Pop star Christina Aguilera gets engaged

LOS ANGELES - American pop princess Christina Aguilera has got engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Jordan Bratman, People magazine has reported.

Music executive Bratman proposed to the 24-year-old three-time Grammy award winner on Friday while on vacation, the magazine said on its website, citing her representative.

New York-born Aguilera, whose music industry awards include a Grammy for best new artist in 1999, has been dating Bratman for more than two years.

"Christina was very surprised," People quoted a close friend of Aguilera's as saying. "She's ecstatic."

Aguilera made a big splash as part of the teen pop revolution with her self-titled 1999 debut album, including hit singles "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants."

- REUTERS