Stripped
Studio album by Christina Aguilera
Released	October 28, 2002 (UK) October 29, 2002 (U.S.)
Recorded	2001–2002 at The Enterprise Studios (Burbank, California) Conway Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) The Record Plant (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) NRG Recording Studios (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop, R&B, soul, pop rock, adult contemporary
Length	77:48
Label	RCA
Producer	Christina Aguilera (also executive), Glen Ballard, Jasper Cameron, E. Dawk, Rob Hoffman, Heather Holley, Steve Morales, Balewa Muhammad, Linda Perry, Rockwilder, Scott Storch
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link BBC, link Blender link Entertainment Weekly (C+) link Rolling Stone (2006) link Rolling Stone (2002)
Christina Aguilera chronology
Just Be Free (2001) Stripped (2002) Back to Basics (2006)
Singles from Stripped
"Dirrty" Released: September 2002 "Beautiful" Released: December 2002 "Fighter" Released: May 2003 "Can't Hold Us Down" Released: August 2003 "The Voice Within" Released: January 2004

Stripped is the second English studio album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera, released in 2002. It reached the top two of the album charts in both the United States and United Kingdom and features two UK number-one hits in "Dirrty" and "Beautiful". Although perceived by many to be an album focusing on raunchy themes, it appears to be so only on a superficial level and is thought to have acquired the negative label through the leading single "Dirrty" and its raunchy video (upon closer inspection the song is actually about sexual liberation) as well as Christina's style of dress at the time. Christina supported the album with the Justified and Stripped and Stripped World Tours. Download high resolution version (800x800, 30 KB)Christina Aguilera - Stripped album cover This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... 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The song, "I'm OK", is a personal account of her emotionally distressing childhood. She speaks about her father and her painful memories from her early life. In this song, Christina can also be heard crying while singing it and she also recorded it while lying on the studio floor. Many other songs on the "Stripped" album speak out to her fans, in particular youth, to express themselves in whatever way they desire, for example, the track "Soar". This song asks you "Will you love you for you at the end of it all", the "end" being after disguising who your true self is. Other tracks, such as, "Keep on Singing My Song", the last track on the album, on the surface appear to be expressing her own independence, but is also a message to fans that they themselves, if they try hard enough, can achieve whatever they like, as well as remaining independent.

Raunchy/sexy image

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Initial indications of a raunchier image for Aguilera were demonstrated in her appearance in the video for a remake of the 1975 Labelle's hit "Lady Marmalade". The video showed Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink dressed in lingerie. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Labelle (with the b written in small caps, while the spelling LaBelle exclusively refers to the stage surname of the groups lead vocalist, Patti LaBelle) was an American R&B/soul group, who successfully melded disco with funk and glam rock, resulting in such memorable songs as Lady Marmalade... Audio sample Audio sample Info Lady Marmalade (help· info) Lady Marmalade, released in December 1974, is a 1975 number-one single recorded by Labelle for CBS Records Epic label. ... Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1975), better known by her stage name Lil Kim, is an American multi-platinum rapper and singer. ... Mýa Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979), professionally known as Mýa or Mýa Harrison, is an American R&B and pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, model, and philanthropist who rose to fame during the late 1990s. ... Alecia Beth Moore (pronounced [1]) (born on September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (often stylized as ), is a two-time Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in 2000. ... Assorted lingerie styles. ...

In late August 2002, "Dirrty", the first single from Stripped, was leaked on the Internet and radio stations. The song was a hip-hop-influenced track, based on rapper Redman's 2001 single "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)", which features DJ Kool. As a play on the similarities, Redman was featured on the track, rapping for one verse of the song. Redman singles chronology Smash Sumthin (2001) Dirrty (2004) Put It Down (2007) Dirrty is a hip pop song performed by American singer Christina Aguilera featuring rapper Reggie Redman Noble. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... For other uses, see Redman. ... DJ Kool was a rapper in the late 1990s who produced various popular rap singles. ...

