http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8204&rws=%2Fchristina-aguilera%2Fmusic-videos.rssA former star of <I>The New Mickey Mouse Club</I> who hit it big with an innuendo-laden single, then traded in her implicitly not-so-good-girl image for an explicitly not-so-good-girl image. Where have we heard this one before? The child of an Ecuadorian-American father and a Caucasian mother, Christina Aguilera started her career as a professional performer at age ten with a 1990 appearance on <I>Star Search</I>. Her subsequent <I>Mickey Mouse Club</I> stint led to Disney using her "Reflection" on the 1998 <I>Mulan</I> soundtrack, and RCA released her self-titled debut in 1999. Dance-pop smashes like "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants" showcased her big voice, which, along with her Spanish-language version of the album (<I>Mi Reflejo</I>), set her apart from the late-'90s crowd of pop-star ingenues.<p> <p> Yet Aguilera was still coming in second to Britney. Her appearance on the sexy 2001 remake of "Lady Marmalade" suggested a way into the spotlight. She radically altered her image for 2002's <I>Stripped</I> and became Xtina, widely mocked for her look even as her voice proved soulful and mature. But in 2006 she released the acclaimed <I>Back to Basics</I>, a tribute to the jazz and soul she says inspires her, and cemented her status as a grown-up diva. - Rachel DevittTeen Beaten720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:03:45 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8204&rws=%2Fchristina-aguilera%2Fmusic-videos.rss A former star of <I>The New Mickey Mouse Club</I> who hit it big with an innuendo-laden single, then traded in her implicitly not-so-good-girl image for an explicitly not-so-good-girl image. Where have we heard this one before? The child of an Ecuadorian-American father and a Caucasian mother, Christina Aguilera started her career as a professional performer at age ten with a 1990 appearance on <I>Star Search</I>. Her subsequent <I>Mickey Mouse Club</I> stint led to Disney using her "Reflection" on the 1998 <I>Mulan</I> soundtrack, and RCA released her self-titled debut in 1999. Dance-pop smashes like "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants" showcased her big voice, which, along with her Spanish-language version of the album (<I>Mi Reflejo</I>), set her apart from the late-'90s crowd of pop-star ingenues.<p> <p> Yet Aguilera was still coming in second to Britney. Her appearance on the sexy 2001 remake of "Lady Marmalade" suggested a way into the spotlight. She radically altered her image for 2002's <I>Stripped</I> and became Xtina, widely mocked for her look even as her voice proved soulful and mature. But in 2006 she released the acclaimed <I>Back to Basics</I>, a tribute to the jazz and soul she says inspires her, and cemented her status as a grown-up diva. - Rachel Devitt