xtina is wearing stripes for the poster who asked who is who.
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missmad said:

WOW

Cinnie said:

say what?

It's not like either of them have invented a new sound or style, so comparing them based off of looks is pretty stupid to me, considering that the only one of the two who is actually a natural blonde is Christina, so who's jocking who really? People act like they've never heard of hair dye before.

Lady GaGa before the dye job.





Christina was rockin' the platinum blonde locks on "Back To Basics" and that was released back in 2006.


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estelle did you even read the thread? Hardly anyone's mentioned hair colour

Christina Aguilera: Better & Better
November 14, 2008
by Mariel Concepcion
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From exposing her erotic side on her 2002 "Stripped" album to emulating pinup dolls in videos like "Candy Man" and "Ain't No Other Man" on "Back to Basics" in 2006, Christina Aguilera is all about reinventing herself.

Now, with the Nov. 11 release of "Keeps Getting Better: A Decade of Hits," which will be sold exclusively in Target, the 27-year-old singer is reinventing some old hits.

The album includes new versions of "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful," titled "Genie 2.0" and "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)," respectively, plus the new songs "Keeps Getting Better" and "Dynamite." Staples such as "Dirty," "Come on Over" and "Hurt" also appear.

Produced by longtime collaborator Linda Perry, the new and remixed tracks all feature "futuristic sounds with beats driven more toward dance music," Aguilera says. "This time around, I'm playing with this superhero element based on the fact that fans have grown up with me since I was 17 and have continually supported my changes throughout the years."

The album—which follows recent Target exclusives with John Legend, Carrie Underwood and the Jonas Brothers—will come in standard and deluxe editions, the latter including a DVD with videos for all the tracks on the album.

Fans who pre-order from Target.com will receive "Keeps Getting Better" as a free download, and those who buy the album will also get a free ringtone for the song.


"I can't even believe what I was able to call it—time really flies," she says. "I constantly change my image. I'm a very visual artist and am constantly trying something new. Luckily, from what I can tell from reading letters and conversing with them when on tour, my fans love and are always open to my love for change. It's a really gratifying moment for me and such an opportunity to be free and let go."

Beyond marking Aguilera's first decade in the business, "Keeps Getting Better" serves as a sneak preview for the artist's next studio album, which she says will arrive in summer 2009 and will be mostly produced by Perry.

"With my last album, I had music that was very '20s, '30s and '40s, and was very detailed and part of a very specific genre and sound," she says. "But with this new album, I wanted to go in a completely opposite direction—a very futuristic, robotic sound and computer-sounding vocals. 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. I'm always inspired by new things because I get bored."

"The album is very pop and very upbeat, and it's inspired by [Andy] Warhol and the late-'60s scene," says RCA senior VP of marketing Scott Seviour, who adds that Aguilera has been in the studio as often as she can, considering she became a mother in January. "Once you hear the new material you'll have a very clear idea what the direction of it is."

Aguilera is planning to tour next year. Her last outing in 2006-07 was promoted by AEG Live and grossed $48 million, drawing 607,568 fans to 63 shows, according to Billboard Boxscore.

In addition, Aguilera—who recently introduced her first stateside fragrance, Inspire—is already working on a new perfume slated to hit stores next year. "There are a few more things in the works," she says, "But those are surprises."

BTW, Copycat, your org screenname is so fitting for this thread!

Ouch!

purplesweat said:

Yes, but someone chose to put a picture of Christina and Lady GaGa up and use it as a means of comparing the two, so I decided to contest the comparison with a few pictures of my own. I can't compare their sounds because Christina hasn't even released this 'futuristic' album yet, only 2 new tracks on her recent greatest hits album give an idea of what direction she's going in, but they could be completely different from her next album.



When I looked at the two pictures, I see Christina has a side-swept bang and Lady GaGa has a straight across bang. Lady GaGa is wearing a leopard print turtle neck and Christina is wearing stripes. Christina has waay more eye make-up on (waay too much IMO) than Lady GaGa. The only similarities I see is the pose and the hair color because that's pretty much all you can really see in the pictures. I also pointed out that it's hard to be 'jocking' someone when one of them has had blonde hair for the bulk of her career and the other one obviously hasn't from the pictures I posted. I even stated that neither of them are original with their styles or sounds.

If people are saying Christina's copying Lady GaGa's sound, than they're crediting Lady GaGa with making electronica, which she didn't. If Christina wants to broaden her sound even more than she already has done by making what she calls a 'futuristic' album, than she's being true to her track record because all of her albums have had a different style and sound since she came out 10 years ago (something I posted in another thread), so she was bound to hit electronica at some point in her career.

Honestly, they both look like the Black Cat character from the 'Spiderman' comics, and she was made back in the 70's before either of them were born, so they are both copying a comic book heroine. I'll be the more adult of the two of us and instead of a childish eye roll, I'll just give you this

missmad said:

Surprised because I thought it was the other way around

Cinnie said:

ah i think thats the way, cause u can kinda tell who is who by the eyes.

estelle81 said:

I posted that picture which I found on a random website.

No one here is claiming Gaga was the first. People are saying she's obviously visible at the moment since her career is taking off and of course it's going to be obvious if someone else comes along looking exactly like her too.

It's not crediting Gaga with anything, it's simply stating that the two have way similar style right now and Gaga was visible in that style before Christina was.

Copycat said:

Exactly what I was worried about. I hate computerized vocals and all that s**t. I might end up pleasantly surprised, but I doubt that.