[AUDIO] 'YOU LOST ME / BLANK PAGE' - CHRISTINA AGUILERA (FEAT. SIA)

It looks like the mastermind behind some of Christina's best remixes, Lucas (Twitter), has done it again, but in the form of a mash-up featuring Sia's vocals in "You Lost Me" and "Blank Page".

Check out the amazing job he did below.


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@karlosacenteno oh wow I wonder where this came from!? It's just a guide vocal for the harmonies in the pre chorus!
— sia furler (@siamusic) January 3, 2013

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA TO PERFORM AND RECIEVE AWARD AT PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2013

Multi-award winning recording artist Christina Aguilera will perform live at PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2013, from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Wednesday, January 9, 2013, airing on the CBS Television Network (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/delayed PT). She will be joining previously announced performer, country star Jason Aldean. The People’s Choice Awards is the only major awards show where fans determine the nominees and winners across categories of movies, music and television.

In addition to performing, Christina Aguilera will be presented with the 2013 "PEOPLE'S VOICE" award. Waterford Crystal will design the custom trophy, which recognizes Aguilera’s outstanding achievements in the music industry, and celebrates her ability to reach millions of fans both at home and abroad, across pop, soul and R&B genres.

"I am thrilled to announce that Christina Aguilera is joining Jason Aldean as a performer at the People's Choice Awards," said Executive Producer Mark Burnett.

"Christina is one of my dearest friends and lights up literally every stage she steps onto. And I am so glad that I get to work with the amazing Jason Aldean again. I cannot wait to see these performances live on show night!"

Aguilera has sold more than 43 million albums worldwide, achieved four #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, won five Grammy® Awards and was the only artist under 30 to make Rolling Stonemagazine’s list of 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2012, while mentoring new talent in her role as coach on "The Voice," Christina released her new album, "Lotus", which features collaborations with Max Martin, Sia, and Alex Da Kid and duets with Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton.

Source:Yahoo!

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA REFOCUSES ON HER OWN VOICE IN 'LOTUS'

It’s been six years since Christina Aguilera made a record that would remind us why she was a perfect choice for a show called “The Voice.” For better and for worse, the NBC singing competition is what the former Mouseketeer is best known for now. Bubbling over with memorable melodies, throbbing dance grooves, and dynamic vocals, her new album, “Lotus,” is a good start in the effort to refocus attention on Aguilera’s skills and scrub our memories of 2010’s disastrous “Bionic.”

Aside from the hokey title track, it is front-loaded with goodies, including the Gloria Gaynor-meets-Depeche Mode dance of anger that is “Army of Me,” the kooky horn-and-yodel fest “Red Hot Kinda Love,” and the impossible-to-resist exhortation to “Make the World Move.” The piano ballad “Blank Page,” co-written by Aguilera, Australian singer-songwriter Sia, and Chris Braide, is among the best performances Aguilera has ever put to tape. Two of her fellow “Voice” coaches pitch in elsewhere, with Cee Lo Green helping turn up the love on “Make the World Move” and Blake Shelton helping turn down the lights on the country-inflected closer, “Just a Fool.”

There are missteps, including needless Auto-tune and a few of what sound like Rihanna or Katy Perry leftovers. And there are several tracks that sound mindlessly repetitive as sedentary listening experiences but will likely improve with the addition of a dancefloor, including the Max Martin-Shellback produced “Let There Be Love.” Welcome back, Xtina. (Out Tuesday)

ESSENTIAL “Blank Page”

Source: BostonGlobe
Credits: Chesré Steyn 

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA SAYS 'LOTUS' LP WILL BE 'MULTI-LAYERED, HEARTFELT'

Christina Aguilera admits that her last album, 2010's Bionic, didn't connect with her fans. "It had a lot of amazing sounds and a futuristic twist to it," she says. "But if you weren't a music person, it was just going to go over your head. A lot of the collaborations were with people that were either very underground or weren't necessarily from the pop world. I really think it was far ahead of its time and it'll be fully appreciated in the years to come."

On her follow-up, Lotus – her first LP since getting a divorce and becoming a judge on The Voice – Aguilera goes for a sleeker mainstream pop sound, working with producers like Max Martin, Lucas Secon and Shellback. "I don't really push myself to have those formulaic commercial successes," Aguilera says. "It's dishonest and it starts lacking creativity. I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace."

Aguilera sees Lotus (in stores on November 9th) as a companion piece of sorts to her 2002 album, Stripped. "It really takes me back to that time," she says. "I was shedding a skin in a sense. I had been pigeonholed as formula-pop driven, or molded or forced to be something I didn't feel was true to me. I was labeled from 'Genie in a Bottle,' and I had a lot of things to say and share as a 21-year-old woman. Now I've come full circle a decade later. I had a greatest hits album and I experienced a decade in this crazy business. It's a time of celebration, of embracing being a pop star."

The songs span a range of emotions, from the pain of loss through a spiritual rebirth to a celebration of life. "It's a very multi-layered, very heartfelt record," she says. "I wanted to share all the different sides of me, as a woman, and as a creator and an artist. Part of that is being a mom. Part of that is sexuality. Part of that is vulnerability. Part of that is aggression and angst. All those pieces make me who I am."

[VIDEO] SIA TALKS ABOUT HER SONG WRITING PROCESS WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA

START VIDEO AT 2:30

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[NEWS] 'LOTUS' LISTENING PARTY: NEW INFO ABOUT ALBUM + PICTURES FROM INSIDE

Confirmed Tracks:

Army of Me
Blank Page
Cease Fire
Circles
Just A Fool feat. Blake Shelton
Let There Be Love
Lotus (Intro)
Make the World Move (feat. Cee Lo Green)
Red Hot Kind Of Love
Sing For Me
Your Body

[TWEET] @THEREALXTINA: 'Q&A - TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW SINGLE #YOURBODY'

Q&A: Tell Us About Your New Single #YourBody youtu.be/XQUkmVarsRc
— Christina Aguilera (@TheRealXtina) October 6, 2012

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[VIDEO] CHRISTINA AGUILERA: 'MY NEW ALBUM IS ALL ABOUT VOCALS'

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[VIDEO] VEVO NEWS INTERVIEWS CHRISTINA AGUILERA

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[NEWS] CHRISTINA ANNOUNCES TWO NEW SONG TITLES & SIA TWEETSABOUT 'BLANK PAGE'

Now that 'Your Body' has officially been released into the world of music, Christina Aguilera had an early morning interview with KIIS FM host Ryan Seacrest where she was asked several questions about 'The Voice', Max, her new single and album.

We weren't expecting to get any new album news but boy were we surprised to learn that she considers 'Lotus' to be a more mature version of her 2002 release 'Stripped', where she called it '... Stripped 2.0' after that comparison she revealed the titles of two other songs that will make it onto the final product.

One song is entitled 'Sing For Me' which Christina Aguilera said is a '... dedication to my fans' and the another song title that she revealed was 'Blank Page'. Many of us came across the demo that was recorded by Sia months ago as a demo for a 'special artist'. For those of you that don't know Sia Furler wrote the song with Leona Lewis in mind but in the end decided to give it to Christina.

Here is a demo of Sia singing 'Blank Page':

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After hysteria broke that 'Blank Page' was going to be on Christina Aguilera's forthcoming album, 'Lotus', Sia tweeted:

So @therealxtina Sounds amazing on our next collaboration. Blank page. Squeeeeee.
— sia furler (@siamusic) September 14, 2012

[AUDIO] CHRISTINA AGUILERA INTERVIEW WITH RYAN SEACREST

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[NEWS] SIA WILL BE WORKING WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA ON 2 NEW SONGS NEXT WEEK

An extremely lucky Xtina fan got the chance to meet the amazingly talented Sia Furler at the Lana del Rey show in Los Angeles, CA.

Here is what our fellow fighter said:

I went to the Lana Del Rey show in Los Angeles last night and met Sia in the audience. She was standing by the bar and I'd chat with her a bit every time I walked back for drinks.

I know everyone is going to hate me, but I didn't ask her anything about Christina's album. I didn't want to bother her with questions she's constantly bombarded with. However, she did mention that she was going to be working on two tracks with Christina next week and seemed very excited about it.

Sorry I don't have more info, but I'm glad they're working together again. I loved what they did on Bionic, but I really hope they do something upbeat.

Credits: BludFlowers

It turns out that the news that our fellow Fighter reported was true. Sia confirmed it through twitter...

I am working with her next week, but hedid pester me for information all night, and I tried to be nice and answer truthfully, hoping he
— sia furler (@siamusic) June 4, 2012

Would let me watch Lana del Rey in peace. I had no idea he would rush home to tell the world. Now I feel silly for being nice.
— sia furler (@siamusic) June 4, 2012

How excited are you guys for this new Xtina and Sia material?... We're ecstatic.

