Mi Reflejo

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Mi Reflejo (Template:Translation) is the second studio album and first Spanish-language album by American singer Christina Aguilera. It was released on September 12, 2000 as a joint effort between RCA Records and BMG U.S. Latin. After the commercial success of her first album, Christina Aguilera (1999), Aguilera recorded her follow-up project during 2000. It includes five Spanish-language versions of tracks from her previous album, in addition to four original compositions and two cover songs. The tracks were adapted and composed by Rudy Pérez who also produced the album.

In the United States, Mi Reflejo peaked at number-one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums charts where it spent 19 weeks at the top of both charts, becoming one of the longest albums to chart at number one. The album was the best-selling Latin pop album of 2000 and was certified 6× Platinum (Latin field) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It reached number two in Argentina and Uruguay, as well as number five in Mexico, and has sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.

Upon its release, Mi Reflejo received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who noted musical similarities to her debut. Despite this, the album received several accolades including the Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album and a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album in 2001. Three singles were released from the album: "Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)", "Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti" and "Falsas Esperanzas". To promote the album, Aguilera extended her tour into 2001 for eight more dates and performed at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards.

Background and recording

In 1999, Christina Aguilera released her debut self-titled album which sold over 14 million copies and earned her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2000.<ref name="wwsales">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following its release, she expressed in recording an album to acknowledge her Latina heritage (she is of Ecuadorian descent on her father's side).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By October 1999, Billboard editor John Lannert reported that she had begun recording an album in Spanish with Cuban American musician Rudy Pérez producing it.<ref name="enespanol">Template:Cite magazine</ref> According to her manager Steve Kurtz, Aguilera expressed interest in recording a Spanish-language album even before she recorded her first album.<ref name="roots">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This resulted in "Genie in a Bottle" being released in Spanish as a single titled "Genio Atrapado" which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="latinsongs">Template:Cite magazine</ref> According to Ramiro Burr of the San Antonio Express-News, the record would contain several of her songs adapted in Spanish and feature original songs in that language.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Recording for the album primarily took place at Pérez's home studio in Miami Beach, Florida.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Additional recording took place at the Royaltone Studios and Cocoa-Butt in California, House of Sound Recording Studios in Florida, The War Room in New Jersey and LA East in Utah.<ref name="Erlewine"/> As Aguilera was touring with American group TLC as the opening act at the time, Aguilera only visited his home studio "only a few days at a time".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Aguilera was also simultaneously touring to promote her album and recording a Christmas album, My Kind of Christmas, released later in 2000. Mi Reflejo was intended to be titled Latin Lover Girl;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Recording for the album began in the middle of April 2000 and concluded production three months later.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Pérez stated that Aguilera's lack of fluency in Spanish hindered recording; he remedied the problem by phonetically writing out lyrics and coming up with a system for Aguilera to pronounce the "r's" in the songs.<ref name="MRT">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album's title, Mi Reflejo, was announced on August 8, 2000, and is taken from the Spanish version of the song "Reflection", which Aguilera recorded for the soundtrack to Mulan.<ref name="debut"/> Her record label, RCA, remarked that the title also "reflected" her Latina heritage.<ref name="debut"/>

Musical style and compositions

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Mi Reflejo was co-produced by Cuban American musician Rudy Pérez who adapted five of Christina Aguilera's songs from her debut album while also penning three original songs.

Musically, "Mi Reflejo" is a Latin pop album<ref name="Erlewine"/> that is according to Burr, "equally balanced between bouncy dance tunes and melodramatic ballads".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The album is composed of 11 tracks; five of which are songs from Aguilera's debut album adapted in Spanish, while six are new.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Pėrez reworked Spanish versions of "Genie in a Bottle" ("Genio Atrapado"), "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" ("Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)"), "I Turn to You" ("Por Siempre Tú"), "What a Girl Wants" ("Una Mujer"), and "Reflection" ("Mi Reflejo").<ref name="debut"/> He also composed three original tracks for the album: "El Beso del Final", "Si No Te Hubiera Conocido", and "Cuando No es Contigo", while Cuban musician Jorge Luis Piloto penned "Falsas Esperanzas".<ref name="Erlewine"/> The record also includes two covers: "Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti", which Pérez originally composed for Mexican singer Gibrann on his album Escapate Conmigo (1990),<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> and "Contigo en la Distancia", a bolero written by César Portillo de la Luz in the 1950s.<ref name="Cardona"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

