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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Christina Aguilera announced today that her upcoming greatest hits CD, Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits will be released only at Target. Over the years, numerous other musical performers have opted to do exclusive releases with retailers, including The Eagles, Journey, and Garth Brooks.

In a statement, Aguilera said, "I can't believe it's been over 10 years since my first album and it was really exciting to put all of my favorite songs in one collection for my fans." The album will be released on November 11.

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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - For the first time, Christina Aguilera will premiere a new music video on the internet.

The video for "Keeps Gettin' Better," will debut Monday on iLike.com, a social music Web stie and Facebook application.

In the video, Aguilera performs as a variety of characters, in sometimes outlandish costumes, as the she travels through time.

"I really enjoyed making the video," Aguilera says. "Being an artist who likes to play around with different looks, it was a lot of fun to portray various characters within the same shoot."

The single will be available on her upcoming greatest hits CD set for release exclusively at Target stores on November 11.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Christina Aguilera will perform a 7-minute medley of her greatest hits at The American Music Awards on Nov. 23rd, Us Magazine reports.

She'll reportedly perform "Genie in a Bottle,' "Fighter," "Beautiful," "Dirrty," and her latest single "Keeps Getting Better."

"We are very excited to have Christina Aguilera perform at this year’s show," Dick Clark Productions President Orly Adelson said.

"She raises the bar with each live performance and you can expect something special at the 2008 'American Music Awards.'"

This is only the second time Aguilera's performed since giving birth to son Max almost a year ago.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman celebrated their son Max's first birthday on Saturday, People magazine reports.

The theme of the party was the classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" and was held at Aguilera's Beverly Hills home.

The home's garden was decorated with blue, green and pink ballons. Guests were treated to mini peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and other kid friendly food. Costumed characters from the book were also on hand for the children's enjoyment.

Among, the invited guests were Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden who brought their daughter Harlow who also celebrated her first birthday last week.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Christina Aguilera will try to do what Madonna and Britney Spears have been unable to do, move successfully from the world of pop music to films.

Aguilera will make her big screen debut in "Burlesque," which is described as a contemporary musical.

The "Genie In A Bottle" singer will play an ambitious small town girl with a big voice who finds love, family and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club.

The film is being written and directed by Steven Antin, who probably learned a thing or two about the world of burlesque dancing from his sister, "Pussycat Dolls" founder Robin Antin.
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LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Christina Aguilera will be performing on September 25th at the grand opening of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Lynda and Stewart Resnick Pavilion.

The pavilion, described as “the largest purpose-built, naturally lit, open-plan museum space in the world," will be holding a fundraiser with the singer as the headliner. The museum is a 45,000-square-foot exhibition building, which was designed by Renzo Piano.

Aguilera, 29, says she's honored to join the fundraiser. Tickets to see the performance will cost between $5,000 to $10,000 ...with tables available for $25,000 to $100,000.

LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Christina Aguilera has hit #1 on the Billboard Dance charts for the second time with a remix of You Lost Me.

The 29-year-old singer's latest single from the album Bionic has surpassed Katy Perry's Teenage Dream ... securing the top spot. X-Tina's first single Not Myself Tonight was her first #1 chart topper off the album.

When Bionic first hit stores, critics felt it was a disappointing release considering the album sold only approximately 110,000 copies in its first week. However, the You Lost Me remix has revived her sales, particularly with the gay dance scene.

A few months ago, Christina Aguilera postponed her 2010 Bionic Tour. No rescheduled dates have been announced.

NEW YORK, New York (X17online) - Music company TufAmerica has filed a federal lawsuit against Christina Aguilera and Sony Music claiming they were never paid for the rights to use a sample of their song "Hippy Skippy Moon Strut."

The 1968 track was allegedly used for Aguilera's Grammy-winning hit song "Ain't No Other Man."

According to the lawsuit, TufAmerica claims Sony paid the wrong distributor for the rights to use the song. Sony originally arranged the deal with Condigo Mysic and the Clyde Otis Music Group.

"Hippy Skippy Moon Strut" was originally sung by Dave Cortez and the Moon People.

The court papers claim TufAmerica is seeking punitive damages and to nullify other publishers' claims to the rights.

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The show drew 11.8 million viewers for its premiere Tuesday, making it the highest-rated premiere on any major network in the 18-49 demographic since CBS' Undercover Boss premiered in February after the Super Bowl.

Thanks to The Voice, NBC was the top network of the night in that demo, defeating Fox, ABC and CBS.

While CBS was, granted, only airing repeats, Fox gave a valiant effort to beat the competition by airing a 90-minute episode of Glee featuring Lady Gaga. Glee was down 11 percent from last week.

The Voice features celebrity coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine.

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Singers Reba McEntire, Monica and Sia (Australia's Sia Furler) along with music producer Adam Blackstone will join the series as advisers to the talent coaches, who include Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

The Voice premiered this week to strong numbers. It next airs May 3.

Aguilera will team up with singer/songwriter Sia, Levine with Blackstone, Green with Monica and Shelton with veteran and fellow country singer Reba.

The advisers are part of what NBC promised its coaches would do: bring their personal friends and members of their music teams to help them on the show. Blackstone, for example, is music director for Levine's band Maroon 5.

Shelton and McEntire co-hosted this year's Academy of Country Music Awards in early April and just announced that they will also host a Tornado Relief Concert May 26 in Oklahoma to benefit victims of this year's many tornadoes throughout the Midwest and South.

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Ratings for The Voice sank by almost 2 million viewers after shifting to 10 p.m. for its first "battle rounds." However, the singing competition was the highest-rated show on Tuesday night.

The Voice managed to pull 10.3 million viewers for NBC. And over on FOX, Glee had 9.1 million viewers.

LOS ANGELES, CA (X17online) - Christina Aguilera has been added to the long list of performers that will pay tribute to Michael Jackson at "Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert" in October.

Aguilera will join Cee Lo Green, Leona Lewis, Smokey Robinson, Craig David, and Alien Ant Farm.

The tribute concert has been a divisive issue for the Jackson family; while Katherine Jackson and a number of Michael’s siblings endorse the event, Jermaine and Randy Jackson have expressed their disapproval of it.

"We want to make clear that this does not reflect the position of the entire family," the two brothers said in a statement released last month. "While we wholeheartedly support the spirit of a tribute that honors our brother, we find it impossible to support an event that is due to take place during the criminal trial surrounding Michael's death."

“Michael Forever – The Tribute Concert” will be held at the Millennium Stadium in Wales on October 8.