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This article is about the single. For the greatest hits album, see Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits.
"Keeps Gettin' Better"
Song

"Keeps Gettin' Better" is the first single by American singer Christina Aguilera released from her upcoming greatest hits album Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits.

Release and song information

"Keeps Gettin' Better" was produced by Linda Perry and written by Linda Perry and Christina Aguilera.

On September 5, 2008 the song leaked to the Internet and was premiered two days later at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[1] Few weeks later, on September 22, 2008 the song was officially sent to radio stations.[2]

On September 9, 2008 the song was available for purchase on some countries, including the Australian and Canadian iTunes stores where it has currently charted at #2.[3]

Critical response

Billboard Magazine wrote following about the song: While it wouldn't make for an interesting album's worth of material, Aguilera's exciting performance of the song at MTV's Video Music Awards shows an artist that knows when it's time to change it up. Teamed again with the incomparable Linda Perry, "Better" should have no problem keeping company with Tina's rich catalog of hits.[4]

Music editor Nick Levine from British entertainment and media website Digital Spy welcomed the single writing: "[...]it isn't one of Christina's boldest singles, but it's a welcome change from what she was up to on Back To Basics and will more than hold its own on her greatest hits album[...]"[5]

Music video

According to RCA France the video for the single was shot the last week of September. The director for the music video was Peter Berg, the same director of the movie Hancock which starred Will Smith. There are currently no details on the video, neither its release date, although in an RCA UK Email newsletter it mentioned that the video will be 'hitting screens shortly'.

Live performances

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Aguilera performing the song at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards

Its first television performance was at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards on September 7th, 2008. MTV.com wrote, following her performance the next day:

"Christina Aguilera, who was poured into a second-skin leather catsuit accessorized with silver armbands, a black-leather cat mask, black gauzy cape and platinum-blond hair. Standing in a tower of neon-lit boxes, Christina gave a taste of the future-shock version of her first hit, "Genie in a Bottle," before slinking over to a glowing set to perform her new Goldfrapp-like techno dance tune "Keep Getting' Better."[6]

Tracklisting

Promotional Single

  1. "Keeps Gettin' Better" (Main Version) – 3:03
  2. "Call Hook Out" – 0:18

Personnel

  1. Producer: Linda Perry
  2. Writers: Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry
  3. All Instruments and Programming: Linda Perry
  4. Drums Programming: Mark Ronson
  5. Engineering: Linda Perry
  6. Published by: Xtina Music / Universal Music Careers

Chart performance

The song debuted on September 21 on Australian ARIA Charts at #26 (it is currently charting there).

The song has performed well on the Canadian Hot 100 chart: It first debuted at #16, and a week later the song became the "Greatest Airplay, Sales Gainer" moving up and peaking #4, after reaching #2 on the Canadian iTunes Store.[7]

On September 30, the song was released on the American iTunes Store where it reached #7 in a matter of hours[8] and peaked at #2 on iTunes Top 100 songs.[9] "Keeps Gettin' Better" is currently at number 16 of the most played songs in American Pop radios.[10] In the U.S the song debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date October 18, 2008 as the "Hot Shot" of the week. This has become Aguilera's highest debut on the Hot 100 [11] and her highest peak since "Ain't No Other Man" in 2006. After being digitally released on September 30, 2008, "Keeps Gettin' Better" sold 143,895 legal downloads in its first week, enough for a #3 debut on the Hot Digital Tracks and #5 on Hot Digital Songs. The song debuted on the United World Chart at #14 with 147,000 points becoming the second highest debut of the week.

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts[12] 26
Bulgarian National Top 40[13] 38
Canadian Hot 100[14] 4
Czech Republic IFPI Airplay Chart[15] 94
Japan Hot 100[16] 21
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[17] 36
Turkey Top 20 Chart (Billboard)[18] 17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[19] 7
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[20] 11
United World Chart[21] 14

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Australia September 9, 2008 Digital download, airplay Sony BMG
Canada
Netherlands
Spain
Italy September 22, 2008 Digital download, airplay Sony BMG
United States September 30, 2008 Digital download RCA Records
September 23, 2008 airplay
Australia October 25, 2008 CD Single Sony BMG
Europe October 31, 2008[22] CD Single
United Kingdom October 19, 2008 Digital download
November 3, 2008 CD Single

References

  1. ^ Montgomery, James ((September 04,2008)). "T.I., Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock Announce VMA Plans". MTV News. Retrieved 2008-09-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Hasty, Katy ((September 03,2008)). "Target Scores Aguilera Hits Album Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-09-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/
  4. ^ Williams, Chris. "Billboard's Keeps Gettin' Better Review". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-09-08. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Levine, Nick ((September 08,2008)). "Christina Aguilera: Keeps Gettin' Better?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-10-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Kaufman, Gil ((September 08,2008)). "It's Britney Spears' Night At The VMAs". MTV. Retrieved 2008-10-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/
  8. ^ http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/
  9. ^ http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/
  10. ^ "Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts (Sep 18 - Sep 24)". Mediabase. (September 25,2008). Retrieved 2008-09-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles
  12. ^ "Australian ARIA Charts". Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association. (September 21,2008). Retrieved 2008-09-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Bulgarian National Top 40". Euro 200. (October 12,2008). Retrieved 2008-10-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ [Billboard.com "Canadian Hot 100"]. Billboard Magazine. (September 23,2008). Retrieved 2008-09-23. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Czech Republic IFPI
  16. ^ Billboard magazine (October 11, 2008). "Japan Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  17. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart: Top 40 Singles Chart". RIANZ. (September 29,2008). Retrieved 2008-09-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved on 2008-10-06
  19. ^ [1]
  20. ^ Billboard magazine (October 11, 2008). "Pop 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  21. ^ "Global Track Chart". MediaTraffic. October 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  22. ^ http://www.sonybmg.de/artists2.php?iA=7&artist=173781&product=88697386462
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