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Back to Basics is the third full-length original studio English-language album from American pop singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera. The album was released August 15 2006 in the United States and Canada, August 14 2006 in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe,[1] on August 9 2006 in Japan and Italy, and on August 12 in Australia. It was leaked to the internet over two weeks before the actual release date. The album features what Aguilera describes as "a throwback to the 20s, 30s, and 40s-style jazz, blues, and feel-good soul music, but with a modern twist."[2]

Album information

Christina Aguilera has transformed her image and musical style with every album. With the new Back to Basics album, her musical style has changed from the urban and light rock sounds of Stripped to a soulful and jazz-inspired album. Aguilera has described her newest album as an urban soul record combining elements of 1920s, '30s and '40s blues and jazz with modern day influences.[2] According to the album's page at billboard.com, the album will also be released as a double LP. The album's title was confirmed in the March issue of Rolling Stone magazine, and Aguilera was featured in a cover story of ELLE UK magazine confirming her work with producers Mark Ronson and P. Diddy. The record finds her working with hip-hop producers DJ Premier, Kwamé and Ronson for the first time. It will also find her working with Linda Perry, who worked with Aguilera on Stripped (2002). In February 2006 at MTV's TRL Awards, she previewed three unmastered tracks from the upcoming album including the first single, "Ain't No Other Man", the album's intro, "Back to Basics", as well as "Candyman".

The first single from the album is "Ain't No Other Man", which was also previewed on the show and climbed into the top ten at #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 after its release (it leaked onto radio and the internet on June 1, causing Sony BMG to release the song as a single several days early). The video for the first single was shot in Los Angeles in early May, and premiered on June 21 on MTV. "Ain't No Other Man" is accompanied by sampled horn blasts, percussion, and hip-hop styled, old-school beats, courtesy of DJ Premier. Also in May 2006 Pepsi released a commercial in which Aguilera performs the song "Here to Stay" alongside Lebanese singer Elissa (who sings her then-current single "Bastanak"). In another Pepsi commercial, Aguilera appears with Korean pop singer Rain, where they sing Rain's "Go Forward." She will also be in a side project, doing a duet with Diddy on "Tell Me", which as stated in MTV's TRL to be Diddy's second single, to be released off of Press Play, his latest album.

Back to Basics is a double-disc album. The first disc is a throwback album with elements of old blues and jazz with a modern day twist. The first disc is also more "beat-driven" (as Aguilera stated on the "Back to Basics" CD enhanced video). The second disc is songs Aguilera did with Linda Perry. "There are no samples - It's all live music", Aguilera said of the second disc.[3] The album includes a continuation of Stripped's "Dirrty", with a song called, "Still Dirrty"; Nas was originally meant to be featured on the track, but is not on the final version of the song. DJ Premier explained how different that version is to its 2002 predecessor; "It's more jazz-sampled with these horn blasts". Aguilera also premiered two new full tracks from the album, "Slow Down Baby" and "Candyman" on the New York Radio station Z-100. The interlude "F.U.S.S." stands for "Fuck U Scott Storch". [4] (Scott Storch is a producer who produced and co-wrote a number of songs for Aguilera's Stripped.) These include "Walk Away", "Can't Hold Us Down", "Infatuation", "Fighter", "Loving Me 4 Me" and "Underappreciated". Scott Storch wasn't asked to be present on Back to Basics which led to a breakdown of their relationship after he complained in interviews. [5] The last track on the second disc is a documentary that shows a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album.

Hurt has been confirmed as the second single to be taken from "Back To Basics" by Christina's record label, RCA.

Chart success

Debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, Back to Basics became Christina's second Number 1 album of her career. It also gave her her best sales week with over nearly 342,000 copies sold [2], an increase of about 4% over Stripped's opening week. Around the world, the album has already sold well.<font=colorred> [6]

Two weeks before the official U.S. release of Back to Basics, iTunes made the album available for pre-order. It immediately shot up the online music store's Top Albums list, peaking at number 1 on the day of the release.

Aguilera's album reached number 1 in the United States [7], United Kingdom [8][9], Germany [10], The Netherlands [11], Australia [12], Canada [13], Switzerland [14], Austria [15], Wales [16], and Ireland [17] in the same week. The album has a first week sales of 342,608 copies.[3]

The song Candyman has proven popular as it has peaked at number 63 in the Top 100 download on iTunes, even though the song will not be the second single.

