Christina Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York. Fausto Wagner Xavier daughter Aguilera, a sergeant in the U.S. Navy and Shelly Loraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher. The singer has Irish roots from his mother and Ecuadorian father.

His childhood was very difficult due to the temperament of his father. Father Fausto was an extremely driver to the point of submitting it to various psychological and even physical abuse. This period has been accentuated in her music how the song "I'm OK" from the album "Stripped" and "Oh Mother", "Back to Basics".

His mother left to Christina and her sister Rachel to her father at age seven, so the artist of the Big Apple went to live with his grandmother in Wexford, Pennsylvania.

From a very young Christina Aguilera already had talent as a singer. Her musical influences have always been Etta James, Whitney Houston and Madonna. Artists primarily women and with a great sound.

It started in small local contests where she was known as the little girl with the big voice, but it was in 1993 where the Disney program, The New Mickey Mouse Club, who gave the green light. In this same program placed artists like Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. After a year the program was canceled and one of his best years to be ruined.