The video features a scantily-clad Aguilera, dancing lecherously with members of both sexes in a run-down, underground boxing venue. Due to the sexually relatively explicit nature of the video, it was heavily criticized by other musicians, as well as the media. In response, Aguilera pointed out the video is more about power and control, later stating:

Songwriting controversy

"Make Over" became the subject of controversy in the UK when critics commented on its similarity to a 2000 Sugababes' single called "Overload". When Stripped was originally released, Aguilera and Linda Perry were listed as the song's writers. Some time later ASCAP also gave additional credits to Sugababes writers Jonathan Lipsey, Felix Howard, Cameron McVey, and Paul Simm. The link was never publicly admitted, but "Make Over" was removed from the track listing of Aguilera's subsequent DVD, Stripped Live in the UK. Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning British pop group trio from London. ... Overloaded: The Singles Collection track listing Shape (6) Overload (7) Good To be Gone (8) Audio sample Overload is a pop song written by British group Sugababes, Jony Lipsey, Cameron McVey, Felix Howard and Paul Simm for their debut album One Touch. ... The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects copyright, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ... Paul Michael Simm is a British songwriter, musician and music producer specialising in contemporary R&B and pop music. ... Stripped Live In The UK is the second live release from Christina Aguilera, and documents her premiere European performances on her Stripped World Tour. ...

Positive acclaim

The Jonas Åkerlund-directed music video for "Beautiful" garnered much attention, as it touched on the subjects of anorexia nervosa, homosexuality, bullying, self-esteem and transgender issues. "Beautiful" stayed in the U.S. top forty for twenty-four weeks, and topped many other Billboard magazine charts. It was equally successful elsewhere, and reached number one on the charts in the UK (where it was her fourth number-one single), Australia (where it was her first) and Canada (where it was her second). Simon Cowell, renowned American Idol judge, noted that it is "one of the best pop songs ever written." Jonas Ã…kerlund (born November 16, 1966 in Bromma) is a Swedish film director, most known for making music videos. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... For other uses, see Anorexia. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... A very common image in many schools around the world. ... In psychology, self-esteem or self-worth is a persons self-image at an emotional level; circumventing reason and logic. ... A transwoman with XY written on her hand, at a protest in Paris, October 1, 2005. ...

Reception

The album debuted at number two in the U.S. selling over 330,000 copies but quickly began to slide down the charts. Globally, the album sold a staggering 539,000 within the first week making it Aguilera's second highest world debut behind Back to Basics. Stripped's first single, "Dirrty", had failed to reach the top forty in the U.S., and Aguilera's record label quickly released "Beautiful" as a follow-up single to prevent the descent of Stripped on the albums chart. 'Beautiful' and as well as the proceeding singles 'Fighter' 'Can't Hold Us Down' and 'The Voice Within' helped 'Stripped' become one of the steadiest selling albums in 2003, coming in at #10 on the Billboard Year End list of the top selling albums of the year. To date, the album has sold over 4.1 million copies in the US. Singles from Back to Basics Released: June 3, 2006 Released: October 18, 2006 Released: February 5, 2007 Released: July 28, 2007 Released: November 23, 2007 Back to Basics is the third full-length English studio album by American pop/R&B singer Christina Aguilera. ... Redman singles chronology Smash Sumthin (2001) Dirrty (2004) Put It Down (2007) Dirrty is a hip pop song performed by American singer Christina Aguilera featuring rapper Reggie Redman Noble. ...

The staying power of the album was also shown in the UK, where the album was consistently in the top twenty between late 2002 and mid-2004. In April of 2007, nearly five years in release, Stripped had re-entered the UK album charts, ranking in at #109.

The album also showed great longevity on the Australian album chart, and has re-entered the top 100 list in July 2007, and is currently with 255 weeks charting on the Urban Chart.^[1] July 2007 is the seventh month of that year. ...

