After the birth of her son Max, Aguilera stated in an interview with Ryan Seacrest that her forthcoming album would include a completely new aspect of herself as an artist, because of the pregnancy with her son. While on the Asian leg of the Back to Basics Tour, during the summer of 2007, Aguilera said that her upcoming album would be "short, sweet and completely different" from its predecessor. I'm always inspired by new things because I get bored." Īfter a successful 2006, during which Aguilera released her critically acclaimed and commercially successful fifth studio album Back to Basics, Aguilera received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007) and won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for its lead single " Ain't No Other Man". I'm experimenting with my voice in ways I've never done before, almost like a technical, computer-generated sound, which is different for me because I'm the type of vocalist that just belts. "With this new album, I wanted to go in a completely opposite direction – a very futuristic, robotic sound and computer-sounding vocals.
A concert tour, titled The Bionic Tour, was initially planned to support the album, but was ultimately canceled due to Aguilera's heavy promotional schedule for the album and then-upcoming film Burlesque (2010).
Bionic was promoted in mid-2010 by television performances, such as Aguilera's appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the ninth season of American Idol, Today and MTV Movie Awards. The album spawned a number of singles: " Not Myself Tonight" was released in April 2010, and " You Lost Me" was released in June " Woohoo" was released in the United States and some European countries, while " I Hate Boys" was released exclusively in Oceania. At the time of its release Bionic was the lowest-selling UK Albums Chart number-one album of the last eight years. Internationally, the album peaked inside the top ten in most countries, including a number-one debut on the UK Albums Chart. It debuted and peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 110,000 copies, selling 500,000 album-equivalents as of June 2018. Bionic received mixed reviews from music critics.
The album's main themes include sex and feminism. Its first half consists of electronic songs incorporating synthesizers and electronic beats, while the second half displays a balladic production. Inspired by Aguilera's taste for electronic music, Bionic is characterized as an electropop, futurepop and R&B record. It was released on June 4, 2010, by RCA Records. Bionic is the sixth studio album by American singer Christina Aguilera.
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