"Falsas Esperanzas" is an uptempo track with tropical elements and includes a piano solo by Cuban pianist Paquito Hechavarría.<ref name="Gettelman"/> In the song, Aguilera chants about "not being led on, and being treated right".<ref name="official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On the ballad,<ref name="Kibler">Template:Cite news</ref> "El Beso del Final", the singer asks if "did we just kiss goodnight, or did we just say goodbye?".<ref name="official"/> The album's second ballad,<ref name="Kibler"/> "Pero Me Acuerdo", is about "someone who finally gets their life together after a bad break up, finally feels right about themselves. But then, 'I Remember You' and it all melts, the world falls apart, and the confidence goes out the window".<ref name="official"/> "Si No Te Hubiera Conocido" is a duet ballad with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi.<ref name="Gettelman"/> According to Aguilera, she wanted Fonsi to perform a duet with her because she felt that she could relate to him as they "grew up listening to the same things".<ref name="debut"/> "Cuando No es Contigo" is an uptempo salsa song which was arranged and produced by American musician Sergio George.<ref name="Gettelman"/><ref name="official"/>

Critical reception

Template:Music ratings At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Mi Reflejo received an average score of 56, based on seven reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="MC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stephen Erlewine of AllMusic described the album as a mirror image of her debut album Christina Aguilera. He felt that it was a "little too familiar", although he praised recordings as "well-produced"; On the other hand, he concluded that the album "doesn't add anything new to her music, since it's just the old music in new clothing."<ref name="Erlewine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> An editor for Billboard wrote that Aguilera has yielded a mostly mainstream pop album with Latin inflections.<ref name="bill">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Eliseo Cardona of CDNow gave the album a mixed review. While he enjoyed Aguilera's vocal performance, which he described as " precisely, gracefully, forcefully ", he criticized the literal Spanish translation of the lyrics from English, which he said made a "good laugh and a better yawn". He commended "Cuando No es Contigo" as making Aguilera a "credible, expressive salsera" and her cover of "Contigo en la Distancia" as the album's finest moment.<ref name="Cardona">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly, who gave the album a C-rating, wrote the review in a parody memo from Aguilera's point of view. He mocked at Aguilera's attempt at making a Spanish-language album simply because of her Ecuadorian heritage, criticized her "unnecessary" high note", ballads that "old Latin ladies'll like", and the photos used in the album's booklet.<ref name="Browne"/> Mike Magnuson of HOB.com wrote a critical review of the album admonishing the photos in the record for attempting to make Aguilera look Latino which he insisted was a bad influence for the younger audience. Though he mentions that "you can count on her agreeable voice", and lauded the use of Latin percussion and horns, he asserted that the record was "purely a marketing scam gone too far."<ref name="Magnuson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel stated that "Mi Reflejo lacks emotional depth, and her decision to record in Spanish seems more a bid to conquer new chart territory than anything else".<ref name="Gettelman"/>

Sonicnet called its production "superslick" and compared Aguilera's vocals to that of Mariah Carey, completing that the album "almost guarantees that the diminutive diva will expand her colonial powers south of the border. In other words, she's planning to do a reverse Ricky Martin on us".<ref name="McLeod"/> Ernesto Lechner of the Los Angeles Times rated the album two out of four stars comparing her vocals in her debut album and in Mi Reflejo, describing her performance in the latter as "ridiculous". He complained about Aguilera's cover of "Contigo en la Distancia" which he described as a "bloated confection".<ref name="Lechner"/> Kurt B. Reighley from Wall of Sound wrote that the album is "an impressive addition to young Christina's limited canon".<ref name="Reighley"/>

