Christina Aguilera says early on her career execs wanted her to go by the name Christina Agee

[Jordan Miller]

Christina Agee

Christina Aguilera says record execs at the start of her career wanted to rename her to that. I-

“I remember when I was first coming up, there was a big debate around me on changing my last name because all the businessmen around me thought it was too long, too complicated, and too ethnic,” Christina told Billboard.

“‘Christina Agee‘ was an option, but that clearly wasn’t going to fly. I was dead set against the idea and I wanted to represent who I really was. Being Latina, it is a part of my heritage and who I am,” she added.

“There was another time in my childhood when I was being asked to legally change my name to my stepfather’s to be legally adopted and I was again dead set against it,” Christina said. “I’ve been fighting for my last name my whole life.”

Can you imagine if she went by that and not Aguilera?!

[jordeezy river red]

Ewww that's awful even though 9 year old me could never spell her last name right to look up her song lyrics back in the day 

[Rojo]

How do we even pronounce Agee ? 

[S0ggyBiscuit]

We love a fighter!!!

[PokemonSpears]

15 minutes ago, wehoyon771 said:

How do we even pronounce Agee ? 

I supposed like "Agui-" from Aguilera  (well, at least how we pronounce it in Latin America) 

[MyLittlePopstar]

Wow, that would’ve been embarrassing. Good for her doing that when she was so young. 

[OnlyBeyonce]

everything  about her is so embarrassing 

[Blackout2006]

Omg I- 

[Stefani]

More like Christina A-kii.

[RadicalOptimism]

I’m glad she didn’t. Growing up it was nice having an artist with a Spanish last name be that popular. We also had Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez, but when the pickings were slim, having more representation was nice 

[Brat]

Ageeleria 

[LELE]

i think is a hard to pronounce surname for one whose native language is english,i don't see anything wrong with the name change.I mean if my mother tongue were English, `` Charlie Sheen '' would be easier to pronounce than `` Carlos Estevez ''.

 

[CHAOTIC STYLE.]

Christina Ageeloustina 

[IvanFatale]

She is Latina? 

[autumngoodbye91]

That is... gross. Good on her that she stood up for herself & her identity & heritage, must have been terrifying when she was so young and in an industry where power relations are so tragically unequal.

[OnlyFacts]

Well now she goes by the name “Flop of Pop”. 
 

new thread about the flop of pop:

[ColdAsFire88]

26 minutes ago, deadcrocodiletears said:

I feel like the problem is that so many people have tried to deny her of her heritage which disgusts me.

Like for example, I was having a discussion with my housemate who is also half Latina and she went on about how Christina doesn't actually speak Spanish. I brought up how she has this entire album in Spanish and she didn't seem all that impressed. I guess my point is, people try to discredit her due to it being her second language but it doesn't take away from how it resonates with her. Like I'm Indian and I struggle with Hindi, it comes with the territory of being a 1st/2nd generation settler. I am glad she fought for this.

I like Christina Aguilera and I have appreciated her enthusiasm for her latina roots but something about it feels inauthentic to me  I am also bi-racial and I am a first generation Mexican citizen in the US on my mothers side. While I understand your point I have to say that I agree with your roomie. Christina doesn't even speak Spanish and she released a spanish album  

IDK i hope someone can prove me wrong but it just seems like she brings up her heritage when its convenient for her or when she wants to stand out more  I’ve never heard her speak spanish, talk about food she cooks, is she teaching her kids spanish? I mean I get what she says but I speak spanish, had my mom teach me how to cook mexican food. Hell, I moved to Mexico just so I could know my roots even more. She probably cant do that but it just seems like she brings it up to expand her fanbase or sales 

[OnlyFacts]

4 minutes ago, ColdAsFire88 said:

I like Christina Aguilera and I have appreciated her enthusiasm for her latina roots but something about it feels inauthentic to me  I am also bi-racial and I am a first generation Mexican citizen in the US on my mothers side. While I understand your point I have to say that I agree with your roomie. Christina doesn't even speak Spanish and she released a spanish album  

IDK i hope someone can prove me wrong but it just seems like she brings up her heritage when its convenient for her or when she wants to stand out more  I’ve never heard her speak spanish, talk about food she cooks, is she teaching her kids spanish? I mean I get what she says but I speak spanish, had my mom teach me how to cook mexican food. Hell, I moved to Mexico just so I could know my roots even more. She probably cant do that but it just seems like she brings it up to expand her fanbase or sales 

She either wants to be Britney, Gaga, Shakira, or a contestant on rupauls drag race (not shade, one of my favorite shows). She never found her true identity. Always in the shadow of others or trying to replicate what someone else has always done
 

[SloppyToppyGoddess]

I dont get why the OP and others find this funny? You know how insulting and racist this is? Older execs basically telling her the public wont like you because of your heritage; you're too ethnic. I'm not gonna lie, I'm sick of reading comments where people want to be so woke when it comes to BLM (which we all should support) but then some of same members here make microaggressions toward the Latin community all the time. Look at the mocking posts in this thread alone. I've seen multiple times people calling Selena Gomez "Salsa".  

Honestly if this was Lupita Nyong'o sharing the exact story, would her name be mocked the way Christina's is here? Would you not think of how racist it is when someone tries to give you a new name to redirect from your ethnic heritage? 

[monkeystar88]

I think regardless of her authenticity she did bring a new face for Latin culture which is positive especially at that time. It wouldn't hurt for her to start embracing Latin culture. She should really learn Spanish and start working with more Latin artists that could maybe actually be the revival for her career she thought she'd get from The Voice.