{"id":82705,"date":"2022-09-30T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/christina-aguilera-says-record-execs-repeatedly-told-her-to-change-her-last-name\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:15:10","slug":"christina-aguilera-says-record-execs-repeatedly-told-her-to-change-her-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/christina-aguilera-says-record-execs-repeatedly-told-her-to-change-her-last-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Aguilera Says Record Execs Repeatedly Told Her To Change Her Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christina Aguilera’s latest album is a celebration of her heritage \u2015 in more ways than one. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unveiled this spring, \u201cAguilera\u201d is the five-time Grammy winner’s second Spanish-language album following 2000’s \u201cMi Reflejo.\u201d Though the 12-song set’s title seems almost like a no-brainer, the pop star said in an interview timed to Billboard Latin Music Week that it was partially inspired by her early days in the music business, when record executives repeatedly suggested she drop her surname. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI’m proud to be an Aguilera,\u201d she explained to HOLA! magazine. \u201cSomething that I really embody and understand is that, you know, this is a name that has been tried to be taken away from me on numerous occasions coming up in this business.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At first, Aguilera wasn’t too fazed by the suggestion, acknowledging that her surname has \u201cbeen butchered a lot\u201d as it’s \u201cnot the easiest name for everyone to pronounce.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She also didn’t identify any specific executives who’d pushed for the change, and noted that she’d prefer to keep the \u201cbad names that I could have been\u201d to herself. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Christina Aguilera in 1999. <\/figcaption>
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Walter McBride via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Still, changing it was never an option. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBut I was like no, I’m Aguilera, I’m proud of where I come from,\u201d she said. \u201cMy father being from Ecuador.\u201d As for the new album, she added, \u201cWhy not come full circle in all of the chapters and close it on a name, my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Of course, any doubts that Aguilera could conquer the music business as her true self were quickly proven unfounded. Her 1999 self-titled debut album went on to sell 14 million copies worldwide, according to Billboard, boosted by the No. 1 singles \u201cGenie In A Bottle\u201d and \u201cWhat A Girl Wants.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As for \u201cAguilera,\u201d the album has received mostly positive reviews and landed two nominations at the 2022 Latin Grammys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n