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Christine Flores (born September 26, 1981) is a two time Grammy Award-nominated Cuban American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer. She is best known as, Christina Milian. She has had four solo top five singles (and also a top ten featuring credit single) in the UK as well as hits in the rest of Europe and the U.S. She appeared in the 2003 film Love Don't Cost a Thing opposite Nick Cannon. She also starred as singer Linda Moon in Be Cool, the sequel to Get Shorty. She will be in the movie Pulse, due in theaters in August 2006.

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Early life

Milian was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Afro-Cuban immigrant parents, Carmen and Don, and has two younger sisters, Danielle and Elizabeth. Her family moved to Waldorf, Maryland soon after her birth and she set her heart on an entertainment career at the age of four. Milian did commercials (Wendy's, Honeycombs) and played the lead role in the musical Annie before moving to Los Angeles, California at 13 to pursue an acting career; Her father didn't move with the rest her family and divorced her mother soon after. Her mother is now her manager. Milian is conversational in English and Spanish.[link][link]

Acting career

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 2002, Milian was appointed to host of the television show Wannabes on MTV. She met director Joseph Kahn on an episode of Wannabes who suggested she audition for a lead role in the film Torque opposite Ice Cube. Her audition was successful leading in turn to a lead role in Love Don't Cost a Thing in 2003. In 2005, she had roles in the films Man of the House opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Be Cool with John Travolta and Uma Thurman. She can be seen in Pulse this summer, starring alongside Lost actor, Ian Somerhalder.In 2006, Milian was named #10 in Maxim's [Hot 100].

Music career

Christina Milian (2002)
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Christina Milian (2002)

In 2000, Milian performed vocals on Ja Rule's song Between Me and You from his album Rule 3:36. The song became a hit building her reputation as a singer. She also co-wrote and provided extensive backing vocals for the track "Play" for Jennifer López's 2001 album J. Lo which became another big hit. Milian would later pass down the song to J. Lo because of already having a "club" song "AM to PM" as promotion. She also went on to co-write "Same Ol' Same Ol", the first single from girl group PYT's album Down With Me.

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.

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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," [link][link] and is having success within the mixtape scene causing many DJ's to place it on their compilations too ("Southern Smoke" for example[link]). In December a song called "Who's Gonna Ride" has been giving to some DJs and caused to leaked to the internet.

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So Amazin (2006)

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.[link] It is rumoured that she will be signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label, and also Mowtown Records. [[Citing sources citation needed]]

Charity work

Milian and Singer/Actor Eric West pose together at The Reign fundrasing gala for the Elton John Aids Foundation Aug, 2005
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Milian and Singer/Actor Eric West pose together at The Reign fundrasing gala for the Elton John Aids Foundation Aug, 2005

On August 6, 2005 Christina co-hosted The Reign at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre in New York City with actor/singer Eric West, the event was designed by a group of inner-city children in 2003 to raise funding and awareness for HIV/AIDS prevention education for men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS, as well as working with the Fresh Air Fund to continue to help other inner-city children and family's. Both Milian and West were awarded Outstanding Achievement Awards for their humanitarian efforts.

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.

Weeks after their break up, a rumored relationship with Eric West created more headlines than her breakup with Cannon. Milian was spotted with the actor and singer during New York's Olympus Fashion Week leading to many claims that the two are dating. A picture taken in August 2005 of Milian and West (left picture) went on to fuel rumours of the two being involved with each other. Eric said on American radio station Y100 that the two are just friends. [link] [link] [link] The New York Daily News claims she is now dating hip-hop producer Dre [link] In March 06, Milain denied that rumor saying "That's one big joke. Don't believe it." [link] However her boyfriend Dre admits they are a couple, stating ""Yeah, that's definitely wifey right there," he said. "A real man isn't ashamed to claim what's his. I could never disrespect by not claiming my girl. No matter how 'G' you wanna keep it on the industry tip, you don't want to do that to somebody especially if it's genuine. We've been together for a little bit now." [link][link].

Discography

Albums

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop UK Singles AUS Singles CAN Singles
2000 "Between Me & You" (with Ja Rule) #11 #5 #26 - #8
2001 "AM To PM" #27 #58 #3 #25 #1 Christina Milian
2002 "When You Look At Me" - - #3 #7 #14 Christina Milian
2002 "Get Away" Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased Christina Milian
2002 "It's All Gravy" (with Romeo) - - #9 - #63 Solid Love
2002 "The Answer" (with S-Word) - - - - #98 One Piece
2004 "Dip It Low" (featuring Fabolous) #5 #16 #2 #31 #1 It's About Time
2004 "Whatever U Want" (featuring Joe Budden) #100 #91 #9 - #26 It's About Time
2006 "Say I" (featuring Young Jeezy) #21 #13 #4 #45 - So Amazin'
2006 "Gonna Tell Everybody" TBR TBR TBR TBR TBR So Amazin'

Album appearances

Soundtrack appearances

Mixtape appearances

Filmography

Awards & nominations

Year Award
2004 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female
2004 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Nick Cannon)
2004 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Nick Cannon)
2005 Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Crossover Artist
2005 BET Comedy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Theatrical Film (for Be Cool)
2005 Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album (for It's About Time)
2005 Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Dip It Low" (shared with Fabolous)
2005 The Reign Award Elton John Award for Outstanding Achievement (shared with Mariah Carey and Eric West) [link]
2005 Groovevolt Music and Fashion Award nomination for Best Song Performance - Female for "Dip It Low"
2005 International Dance Music Award nomination for Best R&B/Urban Dance Track for "Dip It Low"

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