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Joyful birthday, Christina Aguilera!
The pop star took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 18, to mark her forty fourth with a topless portrait. Within the black-and-white picture, Aguilera strikes a sultry pose, crouching on a ground along with her facet to the digicam, her platinum blonde curls grazing her naked shoulders. She sports activities a black leather-based newsboy hat, black brief shorts, strappy heels and dramatic make-up.
“Birthday Go well with #44,” Aguilera captioned her submit.
Naturally, her followers went wild within the remark part.
“Joyful Birthday, LEGENDTINA, THE BEST SINGER IN THIS F—— WORLD,” one fan gushed.
One other wrote: “Getting older in years, however youthful in look is what I’m speaking about!!!!”
Aguilera, who gained 5 Grammy Awards throughout her Y2K heyday, accomplished a nine-month Vegas residency in August. Three months later, she carried out a shock duet with Sabrina Carpenter throughout Carpenter’s Quick ‘N Candy Tour live performance in Los Angeles.
On the time, Aguilera strutted into the venue, carrying a black bustier and over-the-knee silver boots whereas performing a vocal riff that launched a rendition of “Ain’t No Different Man.” Carpenter, 25, subsequently joined her at heart stage to finish the quantity, per social media footage. In addition they sang Aguilera’s “What a Woman Desires.”
In November, Aguilera shared a uncommon snap of her household of 4 by way of Instagram. The “Genie in a Bottle” singer posed along with her fiancé, Matthew Rutler, and her two kids, son Max, 16, and daughter Summer time, 10. (Aguilera welcomed Max with ex-husband Jordan Bratman in 2008 and shares Summer time with Rutler, 39.)
“On the best way to highschool the opposite day along with her dad, [Summer] mentioned, ‘Once I develop up, I wish to both be Mama’s photographer or Mama’s supervisor.’ It’s so humorous,” Aguilera advised Vogue earlier this yr. “So we advised Will.i.am that [when he came to see the show], and he was like, ‘Oh, my God, she’s your daught-ager.’ So daught-ager is the phrase of the yr. It’s simply so cute.”
Aguilera spoke about her journey with motherhood in an interview with Haute Dwelling in 2019, explaining how she balances her household and profession with a view to create a secure life for her youngsters.
“I made the choice for fairly a while to not tour for some time as a result of I assumed it was the perfect factor to make a extra secure, routine life for my kids,” she mentioned on the time. “Even after I took the spot on [The Voice], it wasn’t actually one thing I needed to pursue. I simply determined, ‘It retains me in L.A. and in a spot the place I can deal with my youngsters.’”
She added, “Every little thing I’ve just about determined to do has been influenced by [my kids], however on the similar time, I must make it possible for I don’t lose myself and that I at all times keep grounded in what’s necessary for me.”