Her Image changed from being an innocent teenage girl to a sexualised women and then to a mature and sophisticated mother figure.
Christina María Aguilera was born on December 18th, 1980 and is an American singer-songwriter, television personality, and actress. She was born in Staten Island, New York, and appeared in television shows as a child before signing with RCA Records in 1998.
Her debut studio album 'Christina Aguilera' (1999) was hugely successful, with singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" all topping the charts.
Christina's Debut album Single - 'What a Girl Wants'
Single - 'Genie in a Bottle'
Her fourth album was called 'Stripped' (2002). The second single from the album was "Beautiful". This particular single helped the album's commercial performance due to controversy over her image change.
Christina's fourth album 'Stripped'. Single - 'Beautiful'
From her music video single 'Beautiful' - Clear image change.
Christina Aguilera's fifth album 'Back to Basics' (2006) was also a great success, however her sixth album 'Bionic' (2010) had trouble maintaining commercial success.
Later that year, she made her feature film debut in the musical 'Burlesque' .
Aguilera's seventh and latest album is called 'Lotus' (2012). Although there was one successful single 'Your Body', overall the sales were poor.
Aguilera also served as a judge for the first three seasons on The Voice USA from 2011 through 2012.
Aguilera includes themes of dealing with public scrutiny, her childhood, and female empowerment in her music.
Christina has been noted for her incredible vocals, music videos and constantly reinventing and changing her image and music.
Her work has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 
In 1993 Christina joined the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. Her co-stars included Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Ryan Gosling.
When starting her career in 1999, it was clear that the record label wanted to push Christina as a young, fresh-faced, innocent young girl. This would mean that young boys and girls would relate to her and obsess over her, causing her record sales to increase massively.
Despite her international success, Aguilera was dissatisfied with the music and image her management had created for her. She was marketed as a bubblegum pop singer because of the genre's upward financial trend.
Therefore she mentioned plans for her next album to have more musical and lyrical depth. As it was very clear to most that music was her passion. Irving Azoff was then hired as her new manager.
Irving Azoff - Xtina's New Manager.
Christina Aguilera's fourth studio album, 'Stripped' was released on October 26, 2002.
This particular album showed Christina Aguilera's raunchier side.
The album was well received by many critics. However, Aguilera's vocals were overlooked as she began to show off a more sexually provocative image.
She denied that this image change was a matter of publicity, instead saying that it better reflected her true personality than her previous image.
She dyed her hair black and began referring to herself as "Xtina". She also decided to get many peircings.
Initially, the raunchy image had a negative effect on Aguilera in the US, especially after the release of her controversial "Dirrty" music video.
She defended the video, stating it was about power and control.
While the video became popular on MTV, it disappointed on the US singles chart. However, the single was a hit worldwide, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland.
The second single, "Beautiful", received praise, reaching number one in several countries. Three more singles: "Fighter", "Can't Hold Us Down" featuring Lil' Kim, and "The Voice Within", were released in the following two years, helping the album stay in the charts for the next two years.
Aguilera later decided to embrace a more mature, Marilyn Monroe-like image, dying her hair flaxen blonde and cutting it short. She is one of the main celebrities to do this, along with Dita Von Teese and Gwen Stefani, bringing back the 1920s–1940s Hollywood glamour look.
In late 2004, Aguilera released "Car Wash", a remake of the 'Rose Royce disco' song as a collaboration with Missy Elliott for the soundtrack to the film Shark Tale.
Aguilera began dating music marketing executive Jordan Bratman in 2002. Their engagement was announced in February 2005, and they married on November 19, 2005, in a Napa Valley estate.
Aguilera's fifth studio album, Back to Basics, was released on August 15, 2006. It debuted at number one in the US, the UK, and eleven other countries. She described the CD as "a throwback to the 20s, 30s, and 40s-style jazz, blues, and feel-good soul music, but with a modern twist."
The critically acclaimed lead single, "Ain't No Other Man", was a massive success, reaching number two on the World Chart, number six in the US, and number two in the UK.
Producers on the album included DJ Premier, Kwamé, Linda Perry, and Mark Ronson. The follow-up singles also did well, "Hurt" and "Candyman". She co-directed both music videos.
Christina Aguilera's sixth studio album Bionic was released on June 8, 2010. The material on this album consisted of many mainstream and pop records along with electronic and dance music. Two of the album's four singles, "Not Myself Tonight" and "You Lost Me" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts.
Aguilera announced that she and her husband Jason Bratman had separated. Aguilera filed for divorce from her husband on October 14, 2010, seeking joint legal and physical custody of their son Max.
In November 2010, Aguilera appeared in her first feature film, the musical Burlesque. She portrayed a small town girl, Ali Rose, who finds love and success in a Los Angeles burlesque club.
Aguilera signed to be a judge on The Voice, which debuted on NBC in April 2011. Aguilera, alongside other musicians Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green serve as judges and coaches.
Aguilera's seventh studio album, Lotus, was released on November 13, 2012. The album received mixed reviews from critics. The lead single, "Your Body", debuted and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a moderate hit worldwide.
Overall it is evident that through the years Christina Aguilera has had many different styles not only in her music but also in her image. This has meant that over the years she has picked up new and different fans from many different countries. The forever changing image has kept people exited and guessing what her new sound could possibly be like to match her always extreme image change. She has gone from being an innocent little girl to a fresh face teenager that girls wanted to be and boys wanted to be with. She then broke out of her image bubble and showed a more raunchier side, this also caused her to have many successful singles. She then moved on to a 1920's look which was just as successful with the release of her album 'Back to Basics'. Since then she has become a mature woman, married, divorced and had child. This has caused her to explore other paths of her career such as acting and TV appearances. Who knows what her next big image or music change will be!
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