Baby boy for Aguilera

Singer Christina Aguilera has given birth to a boy, it was announced tonight.

“Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman are proud to announce the birth of their son Max Liron Bratman,” a brief message stated on her web site .

“He is a beautiful, healthy baby boy.”

The baby was born Saturday night and weighs 6lbs 2oz. Ms Aguilera, 27, was “resting and doing well,” according to the web site.

In a message she posted on her site, Ms Aguilera called Saturday “a very joyful and special day” for herself and her husband, a music executive.

The couple married in 2005. The four-time Grammy Award winning singer has said she learned she was pregnant while on her recent “Back to Basics” tour.