What is Back to Basics?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | name = Back to Basics | type = studio | artist = [[Christina Aguilera]] | cover = | alt = | released = {{Start date|2006|08|9}} | recorded = 2005-2006 | genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]-[[funk]]|[[blues]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}} | length = {{Duration|m=78|s=43}} | label = [[RCA Records]] | producer = {{hlist|Christina Aguilera (also [[Executive producer|exec.]])|Ben Allen|Big Tank|Charles Roane|DJ Premier|Kwamé|Linda Perry|Rich Harrison|[[Mark Ronson]]|L Boogie| Tony Reyes|Q}} | prev_title = [[Stripped]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [[Keeps Gettin' Better – A Decade of Hits]] | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Singles | name = Back to Basics | type = studio | single1 = [[Ain't No Other Man]] | single1date = June 5, 2006 | single2 = [[Hurt (Christina Aguilera)|Hurt]] | single2date = September 19, 2006 | single3 = [[Candyman (Christina Aguilera song)|Candyman]] | single3date = February 20, 2007 | single4 = [[Slow Down Baby]] | single4date = May 13, 2007 | single5 = [[Oh Mother]] | single5date = July 18, 2007 }} }} '''''Back to Basics''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Christina Aguilera]]. It was released on [[August 9]] [[2006]] as a double album. She worked with many producers, including DJ Premier, Rich Harrison, and Mark Ronson. The album was recorded between February 2005 and April 2006 in the US and the UK. Inspired by singers from the 1920s to 1950s, like Billie Holiday and Etta James, Aguilera combined jazz and soul with a new sound. The first part of the album mixes R&B with hip-hop sounds from older songs, while the second part uses mostly original music. Many songs were about her personal life, including her marriage to Jordan Bratman in 2005. To match the album’s style, Aguilera used a new identity, Baby Jane, and dressed in a Hollywood look. She promoted ''Back to Basics'' by performing at award shows and a world tour from 2006 to 2008. The album made three big hits: “Ain’t No Other Man,” “H