Christina Aguilera Scores Billboard #1 With ‘Your Body’

Published: Wednesday 28th Nov 2012 by Sam

It’s common-knowledge that Christina Aguilera‘s ‘Lotus’ campaign has been rocked by many a speed-bump.

Indeed, its lead single ‘Your Body’ was never performed, which led to slow album sales, which ultimately resulted in more media muck being hurled at the singer.

However, it appears several positive facets to the project are beginning to emerge – one being the fact that, as of this week, ‘Your Body’ can officially be deemed a chart-topping Billboard hit.

Details below…

The Max Martin produced cut jumped #2-#1 on this week’s Billboard Dance / Club Chart. And while some may scoff at the “relevance” of the said tally, anyone who’s (even a little) versed in PR will know that a Billboard #1 of any sort is still a Billboard #1 – which ever way its spun.

The impressive feat comes in the week the song’s video hit 30 million views on Youtube and when ‘Lotus’ shows evidence of staying power on the album charts. For, according to Hits Daily Double, the LP’s second week run registered an impressive(ly low) 26% drop on its first week figure (75,000) – shifting another 54,119 copies.

It’s imperative to underscore the fact that much of said sales are likely attributable to the album being featured in a $5.99 Black Friday deal at US retailers Walmart and Best Buy. Put simply, the true test of whether the project will ultimately sink or swim will be its performance in the weeks and months ahead.

Thankfully for Xtina, the said period seems to be just what the Promo Dr ordered. Indeed, December 7th sees her perform on ‘Ellen’, while she also features on Blake Shelton‘s upcoming Christmas TV special. Add to this the fact that The Voice coache’s new single ‘Just A Fool’ is officially sent to radio on December 4th, and the tide seems like it’s turning in the 31 year old’s favour.

With The Voice drawing nearer its finale too, here’s hoping Xtina and her team seize any and every promotional opp to ensure ‘Lotus’ maxes out its chart potential. For, echoing earlier sentiments, commercial comeback’s aren’t always as instant as they could or should be. Hence, from our vantage point, Gold certification (500k sold) should be the goal-post here, which -if achieved – creates a sound foundation for Platinum flavoured success with future projects.

Needless to say, we’ll be keeping a close eye on how this all plays out.

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  1. A.MILIAN November 28, 2012

    YAY!!!!!!!!!

  2. hahaha November 28, 2012

    using the hitmaker max martin and lots of collaboration…..

  3. NOBITCHASSNESS November 28, 2012

    Great song and video. Congrats Xtina.

  4. ABCD November 28, 2012

    I KNEW IT WAS THIS CHART!! LOL

  5. Pop Royalty November 28, 2012

    dance chart ?

    congrats ?

    • Sexguilera November 28, 2012

      Better than Floplie could ever achieve in US. 20 years and not even a number one single? Paw dat!!

      • J November 28, 2012

        floplie lol

      • mr.m November 28, 2012

        Floplie!!!! LMAO XD Seiously ..
        it’s funny when someone is talking about QUEEN Xtina
        when his/her fav is already a has-been
        guuuuurrrrrrrrrrrr bye

      • JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

        Floplie killed me lolllllllllllllllll

  6. Musiclova November 28, 2012

    Yesssssss I love that song……it’s about tine it becomes a number 1 it’s the best song on ” lotus” !

  7. whocares! November 28, 2012

    i just checked the official website from billboards.com and i dont see christina in the charts

    • SHARON November 28, 2012

      Dont think its updated yet

      • whocares! November 28, 2012

        okayy thanks

  8. : : BLUE FRESH . : . : . . . . . November 28, 2012

    Drop it LLLLOW

    Pup it UP

    Pup it UP

    Turn ARROUN’

    # ## # ###

    Move your body baby BUM BUM BUMMMM

    • whocares! November 28, 2012

      i wanna have that beyonce picture how did u get it?

      • JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

        Muslim King B

  9. mr.m November 28, 2012

    Rise up lotus rise this is the beginning 😀
    I’m so glad that the sales dropped just 26%
    Stay strong Lotus .. Xtina must will move her ass to promote

    • truth(chile i DRAAAAGGGS funky nicki stans hun-TAE to save them from her) November 28, 2012

      i got a taste for some p** feet…cut off her hands chile…

  10. Monstarebel (THE UNAPOLOGETIC PRINCE) November 28, 2012

    FLOP!!!!!!!