Release and promotion

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Mi Reflejo was released on September 12, 2000, as a joint venture between RCA and BMG US Latin.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> To promote the album, Aguilera extended her tour, Christina Aguilera in Concert, into 2001 for eight more dates, visitin Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Panama and Japan.<ref name="seattle">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Aguilera also gave a performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards, performing "Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti" and "Falsas Esperanzas".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Singles

The lead single of the album was "Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)", the Spanish version of "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", was released on August 8, 2000, to Latin radio stations.<ref name="debut">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs and number two on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay charts.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref name="latinpopsongs">Template:Cite magazine</ref> It also peaked at number eight in Spain.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The second single, "Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti" was released in December 2000.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The song reached number eight on the Hot Latin Songs and number five on Latin Pop Songs charts.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref name="latinpopsongs"/> In Spain, it reached number three on the chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its music video was directed by Kevin G. Bray.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The third single, "Falsas Esperanzas" was released on July 3, 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song reached number fifteen in Spain.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its music video, taken from her DVD My Reflection, was directed by Lawrence Jordan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Por Siempre Tú" were previously released as singles along with their original versions.<ref name="enespanol"/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> "Por Siempre Tú" was released as a promotional single for the album in 2000 and peaked at number six on the Hot Latin Songs chart.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Legacy and achievements

In September 2018, Mi Reflejo was ranked number ten on the Billboard's Top 20 Latin Albums of All Time,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and in 2020 the same media brand included it on its list of the longest-leading albums of all time on the Top Latin Albums chart (at number twelve).<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album spent 19 weeks at number one on Billboard's Top Latin Albums ranking at number 13 with the most weeks at number one.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Mi Reflejo was best fifth best-selling Latin album of 2000 and became the second best-selling Latin album of the year later after Paulina by Paulina Rubio.<ref name="yearend2000"/><ref name="yearend2001"/> The album was also the best-selling Latin pop album of 2000.<ref name="yearend2000"/>

In a 2020 statement for Billboard, Aguilera noted that she "was excited to bring a new life to [the] songs and reinvent [them]".<ref name="embrace"/> She added that she "was allowed to create and express new ad libs and vocal runs that [she] wasn't given the freedom to do on her original record".<ref name="embrace"/> New York Daily News writer Muri Assuncão noted that after the release of the album, Aguilera went on to use "her Latin charm and sultry persona — not to mention her jaw-dropping four-octave vocal range — to become one of pop music's most beloved icons".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2021 article for POPline, it was noted that Mi Reflejo introduced Aguilera to the general public as a "fearless" and "versatile" artist, and also "played a pivotal role in the expansion of Spanish-language music within today's American pop scene."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2025, Billboard included Mi Reflejo on its list of the Top Latin Albums of the 21st Century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result	Template:Abbr
2001	Billboard Latin Music Awards	Pop Album of the Year by a Female Artist	Mi Reflejo	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
		Pop Album of the Year by a New Artist		Template:Won
	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite ArtistTemplate:Efn	Herself	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="blockb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Grammy Awards	Best Latin Pop Album	Mi Reflejo	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Latin Grammy Awards	Best Female Pop Vocal Album		Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
	Lo Nuestro Awards	Pop Album of the Year		Template:Nom	<ref name="noms-LN-2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Pop Female Artist of the Year	Herself	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Pop New Artist of the Year		Template:Won

Commercial performance

Template:Quote box Mi Reflejo debuted at number 27 on the US Billboard 200 selling nearly 43,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> On the same week, the album debuted at number-one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and replaced Son by Four's eponymous album.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It spent nineteen weeks on top of the chart until was it replaced by Vicente Fernández for his greatest hits album Historia de un Idolo, Vol. 1.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart where it succeeded Galería Caribe by Ricardo Arjona.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It also spent nineteen weeks on top of this chart until it was replaced by Abrázame Muy Fuerte by Juan Gabriel.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> According to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold 487,000 copies in the US as of 2014.<ref name=salesupdate2014>Template:Cite magazine</ref> On September 10, 2001, the album was certified 6× Platinum in the Latin field for shipping 600,000 copies by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).Template:Certification Cite Ref

