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London, Oct 2 (ANI): Christina Aguilera has hit back at record label bosses for pressuring her to lose weight, saying that she wouldn't be successful if she had a fuller figure.

The 31-year-old singer - currently a judge on the American reality Talent show 'The Voice' - was warned that if the 'Genie in a Bottle' hitmaker didn't slim down, nobody will buy her music and by 2006, she was at her lightest.

"During the promotion of my album Stripped, I got tired of being a skinny, white girl," the Mirror quoted her, as telling Billboard magazine.

"I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl. The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings! Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow.

"I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour. They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight," she said.

She said that the bosses told her that she would affect a lot of people if she gained weight - the production, musical directors.

"(They claimed) people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows.

"I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring," she said.

She also said that now she won't be getting told what she can and can't eat anymore and has told the bosses at her current record label, Lotus, to get used to her sexy curves.

"I told them, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it," she said.

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(Getty and Bauer Griffin)She may be sporting dip-dyed Fraggle Rock hair extensions once more, but Christina Aguilera looks a lot different than she did ten years ago. The singer is no longer the "toothpick thin" twentysomething who famously sported a pair of panty-baring chaps in her "Dirrty" music video something for which Aguilera, 31, appears to be thankful.

"During the promotion of my album Stripped [in 2002]. I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl," Aguilera told Billboard. "Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour. They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight the production, musical directors.

"[They said] people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows. I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring," Aguilera added.

Now, Aguilera says, she's not allowing her body to become a topic of discussion in the boardroom. "I told them during this Lotus recording, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it and get over it.' They need a reminder sometimes that I don't belong to them. It's my body. My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore my body is just not on the table that way anymore."

Christina's story comes just a few weeks after reports that her pop colleague Lady Gaga had been ordered to lose weight by her record company (a spokesperson for Universal Music Group called the rumors "nonsense").

Aguilera also addressed her decision to leave The Voice, insisting that she may return in the future: "I'll probably be back. I just need to do my thing for a minute, then I can come back and be that much better of a coach. I just need a second to get back to me."

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The 31-year-old singer - who's figure has fluctuated over the years - opened up about the pressure to be super slim in the music industry, and claims her record company staged an intervention at one point to get her to drop several kilos.

''During the promotion of my album Stripped, I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl,'' Aguilera said.

''The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker, and full of piercing. Let me tell you, that wasnt an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour.

Continued songstress: ''They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight - the production, musical directors. ''

''(They claimed) people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows.

''I was so young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring.''

However, the singer revealed how she became tired of conforming to someone else's ideal body image, and put her foot down during the recording for her new album Lotus, refusing to slim down.

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Christina Aguilera once felt forced to be a tiny size zero. The 'Your Body' singer - who has been criticised for her curvier figure recently - has opened up about the pressure to be thin in the music industry and claims her record company once staged an intervention to get her to lose weight. The 31-year-old 'The Voice' judge told Billboard magazine: "During the promotion of my album 'Stripped', I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl. "The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings. Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my 'Stripped' tour. "They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight - the production, musical directors. "[They claimed] people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows. "I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during 'Back to Basics' promos and touring." The singer claims she put her foot down during recording for her new album 'Lotus' and has refused to slim down to promote it. "I told them during this 'Lotus' recording, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it.' They need a reminder sometimes that I don't belong to them. It's my body. "My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore."

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Christina Aguilera once felt forced to be a tiny size zero.

The 'Your Body' singer - who has been criticised for her curvier figure recently - has opened up about the pressure to be thin in the music industry and claims her record company once staged an intervention to get her to lose weight.

The 31-year-old 'The Voice' judge told Billboard magazine: 'During the promotion of my album 'Stripped', I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

'The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings. Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my 'Stripped' tour.

'They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight -- the production, musical directors.

'[They claimed] people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows.

'I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during 'Back to Basics' promos and touring.'

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Christina Aguilera has revealed that she has told music bosses to accept they are "working with a fat girl".

The Keeps Gettin' Better singer said she was tired of conforming to someone else's ideal body image and that when she started working on her new album Lotus, out next month, she decided to make it clear that she is in control of her own body, reported Us Weekly.

Christina told Billboard: "I told them during this Lotus recording, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it.'

"They need a reminder sometimes that I don't belong to them. It's my body. My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money any more - my body is just not on the table that way any more."

The 31-year-old admitted that she previously felt the pressure to lose weight.

She said: "During the promotion of my album Stripped [2002], I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

"The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings! Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour. They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight - the production, musical directors."

The mum-of-one continued: "[They claimed] people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows. I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back To Basics promos and touring."

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Singer Christina Aguilera was urged to lose weight in 2002 because label bosses feared her curvy figure would be bad for business.

The Fighter hitmaker recently opened up about her new fuller shape, insisting she loves her body no matter what critics say.

But the Grammy winner has not always been so confident and admits she was pressured into shedding 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) during the middle of her Stripped tour with pop star Justin Timberlake 10 years ago.

She tells Billboard magazine, "During the promotion of my album Stripped, I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

"The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings! Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour. They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight - the production, musical directors.

"(They claimed) people I toured with (like Timberlake) would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows. I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring (in 2006)."

However, the 31-year-old mum reveals she no longer worries about how her size will impact her brand: "I told them during this Lotus (2012) recording, 'You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it.' They need a reminder sometimes that I don't belong to them. It's my body. My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore."

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Washington, October 1 (ANI): Christina Aguilera has revealed that she was forced to be toothpick thin a few years ago and has opened up about the pressures in the music industry.

The 31-year-old, who has been criticized for her curvier figure recently, claims her record company once staged an intervention to get her to lose weight.

"During the promotion of my album Stripped [in 2002], I got tired of being a skinny, white girl," Aguilera says.

"I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl."

"The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings!" the five-time Grammy Award winner laughs.

"Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow. I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour [with Justin Timberlake, 31].

"They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight. Basically, they told me I would effect a lot of people if I gained weight-the production, musical directors."

"[They claimed] people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows," she adds.

"I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring."

The singer claims she put her foot down during recording for her new album 'Lotus' and has refused to slim down to promote it.

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Christina Aguilera has accused her record label bosses of pressuring her to lose weight.

According to The Sun, the Your Body singer claims she was warned her career would suffer if she didn't slim down after piling on the pounds in 2002 - leaving the star at her lightest by 2006.

Xtina is quoted by the newspaper as saying: "During the promotion of my album Stripped, I got tired of being a skinny, white girl. I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

The next time my label saw me, I was heavier, darker and full of piercings! Let me tell you, that wasn't an easy pill for them to swallow.

I had gained about 15 pounds during promotion and during my Stripped tour. They called this serious emergency meeting about how there was a lot of backlash about my weight."

She continued: "Basically, they told me I would affect a lot of people if I gained weight - the production, musical directors. (They claimed) people I toured with would also miss out if I gained weight because I would sell no records or tickets for my shows.

I was young, so I lost the weight quickly and was toothpick thin during Back to Basics promos and touring.

The Voice USA star went on to add that while working on new album Lotus, she hit back at record bosses stating: I told them, You are working with a fat girl. Know it now and get over it.

They need a reminder sometimes that I don't belong to them. It's my body. My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore.

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