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.

[7][8][9] Flores changed her name and adopted her mother's maiden name (Milian) in the hopes of landing a wider range of acting roles.

[10] By the time she was nine years old, Milian had begun auditioning with local talent agencies,[10] shot commercials for Wendy's and Honeycomb, and played the lead role in the musical Annie.

For a year and a half, Milian went into a studio every day and worked with Jerkins, which is where she started meeting people in the record business.

According to Milian, every time she recorded a song, the producer would refuse to give her the demo, or would write lyrics that she did not agree with.

[14] Milian's first major acting role was offered by the Disney Channel to join The Mickey Mouse Club; however, she did not accept and opted to star as a reporter on Movie Surfers.

[26][27] In the following years, she was featured on the track "It's All Gravy", a duet with British rapper Romeo, which peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Milian's third top ten hit in Britain as a credited artist, and fourth overall;[18] provided the theme song for the hit Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible, "Call Me, Beep Me!

In 2002, Milian was appointed the host of the live competitive music series Becoming Presents: Wannabe on MTV, where she met director Joseph Kahn.

[13][22] Milian traveled the world, working with the popular producers Bloodshy & Avant, "Darkchild", Cory Rooney, Warryn Campbell, Bryan-Michael Cox and Polli Paul.

[31][32] Milian also appeared in the video game Def Jam Vendetta (2003), where she plays non-playable character Angeline "Angel" Rodriguez.

[34] The critical response to the album was mixed; the club tracks, most notably lead single "Dip It Low", were praised while the ballads were said to be disappointing.

[11] The change was reflected in the album's lead single, "Dip It Low", which was more of a club and R&B track than her previous pop release "AM to PM".

[42][43] The single was certified Gold by the RIAA for digital sales,[44] and earned a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration".

"Whatever U Want" was more successful in the United Kingdom, where the song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart in October 2004.

[45] Milian starred in Be Cool (2005), the sequel to Get Shorty, with John Travolta and Uma Thurman,[30] and recorded two songs for its soundtrack.

[46] She was then cast in a lead role in the horror film Pulse, starring alongside Kristen Bell and Ian Somerhalder.

[47] Filming took place in Romania, a traumatic time for Milian, where she endured racial abuse and discovered that boyfriend Nick Cannon was cheating on her.

"[14] Whereas Milian's previous albums had pop and R&B stylings, she was encouraged by Island Def Jam to target a new audience and release an urban record.

[57] Reviews of So Amazin' were mixed; critics felt that while Milian claimed that she was displaying the various sides of her personality, the album could "only [scratch] the surface of who she really is.

[67] In December, Milian starred as the main character in the Christmas television movie for the ABC Family channel entitled Snowglobe, alongside Lorraine Bracco.

[69] She collaborated with numerous producers, including Cool & Dre, J. R. Rotem, The Runners, Danja, Terry "MaddScientist" Thomas, T-Pain, Jim Jonsin and Toby Gad.

[55] Milian appeared in the video game Need for Speed: Undercover (2008) as one of the female leads, Carmen Mendez.

[88] NBC announced on October 27 that Milian would serve as the official Social Media Correspondent for The Voice during its second season.

[90] On February 12, 2012, Christina Milian parted ways with Radio Killa Records and signed with Young Money.

[100] In March, she released the singles "Rebel"[101] and "We Ain't Worried";[102] the latter was used to promote her "We Are Pop Culture" clothing line.

[112][113] In 2019, Milian starred in the Netflix romantic comedy Falling Inn Love (2019), costarring Adam Demos.

[124][125]Milian met actor Nick Cannon on the set of their film, Love Don't Cost a Thing, in 2003, and they began dating.

[129][130] In late May 2009, it was reported that Milian and The-Dream were getting married,[131] and the couple celebrated their engagement party in Las Vegas in June.

[76] MTV reported that Milian and The-Dream would get married again in Rome, Italy, and then renew their vows in the US in front of family and friends.

[27] Sonically, the album was said to stick "rigidly to the sherbert-snorting pop formula of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera".