What happened to Christina Aguilera?
Her career has been on a downward spiral ever since Back to Basics.
Bionic peaked at #1 in the U.K. (it had the lowest debut sales for a #1 album in eight years), but it still hasn’t sold enough copies in order to be certified gold. It peaked at #3 in the U.S. and has sold 330,000 copies to date. Lotus peaked at #28 in the U.K and hasn’t even sold 20,000 copies to date. It peaked at #7 in the U.S. and has sold 290,000 copies to date.
Her last solo #1 single in the U.K was Beautiful in 2002. Her last solo #1 single in the U.S. was back in 2000 with Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You). Lady Marmalade was a big #1 hit in 2001, but Christina wasn't the only reason for its success. She was obviously a bigger star than Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink in 2001 (Pink is much, much bigger now), but they all played a part in the success of the song. Moves Like Jagger wasn't really a hit because of Christina. Any other female singer could have sung her small part with the same effect. Same goes for Feel This Moment. Say Something returned her to the top 10 but she shared the success with A Great Big World.
Did Perez Hilton really wield enough power to turn people off Christina’s music? Did her bad attitude catch up with her? Was her material not good enough? What do you think happened? Will she make comeback?
Bionic peaked at #1 in the U.K. (it had the lowest debut sales for a #1 album in eight years), but it still hasn’t sold enough copies in order to be certified gold. It peaked at #3 in the U.S. and has sold 330,000 copies to date. Lotus peaked at #28 in the U.K and hasn’t even sold 20,000 copies to date. It peaked at #7 in the U.S. and has sold 290,000 copies to date.
Her last solo #1 single in the U.K was Beautiful in 2002. Her last solo #1 single in the U.S. was back in 2000 with Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You). Lady Marmalade was a big #1 hit in 2001, but Christina wasn't the only reason for its success. She was obviously a bigger star than Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink in 2001 (Pink is much, much bigger now), but they all played a part in the success of the song. Moves Like Jagger wasn't really a hit because of Christina. Any other female singer could have sung her small part with the same effect. Same goes for Feel This Moment. Say Something returned her to the top 10 but she shared the success with A Great Big World.
Did Perez Hilton really wield enough power to turn people off Christina’s music? Did her bad attitude catch up with her? Was her material not good enough? What do you think happened? Will she make comeback?
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Me too, if someone like Rihanna released that it would've been a big hit. I don't know if promotion would have helped but she didn't perform it once.
I still love Christina, I listen to Lotus a lot but I think it was a bit safe for her. She's doing a lot better with duets and her TV career these days but I'd like to see a comeback with her solo stuff.
I don't know where it went wrong, a lot of fans blame her movie Burlesque. It pushed back the release of Bionic and she ended up re-recording a lot of it and it wasn't the album it was originally intended to be. She also went through a divorce at the time which couldn't have helped her enthusiasm.
I will stay also, as much as I'm a fan she isn't the most likeable person. I hate comparing to Britney but she's very likeable and people want to see her succeed which has undoubtably helped her maintain her popularity. Plus no matter how much time passes Britney will always be the one who came first, Christina second. That stays with people.
If that's any part of the reason then shame on her fans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3APrqTKtcA
Well that's completely subjective. Your Body was a perfect single choice. I love a lot of her songs after B2B.
That's all down to opinion. I think Bionic is a great album and is far better than it's ever been given credit for, and Lotus has some of my favourite Christina tracks on - Blank Page, Cease Fire, Best Of Me, Just A Fool, Light Up The Sky, Red Hot Kinda Love, Empty Words and Your Body.
What happened to her? Nothing out of the ordinary. She took time out to get married and have a child, then when she came back, things had changed. The hate campaigns from certain celebrity bloggers didn't help matters. But her focus has clearly shifted now. She's a mother of two children, but she still has a very successful career in TV and music, even if her record sales aren't like they used to be.
That was the exact answer in my head when I read the thread title.
Sounds like she has a bit of a bad attitude, that might be where she is going wrong.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2889888/Christina-Aguilera-brands-Mickey-Mouse-le-Disney-park-failing-picture-him.html
But to make matters worse, she got fat and became a figure of ridicule with the likes of Perez leading the attacks....I remember that "Xtina has her period while singing at Etta James' funeral service!" and other headlines that looked to damage her credibility.
But fair play to her as she has carved out a successful career for herself on The Voice and has captured some chart success again too with some high profile collaborations.
Oh, and yes, her attitude , too.