Mi Reflejo

Performer: Christina Aguilera
Artist: Luis Fonsi
Producer: Rudy Perez
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. MI REFLEJO contains 4 songs from Christina Aguilera's eponymous debut and 1 song from the MULAN soundtrack presented in Spanish, as well as 6 new Spanish songs. Personnel includes: Christina Aguilera (vocals); Luis Fonsi (vocals); Tony Concepcion (trumpet); Paul Rein (keyboards, drums, programming); Rudy Perez (keyboards); Julio Hernandez (bass); Johan Aberg (drums, programming); Wendy Pedersen (background vocals). MI REFLEJO was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. MI REFLEJO won the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. "Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti" was nominated for the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Record Of The Year. MI REFLEJO won the 2001 Billboard Latin Music Award for Female Pop Album of the Year and for Pop Album of the Year by a New Artist. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Ever since the mainstream acceptance of Latin pop in the late '90s, it's become fairly common for artists who first came to prominence singing in Spanish to put out English-language albums, but MI REFLEJO is one of the few examples of the opposite process. Teen pop goddess Christina Aguilera, who comes from Ecuadorian stock, uses this album as an opportunity to pay homage to her roots. Sure, it doesn't hurt that MI REFLEJO will endear her to a whole new audience, but the singer has professed a desire to do something like this that dates back to her pre-icon days. A few of the tunes here are simply versions of her previous hits--including the breakthrough smash "Genie in a Bottle"--with Spanish lyrics. Most of the album, however, features new songs chosen specifically for this project and recorded with a Latin pop approach in mind. Needless to say, Ricky Martin-loving Latin pop enthusiasts will find as much to enjoy here as diehard Aguilera fans.

Vibe (11/00, p.166) - 3.5 discs out of 5 - "...[She] exquisitely turns out her inner Ecuadorian and transcends her suburban origins with remarkably authentic Latin feeling..."

Britney Spears proved that the same goldmine that Madonna and Cyndi Lauper mined in the 1980s was again ripe for the picking, and she was immediately followed up the charts by another female teenybop sensation, Christina Aguilera. Closely aligned with Spears's style early on, Aguilera hit the charts in a major way in the late '90s. However, by the dawn of the new millennium, Aguilera had transformed herself from a bubblegum sensation to a raw and raunchy vamp (STRIPPED), and then to a mature, platinum blonde pseudo-traditionalist (BACK TO BASICS), positioning herself as a risk-taker with little connection to her Mousketeer past.

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