Internationally, the album peaked at number two on the Argentine albums chart and was certified platinum by the Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (CAPIF).<ref name="argentinecharts"/><ref name="argentinecert"/> Mi Reflejo also reached number two in Uruguay, as reported by Cámara Uruguaya del Disco (CUD) in late 2000.<ref name="CUD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It peaked at number fifty-four in Switzerland and certified platinum in Mexico by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON).Template:Certification Cite Ref<ref name="swisscharts"/> It reached number five on the official Mexican Albums Chart.<ref name="mexalbums">Template:Cite news</ref> In Spain, the album peaked at number twelve on the Spanish Albums Chart and was certified Platinum in the country for shipping 100,000 copies.<ref name="spainchartii">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="spaincert">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It sold three hundred thousand copies in Costa Rica as of 2004,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and it was a commercial success in Colombia, Peru and Venezuela as well.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album has sold 2.2 million copies worldwide as of 2006.<ref name="MiReflejosales">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of AllMusic.<ref name="Erlewine"/>

Musicians

• Christina Aguilera – vocals
• Richard Bravo – percussion
• Ed Calle – saxophone
• Tony Concepcion – trumpet
• Geannie Cruz – background vocals
• Luis Fonsi – performer
• David Frank – drums, keyboard
• Jerry Goldsmith – conductor
• John Goux – guitar
• Paquito Hechavarría – piano
• Julio Hernandez – bass
• Steve Kipner – drums, keyboard
• Matt Laug – tambourine
• Lee Levin – drums
• Manny Lopez – acoustic guitar
• Raúl Midón – background vocals
• Rafael Padilla – percussion
• Agustin Pantoja – palmadas
• Wendy Pederson – vocals
• Rudy Pérez – producer, arranger, songwriter, keyboards, Spanish guitar
• Clay Perry – keyboard, programming
• Tim Pierce – guitar
• Rubén Rodríguez – electric bass
• Michael C. Ross – keyboard
• Dana Teboe – trombone
• Michael Thompson – guitar
• Dan Warner – guitar
• Matthew Wilder – orchestration
• Aaron Zigman – orchestration

Production

• Producer: Rudy Pérez
• Executive producers: Ron Fair, Diane Warren
• Engineers: Paul Arnold, Bob Brockman, Mario DeJesús, Mike Greene, Mario Lucy, Joel Numa, Paul Rein, Michael C. Ross, Bruce Weeden
• Assistant engineers: Tom Bender, Michael Huff
• Mixing: Mike Couzzi, Mick Guzauski, Peter Mokran, Dave Way, Bruce Weeden
• Programming: Rudy Perez, Guy Roche, Michael C. Ross
• Drum programming: Rudy Perez
• Percussion programming: Rudy Pérez
• Arrangers: Rudy Perez, Ed Calle, David Frank, Sergio George, Ron Harris
• vocal arrangement: Ron Fair
• String arrangements: Gary Lindsay, Rudy Pérez
• Vocal arrangement: Rudy Pérez
• Orchestration: Matthew Wilder, Aaron Zigman

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000–2001)	Peak position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)<ref name="argentinecharts">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	59
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)<ref name="mexalbums"/>	5
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Uruguayan Albums (CUD)<ref name="CUD"/>	2
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Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)<ref name="yearend2000">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	5
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)<ref name="yearend2000"/>	1

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)<ref name="yearend2001">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	2
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)<ref name="yearend2001"/>	2

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	13
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	7

See also

• 2000 in Latin music
• List of best-selling Latin albums
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2000
• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2001
• List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 2000s