Christina Milian

Christina Milian Biography

Christina Milian was born on September 26, 1981 to Cuban native parents in New Jersey and raised in Maryland, Christina has had her eyes on the prize since she was only four years old. "I remember as a kid watching TV and I'd try to get inside of the television. That's how much I wanted to be a star!"


When she was young she landed a role in a musical theater play and later parlayed that into a recurring part on the Disney Channel's 'Movie Surfers.'


When she was 13 she and her mother moved to Los Angeles.


Milian's first significant role was as a reporter on the Disney Channel's Movie Surfers show in 1998 billed as Tina Flores. While in this role, she also appeared in minor roles in the movies A Bug's Life and American Pie and in guest appearances on the television series Charmed, Clueless, Get Real, and The Amanda Show.


In 2000 Christina gained worldwide fame when her girlish vocals were showcased on Ja Rule's #1 hit "Between Me and You". Soon everyone was wondering who was that girl singing the hook and Christina's star began to rise.

Music career

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  Christina Milian became seriously involved in music after singing on Ja Rule's "Between Me and You," in addition to co-writing Jennifer Lopez's "Play" and P.Y.T.'s "Same Ol Same Ol" while recording her self-titled RB/pop debut album in 2001.


• In 2001, Milian released her first solo single, "AM To PM", off her self-titled debut album. It became a worldwide hit reaching the top 5 in the UK and Denmark, top 10 in the Netherlands, and top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia. The success of "AM To PM" sparked the international release of the Christina Milian album, although not in the U.S. The second single "When You Look At Me" was another international hit reaching the top 5 in the UK, Netherlands, and Ireland and making the top 40 in Denmark, Australia, and France.The third single Get Away had a video but wasn't released. She was also featured on the track "It's All Gravy", a duet with Romeo of the garage group So Solid Crew. It was another UK top ten hit single in 2002. She also wrote and sang the theme song for the Disney series Kim Possible, "Call Me Beep Me" later that year.
  It's About Time (2004)
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  It's About Time (2004)


• In 2003, Milian recorded songs for her first U.S. album, It's About Time, which is a reference to how long it had taken for one of her albums to be released in the U.S. The first single, "Dip It Low", was written by Teedra Moses and Poli Paul, who has also written songs for the Black Eyed Peas. The first single reached #1 on a world composite dance chart (compiled on data from the U.S., UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Australia), #2 in the UK, #5 in the U.S., and the top 40 in Australia. The second single, "Whatever U Want", features Joe Budden and once again reached the top 10 in the UK as well as charting on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200 and ended up with lackluster sales, selling 382,000 copies.
  
• Her third album So Amazin' was released on May 16, 2006. The entire production was done by Cool & Dre, with additional help from Rich Harrison. The record's first single Say I has been released in March as a single and video; it features Young Jeezy. The single currently is on his latest mixtape, "Can't Ban the Snowman," [4][5] and is having success within the mixtape scene causing many DJ's to place it on their compilations too ("Southern Smoke" for example[6]). In December a song called "Who's Gonna Ride" has been giving to some DJs and caused to leaked to the internet.
  So Amazin (2006)
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  So Amazin (2006)


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  According to MTV, Christina recorded a track (Who's Gonna Ride) dissing her ex-boyfriend. It was due to the reason they broke up. Nick says even though the track was recorded, he still considers being her friend. Recently the "Say I" video made it to number one BET's 106 & Park and the single is currently a Top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. It also made it to number 1 on iTunes UK Music Store and was number 1 on AOL music. In a recent radio interview she confirmed that her new single will be Gonna Tell Everybody. In June 2006, Milian's representative confirmed that she had left the Island Def Jam record label. She says this was due to creative differences, but disappointing album sales are believed to be a factor.[7] It is rumoured that she will be signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label.

Personal life
In the summer of 2005, Milian broke up with actor Nick Cannon after being together for nearly two and a half years. In an interview with Angie Martinez, she spoke about how she found out about Cannon cheating on her. Apparently while she was away filming a movie in Romania, she attempted to log in to his t-mobile account by entering in random passwords. After lucking out with one of the passwords, she was able to read all of the messages he sent out and received to and from other women. When she returned back to the states, she decided to play it cool before hitting him with the news that she knew he was cheating.

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