VH1 News
Mamas are the best.
Some of the biggest artists in the game—
Eminem,
Mariah Carey, and
Justin Bieber, to name a few—were raised by single mothers. So now we’re stealing the light from these major artists to shine it on the single mothers who raised them in honor of VH1’s upcoming
Monday, May 7th at 9 PM ET/PT, but it’s never too early to start showing respect to hard-working moms.
Find out which of your favorite artists were raised by single moms in the list below.
Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera’s parents, Shelly Kearns and Fausto Aguilera, split when the singer was seven years old. Aguilera “rarely” saw her father after the split, according to US. “To remember the chaos that [my mother] went through, the abuse, I don’t know how she did it,” Aguilera said in an interview. “But it’s amazing how much you can trick your mind into surviving when you have to.”