American singer Christina Aguilera's recording career began in 1994 at the age of thirteen, following the cancellation of The Mickey Mouse Club . Between 1994 and 1995, Aguilera recorded a series of songs, which were eventually released as a demo album under the name Just Be Free (2001). She also moved to Japan and recorded a duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi titled "All I Wanna Do". She returned to the United States and in 1998, she signed a contract with RCA Records and was chosen to perform the song "Reflection" for the soundtrack of the 1998 Disney animated feature Mulan . She followed this with albums Christina Aguilera (1999), Mi Reflejo (2000), My Kind of Christmas (2000), Stripped (2002), Back to Basics (2006), Bionic (2010), Lotus (2012), Liberation (2018) and Aguilera (2022).
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She has recorded and released many songs throughout her career, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 various times with the songs "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", "Lady Marmalade" and "Moves Like Jagger". She has also had various songs reach the top ten on the same chart including "I Turn to You", "Beautiful", "Ain't No Other Man", "Keeps Gettin' Better", "Feel This Moment" and "Say Something". Her songs have been inspired by a wide variety of genres including pop, R&B, soul, hip hop, rock, Latin, jazz, electronic, dance-pop, amongst others. Her song themes have also been diverse and controversial with her song "Dirrty" facing controversy for its sexual nature. The song also reached number one in the United Kingdom. Other songs of Aguilera which have charted on the Hot 100 include, "The Christmas Song", "Fighter", "Can't Hold Us Down", "The Voice Within", "Car Wash", "Hurt", "Candyman", "Not Myself Tonight" and "Your Body".
