Christina Aguilera She has become one of the most successful singers in the industry with more than 30 years of experience, during which time she has had to fight against discrimination due to her Latin origins and as proof of this are the times that producers tried to force her to change. his last name.
The 41-year-old singer appeared at the 2022 Billboard Awards with one of her songs in Spanish, part of her new album “La Luz”projects with which he pays homage expresses pride in his heritage and in Latin music.
During a conference in Miami, the singer revealed that throughout her career she had to fight to keep her Latin surname, Well, some producers tried to convince her to change it because it can be “difficult to pronounce” for some people.
“I have a name that they have tried to take away from me numerous times in this business. It’s not the easiest name for everyone to pronounce. He has been abused and slaughtered many times, but I prefer not to reveal the bad names that have been suggested to me since then. But I said no, that I am Aguilera, that I am proud of my origin. My father is from Ecuador. It is authenticity and it is very important to me. Why not close the circle of all the chapters with a name, my name!
CHRISTINA AGUILERA
The also composer caught the eye during this year’s Billboard awards with her voice when interpreting “La Reina”, a song in Spanish that it is part of her most recent album and that she wears a mariachi style with which she was once proud of Latin music.
“I am excited to present my songs in Spanish to the Latin audience here, where I recorded them”Aguilera said when talking about her single “No es que te Extrastre” which would be dedicated to her father from whom she was estranged for a long time while her career grew.
The singer is the daughter of Fausto Xavier Aguilera, an Ecuadorian military man, and Shelly Loraine Fidler, an Irish violinist from whom she inherited her passion and talent in music.. She has lived in different parts of the world such as Japan, Holland and Mexico before settling in the United States with her family.
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