Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)

chronology
Stripped
Studio album by Christina Aguilera
Publication ; (s)	2002
Label (s)	RCA Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop / Contemporary R&B / Soul
Title (number)	20th
running time	77 min 50 s
production	Glen Ballard, Scott Storch , Linda Perry , Rockwilder , Jasper Cameron, E. Dawk, Rob Hoffman, Heather Holley, Steve Morales
September 14, 2002	Dirrty
December 24, 2002	Beautiful
June 3, 2003	Fighter
August 26, 2003	Can't Hold Us Down
December 23, 2003	The Voice Within

Stripped is Christina Aguilera's third English-language studio album after My Kind Of Christmas and was released on October 28, 2002. It reached the top 5 of the American and English album charts. In Germany the album stayed in the top 10 for 5 weeks. The working title of the CD was lists , but Aguilera changed the name at the last moment.

Controversy

The song Make Over became a controversial issue when critics pointed out its similarity to the 2000 song Overload by the Sugababes . When the album was originally released, Aguilera and Perry were named as the songwriters, but some time later the ASCAP named the Sugababes songwriters Jonathan Lipsey, Felix Howard, Cameron McVey and Paul Simm as co-authors. When the DVD Stripped Live in the UK was released, this title was not included.

Dirrty

For the first time Aguilera showed a more daring image with the music video for the remake of Patti LaBelle's title Lady Marmalade from 1975 . In the video for this track from the musical Moulin Rouge , Aguilera and her partners P! Nk , Mýa and Lil 'Kim were dressed in lingerie .

In August 2002, the video for Dirrty , the first released single, spread on the Internet. It was a hip-hop- influenced song based on Redman 's 2001 single Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club) . Redman raps a verse from the title.

The video shows Aguilera dressed provocatively in an improvised underground boxing arena and dancing provocatively. She wears an extremely short mini skirt , which has earned her criticism from fellow musicians and the mass media . In Europe, the video was seen uncensored on most television channels , but in the United States and several Asian countries the video was cut and the more daring scenes removed. In Thailand, the video was not shown as in a scene posters in Thai language on the sex tourism alluded in Thailand. Among other things, the words "Young underage girls" and "Thailand's sex tourism" could be read there. The director of the video, David LaChapelle and the producers later stated that they were not informed of the content of the poster and apologized.

success

Germany

In Germany, Stripped became Christina Aguilera's first Top 10 album, as it went straight to number 8 and reached number 6 in week 13.

United States

Stripped made it to # 2 (highest position) in the US with 330,000 records sold in its first week. The album did not stay in the upper echelons of the American charts for long and quickly crashed. With every single released, Stripped rose again and managed to be certified four times platinum. Eventually it became one of the best-selling albums in 2003.

Great Britain

In Great Britain, the album rose to number 19 and later reached number 2. Although Stripped did not reach number 1 in the English album charts, it became the 37th best-selling album with over 1.8 million records sold.

International

The album reached number 9 in Switzerland.
The album reached number 10 in Austria.
In Australia, the album debuted at number 33 and later reached number 7.
In Canada, the album went from 0 to 3.
In Mexico the album went from 0 to 1, making it the 2nd # 1 album.
The album sold more than 9,000,000 times worldwide. IFPI certified the album as a platinum album (December 2004)

Track list

#	title	Songwriter
1.	Stripped intro	Aguilera	1:39
2.	Can't Hold Us Down (feat.Lil 'Kim)	Aguilera, Matthew Morris, Scott Storch	4:15
3.	Walk away	Aguilera, Morris, stork	5.47
4th	Fighter (Featuring Dave Navarro , guitar)	Aguilera, stork	4:05
5.	Primer Cupid (Interlude)	Aguilera	0.53
6th	Infatuation	Aguilera, Morris, stork	4:17
7th	Loves Embrace (Interlude)	Aguilera	0:46
8th.	Loving Me 4 Me	Aguilera, Morris, stork	4:36
9.	Impossible	Alicia Keys	4:14
10.	Underappreciated	Aguilera, Morris, stork	4:00
11.	Beautiful	Linda Perry	3:58
12.	Make over	Aguilera, Perry	4:12
13.	Cruz	Aguilera, Perry	3:49
14th	Soar	Aguilera, Heather Holley, Rob Hoffman	4:45
15th	Get Mine, Get Yours	Balewa Muhammad, Aguilera, David Siegel, Steve Morales	3:44
16.	Dirrty (Featuring Redman )	Aguilera, D. Stinson, Muhammad, R. Noble, Jasper Cameron	4:58
17th	Stripped Pt. 2	Aguilera	0:45
18th	The Voice Within	Aguilera, Glen Ballard	5:04
19th	I'm OK	Aguilera, Perry	5:18
20th	Keep on Singin 'My Song	Aguilera, stork	6:29

Singles

A total of five singles were released from the album: " Dirrty ", " Beautiful ", " Fighter ", " Can't Hold Us Down " (feat. Lil 'Kim) and " The Voice Within ".

title	publication	Songwriter	Songs
Dirrty	October 15, 2002	Christina Aguilera, Dana Stinson, Balewa Muhammad, Reggie Noble, Jasper Cameron	Dirrty (No Rap Edit) I will be Dirrty (Full Length Version) Dirrty Video (PC CD-Rom)
Beautiful	February 24, 2003	Linda Perry	Beautiful Dame Lo Que Yo Te Doy (Get Mine, Get Yours - Spanish Version) Beautiful Music Video
Fighter	June 9, 2003	Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch	Fighter Fighter (Freelance Hellraiser Thug Pop Mix) Beautiful (Valentin Club Mix)
Can't Hold Us Down	September 8, 2003	Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch , Matt Morris, Kimberly Jones	Can't Hold Us Down Can't Hold Us Down (Sharp Boys Orange Vocal Mix) Can't Hold Us Down (Jacknife Lee Remix)
The Voice Within	December 8, 2003	Christina Aguilera, Glen Ballard	The Voice Within (Album Version) The Voice Within (Edit) Beautiful (Fug Remix) Can't Hold Us Down (Da Yard Riddim Mix)

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	40,000
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	40,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(300,000)
Europe (IFPI)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(50,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	75,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(30,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(60,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
Hungary (MAHASZ)	platinum	(20,000)
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	(1,980,000)
All in all	5 × gold 31 × platinum	7,865,000