Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
Greatest hits album by
Christina Aguilera
ReleasedNovember 6, 2008 (2008-11-06)
Recorded1998–2008
Genre
Length62:55
LabelRCA Records
Producer
Christina Aguilera chronology
Back to Basics
(2006)		 Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
(2008)		 Bionic
(2010)
Singles from Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
  1. "Keeps Gettin' Better"
    Released: September 22, 2008

Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera. It was released on November 6, 2008 by RCA Records. The album contains Aguilera's singles from all of her studio albums released up to 2008. It also featured four new additions: two remakes of her previous singles—"Genie in a Bottle" (1999) and "Beautiful" (2002)—and two original songs "Keeps Gettin' Better" and "Dynamite". In the United States, the album was released on November 11, 2008, exclusively via Target.

The compilation album received positive reviews from music critics, who praised her musical career over her first decade since entering the music industry. The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200, and has sold over 614,000 copies in the United States as of 2018. Internationally, it entered the top ten of record charts in multiple countries, including Australia, Ireland, Japan, Austria and France, and achieved several certifications.

Background

In September 2008, it was announced that Aguilera would release a greatest hits album titled Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits, whose distribution rights in the United States belonged to Target retailer via her record label RCA Records.[3] On the compilation's title, Aguilera said: "I'm looking forward to the next 10 years, which is partly why I named the album, Keeps Gettin' Better, 'cause it does".[4] People who pre-ordered the compilation would receive a free digital download version of the single "Keeps Gettin' Better".[3] During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Aguilera explained that Target "got such a great creative team", and that's why she worked with the retailer for the album.[5]

Content

Released in November 2008, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits opens with Aguilera's "early chart-toppers" and first four singles: "Genie In a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", "I Turn To You" and the radio version of "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)", all from her self-titled debut album.[2] The compilation continues with her 2001 collaborations "Lady Marmalade" and "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"; the former with Pink, Lil' Kim, Mýa and the latter with Ricky Martin.[6]

The compilation also included Aguilera's "professional and sexual coming-of-age" songs from her 2002 studio album Stripped including: "Dirrty", "Fighter" and "Beautiful".[6] Several media outlets noted the absence of "Can't Hold Us Down" from the compilation.[6][7] The songs are followed by her most recent efforts at that time, her fifth studio album, Back to Basics, which was described as a "pop-soul-jazz-blues opus" by Digital Spy writer Nick Levine.[7] The compilation featured the three singles from the album including the critically acclaimed top-ten song "Ain't No Other Man", "Hurt" and the "tongue-in-cheek retro-pop" song, "Candyman".[6][7]

The compilation ends with four new songs produced by Linda Perry.[8] Two of these songs are remakes of her previous singles, "Genie 2.0" ("Genie in a Bottle"), and "You Are What You Are (Beautiful)" ("Beautiful").[9] The former received comparisons to Kelly Osbourne's "One Word" and was described as "stellar sonic".[6] The other new songs were "Keeps Gettin' Better" and "Dynamite".[10] A Rolling Stone reviewer noted the new material was electropop themed and reminiscent of Lady Gaga's work.[2]

Some of Aguilera's songs were also added to international versions of the compilation. The radio edit of "The Voice Within" from Stripped was added to the UK and Japanese editions while "Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)" and "Falsas Esperanzas", both from Mi Reflejo and the former being the Spanish version of Aguilera's number-one song "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", were added to the Spanish and Argentine editions.[11][12]

Promotion

"Keeps Gettin' Better" was released as a single from the album and was released on September 22, 2008.[3] An accompanying video saw Aguilera as Catwoman and performing in front of green screens.[13] The single experienced moderate commercial success, peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Canadian Hot 100.[14] On September 7, 2008, Aguilera performed a medley of "Genie 2.0" and "Keeps Gettin' Better" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Hollywood.[15] On November 23, Aguilera opened the American Music Awards of 2008 with a seven-minute medley of her previous singles, which included "Beautiful", "Keeps Gettin' Better", "Genie in a Bottle", "Dirrty", "Ain't No Other Man", and "Fighter".[16]

"Dynamite" was released as a promotional single in Japan on November 20, 2008. It was released to the iTunes Store in the United States, too.[17] On January 14, 2009, the song received airplay in Russia, as reported by Tophit.[18] It reached number 146 on the Russian Airplay Chart.[18]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Digital Spy[19]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[20]
Rolling Stone[2]
Sputnikmusic4.0/5[21]
Slant Magazine[22]

Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits received generally positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that the compilation "proves that no other teen pop singer of her era has a better track record than Christina and if the new songs are any indication, the title of this hits comp is no lie either."[1] Nick Levine from Digital Spy noted the "spunky attitude" of the compilation and compared her recordings to those of Britney Spears: "She may have started out with similar material to another Mickey Mouse Club alumnus, but Aguilera moved on to bigger and better things more quickly than Britney." He further complimented Aguilera's songwriting skills.[19]

Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly noted the lack of traditional Aguilera styles on the new songs, stating: "The singer has banished melisma and belting from these electronic confections, and her chops sound just as hot set on simmer."[20] Writing for Sputnikmusic, Nick Butler positively reviewed Aguilera's new material, saying: "Christina the pop singer is dead, long live Electro Christina [...] At any rate, these four tracks are more than enough to build anticipation for what could be a very, very good album."[21] In a mixed review, an editor from Rolling Stone said that the album's "ten stellar singles are weighed down by four bland attempts at 2008's trendy, Lady Gaga-jacking electropop."[2]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 on the issue date of November 29, 2008, selling 73,000 copies in its first week of release.[23] The album spent six weeks on the Top Catalog Albums, where it peaked at number 2 in 2010.[14] As of 2019, the greatest hits album has sold over 614,000 copies. In Canada, the album charted at number twelve on the Canadian Albums Chart.[14]

In Australia, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits peaked at number eight on the ARIA Albums Chart on the issue date of November 23, 2008 and spent nine weeks on the chart.[24] In Austria, the album debuted at number ten on the Austrian Albums Chart on the issue date of November 21, 2008 and remained on the chart for five weeks.[25] The album also experienced moderate success in various European regions, including France (number seven), Ireland and Finland (number nine).[26][27] In the United Kingdom, the greatest hits peaked at number ten and was certified platinum for selling over 300,000 copies.[28] The album reached number 15 on the Mexican chart, as reported by AMPROFON in November 2008.[29]

Track listing

Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits  – Standard edition[30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Genie in a Bottle"
  • Frank
  • Kipner
3:36
2."What a Girl Wants" (video mix)
Roche3:35
3."I Turn to You"Diane WarrenRoche4:39
4."Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (radio version)
  • ChakDaddy
  • Sol Survivor
  • E. Dawk
  • Fair
3:23
5."Dirrty" (featuring Redman)
  • Rockwilder
  • Aguilera
  • Muhammad[a]
  • Cameron[a]
4:45
6."Fighter"
4:05
7."Beautiful"Linda PerryPerry3:59
8."Ain't No Other Man"
3:48
9."Candyman" (single mix)
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:14
10."Hurt"
Perry4:03
11."Genie 2.0"
  • Kipner
  • Frank
  • Sheyne
Perry4:15
12."Keeps Gettin' Better"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:04
13."Dynamite"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:09
14."You Are What You Are (Beautiful)"PerryPerry4:44
Total length:54:22
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits  – International edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
5."Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" (with Ricky Martin)
Walter Afanasieff4:11
6."Lady Marmalade" (with Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink)
4:25
7."Dirrty" (featuring Redman)
  • Aguilera
  • Stinson
  • Muhammad
  • Noble
  • Rockwilder
  • Aguilera
  • Muhammad[a]
  • Cameron[a]
4:45
8."Fighter"
  • Aguilera
  • Storch
4:05
9."Beautiful"PerryPerry3:59
10."Ain't No Other Man"
  • Aguilera
  • Martin
  • DioGuardi
  • Roane
  • Beatty
3:48
11."Candyman" (single mix)
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:14
12."Hurt"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
  • Ronson
Perry4:03
13."Genie 2.0"
  • Kipner
  • Frank
  • Sheyne
Perry4:15
14."Keeps Gettin' Better"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:04
15."Dynamite"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:09
16."You Are What You Are (Beautiful)"PerryPerry4:44
Total length:62:55
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits – UK and Japanese edition[12][31]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."The Voice Within" (radio edit)
Ballard4:24
11."Ain't No Other Man"
  • Aguilera
  • Martin
  • DioGuardi
  • Roane
  • Beatty
3:48
12."Candyman"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:14
13."Hurt"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
  • Ronson
Perry4:03
14."Genie 2.0"
  • Kipner
  • Frank
  • Sheyne
Perry4:15
15."Keeps Gettin' Better"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:04
16."Dynamite"
  • Aguilera
  • Perry
Perry3:09
17."You Are What You Are (Beautiful)"PerryPerry4:44
Total length:67:19
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits – Spanish and Argentine edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
5."Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)"
  • Pérez
  • Johan Aberg
  • Paul Rein
  • Pérez
  • Aberg
  • Rein
3:11
6."Falsas Esperanzas"Jorge Luis PilotoPérez2:57
Total length:64:52
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits – Deluxe edition (bonus DVD)[11]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Genie in a Bottle" (music video)Diane Martel3:37
2."What a Girl Wants" (music video)Martel4:06
3."I Turn to You" (music video)Rupert C. Almont4:04
4."Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (music video)Paul Hunter3:52
5."Dirrty" (featuring Redman) (music video)David LaChapelle4:49
6."Fighter" (music video)Floria Sigismondi4:15
7."Beautiful" (music video)Jonas Åkerlund4:07
8."Ain't No Other Man" (music video)Bryan Barber4:53
9."Candyman" (music video)
3:15
10."Hurt" (music video)
  • Sigismondi
  • Aguilera
4:04

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[c] signifies an additional producer

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57] Platinum 70,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[58] Gold 7,500^
Japan (RIAJ)[59] Gold 100,000^
Russia (NFPF)[60] Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[61] Platinum 300,000‡
United States (RIAA)[62] Gold 614,000[63]

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

Release history

Release history and formats for Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
Country Date Format Edition Label Ref.
Japan November 6, 2008 Digital download Standard RCA/Jive [31]
United Kingdom [12]
Germany November 7, 2008 CD Sony Music [64]
Digital download RCA/Jive [65]
United Kingdom November 10, 2008 CD + DVD Deluxe RCA [11]
United States November 11, 2008 CD Standard [66]
Japan November 12, 2008 CD + DVD Limited Sony Music [67]

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