Bionic (Christina Aguilera album)

This article is about the music album. For the scientific research branch see bionics .

Bionic
Studio album by Christina Aguilera
Publication (s)	June 4, 2010 (Germany) June 7, 2010 (UK) June 8, 2010 (USA)
admission	2008-2010
Label (s)	RCA
Format (s)	CD, download, record
Genre (s)	Pop , R&B , electro-pop
Title (number)	18 + 6
running time	59:27 (Standard Edition) 1:19:03 (Deluxe Edition)
production	Christina Aguilera Polow Da Don Focus Sia Samuel Dixon Ladytron Linda Perry Tricky Stewart John Hill Switch Le Tigre Ester Dean
chronology Back to Basics (2006) Bionic Burlesque (2010)
Single releases April 13, 2010 Not myself tonight May 18, 2010 Woohoo July 6, 2010 You Lost Me

Bionic is the sixth studio album by the American singer Christina Aguilera . It was released on June 4, 2010. Bionic is Aguilera's first studio album in four years since Back to Basics in 2006. She has worked with various producers and songwriters, including Linda Perry and Polow da Don . The album contains several different genres of music such as R&B , pop , electro pop and synth pop .

Emergence

On the Back to Basics tour in the summer of 2007, Aguilera stated that her upcoming album would be "short, sweet and completely different" from her last album, Back to Basics . After the birth of her son, she stated in an interview with Ryan Seacrest that her upcoming album will show a completely new aspect of herself as an artist due to her pregnancy.

Commercial win

Bionic debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 , with 110,000 copies sold. Compared to their last album Back to Basics , which sold 346,000 copies in the first week, sales were significantly lower. The next week the album fell to number 9 and in the third week to number 22. In total, the album sold 308,000 copies in the United States. The album also debuted at number 3 on the charts in Canada.

In the UK, Bionic debuted at # 1 on June 13, 2010, but was the UK's worst-selling number-one album in eight years, with sales of 24,000. In the second week, the album dropped 28 places, which was a negative record in the history of the UK charts. Bionic debuted at number 3 in Australia, where it was awarded gold for 35,000 copies sold.

The album reached number 8 in Italy and number 6 in Germany. It reached the top 20 in Denmark and Norway. The album debuted at number 1 in Greece. It reached the top 10 in Austria, Poland, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Mexico and Sweden. In France, Bionic made it to number 23 and was sold there a total of 10,000 times.

criticism

Bionic was recorded mixed. On the Metacritic site , the album received 56 points out of 100, based on 21 reviews. Eric Henderson of Slant Magazine said the album is "efficiently pop entertainment" like Britney Spears ' Circus . Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield gave the album two and a half stars out of five and criticized the "Gaga-style robot glam". Entertainment Weekly named Bionic the fifth worst album in 2010.

Track list

Standard Edition

#	title	Duration
1.	Bionic Christina Aguilera , Kalenna Harper, John Hill, David Taylor	3:21
2.	Not Myself Tonight Jamal Jones , Ester Dean , Jason Perry, Greg Curtis	3:05
3.	Woohoo (feat. Nicki Minaj ) Aguilera, Onika Maraj , Claude Kelly, Dean, Jones	5:29
4th	Elastic Love Aguilera, Mathangi Arulpragasam , Hill, Taylor	3:34
5.	Desnudate Aguilera, Christopher Stewart, Kelly	4:25
6th	Love & Glamor (Interlude)	0:11
7th	Glam Aguilera, Stewart, Kelly	3:33
8th.	Prima Donna Aguilera, Stewart, Kelly	3:26
9.	Morning Dessert Bernard Edwards Jr.	1:33
10.	Sex for Breakfast Aguilera, Noel Fisher, Edwards, Jr	4:49
11.	Lift Me Up Linda Perry	4:07
12.	My Heart (Interlude)	0:19
13.	All I Need Aguilera, Sia (singer) , Samuel Dixon	3:33
14th	I am Aguilera, Furler, Dixon	3:55
15th	You Lost Me Aguilera, Furler, Dixon	4:18
16.	I Hate Boys Aguilera, Jones, Dean, William Tyler, Bill Wellings, JJ Hunter	2:24
17th	My Girls (feat. Peaches) Aguilera, Kathleen Hanna , Johanna Fateman, JD Samson, Merrill Beth Nisker	3:08
18th	Vanity Aguilera, Dean, Claude Kelly	4:21

Bonus tracks

#	title	Duration
19th	Monday Morning Aguilera, Sam Endicott, Hill, Taylor, Santi White	3:54
20th	Bobblehead Aguilera, Hill, Taylor, White	3:02
21st	Birds of Prey Aguilera, Cathy Dennis , Ladytron	4:20
22nd	Stronger Than Ever Aguilera, Furler, Dixon	4:16
23.	I Am (Stripped) Aguilera, Furler, Dixon	3:55
24.	Little Dreamer Aguilera, Dennis, Hunt, Wu	4:11

Charts

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Bionic	DE6 (8 weeks) DE	AT3 (5 weeks) AT	CH2 (14 weeks) CH	UK1 (6 weeks) UK	US3 (14 weeks) US	First published: June 4th, 2010 Sales: + 600,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Not Myself Tonight Bionic	DE24 (5 weeks) DE	AT26 (5 weeks) AT	CH42 (6 weeks) CH	UK12 (6 weeks) UK	US23 (8 weeks) US	First published: April 6, 2010
	WooHoo Bionic	-	-	-	-	US79 (2 weeks) US	First published: May 25, 2010 feat. Nicki Minaj
	You Lost Me Bionic	-	-	-	-	-	First published: 2010

Awards and sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
France (SNEP)	-	10,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	3,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 4 × gold	607,000

Main article: Christina Aguilera / Music Sales Awards

supporting documents

1. ↑ Alondra Hernandez: Christina Aguilera's First Appearance Since Baby , People Magazine, February 6, 2008 (accessed October 9, 2011)
2. ↑ Keith Caulfield, LA: Glee 'Rises Past' Twilight 'To Top Billboard 200 , billboard.com, June 16, 2010 (accessed October 9, 2011)
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ Christina Aguilera Makes Music History in the UK , nymag.com, June 20, 2010 (accessed October 9, 2011)
5. ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Albums , Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd., December 31, 2010 (accessed October 9, 2011)
6. ↑ Christina Aguilera: Bionic , metacritic.com, June 8, 2010 (accessed October 9, 2011)
7. ↑ Eric Henderson: Christina Aguilera: Bionic , Slant Magazine, June 2, 2010 (accessed October 9, 2011)
8. ↑ Rob Sheffield: Christina Aguilera: Bionic , June 7, 2010 (accessed October 9, 2011)
9. ↑ Entertainment Weekly's Best and Worst Albums of 2010 , rap-up.com (accessed October 9, 2011)
10. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
11. ↑ Tops & Flops musicaux de l'année 2010 . Retrieved June 4, 2015.