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What do you think caused Christina Aguilera's downfall?
I was looking at her Wikipedia and noticed that her last two albums Bionic & Lotus were humungous flops on her standards.
Her debut, Stripped & Back to Basics all become multi million sellers but her most recent two tanked bigtime, why do you think that was? the music not being to the same standard or what? I personally think Bionic is a terrible album Lotus on the other hand had potential.
Her debut, Stripped & Back to Basics all become multi million sellers but her most recent two tanked bigtime, why do you think that was? the music not being to the same standard or what? I personally think Bionic is a terrible album Lotus on the other hand had potential.
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When Christina returned to begin the Bionic campaign she had a blunt platinum blonde fringe which was the style of the newly arrived and hyped up Lady Gaga. Christina instantly drew criticism for copying Gaga and there was a negative view on her new sound and image.
"Not Myself Tonight" was also criticised for sounding generic, try-hard and desperate. The video, a "homagé" to Madonna, then also drew serious criticism. The campaign was dead in the water. A highly publicised tour was then cancelled.
Lotus is where I get a little confused: it had great commercial but still very Christina songs, the hype of Christina as a judge on The Voice, and a catchy Max Martin lead single but it still bombed.
I think there is an incredibly negative public perception of Christina from interviews and behind the scenes stories. I don't see her as particularly likeable, but she has talent in abundance. Christina Vs Britney is always interesting because most find Britney talentless but likeable and Christina talented but unlikeable.
Interesting analysis.
I think Bionic was definetly the wrong sound at the wrong time.
Yeah, I'm the same. There was a lot of hype about Lotus after the Bionic flop, Christina's profile was sky-high because of The Voice but it still didn't take off
We will probably never know the full story of what did or didn't happen with Bionic. They are rumours RCA forced her to record more Gaga like songs while the real sound Christina was aiming for got dropped. My opinion is that Bionic wasn't good enough. Christina created a pop masterpiece with Stripped and Back To Basics was a cool concept of a record. Bionic was a mess in comparison.
Lotus flopped because by the time it was released she had no active fanbase anymore. She was also not appealing to new fans. I don't know where she goes from here.
I cannot bear that guy.
I think her debut was patchy but had some great late 90s singles that have stood the test of time especially Genie in a Bottle & I Turn to You.
Stripped is just well flawless. Such a representation of 2003 pop.
Back to Basics I was never sure about, it was a strange direction for her to go in after Stripped but its an ok album I suppose. Candyman was a great song.
Bionic was just a tragedy really.
Lotus was like her debut patchy in places but some really good underrated songs that deserved recognition.
Moves Like Jagger is still an anthem.
I never listened to her Spanish & Christmas albums.
Despite all that, Christina has ended up scoring three massive worldwide hits as a featured artist (Moves Like Jagger, Feel This Moment, Say Something) and the beauty of these three songs is that it's reinforced how extraordinary a singer she is. I particularly love her vocals on Say Something even if the song itself is a bit twee.
The fact that Bionic went to no.1 here shows that up till that point Christina still had a fan base but the whole Perez hate campaign in 2010 massively hurt her. As much as I love Bionic the constant Gaga comparisons made it look like she was chasing someone else's image which spread accross the internet & stuck!
Her consistently strong collaborations show she still has massive potential but you need to be prepared to work for it & that means traveling around the world to promote an album, something Christina has been reluctant to do since starting a family.
I think of today's big popstar as 'super popstars' they fire on all cylinders, they relentlessly release material, utilise social media to the full extent & consistently travel around the world promoting their brand! If Christina was willing to do this she could easily put out a successful album!
except for a few songs you lost me is amazing maybe if she'd done stripped part 2 would have been better she also made it clear she couldn't be bothered to promote lotus even though it's not a bad album don't know what the answer is.
maybe a new manager and lots of apperances in uk & Europe to promote new songs.
She is lost at sea at the moment with no obvious sound or no real interest. all she seems able to sell are collaborations.
She arguably doesn't add much to her features and I don't know how much of a fanbase she has left compared to her contemporaries. She's in a difficult place, but anything can happen in this industry. She has talent on her side.
I've given it many chances & listens and it really isn't.
She looks great now though.
Her tracks that made it that she worked with MIA, Le Tigre, Ladytron, Sia, Linda Perry on sound top notch and so surreal and trippy and eprsonal and cool...i truly feel had she really immersed herself with that Indie Pop/Electronica scope she would have hit it bigger and she would have the sonic answer to Back To Basics
My fave CHristina album however is Back To Basics...i mean it was so different and fresh and stylistically brilliant all round...Disc 2 is an artform and disc 1 really paid tribute to her influences and inspirations. such a shame her label didnt allow her to unleash the material she wanted for Bionic
I think she has it in her to have a new peak with her talent and her ideas...i just wished her label had more faith in her as we need more riskier sounds in pop music.
Imo Stripped blows away any album Britney ever put out there.
"lotus" was an improvement, but she needs another album to the standard of "stripped" to really reignite interest. she's done pretty well in terms of keeping herself relevant by featuring on big hit singles in recent years though.
Also, i do feel she will always be pressured to deliver another stripped, which i am glad she hasn't. Why be desperate and revert back to what you have done before? Do what you want to do. However Lotus was a terrible album. Will go as far as rating it one of the worst pop albums my ears have ever heard.
Bionic on the other hand is an album that I listen to quite a lot. There are some good songs and I listen to it a lot in the summer. My favourites tracks from Bionic include
Bionic
Monday Morning
Birds Of Prey
Elastic Love