The Biography

Christina Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York at December 18, 1980. Her birth name was Christina Maria Aguilera. Her father Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army at the time and her mother Shelly Loraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher. Aguilera's father is Ecuadorian born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, while her mother is of Irish descent (Christina's maternal grandmother emigrated from County Clare.) Aguilera lived with her father and mother until she was seven years old. When Aguilera's parents divorced, her mother took her, and her younger sister Rachel, to her grandmother's home in Wexford, Pennsylvania, a White-collar suburb outside of Pittsburgh. According to both Aguilera and Fidler, her father was very controlling, as well as physically and emotionally abusive. She later wrote about her difficult childhood in the songs "I'm OK" in Stripped, and "Oh Mother" in Back to Basics. As a child, Aguilera aspired to be a singer, she was known locally as "the little girl with the big voice," singing in local talent shows and competitions. Her musical influences included Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, and Madonna. At the age of fourteen, Aguilera recorded her first song, "All I Wanna Do," a hit duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi. In 1997, she represented the United States at the "Golden Stag" International Festival with a two-song set which included Sheryl Crow and Diana Ross In 1998, she sang the High "E" in full voice (E5) on a cover of Whitney Houston's "Run to You" which she recorded with a tape recorder in her bathroom. She was then selected to record the song "Reflection" for the Disney production of Mulan (1998). Recording "Reflection" led to Aguilera earning a contract with RCA Records the same week. "Reflection" peaked within the top twenty on the Adult Contemporary Singles Chart, and it was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song" in 1998. Her singles "Genie in a Bottle," "What a Girl Wants" and "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" topped the Billboard Hot 100 during 1999 and 2000, and "I Turn to You" reached #3. She ended the year on MTV's 2 Large New Year's Special, as she performed and was MTV's first artist of the millennium. Aguilera won the "Best New Artist" award at the 2000 Grammys, and she was nominated for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for "Genie in a Bottle." Aguilera first emphasized her Latin heritage by releasing her first Spanish album, Mi Reflejo on September 12, 2000. This album contained Spanish versions of songs from her English debut as well as new Spanish tracks. Aguilera also released a Christmas album on October 24, 2000 called My Kind of Christmas. In 2001, Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink were chosen to remake Labelle's 1975 single "Lady Marmalade" for the film Moulin Rouge! and its sound.

Come On Over (All I Want Is You)

* C?mon over, c'mon over, baby [x4]

Hey, boy, don't you know I've got something going on (yes, I do)
All my friends are gonna come gonna party all night long
I know, you know, I just want us to go
The fun we'll have fun you'll never be alone

So boy, wont you come
We will party till the dawn
Listen to me

** All I want is you (come over here baby)
All I want is you (you make me go crazy)
All I want is you (you better cross the line)
I'm gonna love you right (all I want is you)

[Repeat *]

I want you to know you could be the one for me (yes, you could)
You've got all I'm looking for; you've got personality
I know, you know, I'm gonna give more
But boy you know, I never felt this way before
So, boy wont you come
So, boy won't you come
And open the door?

[Repeat **]

I want you, I need you
You know that I believe you
We got it, you know it
So, if its real, just show it

[Repeat **]

What A Girl Wants

What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever makes me happy and sets you free
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms

I wanna thank you for giving me time to breathe
Like a rock, you waited so patiently
While I got it together, while I figured it out
I only looked, but I never touched
'Cause in my heart was a picture of us
Holding hands, making plans
And it's lucky for me, you understand

* What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever makes me happy and sets you free
And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thanking you for being there for me

A weaker man might have walked away
But you had faith strong enough
To move over and understand while I got it together
While I figured it out
They say, "If you love something, let it go
If it comes back, it's yours; that's how you know."
It's for keeps, yeah, it's for sure
And you're ready and willing to give me more

[Repeat *]

A girl needs somebody
Somebody sensitive and tough
Somebody there when the going gets rough
Every night he'll be giving his love
To just one girl, one girl, one
Somebody cool but real tender too
Somebody, baby, just like you
Can keep me hanging around with
The one who always knew
And I'm thanking you
For being there for me

[Repeat * , *]

And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly...
And I'm thanking you for being there for me...

Reflection

Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside

I am now
In a world where I
Have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else
For all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside

There's a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know the reason why

Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else
For all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside

I Turn To You

When I'm lost in the rain
In your eyes I know
I'll find the light to light my way
When I'm scared, losing ground
When my world is going crazy
You can turn it all around (yes)
and when I'm down you're there
Pushing me to the top
You're always there giving me all you've got

(chorus)
For a shield from the storm
For a friend
For a love to keep me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
For the will to carry on_
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you

When I lose the will to win
I just reach for you
And I can reach the sky again
I can do anything
'Cuz you love is so amazing
'Cuz your love inspires me
And when I need a friend
You're always on my side
Giving me faith, taking me through the night

(chorus)
For a shield from the storm
For a friend
For a love to keep me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
For the will to carry on_
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you

For the arms to be my shelter
Through all the rain
For truth that will never change
For someone to lean on
For a heart I can rely on through anything
For that one who I can turn to

(chorus)
For a shield from the storm
For a friend
For a love to keep me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength to be strong
For the will to carry on_
For everything you do
For everything that's true
for everything you do
for everything thats true
I turn to youuuuu

Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti

Ahora que ya mi vida se encuentra normal
que tengo en casa quien sue?a con verme llegar
Ahora puedo decir que me encuentro de pie
ahora que me va muy bien

Ahora que con el tiempo logr? superar
aquel amor que por poco me llega a matar
ahora ya no hay m?s dolor
Ahora al fin vuelvo a ser yo

Chorus:
Pero me acuerdo de ti
y otra vez pierdo la calma
Pero me acuerdo de ti
y se me desgarra el alma
Pero me acuerdo de ti
y se borra mi sonrisa
Pero me acuerdo de ti
y mi mundo se hace trizas

Ahora que mi futuro comienza a brillar
ahora que me han devuelto la seguridad
ahora ya no hay m?s dolor
ahora al fin vuelvo a ser yo

Chorus

Lady Marmalade

[Lil' Kim]
Whereas all my soul sisters? Lemma hear y'all flow sistas.

[Girls] Hey sisters, go sisters, soul sisters, flow sister (x2)

[Mya] He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Struttin? her stuff on the street
She said, "Hello, hey Joe. You wanna give it a go?" (Oh, oh)

[Girls] Giuchie giuchie ya ya da da (Hey, hey, hey)
Giuchie giuchie ya ya here (here)
Mocca choca lata ya ya (oh yeah)

[Mya] Creole Lady Marmalade ohhhh

[Lil' Kim] What What, What What

[Girls] Voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?
Voulez vous couchez avec moi?

[Pink] He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that magnolia wine
On her black satin sheet is where he started to freak yeah

[Girls] Giuchie giuchie ya ya da da (da da da)
Giuchie giuchie ya ya here, oh yeah (here ohooo yea yeah)
Mocca choca lata ya ya

[Lil' Kim] Yea yea

[Pink] Creole Lady Marmalade

[Girls] Voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?
(ce soir, [Lil' KIm] what what what)
Voulez vous couchez avec moi?

[Lil' Kim] Yeeiah, yeeiah, ugh
He come through with the money in the garter belts
Let 'em know we got that cake, straight out the gate
We independent women, some mistake us for whores
We say, "Why spend mine, when I can spend yours?"
Disagree? Well that's you and I'm sorry
I'm gonna keep playin' these cats out like Atari
Wearing high heel shoes, gettin' love from the dudes
Four bad-ass chicks from the Moulin Rouge

[Girls] Hey sisters, soul sisters, better get that dough sisters

[Lil' Kim] We drink wine with diamonds in the glass
By the case, the meaning of expensive taste
We wanna giuchie giuchie ya ya, mocca choca lata
Creole Lady Marmalade

One more time, c'mon

[Girls] Marmalade, Lady
Marmalade Marmalade

[Christina] ohh..ohhhhhh....

[Christina] Hey, Hey, Heeeeeyyyy
Touch of her skin feelin' silky smooth hey
Color of caf? au lait, all right
Made the savage beast inside roar until he cried

[Lil' Kim ..girls] More (more), more (more), more

[Pink and Christina] Now he's back home doin' nine to five (Nine to five)

[Mya] Livin' the gray flannel life

[Christina] But when he turns off to sleep, memories creep
[Lil' Kim..Girls] More (more), more (more), more

[Girls] Giuchie giuchie ya ya da da (da da da)
Giuchie giuchie ya ya here, oh yeah
Mocca choca lata ya ya (here ohooo yea yeah)

[Christina] Creole Lady Marmalade

[Girls] Voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?
Voulez vous couchez avec moi?

