Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American
singer-songwriter and actress. In the early 1990s, she appeared on television series
Star Search and
The Mickey Mouse Club. In 1998, Aguilera signed with
RCA Records and recorded her
self-titled debut album, which was released in 1999. The album was a commercial success in the United States, spawning three
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles—"
Genie in a Bottle", "
What a Girl Wants", and "
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", and helped Aguilera win the
Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In 2000, RCA released Aguilera's Spanish-language album
Mi Reflejo and holiday-theme album
My Kind of Christmas. Her 2002 fourth studio album,
Stripped, ventured into various
genres including
hip hop,
Latin, and
rock, and won a
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for its second single "
Beautiful".