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Biography
italic titleInfobox Album | Name = Mi Reflejo| Type = studio| Artist = Christina Aguilera | Cover = 02_-_Mi_Reflejo.jpg| Released = September 12, 2000| Recorded = February—July 2000| Genre = Latin pop , Contemporary R& B|R& B | Length = 42:32 56:10 (re-release)| Language = Spanish language|Spanish | Label = Sony Music Latin|RCA Latino | Producer = Rudy Pérez , Sergio George | Last album = Christina Aguilera (album)|Christina Aguilera (1999)| This album = Mi Reflejo (2000)| Next album = My Kind of Christmas (2000)| Misc = Singles| Name = Mi Reflejo| Type = studio| Single 1 = Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti | Single 1 date = February 13, 2001| Single 2 = Falsas esperanzas | Single 2 date = May 4, 2001 Mi Reflejo (lang-en|My Reflection) is the second studio album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera . It was released on September 12, 2000. Most of the album was produced by Rudy Pérez and includes Spanish versions of five songs from her debut album Christina Aguilera (album)|Christina Aguilera , as well as six new songs. The album won the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Female|Best Female Pop Vocal Album in Latin Grammy Awards of 2001|2001 .
Background and production
Aguilera's manager Kurtz told MTV that Aguilera was talking about recording a Spanish-language album even before she recorded her debut album.cite web | author=Teri vanHorn| title=Christina Aguilera Delves Into Latin Roots On Spanish LP| publisher=MTV News| date=August 16, 2000| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424794/20000816/aguilera_christina.jhtml | accessdate=2008-08-01 In 2000 Aguilera started recording with producer Rudy Pérez in Miami.cite web | author=Roger Colleti| title=Christina Aguilera To Record With Her Idol | publisher=MTV News| date=April 18, 2000| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424808/20000418/aguilera_christina.jhtml | accessdate=2008-08-01 According to Pérez, Aguilera did not know any Spanish language|Spanish while recording. The album's title was actually planned to be "Latin Lover Girl", which was later renamed to "Mi Reflejo".cite web | author=Elon Johnson| title=Aguilera's Sore Throat Cancels Trip | publisher=MTV News| date=May 10, 2000| url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424803/20000510/aguilera_christina.jhtml | accessdate=2008-08-01 The album features the Spanish-sung versions of five songs from her 1999 self-titled debut album, with five originals and one traditional number called "Contigo En La Distancia". Mi Reflejo was Produced by Multiple Grammy, Billboard and ASCAP Award winning Producer Rudy Pérez, a Cuban-American who also wrote four of its five new songs — " Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti ", "Si No Te Hubiera Conocido", "Cuando No Es Contigo", and "El Beso Del Final". The track " Falsas Esperanzas " later became the second single of the album. Additionally, Aguilera made a duet with young Puerto Rican–born singer Luis Fonsi on the ballad "Si No Te Hubiera Conocido." Written by Rudy Perez.
Aguilera's vocal range on this album is 3 Octaves and 1 Note. She sings Eb3 in "El Beso Del Final" as the lowest note. Highest note is F#5 in "Si No Te Hubiera Conocido" in full voice. Highest whistle note is F6 in "Falzas Esperanzas".
