Burlesque (soundtrack)

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Burlesque
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 19, 2010 (2010-11-19)
Length31:53
Label
  • Screen Gems, Inc
  • RCA
Producer
Christina Aguilera chronology
Bionic
(2010)
Burlesque
(2010)
Lotus
(2012)
Cher chronology
Gold
(2005)
Burlesque
(2010)
Icon
(2011)
Singles from Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Express"
    Released: September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10)
  2. "Show Me How You Burlesque"
    Released: November 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)
  3. "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"
    Released: November 24, 2010 (2010-11-24)

Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released by Screen Gems, Inc and RCA Records on November 19, 2010. The soundtrack consists of ten songs sung by the film's stars, American singers Christina Aguilera and Cher; Aguilera sang eight of the tracks, while Cher performed the remaining two. The album is inspired by jazz music style, in style with Aguilera's fifth studio album Back to Basics (2006), but contrasting to her then-recent release Bionic (2010), which was recorded concurrently with Burlesque. Burlesque served as Cher's first album since the release of Living Proof nine years earlier.

Upon its release, the album received generally favorable reviews from music critics. Cher's song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 2011 ceremony, and received another nomination in the same category for Aguilera's "Bound to You". The album also received a nomination at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Commercially, the album was moderately successful, peaking at number eighteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and in the top ten in several other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Austria. As of August 2019, the album has sold 779,000 copies in the United States.[1] The soundtrack spawned three promotional singles: "Express" and "Show Me How You Burlesque" by Aguilera, and "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" by Cher.

Background

In early May 2010, Aguilera announced that she would embark on the supporting concert tour for her sixth studio album, Bionic.[2] However, her management team announced shortly afterwards that the tour was postponed due to Aguilera's promotion for her first feature film, Burlesque (2010), in which she starred alongside Cher. Aguilera reported that she would reschedule the tour in 2011,[3] though the tour never happened.[4]

Burlesque was released in November 2010. The film was met with mixed reviews from critics, who criticized it for being "campy and clichéd", yet praised Aguilera's acting debut.[5] The accompanying soundtrack, Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, comprises ten songs: eight performed by Aguilera and two performed by Cher.[6] It was Cher's first major release since her compilation Gold in 2005.[6] Producer Tricky Stewart stated that the collaboration with Aguilera on Burlesque soundtrack was "a crazy opportunity different from anything [he]'ve ever done before".[7] Danja was looking forward to working with Aguilera on the soundtrack, however it was not done.[8]

"Nasty"

During the recording process, Aguilera recorded a song titled "Nasty", which featured guest vocals from CeeLo Green. However, the track was ultimately scrapped due to legal issues concerning sample clearance. The song was passed to multiple other artists, including British singer Pixie Lott. Lott was able to clear the samples, and eventually released the song as the lead single from her self-titled third studio album in 2014. Aguilera's recording was eventually leaked online, and received positive reviews.[9]

Composition

Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack comprises ten songs: eight performed by Aguilera and two performed by Cher.

power ballad "Bound to You", co-written by Sia, has the same musical style to "You Lost Me" from Bionic, which was also written by Sia and features Aguilera's strong vocal delivery.[13]

The two songs performed by Cher are: "Welcome to Burlesque" and "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me". "Welcome to Burlesque" was described as "a 'Cabaret'-style oompah that shows both skill and humor".[10] The power ballad "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" features Cher's powerful vocals.[10]

Promotion

In August 2010, a video containing a scene from the film featuring Aguilera performing "Something's Got a Hold on Me" was released onto

Dancing with the Stars.[21]

"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" performed by Cher was the first song to be released from Burlesque. On November 24, 2010, a digital

adult contemporary radio stations on January 15, 2011.[24] "Express" and "Show Me How You Burlesque" performed by Aguilera were the two next singles from the soundtrack, respectively: "Express" impacted Australian contemporary hit radio stations on December 6, 2010,[25] while "Show Me How You Burlesque" was made available for digital sales on February 4, 2011.[26]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Billboard(favorable)[11]
Slant Magazine[12]
The Advertiser[27]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave the soundtrack three out of five stars, commenting that "some of this stuff is quite good".[6] Slant Magazine's Eric Henderson provided a mixed review, writing that the soundtrack "seems to indicate her efforts are coming from a similarly era-straddling psychological place".[12] Jim Farber from New York Daily News criticized Aguilera for her "vocals offer the same distracting loop-de-loops and showy tics", but complimented Cher that she "balances both aspects ideally".[10] A reviewer from Blogcritics labelled the album a "grab bag of tracks that don't really add up to cohesive album".[13] Leah Greanblatt from Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "B" score, naming it a "shamelessly diva-fied mix of balladry, Broadway cabaret, and backroom boogie-woogie" and complimented on its musical departure from Aguilera's previous studio album Bionic.[28] In a positive review, Billboard editor Kerri Mason praised Burlesque as "a campy celebration of diva-dom and an over-the-top, triple-threat performance".[11] James Wigney of The Advertiser praised Aguilera's "vocal gymnastics", but was mixed towards Cher's numbers on the soundtrack.[27]

Commercial performance

On the US Billboard 200, Burlesque debuted and peaked at number eighteen during the week of November 28, 2010, selling 63,000 copies in its first week.[29] It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America,[30] having sold 779,000 copies in the US as of September 2014.[1] On the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, the soundtrack peaked at number two and is Aguilera's second highest-charting album after Back to Basics (2006). It was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association in 2015 for selling over 70,000 copies.[31] Burlesque peaked at number 16 on the Canadian Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Music Canada for shipments of 40,000 units in the region.[32] The soundtrack also gained commercial success on several record charts: peaking at number five in Austria[33] and New Zealand,[34] and number eight in Switzerland.[35]

Track listing

All songs performed by Christina Aguilera except where noted.

Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[36]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Something's Got a Hold on Me"
C. "Tricky" Stewart3:04
2."Welcome to Burlesque" (performed by Cher)
  • Lindsey
  • Gerrard
  • Mark Taylor[a]
2:46
3."Tough Lover"
  • James
  • Joe Josea
Stewart2:00
4."But I Am a Good Girl"
Stewart2:29
5."Guy What Takes His Time"Ralph RaingerLinda Perry2:43
6."Express"
  • Stewart
  • Kelly[a]
4:20
7."You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" (performed by Cher)Diane Warren3:30
8."Bound to You"Dixon4:23
9."Show Me How You Burlesque"
  • Aguilera
  • Stewart
  • Kelly
  • Stewart
  • Kelly[a]
2:59
10."The Beautiful People (from Burlesque)"
3:31
Total length:31:53
Other songs are not included in the soundtrack

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[37]

  • Christina Aguilera – vocal arrangement, vocal producer
  • Cher – vocals
  • Jess Collins – background vocals
  • Gene Cipriano – tenor saxophone
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Andrew Chavez – Pro-Tools
  • Chris Chaney – bass
  • Alejandro Carballo – trombone
  • Frank Capp – castanets
  • Jebin Bruni – piano
  • Richard Brown – Pro-Tools
  • Eddie Brown – piano
  • Felix Bloxsom – drums
  • Stevie Blacke – cello, viola, violin
  • Charlie Bisharat – violin
  • Robert Bacon – guitar
  • Spring Aspers – executive in charge of music
  • Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant
  • Alex Arias – assistant, engineer, Pro-Tools
  • Steven Antin – executive soundtrack producer
  • Alex Al – acoustic bass
  • Thomas Aiezza – assistant engineer
  • Andrew Wuepper – engineer, horn engineer, percussion engineer
  • Ben Wendell – saxophone
  • Roy Weigand – trumpet
  • Eric Weaver – assistant
  • Ian Walker – contrabass
  • Lia Vollack – executive in charge of music
  • Gabe Veltri – engineer
  • Rich King vocal producer
  • Stephen Vaughan – photography
  • Doug Trantow – engineer, Pro-Tools
  • Brad Townsend – mixing
  • Pat Thrall – engineer
  • Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – engineer, horn engineer, percussion engineer
  • Chris Tedesco – contracting
  • Mark Taylor – vocal producer
  • C. "Tricky" Stewart – producer, vocal producer
  • Eric Spring – engineer
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Ron Fair – arranger, producer, vocal arrangement, vocal producer
  • Peter Erskine – drums
  • Ron Dziubla – baritone sax
  • George Doering – guitar
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mark Dobson – engineer
  • Samuel Dixon – percussion, producer, programming
  • Buck Damon – music supervisor
  • Jim Cox – horn arrangements, piano
  • Pablo Correa – percussion
  • Randy Urbanski – Assistant mix engineer, engineer
  • Arturo Solar – trumpet
  • Joel Shearer – guitar
  • Gus Seyffert – acoustic bass, electric bass, baritone guitar
  • Matt Serletic – arranger, keyboards, producer, programming
  • The Section Quartet – strings
  • Andrew Schubert – mixing
  • John Salvatore Scaglione – guitar
  • Oscar Ramirez – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Christian Plata – assistant
  • Phantom Boyz – arranger, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Linda Perry – engineer, producer
  • Gordon Peeke – drums, percussion
  • Paul III – acoustic bass
  • Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
  • Mimi Parker – assistant
  • 'Lil' Tal Ozz – assistant
  • Geoff Nudell – clarinet
  • Michael Neuble – drums
  • Luis Navarro – assistant
  • Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
  • Dean Mora – horn arrangements, transcription
  • Peter Mokran – mixing
  • Jim McMillen – trombone
  • Andy Martin – trombone
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
  • Steve Lindsey – producer
  • Mike Leisz – assistant
  • Juan Manuel Leguizamón – percussion
  • Greg Kurstin – piano
  • Oliver Kraus – string arrangements, string engineer, strings
  • James King – saxophone
  • Claude Kelly – vocal producer
  • Rick Keller – alto sax
  • Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
  • Alan Kaplan – trumpet
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Graham Hope – assistant
  • Mark Hollingsworth – tenor sax
  • Dan Higgins – clarinet, baritone sax
  • Tal Herzberg – engineer, Pro-Tools
  • Trey Henry – bass
  • Erwin Gorostiza – art direction, design
  • Eric Gorfain – string arrangements, violin
  • Matthew Gerrard – producer
  • Jesus Garnica – assistant
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Chris Galland – assistant
  • James Gadson – drums

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[31] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[32] Gold 40,000^
Germany (BVMI)[63] Gold 100,000
Japan (RIAJ)[64] Gold 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[65] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[30] Gold 779,000[1]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Belgium[66] November 19, 2010 Digital download Screen Gems, Inc
France[67]
Germany[68]
Norway[69]
Portugal[70]
Spain[71]
United Kingdom[72]
United States[73]
Germany[74] CD RCA
United Kingdom[75] November 22, 2010
United States[76]

Notes

  • ^[a] denotes vocal producer

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External links

Videos of song performances from the film on YouTube: