Christina Aguilera Biography

Christina Aguilera Early Life

Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York to Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, a U.S. Army sergeant, and Shelly Loraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher. Aguilera's father was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, while her mother, a Newfoundlander, is a Canadian who has German, English, Irish and Dutch ancestry. Aguilera's parents met while her father, Fausto, was serving at Earnest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada. They were both Catholics. Her parents married when her mother was 20 years old and her father 31. Aguilera lived with her father and mother until she was 6 or 7 years old. When her parents divorced her mother took her and her younger sister Rachel to her grandmother's home in Rochester, Pennsylvania, a blue-collar suburb of Pittsburgh. According to Aguilera and Fidler, her father was very controlling, as well as physically and emotionally abusive, which was reflected in her songs, "I'm OK" in Stripped, and "Oh Mother" in Back to Basics. Since then, Fidler has married a paramedic named Jim Kearns, and has changed her name to Shelly Kearns

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Christina Aguilera News

Christina Aguilera cancels summer tour

05/25/2010

“Christina Aguilera’s summer tour has been moved to 2011 due to prior commitments that the singer had made to her film, Burlesque, and to the promotion of her new album, Bionic,” Live Nation, the tour’s promoter, announced in a statement.

“The singer felt she needed more time to rehearse the show and with less than a month between the album release and tour date this wasn’t possible.”

Jennifer Garner Talks About Finding Time For Career And Family

01/23/2010

A Hollywood Hills house owned by Christina Aguilera has come back on the market at .25 million after a short time off the Multiple Listing Service. This practice of "refreshing" listings restarts the days on the market clock.

Originally listed for ,995,000 in April 2008, the renovated home has a 1,200-square-foot master bedroom suite, a screening room that seats 18, a gym, a pool and a 12-person spa, according to previous Times reports. The remodel is the work of Steve ... (read more)

Christina Aguilera to Guest Judge Project Runway

10/16/2009

After guest judging stints from Eva Longoria Parker, Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Lohan and other stylish stars,Christina Aguilera will take a turn, joining Heidi Klum and company (Nina Garcia will also be back!) for tonight’s episode on Lifetime (10 p.m. EST). Also coming to play, legendary costume designer Bob Macke will give the remaining designers the challenge of creating an elaborate stage outfit for the Grammy-winning singer, whose style has varied over the years from the lingerie of ... (read more)