[TWEET] @SIAMUSIC: 'YES.4 SONGS.I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE TITLE THOUGH...'

Guys, Sia's songs made the cut! The songs that she had written with Christina will be on Christina’s new album! Plus she wrote a song for 'Burlesque'
Question:

@siamusic Did you make the cut in Christina’s Light And Darkness album?

Answer:

@ivanvanegas yes.4 songs.i don’t know if that is the title though,or when it will be released.we also wrote one for her movie burlesque.

Source: Twitter (SiaMusic)

[NEWS] THE DIRRTY DETAILS ABOUT CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S UPCOMING ALBUM

Rob Lewis:

"I can tell you that what you will see and hear from Christina will be different, original, and probably against the grain: the true form for Christina ... always re-creating herself."

Tricky Stewart:

"It's just great. I wouldn't say that it's alternative, I wouldn't say that it's different; Christina's always been an artist that moves the bar and that's what the great ones do. They don't stay in the same place for too long, and this album is just another move for her. I really feel it's one of her best bodies of work that I've heard since Stripped. I think it's really, really amazing and I think it's well put together. "She's mixing it up again. She's singing R&B again, she's doing pop. She's doing it all, but she's found a way to make it all meet in the middle because she's so many different things."

Sia Furler:

"One of the songs is "the best singing she does since Beautiful" and another one is an "awesome, catchy, Christina-song". Another one is a song in honor for her son Max Liron Bratman. "It´s almost like a lullaby."

Ladytron:

"We were impressed because she had a real deep knowledge of our music - album tracks, not just the singles!". "We went in with no expectations; the whole thing was a massive surprise. But it was incredible. She was so musically talented, a vocalist who really knows her voice. The first takes sounded really amazing, and while we'd made demos, it was only when her voice was on them that it all came to life. It's nice to talk about them, we've been sitting on this for a while."

Christina Aguilera:

I think I'm most proud of this work than I have ever been, just because I have worked with so many amazing and incredible talented people, a lot of different collaborations, working with a lot of artists that I really love and listen to, respect and admire. Sia, the singer, songwriter has done some work with "Breathe Me," one of her main, amazing beautiful songs, we did a lot of work on this record together and she's just a complete gem, she's truly just a talented force to be reckoned with and I so enjoyed her company. I think we really created some super crazy magic together. I got the chance to sort of write with Santogold, M.I.A., Ladytron, artists that I really love. The overall versatility of this record is truly something special for me, I actually experimented with so many types of textures and sounds of my voice that I've never showcased and I've never even really knew that I could do. Working with so many different people, I really kind of wanted to step into their worlds, them into my world, and just get the best of both worlds and see what happened, and really experiment which is honestly what I try to do with every record so that I'm not making the same song over and over, and over again. I really like to step outside of my own box and really check out artists and this was the first time that I really collaborated with so many at once and it was just so exciting for me and the result was just magic and I just can't wait to share it all with you guys. I'm dying to share some of my titles of the record, some of the songs off the album because they're really special and just interesting to hear within itself, but soon enough guys, soon enough, I promise that it will be well worth the wait. There truly is something for everyone to enjoy on the record and as I said it's versatility is really special and it's something that I've never actually done before and being so versatile both vocally and musically, a lot of good stuff in store.

[NEWS] WIKIPEDIA ADDS 'BURLESQUE (FILM)' TO IT'S ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Cast

Christina Aguilera
Cher (Tess)
Cam Gigandet (Jack)
Stanley Tucci (Manager)
Kristen Bell (Nikki)
Alan Cumming
Julianne Hough
Tyne Stecklein (Jesse)
Chelsea Traille (Coco)

Soundtrack

Singer-songwriter Sia Furler has worked with Aguilera on a song for the film. Record producer, Danja has also been working on songs for the film. The film is set to have 18 numbers, as well. Tricky Stewart has announced that he will be producing the score.

Source: Wikipedia

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S 4TH STUDIO ALBUM IS 100% FINISHED

My ears are ringing from the huge siren in the PopWrap office that just went off. We have it set to sound every time Christina Aguilera is mentioned anywhere on the interwebs and damnit if I had to sign up for Braille classes today.

OK, so that isn't entirely true, but the fact that Jarett and I are both huge X-tina fans is definitely a fact. So when I heard that her fourth studio album is now all wrapped up in a nice little bow and ready for the masses, I just about dirrrrrtied myself.

