Unknown facts of popular pop/R&B singer and songwriter - Christina Aguilera

Was named the worst dressed artist of the year at Thursday's (February 13) NME Awards in England. (February 19, 2003)

Her parents separated when Aguilera was 6 and friends say she has virtually no contact with her father. (November 12, 2002)

Was not permitted to get her ears pierced when she was a little girl, but now she has some 11 piercings (in every place one could imagine). (November 6, 2002)

Her Dirrty video is being criticized in Thailand and it's not for her scanty outfit -- the protests are aimed at posters in the video that allude to Thailand's sex industry. (October 18, 2002)

Admitted she suffered a nervous breakdown earlier this year caused by the brutality of the music industry. (October 12, 2002)

Dirty was produced and written by Aguilera and Rockwilder (who co-produced last year's hit remake of Lady Marmalade) and features rapping by Redman.

Can't Hold Us Down is a rousing track inspired by the verbal abuse she has received from Eminem and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst.

By the time she was 10, Christina was singing the National Anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins.

With fans ranging beyond the teen market, she has shown that this 'Genie in a Bottle' has been released - and is soaring.

When she attended her senior prom with her boyfriend, the envious attendees walked off the dance floor when her song Genie In a Bottle played. (1999)

Her mother is Irish and her father is Ecuadorian.

Was listed the Top 20 in FHM Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women. (2001)

Suing Warlock Records, Platinum Recording Group and producers Robert Allecca and Michael Brown to prevent them from releasing Just Be Free, a demo compilation she recorded when she was just 14 years old. (May 2001)