    • truth(chile i DRAAAAGGGS funky nicki stans hun-TAE to save them from her) November 28, 2012

      lol stop it monstal lol

  11. PrettigurlrockD Bitchess November 28, 2012

    Is it number 1 in the UK or number 1 in te US?? I honestly didn’t see that coming. This song was hardly promoted or played on radios. But I bought the single. It’s a good song. Still disappointed xtina didn’t perform it. Oh well. Lotus is still a flop and a bad album I’m still looking for her to improve live. She’s really falling this era. Team xtina and xtina step ur game up. This is coming from someone who wants to see her succeed.

  12. Christina Aguilera November 28, 2012

    I am CONSTANTLY slaying your faves! Pay homage queens! Without me, the Twinkie factory would’ve shut down!

    • truth(chile i DRAAAAGGGS funky nicki stans hun-TAE to save them from her) November 28, 2012

      just…DEAD chile!!

    • JER November 29, 2012

      DEAD

  13. Matthew Charlery-Smith November 28, 2012

    Truth is Xtina hasn’t promoted ANYTHING well after “Stripped”. I think she got comfortable, arrogant and lazy. “My true fans will always follow me”…well, they haven’t!

    “Lotus” is quite a good album sans all the screaming, but if she can’t promote to make people believe in her project why should I cough up my coin?

    If she believes in her own hype that much the most she could do was that terribly awkward AMA performance then I think it’s fair to say her best days are behind her. Her image is naff, her voice is too, and although the songs are quite good her voice is so shot it makes it hard to enjoy.

    If only she had Kelly Clarkson’s skills we’d be seeing the new diva-soon-to-come-legend but instead we can’t figure out who she’s appealing to. Die-hard fans? Yes. Former teeny-boppers now in their mid to late 20’s? No. They go after Britney and more serious music like Adele. Young people? Nope. Her weight gain has destroyed that with image conscious America. Adult contemporary? Nope. They like singers with class, not screamers who dress inappropriately.

    Just to add, we know Adele isn’t exactly slim, but do you think Adele’s trying to be the trendy Pop star? Britney, Xtina, Rihanna, Gaga, Katy perry and a few others go for the Pop culture super stardom road and that requires being perfect in nearly every facet of your being! Xtina’s sorely lacking…she’s become irrelevant!

    • Matthew Charlery-Smith November 28, 2012

      In all truth though I don’t want to kick a person when/if they’re down. She good at hiding it but I’m guessing she’s in pain after the devastation the last few years have wrought on her. Thankfully she’s remained of drugs and the like, but if she’s to have a career she NEEDS to address the aforementioned as Pop audiences demand perfection!

      • JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

        I love Christina since my childhood, but I really agree with the lazy and arrogant adjectives.

    • JRdashing November 28, 2012

      I am the same age as Christina and you are wrong in the fact you think everyone goes for Britney because me and all my friends have always gone for Christina, because she puts on a great show, doesn’t lip synch and her msi promotes such positivty and if all the hatrs would actualy listen to her albums they would understand. She is more gorgeous than Britney and if you look at Britney nowadays she has no sole left she is just too medicated.

    • prettigurlrockD bitchess November 28, 2012

      Lotus is not a good album compared to her other ones. Very bland.

      • irene46 November 28, 2012

        @ matthew charley-smith…

        unbelievable! finally someone who knows expressing some compassion is not a bad thing. maybe it’s me but i thought christina looked somewhat spirit broken though she smiled the hurt seemed to show through.

        never thought of it but you’re right about her needing to be in good shape if she wants to compete with the kateys and the ke$has rihannas and even the no singing britneys.

      • cocobutta November 29, 2012

        Think once she had her baby nothing else mattered as much. She’ll always love music and appreciate fans but he hustle is soooo not the same.
        Back in the day she kept the largest of large at the time Britney on her toes, so that’s the times I give her most credit.

        Right going on YouTube to here her really slay some vocals with Brian Mclost I mean McKnight.

      • cocobutta November 29, 2012

        *hear ooops

  14. Terry November 28, 2012

    PrettigurlrockD, b**** how old are you? I’m 22 Beyonce, Rihanna is my generation not no damn Whitney Houston! Your hiding behind Whitney like others hide behind Adele. I think your a flop b**** Keri Hilson Stan but the music industry already dragged her so I don’t have 2. I don’t wanna drag Whitney but I hate fake s*** so I will. She’s dead just like Michael they both died weak drug addicted and in disgrace. They are not my generation and I don’t give to f**** about dead hard drug abusers. I grew up seeing them as addicts nothing more and y’all idolize them why? Because they can sing? Go kill yourself! How it look being damn near 60 and cracked out floating in your tub?

    • JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

      It’s funny you say that Christina is not of your generation and Beyoncé it is. As far as I know, both practically launched their first projects at the same time. So before saying that Christina is not your generation, why don’t YOU go kill yoursef? H**!

    • truth(chile i DRAAAAAGGGSSS funky nicki stans hun-TAE to save them from her) November 28, 2012

      Yo momma on crack so y u mad H**! mayb ya FUNKY MAMMY should have swallowed u…too!

    • UNFLOPOGETIC? B**** NUMBER 1 IN 40 COUNTRIES FLOP DAT BITCHEZ!!!!!! November 28, 2012

      B**** WITHOUT WHITNEY OR MJ RIHANNA NOR F****** BEYONCE WOULD BE HERE!!! DID YOUR DUMB ASS KNOW THAT BACK WHEN MTV WAS NEW THEY WOULDNT PLAY BLACK ARTIST?! BUT MJ AND WHITNEY HOUSTON CHANGED THAT!!! SO B****** LIKE BEYONCE CAN BE ON MTV!!! FYI YOU IGNORANT B****…WHITNEY WAS 48 NOT NEAR 60 AT ALL!!! WHITNEY ON DRUGS AND MIKE ON DRUGS SHITS ON YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE GENERATION!!! I WOULD GIVE UP RIHANNA BEYONCE AND LADY GAG KATY PERRY JUST TO HAVE WHITNEY AND MJ BACK!!! SO F*** YOUR DISRESPECTFUL ASS C***!!!

  15. Nichole November 28, 2012

    ::Yawn::

    An irrelevant chart to be honest.

    What TGJ need to be discussing is how Scream and Shout with Will.i.am, and Britney has skyrocked to #2 on US iTunes with no music video.

    • diob November 28, 2012

      @NICHOLE but Will.I.am and britneys song is all over the tv. I cant turn a channel without hearing it. Its called PROMO. A song doesnt have to have a video to sell. We all know Scream and shout is a terrible song. so I dont really care.

    • wrinkle flop ora November 28, 2012

      50 cent went number 1 in 12 hours.

    • JRdashing November 28, 2012

      The new Will I am song and Brit song just shows how bad the music industry is becoming….ITS Horrible with so much auto tune. Christina is a true artist and her music promotes such positivity. Its so sad how the media only concentrates on her weight rther than the awsome music she makes…Christinas the best hands down!!!

      • irene46 November 29, 2012

        the media is in love with britney and hate christina. this has always been the case. britney has been terribly overrated since 2003.

        we gotta give it to her fans though, they’re loyal as hell even the ones that know she’s really a talentless has-been.

        they’ll always remind you that britney sold tens of millions of albums in 1999 thru 2003.

  16. bibi93 November 28, 2012

    Congrats!!

  17. MRDIVABITCH November 28, 2012

    Of course it would do well on the dance charts; her stans are a bunch of queeny f*** and black pre-op trannies.

    • JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

      Judging by your nickname, you are part of this f*** and pre-op trannies too. 🙂

      • haha! November 28, 2012

        lmaoooooooooooo!

      • prettigurlrockD bitchess November 28, 2012

        @Jaz YESS. READD.

      • MRDIVABITCH November 28, 2012

        Says one of the black pre op trannies
        B****, it ain’t my fault you got trouble finding a top ‘coz nobody wants to put his d*** in your diseased syphillis ass.

      • rich86 November 28, 2012

        lol,divabitch or should i say cuntina piguilera just got owned lmao

      • LaLa December 5, 2012

        IRONIC isn’t it???? lol

    • all4u1 November 28, 2012

      You need to let us have our moment, you hating ass, bipolar b****!!!!

      Get the f*** out of here!!!

    • prettigurlrockD bitchess November 28, 2012

      Y u calling out others when you are gay yourself??? Have a seat.

      • MRDIVABITCH November 28, 2012

        I ain’t an anorexic queen or a black pre op t***** though
        yew mad? you need to learn to suck d*** with less teeth babe.

      • LaLa December 5, 2012

        ^But still you “are a queeny f***”. Eat your own words you dumb. seesh!

  18. MC November 28, 2012

    Since I congratulated others on their #1 feat. on the Dance charts, its only fair that I do the same for Xtina so Congrats.

    • mr.m November 28, 2012

      Man-iah?