Track listing

# Title Length
Disc 1
1. "Intro (Back to Basics)" 1:47
2. "Makes Me Wanna Pray" with Steve Winwood 4:10
3. "Back in the Day" 4:13
4. "Ain't No Other Man" 3:49
5. "Understand" 3:46
6. "Slow Down Baby" 3:29
7. "Oh Mother" 3:46
8. "F.U.S.S." 2:21
9. "On Our Way" 3:36
10. "Without You" 3:56
11. "Still Dirrty" 3:46
12. "Here to Stay" 3:19
13. "Thank You (Dedication To Fans...)" 4:59
Disc 2
1. "Enter the Circus" 1:42
2. "Welcome" 2:42
3. "Candyman" 3:14
4. "Nasty Naughty Boy" 4:45
5. "I Got Trouble" 3:42
6. "Hurt" 4:03
7. "Mercy on Me" 4:33
8. "Save Me from Myself" 3:13
9. "The Right Man" 3:51
10. "Back to Basics" (making of) 10:07 (Video)

Japanese Edition

The Japanese version of Back to Basics includes three bonus tracks: "Woman in Me", "Your Truth" and a remix of "Here to Stay" which was used in recent Pepsi promotions.

Singles

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Chart performance

Billboard 200 [18]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Position
1
Australian ARIA Top 50 Albums [12]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1
2


Belgium Top 50 Albums [19]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
31
2


Canadian Top 100 Albums [20]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1


Czech IFPI Charts TOP 50 [21]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
24
4


Dutch Album Chart [11]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1
3


Finnish Top 40 Chart [22]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
6


German Top 100 Albums [10]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1


Irish Top 100 Albums [17]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1
2


Japanese Oricon Album Charts [23]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
7
9


New Zealand Album Charts [24]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
2
6


Polish Chart Zpav/Olis [25]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
49
9
Israel MusicaNeto Top 30[10]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
15
8


U.K. Top 75 Albums [8]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Position
1
2
United World Chart [26]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Position
1

Peak position & certification

Year Chart Providers Position Certification Sales
2006 The Billboard 200 (U.S.) Billboard 1 [7]   346,000 [7]
2006 Billboard Comprehensive Albums (U.S.) Billboard 1 [27]    
2006 Billboard Digital Albums (U.S.) Billboard 1 [28]    
2006 Billboard Internet Albums (U.S.) Billboard 1 [29]    
2006 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (U.S.) Billboard 2 [30]    
2006 The Official UK Album Chart BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 1 [8]   127,870 [31]
2006 Argentian Album Chart CAPIF 3 [32]    
2006 Australian Album Chart ARIA 1 [12] Platinum [33] >70,000 (shipped) [33]
>15,000 (sales) [34]
2006 Austrian Album Chart Media Control Europe 1 [15]    
2006 Belgian Album Chart Ultratop / Nielsen 2 [19] Gold [35] 21,000 (shipped) [35]
2006 Brazilian Album Chart unk.      
2006 Canadian Album Chart Nielsen Soundscan 1 [13]   ~24,000 [13]
2006 Czech Album Chart IFPI 4 [21]    
2006 Danish Album Chart IFPI / Nielsen 2 [36]    
2006 Dutch Album Chart Mega Charts BV 1 [11]    
2006 Estonian Album Chart Pedrobeat 2 [37]    
2006 Finnish Album Chart GLF 6 [22]    
2006 French Album Chart SNEP/IFOP 10 [38]    
2006 German Album Chart Media Control 1 [10]    
2006 Greece International Album Chart IFPI      
2006 Hungarian Top 40 Album Chart MAHASZ 6    
2006 Irish Album Chart IRMA 1 [17]    
2006 Israeli Album Chart MusicaNeto 8 [39]    
2006 Italian Album Chart FIMI/Nielsen  3 [40]    
2006 Japanese Album Chart Oricon 7 [23]   53,178 [41]
2006 Mexican Album Chart AMPROFON  2 [42]    
2006 New Zealand Album Chart RIANZ 2 [24]    
2006 Norwegian Album Chart VG Nett 4 [43]    
2006 Philippine Pop Album Chart PRIMA      
2006 Polish Album Chart ZPAV 9 [25]    
2006 Portuguese Album Chart AFP/Nielsen 26 [44]    
2006 Russian Album Chart unknown 1 [citation needed]    
2006 Spanish Album Chart Promusicae/Media Control      
2006 Swedish Album Chart GLF 2 [45]    
2006 Swiss Album Chart Media Control Europe 1 [14]    
2006 Welsh Album Chart BBC 1 [16]    
2006 United World Chart (Worldwide Sales) Media traffic 1 [26] n/a 615,000 http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums.htm

