Birth Name: Christine Flores Born Jersey City, New Jersey, United States Genre(s) R&B, pop Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, actress, record producer Years active 1998–present (acting), 2000–present (singing) Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)   Christine best known as Christina Milian, is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated American singer-songwriter, actress, and record producer.

Milian was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Afro-Cuban 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.
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, The Amanda Show, and The Steve Harvey 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, which lead 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 also appeared in the horror film Pulse, released in August of 2006, starring alongside Veronica Mars actress Kristen Bell. In 2006, Milian was named #10 in Maxim's Hot 100.

More recently, a rumored relationship with Eric West appeared in tabloids around the world, though both parties denied the romance, they are often spotted together.

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 Lopez'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.

It's About Time (2004). Listen to "Dip It Low" audio sample (help·info).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 over 385,000 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," and is having success within the mixtape scene causing many DJ's to place it on their compilations too ("Southern Smoke" for example). In December a song called "Who's Gonna Ride" has been giving to some DJs and caused to leaked to the internet.

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. The album has sold over 500,000 worldwide (over 100,000 in US) to date. She says she has no hard feelings towards her former label.

She is currently negotiating a record deal, rumored to be with Kanye West's Good Music or Motown Universal. Her new album, No Turning Back, is slated for a 2007 release.