Christina Aguilera says she's learning to speak Spanish to create an 'authentic' Latin album: 'I've been wanting to do it for years'
Christina Aguilera is working on a new authentic Latin album.
The Beautiful hitmaker has released eight studio records to date, but she revealed she is currently looking at making a follow-up to her 2000 Latin LP Mi Reflejo.
'I've been wanting to do it for years. But I want to do it the right way,' the chart-topping singer told Billboard.
Time to get rowdy Christina Aguilera is working on a new, authentic Latin album, according to Billboard. Here she is seen in an Instagram photo from Tuesday
This comes just as the Genie In A Bottle sing wore a white jacket and skirt with over-the-knee boots in three Instagram photos. There was no caption.
The 38-year-old singer grew up in Staten Island in New York City and revealed while her parents spoke Spanish around the house, she 'never fully learned' it herself.
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In preparation for the upcoming album, she has started lessons in between recording and playing her Las Vegas residency.
'I'm even digging in and trying to start the lessons - it'll take a little time balancing the show and the recording hours, but it's coming,' the mother of two to Max, 11, and Summer, aged four, said.
New language: The 38-year-old singer grew up in Staten Island in New York City and revealed while her parents spoke Spanish around the house, she 'never fully learned' it herself
Busy woman: In preparation for the upcoming album, she has started lessons in between recording and playing her Las Vegas residency
'I want to work with musicians and beautiful people from the Latin world who just eat, sleep and breathe it, and live it, and learn from them. I want to really experience it from the ground up.'
Christina's Sin City show Xperience kicked off on Friday at the Zappos Theatre in Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
She's determined to add to the legacy of female artists performing in Vegas saying, 'It's truly a blessing to feel the female energy here [in Las Vegas]. It's always important to me too that I'm not just stepping into a man's world and that this is an opportunity to be yet another kick-a** female to own f***ing Vegas.'
Viva Las Vegas: Christina's Sin City show 'Xperience' kicked off on Friday at the Zappos Theatre in Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas
Album ready: 'I want to work with musicians and beautiful people from the Latin world who just eat, sleep and breathe it, and live it, and learn from them. I want to really experience it from the ground up,' she says
