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Christina Aguilera has added another pair of heavyweight talents as collaborators for her upcoming fourth album, telling her Artist Personal Experience Radio station that she recently wrote songs with M.I.A. and Santigold, MTV reports. Aguilera has made it a habit of collaborating with some of the biggest female artists in the game now while working on her new album. As Rock Daily previously reported, she’s already hit the studio with Sia, Goldfrapp, Le Tigre and Ladytron, with whom Aguilera reportedly recorded a new version of Ladyhawke’s 2008 hit “My Delirium.”

“There’s no holds barred for anything,” Aguilera told Rolling Stone last year about her futuristic new album. “It’s really the future and can go anywhere. It’s exciting to challenge myself in that way and explore.” As for collaborating with Sia, Aguilera told RS before the pair hit the studio, “Her voice has a really cool sound to it. It’s really gritty and unique. I’m not exactly sure what we’re going to get when we go into a studio together. There’s probably magic to be had.”

And magic was had, as Christina Aguilera said on her A.P.E. channel, “[Sia and I] did a lot of work on this record together, and she’s just a complete gem. She’s truly just such a talented force to be reckoned with. And I so enjoyed her company, and I think we really created some super crazy magic together.”

No release date has been set yet for Aguilera’s forthcoming fourth album. Other rumored collaborators include the Neptunes, the Diplo & Switch alter ago Major Lazer and Aguilera’s Back to Basics producer Linda Perry. In addition to working on her new LP, as Rock Daily reported, Aguilera is also set to make her non-animation debut on the silver screen in the upcoming film Burlesque.

Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop musician. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel’s television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994. Aguilera signed to RCA Records after recording “Reflection” for the film Mulan. She came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera (1999), which was a commercial success spawning three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. A Latin pop album, Mi Reflejo (2001), and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success but she was displeased with her lack of input in her music and image.

After parting from her management, Aguilera took creative control over her second studio album Stripped (2002), which received mixed reviews and produced substantial sales. The second single, “Beautiful”, was a commercial success and sustained the album’s sales amidst controversy over Aguilera’s sexual image. Aguilera’s third studio album Back to Basics (2006), included elements of soul, jazz, and blues music, and was released to positive critical reception.

Aside from being known for her vocal ability, music videos and ever-changing image, musically, she includes themes of dealing with public scrutiny, her childhood, and female empowerment in her music. Apart from her work in music, she has also dedicated much of her time as a philanthropist for charities, human rights and world issues. Aguilera’s work has earned her numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award, amongst eighteen nominations. She has become one of the most successful recording artists of the decade, selling more than 42 million records worldwide.

Christina Aguilera: A Star is Made: The Unauthorized Biography, a biography book of the pop singer, focusing on her journey of self-discovery and struggle to find her artistic identity

Although much has been written about Christina Aguilera, this is the first analytical, serious and uncensored look at her life and rise to the pinnacle of the pop world. This biography reveals Christina Aguilera in a most intimate light, chronicling her early years, exploring her motivations and tracing the development of her career. It strips away the media hoopla and exposes the young woman at the center of it all.

No pop star has ever risen to the pinnacle of the music world and exploded onto the international scene with quite the same force, and with such an exciting frenzy as Christina Aguilera. A controversial and elusive figure, Aguilera has polarized and mesmerized audiences from the beginning. She took the world by storm garnering many accolades and recording industry awards, including three Grammys during her first three years as an RCA recording artist.

What people said about this book
“Christina Aguilera is lucky to have such a phenomenal biographer
in Pier Dominguez. He brings extraordinary gifts to his work.” — Kitty Kelley, #1 New York Times best-selling biographer of His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography and The Royals

“Christina’s transformation is detailed in a new unauthorized biography, A Star Is Made by 19-year- old Pier Dominguez.” — –The New York Post

Pier Dominguez is one of the best young writers I know. — Jack Olsen, New York Times best selling true crime author

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