Tricky Stewart (the mastermind behind Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies”) sat down with Rap-Up.com for an exclusive interview on Christina's finished album, and damn if he didn't yap yap yap. Tricky started by saying, “I really feel it’s one of her best bodies of work that I’ve heard since 'Stripped.' I think it’s really, really amazing and I think it’s well put together."

The follow-up to 2006’s "Back to Basics" has been described as a departure from her past efforts. “It’s just great. I wouldn’t say that it’s alternative, I wouldn’t say that it’s different,” he shared. “Christina’s always been an artist that moves the bar and that’s what the great ones do. They don’t stay in the same place for too long and this album is just another move for her.”

PopWrap previously reported that there was speculation of the blond Micky Mouse Club alumnus collaborating with Sia, Santigold and M.I.A. of which Tricky also semi-cleared up. When asked about the M.I.A. duet, he said “I know that she did it,” confirmed Tricky, “and I know that there’s a lot of other cool features, like I know that she has Santigold and Flo Rida on there.” There are also rumors that other collaborations on the album include Claude Kelly, Ladytron, Linda Perry, Diplo & Switch, Goldfrapp, Ladyhawke and Le Tigre. If that's the case, there will be a massive party in my living room come release day -- mark my words.

Speaking of words (segway!), no word on a release date or first single as of yet, but it's definitely on the 2010 roster. And the timing couldn't be better because Christina has given word that she wants to shift her focus from music to movies -- she's set to star in "Burlesque," a musical co-starring Cher and "Twilight" hottie Cam Gigandet that I've already bought tickets for. Well, in my mind.

Source: NewYorkPost

[SPECULATION] SHEDDING LIGHT ON 'LIGHT & DARKNESS' WITH FAN CONCEPTUALIZATIONS

As the anticipation, the curiosity, the butterflies begin to prevail....fans begin to brainstorm....what will it sound like?...what will it look like? what journey will we be taken on?

Left with nothing but the rumored album title "Light & Darkness" fans young & old strive to capture what hasnt been revealed yet, one thing is for certain the New Album is "highly" anticipated & not just with Christina fans!

Fans of Sia, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, Le Tigre, Santigold, M.I.A. and of course the amazing Linda Perry have lined up & are right in this big ass boat of ours...LOL...!!! So while we wait for some Official New Album news, lets check out some of the fans concepts.

[NEWS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S SON WAS HER ELECTRON INSPIRATION FOR HER NEW ALBUM

Christina Aguilera's Son Was Her Electro Inspiration On New Album
In E! special airing Wednesday, Aguilera says she gravitated toward Zero 7 when she was pregnant with Max.

Christina Aguilera has spoken quite a bit about how her upcoming album is taking her sound in a new, electro-disco direction thanks to collaborations with Goldfrapp,Ladytron, M.I.A., Santigold, Sia and Le Tigre.

But in a two-hour interview scheduled to air Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on E!, "Christina Aguilera: An E! Entertainment Special," the Grammy-winning belter reveals a bit more about husband Jordan Bratman as well as the influence the couple's toddler son, Max, has had on her new studio adventures.

The show takes you inside the studio with Aguilera, where she recalls how after 19-month-old Max was born, she got hooked on the pumping electro sound of bands like U.K. downtempo duoZero 7. Australian pop singer Sia, who has worked with Zero 7, explains in the show that Aguilera told her, "I'm kind of interested in stepping into your world."

"Whenever Max was born, I really gravitated, for some reason, towards a lot of electro music and that futuristic sound," Aguilera said. "I was listening to a lot of artists like Zero 7, [who] have worked a lot with one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Sia, who is absolutely amazing."

Rather than bend her collaborators to her sound, Aguilera said she really wanted to "step inside their world and see how they put together their sound and their music and experiment with different textures and sounds of my voice."

Aguilera, 28, also gets weepy when she talks about how Bratman has helped settle her once-wild life. "I grew up not really having sort of any real male perspective or role model," Aguilera said, sporting a bleach-blond hairdo and a more tame look than in the past. "Jordan just continuously makes me fall deeper and deeper in love with him every day. ... He just exudes such love and is such a great father to Max that it just make me the happiest woman alive."

In the special, the singer also reveals where Bratman proposed to her, how her pregnancy was a total surprise and the nightly, pre-bedtime-for-Max workout routine that keeps her in shape.

