Do we like Christina Aguilera?
Our score: 8 out of 10. Years of public LGBTQ+ allyship, trans-charity fundraising and hunger and shelter work, with one contested defence of a former collaborator and a pending business lawsuit.
The pop arc is a big one. A Mulan soundtrack song in 1998 led to a self-titled debut that sold over eight million copies and a Best New Artist Grammy. Then came Stripped in 2002, the bolder, more sexualised reinvention that defined her adult image, plus Back to Basics, Burlesque and years as a judge on The Voice.
The latest stoush is a flop, not a scandal. After her Mexico City show on 18 March 2026, fans said the listing promised about 120 minutes and they got roughly 55 to 60. She also thanked “New Mexico” instead of Mexico, which went viral. Latin Times reported no response from her, and no statement from PROFECO or Ticketmaster at that point.
Her 2022 LA Pride set also drew fire. Online critics shared videos of her wearing a bedazzled strap-on at an all-ages festival, and one asked to let little kids be kids. She performed with trans artist Kim Petras and played a video condemning Florida's Parental Rights in Education law. She blurred the strap-on in her own posts. Where you land depends on whether you see cheeky Pride theatre or the wrong crowd for it.
The good-person side is mostly clean. She has been a World Food Programme hunger ambassador since 2009, with Hola reporting more than US$150 million raised for hunger relief agencies. She also gave a portion of her Las Vegas residency ticket sales to a domestic violence shelter. The one live legal matter is an ice cream partner's 2024 lawsuit, which alleges breach of contract against her. Her side says the dispute belongs in arbitration and calls the suit a weak attempt to shift blame. No outcome had been reported in what I found.