first Spanish album, “Mi Reflejo“ on September 12, 2000.  The album consisted of Spanish renditions of songs from her English debut as well as completely new tracks.  Not quite as popular as “Christina”, it peaked at #27 on the Billboard 200.  However,  it landed a number one spot on the Latin album charts, and in 2001 it won Aguilera a Latin Grammy Award for “Best Female Pop Vocal Album”.   Selling  2.5 million copies worldwide,  ”Mi Reflejo” has been certified Gold(500,000) in the USA and 3x Platinum (600,000* Latin album).   Not bad for an album that was considered to be less beloved than her first. 

She also won the World Music Award as the best selling Latin artist that year.  On October 24, 2000, My Kind of Christmas was released. It also shot to the top margin on the charts and was certified platinum in the U.S.  With all of her success, specifically within the Latino culture, it was no surprise when Ricky Martin asked her to duet with him on the track “Nobody Wants to Be Lonely” from his album “Sound Loaded“.   

Continuing on her path to success, Aguilera teamed up with a few other popular stars in 2001.  Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink were selected to remake Patti LaBelle’s 1975 single “Lady Marmalade” for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack.  The  hit went straight to the top at number one on the Hot 100.  It held its top position for 5 weeks, and it earned all four performers a Grammy Award for “Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals“. 

Unfortunately, not everything was sunshine and puppies for Christina in the years 2000-2001…

to be continued… 

False rumors of Aguilera and Bratman having a baby together have been buzzing around since they were hitched in 2005 (much to Christina’s chagrin).   It was only a month ago that we learned from a secret source that this time its for real, and that she’s about 3 months along which means she has passed the first critical stage of pregnancy.  But who was this secret source? 

Well, up until now it has been unclear who told the press about the baby.  But recent reports indicate that it was her father that let the cat out of the bag.  No one has yet interviewed Christina about this to see how she feels.  Knowing her troubled past with her dad, I cannot imagine she would be too pleased.  But, who knows?   Our Christina is full of surprises.  Quite literally in this case.  (0:   

   Apologies for the wait between posts.  But, its good to be back, and there is plenty to talk about!

Channel X sends winners of the Telcom (Malaysia) Berhad’s downloading promotional contest on an all expenses paid trip to see Christina live in Singapore! 

Simply by downloading as much “Aguilera” content as they could from Celcom’s one-stop online Mobile Content portal, Channel X, 10 ecstatic fans won the chance to see their beloved Christina perform her Back to Basics concert without planning or paying for a single thing.  The contest ran from 1st June - 22nd June 2007, and subscribers with the highest Christina Aguilera Content download from Wap, Web and Call Me Tones won the prize. 

The contest was the combined effort of Sony BMG Music and Celcom’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, Encik Zalman Aefendy Zainal Abidin, and Mr Adrian Lim, Managing Director of Sony BMG Music.

The following are statements made by Celcom about the promotional contest:

“We here at Celcom strive in making our customers feel truly special, and we believe the best way to do this, is to allow them to experience for themselves what it means to be truly connected to a service provider who gives them more opportunities, more exciting offerings, awesome cool content and superior quality. There’s still many more surprises coming their way, as the community of the Ultimate Mobile Download Universe, Channel X, is increasing as we speak”.  –  Encik Zalman Aefendy
“We are pleased to work with Celcom in rewarding Christina Aguilera’s loyal fans. Since her concert would not be held in Malaysia, Celcom is taking her fans to the concert in Singapore instead.”  –  Mr Adrian Lim

Winners got to travel with a chosen friend in a spectacular “Christina Aguilera” bus, painted the signatory Channel X purple with Christina’s seductive image gracing the side panels of the vehicle, and were given specially designed “Christina” banners and posters to show their spirit at the concert.

wow… i wish.