Christina Aguilera performs at the ‘Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together’ relief benefit.

Christina Aguilera made her first major media appearance beyond ‘The Voice’ today. However, this showing was not aimed at promoting her new ‘Lotus’ album (due on November 13th). Instead, she performed at the ‘Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together’ benefit to aid those person on the eastern US coast affected by the recent storms.

Keeping her rough yet still powerful voice in check, Aguilera sang a stunning rendition of her signature song, ‘Beautiful’. Yes folks, today was one of the rare days where she understood that less is more. Watch Aguilera perform at the ‘Sandy’ benefit below:

This was exactly the type performance that I spoke about in the latest episode of Trini Trent TV in which I highlighted Aguilera’s brilliance when she holds back. Watch me break it down in the show below:

Thoughts?