From Mouseketeer to the music industry's leading lady who doesn't rely on auto-tuning to hit the tough notes, Christina has made just as much of an impact on top video charts as she has over the airwaves. From cute candy-striper pin-up to out of this world buxom bondage diva, Christina's videos serve as a mirror for her evolving image and artistry.
"Beautiful"
From rib counting teens to a cross dressing middle-aged man to a braces donning freckled youngster to a gay male couple showing some PDA to a mohawk sporting goth, in what is one of Christina's most popular videos, she serenades society's freaks and underdogs. Christina also strays away from the conventions of pop star expectations in her own look with her streaked blonde dreadlocks, nose and chin stud and dark makeup.
"Genie In A Bottle"
The dewey-skinned blonde plays coy in this beach side video. Sand? Check. Fringed crop-top? Check. Classic '90s ensemble dance number? Check. Released in 1999, this video sent Christina straight to the top of poptart fandom and let the rest of the Disney darlings-turned-pop princesses know that Christina was a voice to be reckoned with and was just waiting to "come, come, come on and let me out."
"Ain't No Other Man"
Christina took it to Old Hollywood when she debuted her "Dirty" gone dangerously glam look for her "Ain't No Other Man" video. In the video, Baby Jane Christina dons a bright red pout, platinum pin curls and a fierce vocal range. Queue the trumpet, sequin beret dance sequence and bowler hat acrobats and you've got what seems like a warm-up for her
Burlesque days.
"Candyman"
Pick your poison: a blonde, redhead and brunette Christina call "all aboard" to a crowd of service men. When she's not scatting or saluting the Candyman ("He's a one stop shop, makes the panties drop/He's a sweet talkin' sugar-coated candyman"), she's got her men in uniform dancing circles around Captain Christina.
"What A Girl Wants"
In her "What A Girl Wants" video, Christina gives her boyfriend a musical snack of a performance while dancing for him and his friends in leather pants and a studded jacket--a lyrical 'Thank You' for "knowing exactly/What a girl wants, what a girl needs/Whatever keeps me in your arms." Good boyfriends everywhere should be so lucky to get a dance routine and serenade for being upstanding gentlemen.
"Not Myself Tonight"
Christina kicked things up a notch in her uber-modern, Lady Gaga-eque video, "Not Myself Tonight." Donning diamond bondage duds and some intense S&M style leather catsuits, Christina sings, "I'm dancing a lot and I'm taking shots and I'm feeling fine/I'm kissing all the boys and the girls/Someone call the doctor 'cause I lost my mind." Your mind maybe, but we're pretty sure you're missing your pants too.
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