A leader in the parade of Mickey Mouse Club veterans
who stormed pop at the turn of the millennium, Christina Aguilera was the sexy,
brassy diva of the bunch -- the Rolling Stones to Britney Spears’ Beatles, as
it were. Initially, it was difficult to see Christina outside of the prism of
Britney, whose 1999 success launched the new millennium's teen pop boom, but
Christina’s big hits of 1999 -- “Genie in a Bottle,” “What a Girl Wants,” “Come
on Over” -- more than held their own with “Baby One More Time,” while revealing
a vocalist with considerably more power and range than her erstwhile rival.
Soon, Aguilera distanced herself from the rest of the teen pop pack beginning
with her carnal sophomore set, Stripped, a heavy R&B album from 2002 that
found its greatest success with the ballad “Beautiful.” Christina may have
overemphasized her sexual side with singles like “Dirrtty,” but by the time of
2006’s Back to Basics, it was clear that Aguilera was the most musically
ambitious, and reliable, pop diva of the boom.Listen song here:YouTube
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