Reception
Album reviews|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Rating|2.5|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r497715|pure_url=yes Allmusic review |rev2 = Entertainment Weekly |rev2score = (C) http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277475,00.html Entertainment Weekly review
Critical reception
Critically, the album got average reviews with a rating of 56/100 on the website MetaCritic, one point higher than her second album Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)|Stripped .cite web | title="Mi Reflejo" by Christin Aguilera | publisher=Metacritic | url= http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/aguilerachristina/mireflejo? q=mi%20reflejo | accessdate=2008-08-01 All Music described the album was a mirror image of her debut album Christina Aguilera (album)|Christina Aguilera . He stated that the record was classy and well produced, but later he added: "It's hard to view Mi Reflejo as anything other than a bit of a pleasant holding pattern& #33; It's enjoyable as it spins, but it doesn't add anything new to her music, since it's just the old music in new clothing."cite web | author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine| title="Mi Reflejo" review | publisher=All Music | url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r497715|pure_url=yes | accessdate=2008-08-01 Songs from the album earned her two Latin Grammy Award nominations, one for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for " Genio Atrapado " in 2000 and Record of the Year for " Pero Me Acuerdo De Tí " in 2001. The album earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album and a win at the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Album in 2001. Aguilera became the first American Artist to win a Latin Grammy.cite web | title=Grammy Award Winner | publisher=Grammy | url= http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/ | accessdate=2008-08-01
Chart performance
The Spanish-language album debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 and until 2009, it has sold 600,000 copies.cite web | author=Gary Trust| title=Ask Billboard | publisher=Billboard| date=December 18, 2009| url= http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/ask-billboard-how-tik-tok-winds-up-at-no-1004054542.story | accessdate=2009-12-19 The album also topped the "Top Latin Album" and remained at No. 1 twenty consecutive weeks.cite web | author=Al Gomes| title=Christina's Latin CD 'Mi Reflejo' Makes History | publisher=Former Christina Aguilera Official Website| year=November 2000| url= http://www.bignoisenow.com/christina/latincdbillboard.html | accessdate=2008-08-01 On September 10, 2001 it has been certified triple-platino honors under the RIAA's Los Premios de Oro y Platino program (which were later updated to 6× when RIAA changed the certification levels).
Track listing
Track listing| collapsed = | headline = | total_length = 42:32 | writing_credits = yes | lyrics_credits = | music_credits = | title1 = Genio Atrapado | note1 = " Genie in a Bottle " | writer1 = David Frank, Pamela Sheyne, Rudy Perez, Steve Kipner | length1 = 3:38 | title2 = Falsas Esperanzas | note2 = | writer2 = Jorge Luis Piloto | length2 = 2:57 | title3 = El Beso Del Final | note3 = | writer3 = Franne Golde, Rudy Perez, Tom Snow | length3 = 4:42 | title4 = Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti | note4 = | writer4 = Rudy Perez | length4 = 4:26 | title5 = Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú) | note5 = " Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)|Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You) " | writer5 = Johan Aberg, Paul Rein, Rudy Pérez | extra5 = | length5 = 3:11 | title6 = Si No Te Hubiera Conocido | note6 = featuring Luis Fonsi | writer6 = Rudy Perez | length6 = 4:50 | title7 = Contigo En la Distancia | note7 = | writer7 = César Portillo DeLaLuz | extra7 = | length7 = 3:44 | title8 = Cuando No Es Contigo | note8 = | writer8 = Manuel Lopez, Rudy Perez | extra8 = | length8 = 4:10 | title9 = Por Siempre Tú | note9 = " I Turn to You (All-4-One song)#Christina Aguilera version|I Turn To You " | writer9 = Diane Warren, Rudy Perez | extra9 = | length9 = 4:05 | title10 = Una Mujer | note10 = " What a Girl Wants (song)|What a Girl Wants " | writer10 = Guy Roche, Shelly Peiken, Rudy Perez | extra10 = | length10 = 3:14 | title11 = Mi Reflejo | note11 = " Reflection (song)|My Reflection " | writer11 = David Zippel, Matthew Wilder, Rudy Perez | extra11 = | length11 = 3:38 tracklist| collapsed = yes | headline = Special edition | total_length = 12:09 | title12 = Falsas esperanzas | note12 = Dance Radio Mix | length12 = 3:27 | title13 = Falsas esperanzas | note13 = Tropical Mix | length13 = 3:10 | title14 = Pero me acuerdo de ti | note14 = Remix | length14 = 3:41 | title15 = Ven conmigo (solamente tú) | note15 = Karaoke Version | length15 = 3:12
S-startsuccession box| before= Son By Four (album)|Son By Four by Son By Four | title = U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums| Billboard Top Latin Albums List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2000|number-one album | years = September 30, 2000 - February 3, 2001 | after = Historia de un Idolo, Vol. 1 by Vicente Fernández S-end
References
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