Christina Aguilera

Import-only limited edition Sony/BMG 'Gold Award' pressing of this album comes in unique packaging, which contains artwork that resembles a Gold Record Award presentation plaque. Features all the same great tracks found on the original release including 'Genie In A Bottle', What A Girl Wants', 'Blessed' and more. 2006.

Like fellow former Mickey Mouse clubber Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera kicks off her debut album with a teen-lust nugget--in this case, the No. 1 single "Genie in a Bottle"--that the rest of the disc can't possibly live up to. Aguilera has a strong voice, but patterns herself after iffy role models such as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Aside from "Genie," most of this music is straight from the cookie cutter, like the less than successfully sultry "When You Put Your Hands on Me" and the Mulan ballad showpiece "Reflection." In chart terms, though, there'll be no stopping her--at least for a while. --Rickey Wright