      • MC November 28, 2012

        sold more that 73k first week with her last album….lol I cannot MOAIA selling in the USA what Bionic and Lotus sold in the world combined. Call her what you want…..not 73k….

      • LaLa December 5, 2012

        ^SHUT UP! @mr.m

        you are one of the example of bad stans.

  19. PrettigurlrockD Bitchess November 28, 2012

    Terry ur 22? That’s sad. And I’m 21. And no matter what u say abou whit, she’s a legend so kiss my ass h**. Thanks bye 🙂

    • UNFLOPOGETIC? B**** NUMBER 1 IN 40 COUNTRIES FLOP DAT BITCHEZ!!!!!! November 28, 2012

      WHITNEY SHITS ON RIHANNA ADELE KATY CELINE MARIAH BARBARA JANET MADONNA BEYONCE GENTLEMAN GAGA AND KERI CIARA BRANDY MONICA JENNIFER KEYSHA!!!! ALL DAY EVERYDAY!!!

  20. truth(chile i DRAAAAGGGS funky nicki stans hun-TAE to save them from her) November 28, 2012

    OINK chile…

  21. Jer November 28, 2012

    The hot Dance:club Chart. Where flops go to smash.

    • wrinkle flop ora November 28, 2012

      Like Rita Ora

      • JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

        Like Rita Ora²

    • prettigurlrockD bitchess November 28, 2012

      Triumphant.

      • mr.m November 28, 2012

        DEAD!

      • mr.m November 28, 2012

        Well, at least YB was a top 40 hit
        Triumphant? 100? mmmm no? okay .. bye

      • MC November 28, 2012

        @mr.m Death at YB hitting #34 and Lotus selling 73k last week and 56k this week! Who cares, “Triumphant” is not even her lead single, at least she didn’t flop with her whole album like xxxltina.

  22. JAZMINE SULLIVANS FAN November 28, 2012

    Love this song!

  23. Robinoost November 28, 2012

    I am happy for her 🙂 This is a very good song !

  24. Phresh…. November 28, 2012

    so this is news?!

  25. Terry November 28, 2012

    PrettygirlrockD who cares that she’s a legend not me! I like my faves that I grew up on! Beyonce Rihanna etc. Whitney and Michael were crack heads and irresponsible parents from as long as I remember! She’s a legend of crack and disgrace tryna praise that because she was born with a gift! Please!

    • Pressed H*** like yourself November 28, 2012

      B****!!! shut the f*** up with your s***** ass self h** you too damn old to be acting like this so f****** what they had their problems like any other person on drugs or not rest your flaming stretch p**** h** and stick a mother f****** d*** in yo mouth b**** face ugh m***** nappy headed h** fugly sorry ass b**** now SHUT THE F*** UP

    • UNFLOPOGETIC? B**** NUMBER 1 IN 40 COUNTRIES FLOP DAT BITCHEZ!!!!!! November 28, 2012

      MJ AND WHITNEY SHITS ON THOSE 2 B****** YOU NAMED!!
      GO SUCK ON A BIG FAT SMELLY P**** B****!!!

  26. king bey November 28, 2012

    Is it arrogance or does xtina not believe in herself her project can be saved yet she does not seem the least bit intrested

    • prettigurlrockD bitchess November 28, 2012

      EXACTLY. I’m frustrated with her this era. All the smart ones seem to get the hint that only promotion is the key if u are not a current popstar of the generation like katy, rihanna, or adele. SMH at her.

  27. maka November 28, 2012

    Stop trying to make you body happening … it wont

  28. Terry November 28, 2012

    Why are y’all acting like Whitney Houston isn’t a decaying crack addicted corpse?

    • UNFLOPOGETIC? B**** NUMBER 1 IN 40 COUNTRIES FLOP DAT BITCHEZ!!!!!! November 28, 2012

      B**** GO KILL YOUSELF!!! AND COME BACK TO LIFE AND KILL YOURSELF AGAIN!!!!!

  29. irene46 November 29, 2012

    christina sold 73,000 albums the 1st week not 75000. selling 54,119 the second week is not too bad of a drop at all. hope the holidays help maintain the flow.

    • irene46 November 29, 2012

      watching her perform in 2008 with mick jagger in the concert movie ‘shine’ christina was really throwing it down. her voice was outstanding, she looked awesome and she strutted that stage like she owned it.

      she still has the strut she just needs to get that voice (or stay in a certain range), fashion and body in check.

      girl you’ve still got it put it out there pleeeze.

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