Christina Aguilera – Castle Walls

To commemorate Aguilera’s ten years in the music industry, RCA Records released, Keeps Gettin’ Better: A Decade of Hits on November 11, 2008 exclusively at Target stores in the US The greatest hits included her first three number one singles, and other songs released from her previous three albums. “Lady Marmalade” and several Spanish singles from Mi Reflejo were included in the worldwide releases. The album’s only single, “Keeps Gettin’ Better”, was premiered at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and debuted and peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, her highest debut on the chart. Aguilera was one of Billboard’s Top 20 Artists of the Decade in their year-end charts. Aguilera’s fourth English studio album, Bionic, was released on June 8, 2010. The album’s producers included Tricky Stewart, Le Tigre, Switch, Ester Dean, songwriters Sam Endicott, Sia, Claude Kelly, Linda Perry and collaborations with MIA, Santigold, Nicki Minaj, and Peaches. The album’s only two singles, “Not Myself Tonight” and “You Lost Me” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts but were unsuccessful elsewhere. Bionic’s material consisted of many mainstream and pop records along with electronic and dance music. The album was released to mixed reviews from music critics, with Jon Pareles of The New York Times writing that the singer’s new music direction “makes her sound as peer-pressured as a pop singer can be.” Allison Stewart of The Washington Post described the album as being “noisy …
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