On July 6th, Back to Basics was awarded double platinum. On November 17, 2006, Back to Basics was officially certified platinum by Billboard, representing over 1 million copies sold. Back to Basics is the sixth fastest-selling album in 2006, only Taking the Long Way by Dixie Chicks, B'Day by Beyoncé, 10,000 Days by Tool, FutureSex / LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake and Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts sold more often in the first week.
Aguilera was the first female artist to sell more than 300,000 CDs in 2006. In the US, Aguilera's third English-language album went from 0 to 1 and sold about 350,000 copies in the first week. The third single Candyman, which was able to place in the German Top-20, did not help the album to return to the German album charts. On Februit was in the German album charts for the last time. In January 2007, it achieved platinum status for 200,000 units shipped to retailers. ? left the German album charts for a week in mid-December. Despite the radio hit Hurt and an appearance on Wetten, dass. Back to Basics was awarded gold in October (100,000 copies sold). In Germany, Back to Basics became Christina Aguilera's first number 1 album, as it topped the chart straight away. In J(Oceania and Asia) and J(Europe), the fourth single Slow Down Baby was released. Īguilera released her third single Candyman on Februin the USA and on Apin Europe and Australia. On December 12, 2006, Walmart released a special edition entitled Back to Basics & Beyond.
On November 28, 2006, Back to Basics was released in a special edition in the USA. Although MTV and Rolling Stone announced Candyman as their second single, Hurt was released. The first single Ain't No Other Man was released internationally in the summer of 2006. These were Ain't No Other Man, Back to Basics (Intro), and Candyman. In February 2006, three previously unknown songs were auditioned by Christina Aguilera at the MTV TRL Awards. The title of the album was published in Rolling Stone magazine in March. The actual release date of the CD has been pushed back again and again from 2004. The clink and noise were used for the beginning of On Our Way and Back in the Day, as well as for the entire song I Got Trouble. Aguilera in the bonus video Back to Basics
In addition, Aguilera experimented with different microphones, for example with the carbon microphone, in order to preserve the clinking and hissing that was on the sound carriers of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Live instruments were used to record the tracks. Also Mark Ronson worked on Back to Basics. Christina Aguilera recorded the album's tracks in five different studios in the US and UK. Aguilera originally wanted to work with Scott Storch, who had produced several tracks on the Stripped album with her ( Walk Away, Can't Hold Us Down, Infatuation, Fighter, Loving Me 4 Me, Keep on Singin 'My Song and Underappreciated ), However, this refused. Christina Aguilera also worked again with Linda Perry, with whom she also recorded the ballad Beautiful. Diddy, whom she announced in a report in the English magazine ELLE, and Steve Winwood, with whom she recorded the title Makes Me Wanna Pray. Aguilera has worked with various artists for example P. With her song Candyman Aguilera has been nominated again for the Grammy Award 2008 in the category “ Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ”.īack to Basics is influenced by the music of the 20s, 30s and 40s. For Ain't No Other Man, however, she received the Grammy for "Best Female Vocal Performance" (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance). It was nominated for the Grammy Award 2007 in the category "Best Singing Album - Pop" (Best Pop Vocal Album). Musically it moves in the jazz, blues and soul area. Aug(UK, New Zealand, Estonia, France and Poland)īack to Basics is the fifth studio album by US singer Christina Aguilera.Aug(Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands).
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