In December 2004, Stripped was certified 3x Platinum by the IFPI^[2] for shipments of more than 3.8 million copies inside Europe, of which, 2 million were sold in the UK alone and the album was certified 6x Platinum and is the 73rd biggest album ever in the UK and the 3rd best selling album in 2003.^[3][4] It peaked at number six in Germany and after spending seventy-seven weeks inside the Top 100 the album was certified 3x Platinum. Stripped became the 68th most successful album of all time in Germany.^[5] In France it stayed in charts for amazing 56 weeks selling 140,000 copies. It is also quadruple Platinum in Australia despite only reaching a peak of number seven. It is 2x Platinum in Canada.^[6] Stripped has sold over 11 million albums worldwide.^[7] ← - 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P. V. Narasimha Rao • 23 Doug Ault • 19 Renata Tebaldi • 16... The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. ...

In March 2008 the track "Walk Away" entered at number 35 on the official Danish Single Chart, due to massive downloads.^[8]

Track listing

1. "Stripped Intro" – 1:39
2. "Can't Hold Us Down" (featuring Lil' Kim) (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch, Matt Morris) – 4:15
3. "Walk Away" (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch, Matt Morris) – 5:47
4. "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch) – 4:05
5. "Primer Amor Interlude" – 0:53
6. "Infatuation" (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch, Matt Morris) – 4:17
7. "Loves Embrace Interlude" – 0:47
8. "Loving Me 4 Me" (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch, Matt Morris) – 4:36
9. "Impossible" (Alicia Keys) – 4:14
10. "Underappreciated" (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch, Matt Morris) – 4:00
11. "Beautiful" (Linda Perry) – 3:58
12. "Make Over" (Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry) – 4:12
13. "Cruz" (Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry) – 3:49
14. "Soar" (Christina Aguilera, Rob Hoffman, Heather Holley) – 4:45
15. "Get Mine, Get Yours" ¹ (Christina Aguilera, Steve Morales, Balewa Muhammad, David Siegel) – 3:44
16. "Dirrty" (featuring Redman) (Christina Aguilera, Dana Stinson, Balewa Muhammad, Reggie Noble, Jasper Cameron) – 4:58
17. "Stripped Pt. 2" – 0:45
18. "The Voice Within" (Christina Aguilera, Glen Ballard) – 5:04
19. "I'm OK" (Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry) – 5:18
20. "Keep on Singin' My Song" (Christina Aguilera, Scott Storch) – 6:29

¹ The Latin American edition of Stripped does not contain "Get Mine, Get Yours" but instead its Spanish-language version, "Dame Lo Que Yo Te Doy" ("Give Me What I Give You"). It also appears as a B-side to the "Beautiful" CD single. Cant Hold Us Down is the fourth single from Christina Aguileras sophomore album, Stripped. ... Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1975), better known by her stage name Lil Kim, is an American multi-platinum rapper and singer. ... Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is a Canadian[1] entertainer, hip hop, pop, R&B, Reggaeton record producer and an occasional rapper. ... Matthew Burton Morris (born May 9, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Audio sample Info Fighter (help· info) Fighter is the third single from Christina Aguileras second album Stripped. ... Alexis is Alicias #1 fan. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Linda Perry, born April 15, 1965 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to parents of Portuguese descent,[1] is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... Redman singles chronology Smash Sumthin (2001) Dirrty (2004) Put It Down (2007) Dirrty is a hip pop song performed by American singer Christina Aguilera featuring rapper Reggie Redman Noble. ... For other uses, see Redman. ... Rockwilder (born Dana Stinson) is an American hip hop and R&B record producer. ... Jasper Cameron is an American songwriter/producer from Atlanta, Georgia. ... Alternate cover German pocket single cover Audio sample Info (help· info) The Voice Within is the fifth and final single from Christina Aguileras second album, Stripped. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Charts

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Awards

2003

2004

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