Christina Aguilera Gallery

Christina Aguilera has powerful voice and frequently blends elements of pop, R&B, dance-pop and soul music into her projects. Her records typically include a combination of ballads and uptempo tracks.

In a review for Liberation, Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented on Aguilera's vocal versatility: "Nothing less than high drama suits Christina Aguilera's voice. She can be brassy, tearful, sultry, gritty, breathy, sweet or furious. She can belt and she can tease; she can aim a note as directly as a missile or turn its trajectory into an aerobatic spiral of leaping, quivering, scalloping melismas. Her voice is not an instrument for making modest statements; it's about peaks of self-affirmation, indescribable sensual pleasures, steely counterattacks and abysses of sorrow".

Christina Aguilera has credited blues singer Etta James as her main influence and inspiration, and she also named Madonna, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as her primary influences, stating that she attempted to combine Madonna's artistry with Houston's and Carey's vocal ability.

In November 2008, Rolling Stone placed Aguilera at number 58 on its list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, writing that "[Aguilera] has had the finesse and power of a blues queen ever since she was a child star". In November 2010, Aguilera was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In October 2012, Aguilera's costumes and video collection was included on the "Women Who Rock" exhibition by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. That same year, VH1 named Aguilera the eighth greatest woman in the music industry.

At the 2013 People's Choice Awards, Aguilera was awarded the People's Voice Award, which recognized her ability to reach people across various genres. Also in 2013, Aguilera was one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. In the article for the magazine, Celine Dion wrote, "Without a doubt, [Aguilera]'s one of the most talented artists the world has ever seen and heard, and I think she's going to continue to amaze us for many, many years to come."