After a six-year hiatus, Christina Aguilera finds her 'Liberation'
In the 20 years since Christina Aguilera's arrival helped usher in a new era of pop, the performer has shown she's unafraid of transformation.
Aguilera famously torched the bubblegum teen-pop image crafted for her with a pair of leather chaps and edgier genre-blending music that announced a young woman in full control of her agency. It shocked America and the then 21-year-old singer was slut-shamed by critics, peers and even Tina Fey.
At one point she took her cues from the styles of the 1920s-1940s, committing wholly to a vintage pinup aesthetic to match the modern take on vintage jazz, soul and blues she was exploring.
She's assumed the role of a cyborg, channeled Marilyn Monroe and Marilyn Manson - for the same project - and reemerged as a blissed-out earth mother.
Shapeshifting has always been a part of Aguilera's charm, but her real appeal lies in that voice.
With a fiery range that recalled early Whitney Houston, Aguilera was able to separate herself from the pack of