References

  1. ^ Christina Aguilera's Official Website May 10, 2006
  2. ^ a b "2006: A Look Ahead". Retrieved April 1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Aguilera Looks Christina Makes Her Comeback Twice As Nice By Expanding Basics Into Double LP". Retrieved June 6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Leidsch Dagblad CD-review (Dutch). Accessed August 25, 2006
  5. ^ In Touch Weekly, quoted in nydailynews August 16. Retrieved August 19, 2006.
  6. ^ [1] Aguilera Takes No. 1 Amid All-New Top Five. Retrieved August 23, 2006
  7. ^ a b c Billboard.com Hasty, Katey, "Aguilera Takes No. 1 Amid Five Top 10 Debuts". Retrieved August 23, 2006
  8. ^ a b c BBC Radio 1 album chart. Retrieved August 20, 2006.
  9. ^ The Album Chart Show site. Retrieved August 20, 2006.
  10. ^ a b c d German album chart Front page. Retrieved August 22, 2006
  11. ^ a b c Megacharts.nl Album list. (Flash required; no direct URL) Retrieved August 21, 2006
  12. ^ a b c Aria album chart. Retrieved August 26, 2006.
  13. ^ a b c Canoe JAM! Music Aguilera Returns to No.1 on Charts Retrieved August 23, 2006
  14. ^ a b Swisscharts.com Album Top 100 - 27.08.2006. Retrieved August 23, 2006
  15. ^ a b Orf.at Longplaycharts week 33 2006. (Deutsch) Retrieved August 24, 2006
  16. ^ a b BBC Official Welsh album chart. Accessed August 24, 2006
  17. ^ a b c Chart-Track Irish album charts week ending 17 August 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2006
  18. ^ Billboard.com Chart history Back To Basics
  19. ^ a b Skynet.be Ultratop Albums August 19, 2006 (French or Dutch) Retrieved August 24, 2006
  20. ^ CANOE Jam! Album chart
  21. ^ a b IFPI Hitparáda 2006 week 34 (Czech) Retrieved August 24, 2006
  22. ^ a b Yle.fi Albums week 34, 2006. (Finnish) Retrieved August 24, 2006
  23. ^ a b Oricon.co.jp Album chart in English, August 14, 2006. Retrieved August 20, 2006
  24. ^ a b RIANZ Top 40 albums August 21, 2006. Retrieved August 22, 2006
  25. ^ a b Oficjalna Lista Sprzedazy 14.08.2006 - 21.08.2006 (Polish) Retrieved August 26, 2006
  26. ^ a b United World Chart albums. Week 35, 2006 - September 2. Retrieved August 25, 2006
  27. ^ Billboard.com Top Comprehensive Albums 2006-09-02. Accessed August 24, 2006
  28. ^ Billboard.com Top Digital Albums 2006-09-02. Accessed August 24, 2006
  29. ^ Billboard.com Top Internet Albums 2006-09-02. Accessed August 24, 2006
  30. ^ Billboard.com Top R&B/Hip-HopAlbums 2006-09-02. Accessed August 24, 2006
  31. ^ theofficialcharts.com Back to Basics page. Retrieved August 24, 2006
  32. ^ Capif.org.ar Ranking Venta Mayorista de Discos 13/08/2006 hasta 19/08/2006. (Spanish) Retrieved August 24, 2006
  33. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ariaplatinum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  34. ^ Cite error: The named reference australiasales was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  35. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference belgiangold was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  36. ^ hitlisterne.dk Album Top-40 Week 34 25-08. Retrieved August 25, 2006
  37. ^ Pedro.ee CD top100 2006 week 33 (Estonian) Retrieved August 22, 2006
  38. ^ IFOP Classement des meilleures ventes d'albums du 13.08.06 au 19.08.06. (French) Retrieved August 23, 2006
  39. ^ Musicaneto.com album chart 20.8.2006 (Hebrew) Retrieved August 23, 2006
  40. ^ Tiscali.it "I successi del momento", August 21, 2006 (Italian). Retrieved August 22, 2006
  41. ^ Oricon.co.jp weekly sales 2006/8/22 + 2006/8/15 (Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2006
  42. ^ MixUp (Spanish) Retrieved August 24, 2006
  43. ^ VG Nett Topp 40 Album week 34, 2006. (Norwegian) Retrieved August 23, 2006
  44. ^ Associação Fonogràfica Portuguesa Week 34, 2006 (Portuguese) Retrieved August 23, 2006
  45. ^ Swedishcharts.com Album Top 60 - 2006-08-24. Retrieved August 24, 2006
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