Christina Aguilar (Thai: คริสติน่า อากีล่าร์, born October 31, 1966) is one of the most successful Pop/Dance music artists of Thai music history. With her first album "Ninja", Aguilar was the first female artist of Thailand to sell more than 1,000,000 copies.
Thais name her as the Thai "Dancing Queen". She is always considered as a "gay idol" for Thai gay community. Christina is often mistaken for American pop star Christina Aguilera.
Christina Aguilar is the daughter of the famous Filipino musician with Spanish descent, Tony Aguilar and a French/Vietnamese mother. Despite her Filipino/Spanish/French/Vietnamese descent, Christina was born in Bangkok, Thailand. Aguilar has one younger brother and one younger sister.
"Tina", as her fans like to call her, studied at the French institute. She then pursued Business management studies in France. She does not have Thai blood, but sometimes is mistaken as Thai because of her fair skin and ability to speak fluent Thai. In addition to Thai, Aguilar speaks French, English and some Spanish. Aguilar first became known for her singing abilities while in France. During the college's annual party, Aguilar was asked by her friends to perform on stage. She chose to sing "Sweet Memory."
As soon as she finished school, she was recruited by a French advertising agency. Tina worked as an assistant account executive. She gained much experience in communicating with people then she came back to Thailand and worked briefly with a travelling agency. The turning point in her career was when she met 'Rewat Bhuddhinan', the then Chief producer for Grammy entertainment, who invited her to the music industry.
In 1994, Christina released her third album "Red Beat". With faster beat, modern and sexy appearance, it became her most successful album to date, containing two of her most successful singles, one is dance single "Mai Yag Rok" and another is love ballad single "Rak Thur Thee Sood". This album has been sold over three million copies, being one of the biggest-selling albums in Thai music history. This was the second time that Christina's album had sold more than one million copies, proving her talent in music. Thais also know her as one of the very successful Thai music artists and superstar of all time due to this album.
A year later, she was one of five guests of Thai most successful artist, Thongchai McIntyre, in the album Khon Nok Gub Dok Mai (Feather and Flowers). She duet with Thongchai in Atsanee - Wasan' s "Rak Thur Samur". In the same year, with five popular Thai artists at that time, Jetrin Wattanasin, Patipan Pataweekarn, Tata Young, UHT and Myria Benedetti, she was included in the album 6-2-12. Both albums reached millions copies, adding up her popularity.
Christina is the first artist in Thailand who has three solo albums reaching one million copies
