Nothing beats to being one's true self and Christina Aguilera has proven to have beaten all odds for being real.

From the start, deep inside Christina is as aggressive as she is now, however, she has to go along the package that her manager wants to put her into, and yes you're right, Christina was at first packaged as the usual bubble gum teeny bopper that Britney Spears was into. And Christina was not a bit happy about it.

Hence, Christina took over the controls of her life in her second studio album Stripped, wherein she had the chance to project her true being, Christina was after all a sexually aggressive personality and she's not trying to hide it.

Although her album and explicitly sexual image received various reviews from critics and fanatics, the album raked in a sizeable market share and substantial sales and that's just what a girl like Christina Aguilera wants.

After rolling out the true Christina Aguilera behind that powerful voice, Christina opted to go Back to Basics with her third album of the apt title.

But before anything else, let's go into the details of Christina's journey to stardom.

As a child and an aspiring singer, Christina looked up to Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, Etta James, and Madonna as her inspiration and took her musical influences from these icons.

Her first taste of fame came when she was selected to record the song Reflection for Disney's Mulan in 1998. Christina Aguilera's rendition of Reflection paved way for her to earn a contract with RCA Records.

Her debut project with RCA spawned hits from Christina Aguilera including Genie in a Bottle, What A Girl Wants, Christina's Come on Over Baby, and I Turn To You.

Emphasizing her Latin lineage, Christina Aguilera released her Spanish album Mi Reflejo at the height of the Latin pop trend. The Latin album contained Spanish versions of her previous songs and new Spanish songs.

However, despite the positive response to her debut album, Christina Aguilera was not happy with the image that was created for her. She wanted to be herself prompting her to seek legal actions to terminate the management contract between her and her personal manager.

Eventually, Christina Aguilera was able to take control and released her second album entitled Stripped, which somehow created a stir among her fans and critics for the new Christina Aguilera before them. Actually it was not new but rather, the real Christina before them.

Christina Aguilera wrote most of the lyrics in Stripped which was blatantly influenced by different music styles including blues, soul, balladry, gospel, jazz, hip hop, and pop rock.

It was in Stripped that Christina Aguilera unleashed her sexual personality, which paved way for Christina Aguilera topless photoshoots for men's magazines such as Maxim, CosmoGirl!, and Rolling Stone.

Many of her photos showed Christina Aguilera undressed and posing in the nude or semi-nude saying such image was a better reflection of who she is and even called herself XTina to further portray her dark side. But she always insists porn are done only by Christina Aguilera fakes.

In the US, Christina's vulgar image was heavily criticized and was panned after the release of the Christina Aguilera Dirrty video. While the controversy helped push the video on the charts, the single was considered a failure.

However, the album's second single, Beautiful of Christina Aguilera was a huge hit that earned her a Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was followed thereafter by other huge hits of Christina Fighter and Can't Hold Us Down.

Despite the criticisms, Stripped managed to get a 4x platinum certification in the US selling over 10 million copies worldwide.

After exposing her true self, Christina Aguilera mellowed down with her third album Back to Basics which became a huge global hit with Christina's lead single Ain't No Other Man leading the success. She is also promoting the P.Diddy Christina Aguilera Tell Me collaborative track.

The second single Hurt of Christina Aguilera did as well peaking at the fourth highest spot on the charts while the third track Candyman of Christina currently entered the top 30 in the US and the UK.

Christina Aguilera mp3s hold the power, the power to attract music lovers, may she be a bubblegum pop artist or a sultry siren, it doesn't matter, Christina's talent is indeed indisputable.