[Mya] All my sisters, yeah.

[Girls] Voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?
Voulez vous couchez avec moi?

[Missy] Christina

[Christina] Moulin...Ooooh

[Missy] Pink

[Pink] Ladyyyyyy Marmalade

[Missy] Lil' Kim

[Lil' Kim] Hey, hey, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh

[Missy] Mya

[Mya] Oh, oh, ohhhhhhhh Marmalade

[Missy] Rock-wilder baby

[Pink] Baby

[Missy] Moulin Rouge

[Christina] Ooh, ohhhh

[Mya] Da doot da doot

[Missy] Misdemeanor here

[Girls] Creole Lady Marmalade, Yes-Ahhh!

El Beso Del Final

Hay, en mi coraz?n, una inquietud
hoy te veo tan distante
hay, algo que me aleja de tu amor
de repente t? cambiaste
hoy insegura estoy
el estar sin ti, s? que me har? sufrir

Chorus:
Anoche yo sent? que me besaste diferente
y me qued? sin saber qu? hacer
yo te conozco y s? que algo no anda bien
ven, dime la verdad
no quiero imaginar
que fue el beso del final

No s? por qu? ha cambiado tu actitud
ojal? que todo sea un error
no quiero comprobar que te perd?
ni que nuestro amor se acabe
oigo una voz que se hunde en m?
que me vuelve a repetir
lo que no quiero o?r

Chorus

Hoy insegura estoy
el estar sin ti, s? que me har? sufrir

Chorus x2

Mi Reflejo

Para ti
lo que ves en m?
es la realidad
Mas t? no conoces
el papel, que la vida
me hace actuar
Siendo as?
yo puedo burlar
mi mundo exterior
pero al coraz?n jam?s

Hoy no reconoc?
a quien vi, frente a m?
mi reflejo no mostr?
quien soy en verdad

Un d?a m?s
que mi coraz?n
tengo que ocultar
todo mi sentir
Al final
sabr?n como soy
que pienso en verdad
ese d?a llegar?

Hoy no reconoc?
a quien vi, frente a m?
esa en mi reflejo
s? que no soy yo

No quiero aparentar
quiero ser
realidad
Mi reflejo no mostr?
quien soy en verdad

Y mi coraz?n quiere sentir, volar
no soy, como quiero no
y voy a cambiar
No debe ser as?
El fingir, no es vivir
La que veo frente a m?
no aguanta m?s

Ya no voy a ocultar
la que soy
nunca m?s
Un buen d?a
el amor
me rescatar?
Y ese d?a
quien soy yo
Se reflejar?

Candyman

Candy man, candy man...

Sweet sugar candy man [whispered]

I met him out for dinner on a Friday night
He really got me working up an appetite
He had tattoos up and down his arm
There's nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm
He's a one stop jive, makes my panties drop
He's a swinging rockin sugar coated candy man
A sweet rockin sugar coated candy man

Ooo yeah..

He took me to this cotton club on Hollywood and Vine
We drank champagne and we danced all night
?

He's a one stop job, make my cherry pop
He's a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man
A sweet rockin sugar coated candy man

Se bop bop
Hey yeah
...

He's a one stop job, makes my cherry pop
He's a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man oh
a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man

Woo yeah

... ? hot
... ? hit the spot
... ? tastes like sugar cane
Good things come to boys who wait

Candy man can...
Candy man Candy man
...Bottle of vodka covered wine (?)
Candy man, candy man

Sweet sugar candy man [whispered]
He's a one stop, gotcha hot, makin all the panties drop
Sweet sugar candy man [whispered]
He's a one stop, got me hot, my my egh pop
Sweet sugar candy man [whispered]
He's a one stop, get it while it's hot, baby don't stop
Sweet sugar candy man [whispered]

He's got ?hips? like sugar cane
Good things come for boys who wait

He's a one stop job with a real big egh
He's a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man
Sh bop, a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man
a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man
a sweet rockin sugar coated candy man

Candy man, candy man