Christina Milian is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in Maryland, she signed a contract with Def Soul at the age of 19. In 2002, she performed the theme song "Call Me, Beep Me!", for the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible.
Milian made her recording debut on American rapper Ja Rule's 2000 single, "Between Me and You", which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and led her to sign with Def Soul-a now-defunct branch of Def Jam Recordings-that same year. She was subsequently transferred to Island Records, through which she released her self-titled debut studio album. Despite failing to chart domestically, it moderately entered international charts and was led by the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 single "AM to PM". Her second album, It's About Time, spawned the single "Dip It Low", which peaked at number five of the chart, as well as "Whatever U Want". Her third album, So Amazin', was met with similar success and yielded the top 40 single, "Say I". She parted ways with Island following its release. Each song peaked within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.