Christina Aguilera "Mi Reflejo" Album

	Title: Mi Reflejo Format: Album Label: Sony International Released: 2000-09-12
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In less than a year from the day that she burst onto the world musical landscape, Christina Aguilaera has scored three #1 smash hit singles, watch sales of her chart-topping debut album surpass the ten million mark worldwide, headlined the 'Super Bowl Halftime Show', performed for the President, and to top it all off, took home the Grammy for "Best New Artist". As if that was not enough she is now releasing an all Spanish language album.
"Mi Reflejo" (My Reflection), contains songs translated from her previous self-titled English album "Christina Aguilera" and completely new Spanish songs, including one duet with Puerto Rican singing sensation Luis Fonsi. The album was produced by Rudy Perez. ~From the Label.

When Christina Aguilera's eponymous debut reached multi-platinum status in the summer of 1999, the charts were also ruled by the Latin pop explosion, headed by Ricky Martin. Since Aguilera had Ecuadoran heritage, recording a Latin pop album was appropriate, even if she didn't know how to speak the language. Besides, a Latin album was an easy way to buy time for an artist waiting to produce an eagerly awaited sequel to a blockbuster album. So, she knocked out the record that became in 1999 and 2000, between tours and video shoots. She learned the words phonetically, but she already knew most of the melodies, since the bulk of the album was Spanish-language versions of songs on the debut album. In other words, it was a mirror image of the debut -- her Spanish reflection, as it were. This results in an album that is just a little too familiar, even if it's classy and well-produced and spiked with a couple of new tunes that hold their own with the holdovers. Even so, it's hard to view as anything other than a bit of a pleasant holding pattern; it's enjoyable as it spins, but it doesn't add anything new to her music, since it's just the old music in new clothing. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide.

You go, girl! Riding on the coattails of the Latin explosion, teen sensation Christina Aguilera decided to tap into her Ecuadorian roots (on her father's side) and brush up on her Spanish. With her newfound tongue, she translates five tracks of her multiplatinum self-titled debut. "Genie in a Bottle" becomes "Genie Atrapado," "Come On Over" becomes "Ven Conmigo," and her other major hits get code-switched and granted the added value of Spanish guitar and dizzied-up Latin disco beats. Fans, especially those who understand the language, should rush to pick up this album. In the year since Aguilera released her self-titled debut, she's honed her chops and figured out what kind of artist she wants to be: namely, an R&B heavy-hitter, not a pop princess. To prove her staying power and worth, she does serious vocal acrobatics with so much confidence and clarity on Mi Reflejo, you'll forget that five of these songs are old, that all are translated into a language other than her native tongue, and that she's a modest 19 years old. ~Heidi Sherman, Amazon.com.