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Christina Aguilera is opening up about her music over the years! The 43-year-old singer has released nine studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums and even contributed to the Burlesque movie soundtrack. In a new Rolling Stone interview with Raye, Christina revealed her top favorite songs of her own, her toughest vocal performance and more. Keep reading to find out more… “Linda Perry, at the time she did ‘Beautiful’ and all of that. She did a lot of work with me on those records. She encouraged me to do a song called ‘I’m OK.’ It was on Stripped, about my reflections on my childhood and my strange relationship with my father and some of the chaos and abuse I had growing up. It’s such a tender song, and I’m literally crying on the record. I wanted to be as vulnerable and open as possible,” Christina dished. “‘Oh Mother’ is one that I dedicated to my mom on Back to Basics, about us getting through that. But three would be ‘Fighter,’ just because my fans have adopted that term for themselves. Man, they’ve got such incredible stories.” She also revealed her favorite Raye songs. “I have a few. The first time I heard you was with ‘Escapism,’” Christina shared. “The way you wrote that song! Of course, you have a voice, but just the way you so cleverly wrote that song and just tied in all the wordplay. It didn’t sound too forced. It was effortlessly clever and just so cool.” As for her toughest vocal performance, Christina thought of a track she worked on with another artist for their album. “Probably ‘A Song for You,’ which I did with Herbie Hancock. It was on an album [called Possibilities]. That arrangement was so intricate, so delicate and full of ad-libs. It was a lot to try and perfect that live,” she revealed. “I sang ‘Run to You’ for Whitney Houston in front of her. That was nerve-wracking, but she couldn’t have been more sweet and lovely.” Just about a month ago, Christina celebrated the 25th anniversary of her self-titled debut album!
