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“What a Girl Wants” is the second single from Christina Aguilera’s debut album, Christina Aguilera. The song was released on December 28, 1999, which was ten days after Aguilera’s nineteenth birthday. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 15, 2000 for two weeks, becoming Aguilera’s second number-one single. In the U.S., it became the first number-one single of the 2000s. The single peaked at number three in the UK and at number five in Australia. Often considered one of her signature songs, the single is most known for establishing Aguilera’s placement in the music industry. Many critics had written off the success of her last single, “Genie in a Bottle”, as a fluke; “What a Girl Wants” served to prove that Aguilera was not a one-hit wonder.... Read on...