Source: MTV

[PHOTOS] CHRISTINA AGUILERA & JORDAN BRATMAN: MOZZA MATES

Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman dine at Osteria Mozza restaurant on Melrose, Los Angeles on Saturday night (August 15)

The 28-year-old singer is keeping mum on many of the specifics of her upcoming album, but told A.P.E. radio station earlier this week, “I can’t let too much out the bag too soon. I just can’t, ‘cause I really want you guys to be surprised and to experience firsthand what I’m talking about or what I’m not talking too much about. Too soon in the game, but wrapping everything up now.”

She continued, “I think I’m most proud of this work than I’ve ever been, just because I worked with so many amazing and incredibly talented people. [Sia and I] did a lot of work on this record together, and she’s just a complete gem. She’s truly just such a talented force to be reckoned with. And I so enjoyed her company, and I think we really created some super crazy magic together. I got a chance to sort of write with Santigold,M.I.A.,Lady Tron— artists that I really love.”

Source: JustJared

[NEWS] SIA TALKS WORKING WITH CHRISTINA AGUILERA AND HER NEW TENTATIVE ALBUM

Sia is the friend you never knew. Lexapro, butt sex, compulsively lying - she doesn't even know us, and we heard it all, oftentimes laced with thunderous bursts of shrill laughter. It's way cute.

Best known for "Breathe Me," the send-off song to the "Six Feet Under" series finale, the queer prog-pop Aussie's dropped three solo albums and a DVD - "TV is my Parent," released in May. One of her biggest fans happens to be one of the world's biggest stars: Christina Aguilera, who tapped Sia for a handful of collaborations on the "Dirrty" singer's upcoming album.

Sia's also wrapping up work on her own LP - "the best thing I've ever done," she gushes. Between recording sessions, the human energy drink told us about her take on being a "woman," having game night with Aguilera and how the hardest years of her life produced the happiest album of her career.

I know you've been super busy with the recording of this album, but also you were working with Christina Aguilera for a bit.

Yeah, hello!

A huge gay icon.

She's really fun. You would love her.

Yeah? I read a blog post that you wrote regarding what went on behind the scenes, like drinking milkshakes, grammar lessons -

And how I wanted to eat her child like corn on the cob (laughs). I still do.

Sounds like it must've been a fun recording experience.

It really was. It was so fun. She's a really nice person. I'm going over their house to have game night some time. It's gotta be an odd day, because now I'm trying to get fit so I've got a personal trainer. I'm in Hollywood now, recording the album with a personal trainer. It's hilarious.

You've hit the big time.

I'm really, really moving up in the world. So I'm going over (to Aguilera's) one night next week when I don't have to get up early with the personal trainer the next day, because she's a bit of a night owl, so I know it'll probably end up being a late one. She has Super Mario in her house. She has a game room that has arcade games in it and a pool table and stuff. I think when you're that famous, it becomes sort of a necessity. If you were gonna go on a fun excursion, if you're as famous as her, it's sort of impossible without the paparazzi or fans wanting your attention. In her case, it was a smart move to build a room in the house for that sort of thing (laughs).

I would totally have the same if I were famous.

Yeah, if I was that famous, and if I could afford it, I would build several restaurants in my house with different themes, and probably a dog park and a Pinkberry (Frozen Yogurt). Maybe a board game haven, with Taboo, Scrabble -

I love word games.

Are you on Facebook? Do you play Word Twist or Scrabblicious?

No, but I am on Facebook. I'll have to check those out.

Oh, it's so good. You should. You should challenge your friends to a game of Twirl or Scramble. You can play yourself - or you can play random people you don't know, but I think that's kind of like sleeping around.

I'd still do it.

I totally do it. I don't know why, but I do (laughs).

So the material that you wrote for her, is it happy or depressing?

It's a bit of both. It's kind of more ballad-y. There's one really beautiful kind of mid-tempo; I guess that's the one they're thinking might be a single. I have a couple of favorites, but my favorite is kind of like a lullaby. I don't remember what we're calling it now, but we wrote it for her son, and it's really beautiful.

Aw! Cute.

So beautiful. It's like classical music beautiful. And another one that's called "You Lost Me," which is very sad and awesome. It's my favorite thing to hear her sing since "Beautiful," just the way her voice is. It suits her voice so beautifully, and it's very simple in a way.

A lot of gay people, including myself, love "Beautiful."

Me too. That was why I nearly shat my pants when they called and said she wanted to work with me. I was like, "Ahhhhhh!" That's one of my favorite songs that anybody has ever wrote in the whole universe.

Source: PrideSource