Christina Aguilera Back To Basics
On 2006 Christina Aguilera's sixth album Back to Basics is relesead, anticipated from the single Ain't not other man. The album was a great success and made its debut at the position 1 in 13 various countries, comprised the United States, selling in the first week 691 thousand copies, and in the first two weeks of sale it exceeds the threshold of million copies sold.
The album is inspired by the singers of years '20, '30, '40, joining Jazz, Blues and Soul. The next single extracted is the danced Hurt, for witch a video was also released, video directed by Floria Sigismondi. The third single extracted from the album will be the Candyman, that was a big success particularly in Italy where comes chosen like official song of the championship of Series To 2007-2008. In total, till January 2008, Back to Basics has sold beyond 5 million copies in world (4,5 million discs in the world, more 600 thousand copies than download it types them), becoming platinum disc also in Italy with 90 thousand sold copies.
On 17 November 2006, not far from the launch of the album, the singer undertakes also along tour, the Back to Basics Tour, than part from Europe and she is extended in the United States, Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The tour was also a great success and made Christina Aguilera the most profitable feminine artist of 2007, with a gain of beyond 100 million dollars, of which 48 million only in USA.
In the same period, a representing wax statue of the singer has been inserted in the famous Madame Tussauds of London, with the look that resumes the video of Ain't Not Other Man.
To 49the edition of the Grammy Awards, she gains in the category “Best feminine performance vocal POP” (for Ain't Other Man) and does not pay James Brown singing the It's piece to Man's Man's Man's World, receiving a standing ovation from the public . Moreover in that occasion the eighth of voice exceeding limit of 4 demonstrated of being able to arrive to 5 that the era be attributed. In more the performance the Grammy has been placed to 3° the place of the best ones of the history than all. In 2008 it participates to the Shine film to Light di Martin Scorsese with Rolling Stones. Christina Aguilera is an extraordinary singer” has confessed Mick Jagger speaking about singing together. With the piece Oh Mother, moreover, she participates to the compilation beneficial promoted from Amnesty International Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, in which several artists they execute cover of John Lennon in order to awaken the public opinion regarding the crisis in the Darfur.
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