Christina Aguilera: Songs, Eminem Feud and Latest News

Feud start: 1999, per Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry) · First named diss: “The Real Slim Shady,” 2000, per Pinkvilla (entertainment news explainer) · Aguilera’s reply: “Can’t Hold Us Down” on Stripped, 2002, per Pinkvilla (entertainment news explainer) · Last named reference: “Kick-Off,” 2018, per Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry)

Nine data points, one pattern: the dated record is dense from 1999 to 2002, and the 2025 entries are a podcast recap and a report about online critics, not new statements from either artist.

What’s going on with Christina Aguilera these days?

The most recent dated item about Aguilera is small. On January 1, 2025, she publicly responded to critics who left hateful comments about her appearance, according to Hindustan Times (national newspaper).

Recent releases and public appearances

• January 1, 2025: public response to critics of her appearance, per Hindustan Times (national newspaper)
• June 5, 2025: a podcast episode titled “290. Feuds: Eminem vs Christina Aguilera” covered the feud and described it as lasting nearly 20 years (Apple Podcasts (podcast directory listing))

Neither item is a new statement from Aguilera about Eminem, and neither describes a new project.

Tour and upcoming projects

• No tour dates appear in the sources reviewed
• No new album, film, or single announcement is confirmed in the sources reviewed

What this means: anyone searching for Aguilera’s current work will find recaps and old feud coverage rather than new announcements.

Which song made Christina Aguilera famous?

Genie in a Bottle is the track this article treats as her breakout. The research behind this piece did not return a dated publisher record for it, so the claim is a classification rather than a cited release history.

Genie in a Bottle as her debut single

• Named as her debut single in the working brief for this article
• No dated publisher record appears in the sources reviewed

Chart and sales context from editorial sources

• No music outlet in the sources reviewed reports chart positions for Genie in a Bottle
• No sales figures for Genie in a Bottle or Dirrty appear in the sources reviewed

What this means: the breakout answer is a working classification, and any chart claim should wait for an editorial source that names a date and a chart.

What are Christina Aguilera’s best songs?

The search listings used for this piece name four titles as popular tracks. That list is a popularity signal, not a ranking from a music authority.

• Genie In a Bottle
• Dirrty (feat. Redman)
• Hurt
• Lady Marmalade (Single Edit)

None of the four appears in the feud coverage cited here, so the list says more about what readers click than about what happened in the dispute.

What this means: a best-songs answer built on search listings is a popularity answer, and this article does not stretch it into a ranking.

What did Eminem say about Christina Aguilera?

Timeline of the public record

• 1999: Aguilera criticizes Eminem’s lyrics on MTV, according to Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry)
• 2000: “The Real Slim Shady” names her, per Pinkvilla (entertainment news explainer)
• 2002: Aguilera presents Eminem with Best Male Video at the MTV Video Music Awards, per CheatSheet (celebrity news site)
• 2018: “Kick-Off” names Aguilera again, per Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry)
• 2019: Aguilera responds on Watch What Happens Live, per CheatSheet (celebrity news site)
• January 2025: more than a dozen unreleased Eminem songs surface, according to Z97.1 (radio station news site)

The sequence is clear in the sources. Aguilera spoke first, and Eminem replied on “The Real Slim Shady” the following year, according to Nick Swift (celebrity news site).

“I heard he’s married now …. the girl that he talks about killing on his record.”

Christina Aguilera, 1999 MTV special, as quoted by Nick Swift (celebrity news site)

The 2000 lyric drew the sharpest response. According to Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry), the song alleged that Aguilera had given him a sexually transmitted disease and named Carson Daly and Fred Durst.

“Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs. So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst.”

Eminem, lyric from “The Real Slim Shady,” as quoted by CheatSheet (celebrity news site)

Aguilera’s representative rejected the allegations. According to Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry), the representative told the New York Daily News they were “disgusting, offensive and above all, not true.”

Aguilera answered with “Can’t Hold Us Down” on her 2002 album Stripped, according to Pinkvilla (entertainment news explainer).

“It’s not nice to go after anybody, especially a female in this business.”

Christina Aguilera, Watch What Happens Live (2019), as quoted by CheatSheet (celebrity news site)

What this means: the sourced record shows Eminem naming Aguilera in 2000 and 2018, and her replies running through 2019.

Why don’t Christina Aguilera and Eminem get along?

The reported origin is Aguilera’s 1999 criticism, and the sources document a cycle of public replies rather than a single cause. None of them gives a private motive from either artist.

Reported causes versus claimed motives

• Reported cause: Aguilera’s 1999 criticism of Eminem’s lyrics, per Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry)
• Reported cause: Eminem’s 2018 “Kick-Off” named her again, per Wikipedia (encyclopedia entry)
• Claimed motive: none of the sources reviewed gives Eminem’s stated reason for the 2000 lyrics

The 2002 awards complicate the picture. Aguilera presented Eminem with Best Male Video, and he accepted it with a simple “thank you,” per CheatSheet (celebrity news site). A later account says the two hugged backstage, but that detail is secondhand, according to the same outlet.

Apology and friendship status

• No public apology from Eminem to Aguilera appears in the sources reviewed, according to Canada Perspective (secondary aggregator)
• No dated statement from either artist confirms whether they are friends now

What this means: the feud reads as a sequence of public statements with no confirmed resolution, and any reconciliation story needs a dated quote to stand.

The record is strongest where it is oldest. Aguilera’s 1999 remarks and the 2000 lyric each appear in more than one outlet with a date attached. The later material is thinner, made up of a 2025 podcast recap, a January 2025 report about online critics, and a children count that rests on one aggregator. For readers who share this story, the choice is clear: cite the dated 1999 to 2019 record with named sources, or label everything after it as unverified.