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media type="youtube" key="pkVfANH5Zrc" width="420" height="315" Christina Aguilera is 34, turning 35 on December 18. She was born in the year 1980, Staten Island, New York U.S. Christina’s middle name is Maria and her occupation is a singer, songwriter, actress, TV personality and a philanthropist. Her home towns are Rochester and Wexford, Pennsylvania, U.S. She was married in 2005 but divorced in 2011. She was married to Jordan Bratman. She is now engaged to Matthew Rutler from 2010 to now. She has 2 children, Max Liron Bratman her son and Summer Rain Rutler, daughter. The genres she sings is pop, R&B and Soul. Christina’s first album was self titled, Christina Aguilera. It was released August 24, 1999 and was recorded from May 1998 to March 1999. When Christina was growing she aspired to be a singer, known locally as “the little girl with a big voice”. She sang in local talent shows and competitions and won her first talent show at the age of 8 years old and performed Whitney Houston’s “ I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)”. She appeared on Star Search in 1990, singing “A Sunday kind of love”, but was eliminated during the semi final rounds. Before Christina was home schooled due to bullying, she attended North Allegheny Intermediate High School.

Bound to You analysis:
 * Introduction, Verse, Pre Chorus, Chorus, Verse, Pre Chorus, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus, Outro
 * Piano, Vocals, Strings (Violins, Cello etc.), Drums, Bass
 * The tempo of the piece is adagio, slowly; at ease and the time signature is 6/8
 * The tempo stays the same throughout the whole song
 * The song begins of soft, but begins to build up loudly near the end of the bridge and in the final chorus
 * The instruments do not always play at the same time. It begins with the piano, then the vocals join in. It builds up at the beginning of the pre chorus
 * There are no effects on the instruments
 * There is no instrumental solo in 'Bound to you'
 * Aguilera harmonises over the top of herself, but only in the second verse a few times and in the pre chorus
 * 2 beats per bar, each of 3 quavers
 * The song is a minor song, as there are multiple minor chords as well as major chords, but more minor chords then there are major
 * The texture of the piece changes throughout the song. The song begins with a very thin layer, but builds up in the chorus and more in the second verse. It builds up the most in the bridge, therefore the texture of the piece is not constant
 * The chord pattern is different in the verse, chorus and the bridge.
 * The highest point in the song is in the bridge. The bridge is the most powerful section in this song, mainly where Christina sings, 'Come this far just to fall? Fall?


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Beautiful analysis:
 * Introduction, Verse, Chorus, Instrumental, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus, Outro
 * Piano, Vocals, Strings (Violins, Cello etc.), Drums
 * The tempo of the piece is not fast but not slow, in between the two. The time signature is 4/4
 * The tempo is the same throughout the entire song
 * The song starts of softly and gradually builds up loudly in the chorus and the bridge
 * The instruments are not always playing at the same time. It begins with vocals, piano and strings. The drums are then added in the second verse and stop playing as the final chorus is finishing
 * The instruments have no effects
 * There is an instrumental section between the first chorus and the second verse, where all the instruments play
 * The harmonies in 'Beautiful' are sung by Christina herself
 * 4 beats per, each of 4 crotchets
 * The song is a major song. The song has multiple major chords, as well as minor but more major chords then minor
 * The texture of the piece is not constant. It begins of with a thin layer, then adds the drums and harmonies, making the layer a bit thicker
 * The chord pattern is different in each of the sections in the song.
 * The highest point in 'Beautiful' is the bridge. This is the most powerful section of the song, as Christina is hitting high notes with a lot of power

The style that Christina Aguilera sings Pop, R&B and Soul. The characteristics of these styles are:


 * Pop
 * Verse-Chorus song structure
 * Around 3 minutes in duration
 * Attempts to follow current pop culture trends
 * Dance orientated rhythms
 * Focus on melodies and catchy hooks
 * R&B
 * Verse - Chorus - Verse - Chorus - Bridge - Chorus structure
 * Usually an intro and outro
 * Soul
 * Repetition
 * Call and Response
 * Tone
 * Rhythm

Beyonce is an artist that sings all three of these styles of music. One of Beyonces pop songs is Drunk in love. This song is catchy and fun to dance to, making it popular, as it matches up with the characteristics of pop music. Listen is one of Beyonces R&B songs, matching with the characteristics of R&B music. Listen is a powerful song, but with so much meaning. At Last is a song that Beyonce sang which is a soul song.