Poll: Christina Aguilera's singles

I've developed a serious love of "Fighter" over time that I certainly did not have when it was new. Her performance on that song is a force of nature.

good poll idea, surprised it hadn't been done. you know, i think i'm going with "can't hold us down" but it's pretty close.

i still maintain that the stripped singles campaign, including videos, is one of the greatest pop runs of the whole 00s. one of the last times i felt like one of the biggest pop stars in the world was constantly making pop that was unexpected and boundary-pushing - like, even lady gaga's brief imperial phase last year doesn't compare.

I didn't really get Stripped upon its release. I fell into the trap of "ew, why's she being so trashy?" like a lot of other people did and let it paint my view of the whole era. Now it's pretty clear that 2002/03 was the time she could do no wrong.

"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", I think.

I thought she was heading to be the ~next Madonna~ during Stripped. Then it all kind of slowly unravelled over the years, and I'm not sure why. Looking at this list of singles now it's better than I had previously thought, but it seems like wasted talent & potential has been the story of most of her career.

It's still "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants" for this boy. And she's been worthless since 2007.

I fell into the trap of "ew, why's she being so trashy?" like a lot of other people did and let it paint my view of the whole era

i think most people thought that on "dirrty"s release, but i loved how she immediately switched everything up completely with the very next release, both in terms of image and sound. i don't think anyone had any idea she had a "beautiful" in her - the first great ballad is always a milestone for any pop star, i think - and the complete reversal from the (incredibly fun) sexually available skankiness of the "dirrty" video to a video that felt important because it showed two dudes kissing - with tongues! - made for a fantastic pow! pow! one-two punch. (and then a further two pow!s for "fighter" and "can't hold us down".)

idk whether it all slowly unravelled as just stopped completely - back to basics wasn't great but it was still decent, had one classic 4eva single and another that's had surprising legs as an xfactor standard. and then after that she just stopped releasing stuff until last year, and we all know how that went. but one dodgy mess of an album isn't really a total unravelling.

Alfred, do you like "Genie 2.0"? It wasn't a single, but it was one of the re-arranged/re-recorded tracks on the greatest hits. Aweome imo.

top 5: Beautiful, What A Girl Wants, Fighter, Come On Over Baby, Genie In A Bottle

imo she's been worthless since 2003

i hate to vote for her breakthrough hit, but it really is the best

honorable mentions: the other debut album singles (even the space jam cover), beautiful, can't hold us down, you lost me

her worst song by far is reflection

resisted the urge to vote "Candyman" and went with "Beautiful"

I still don't get "Come On Over Baby"

my top 5:

Dirrty
Genie In A Bottle
Beautiful
Ain't No Other Man
Fighter/What a Girl Wants (depends on mood)

guilty pleasure: Candyman

i remember when "come on over baby" first came out i was basically like "wtf is this shit" but then it clicked for me when the video was on tv and my brother imitated the way she says "SEXUALITY" in the 2nd verse

The break down in 'come on over baby' sound so rubbish now. I know it's going for an owner of a lonely heart/black or white kind of vibe but it falls laughably short. Kind of ruins a great track for me now I think about it.

top 5: Beautiful, What A Girl Wants, Fighter, Come On Over Baby, Genie In A Bottle

imo she's been worthless since 2003

― barbaric ya'll (some dude), Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:03 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Ain't No Other Man Is the exception to this.

"Dirrty" or "What a Girl Wants"

I endured a period in early 2007 when I went around the office singing "Ain't No Other Man." Did my coworkers hate me!

"Ain't No Other Man" is pretty worthless too imo

She had a single before genie in a bottle.. interesting..

It was a song from the Mulan soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8GUCQQZS64

I think this is the one where she belts a high G?

okay listening to this I think it must have been an E, not a G (which, for a belt, is still impressive)

"Can't Hold us Down" for me

i will be thinking of the great heights her career and vocal range soared into while i watch her sit in a chair and clap on her new reality show tonight

The Voice = American Idol with the chairs facing the other way

It seems to borrow some things from X-Factor from what I can tell, though I'm still not 100% familiar with how X-Factor works. I know the judges take a more hands-on approach.

they fondle the contestants

She's never topped Genie in a Bottle.

To me she did, with "Dirrty" and "Aint No Other Man".

Yeah, original Genie isn't a song I really like all that much (do like Genie 2.0 though).

barring her joints w/ storch & "genie in a bottle" she's outright one of the worst singles artists of my lifetime

i do believe my stance on "ain't no other man" is well defined

"A Stroke of Genius" (ducks)

OK OK "Candyman" is a guilty pleasure. Didn't Dom Passantino once call it the worst song of all time?

Hurt
Slow Down Baby
Oh Mother
Keeps Gettin' Better
Dynamite
Not Myself Tonight
I Hate Boys
Woohoo (ft Nicki Minaj)
You Lost Me

^^^ never heard of any of these. were they hits?

Keeps Gettin' Better was a bait track (& single & title track & video) on her Target-Exclusive Hits comp.

Couldn't avoid "Not Myself Tonight" at pride last year.

you went to Pride?!

barring her joints w/ storch & "genie in a bottle" she's outright one of the worst singles artists of my lifetime

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 26, 2011 8:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

oh c'mon dude, Storch only did 2 of her singles, and "Fighter" and "Can't Hold Us Down" are decidedly minor hits (although I love "Fighter"). at the very least Christina has more good singles than Britney imo.

I was never crazy about Christina or the way she uses her voice but I remember loving Lady Marmalade and Come on Over back when they were released.

J0rdan otm.

Maybe I'm either overestimating "Ain't No Other Man" or underestimating the rest of her stuff, but that's the only time my tastes ever intersected with what she was doing.

"Beautiful" is easily one of the most overrated singles of the previous decade, though. Sorry.

keeps gettin better sounds like mid-00 goldfrapp or girls aloud and i might be the only 1 who loves it

A lot of my aversion to xtina is outright hatred of her voice. Brit's songs at least live or die on the quality of the songwriting.

xxpost all 3 days, Alfred

File under: Never doing that again.

File ^^^ under: What everyone says during a hangover.

i would like "ain't no other man" more if it were a little less shouting-heavy in its second half

"You Lost Me" >>> "Beautiful"

just replace "ain't no other man" with "her whole career" in teledyldonix's post

'can't hold us down' is probably the best, although "making up a few false rumours or two" is a bit ugh

the only one I would play willingly now is Dirrty, so that

Dirrty is responsible for girls of my generation (and much to old really) to be doing really questionable dancing. I can't even listen to it without thinking of thigh sweat.

"Dirrty" and "Come On Over Baby" are the only two great singles on this list - voted the former accidentally as I like the latter a bit more.

"Beautiful" is good. There's a GREAT poppers o'clock mix of "Hurt" I enjoyed but the original is limp.

"Ain't No Other Man" is one of pop's very nadirs.

Much as "Dirrty" is the go-to dancefloor monster, I would like to point out that "Can't Hold Us Down" is infinitely more fun to dance and grind to.

"Come On Over"'s album version holds up better, I think.

I voted the one I always compulsively sing whenever I hear, which, um, well.

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Ha! After all the hate it got, it had to happen.

ugh u fuckin people

what happened to Christina?

her perpetual identity crisis has caught up with her and now she can't score a hit w/o being featuretina

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