Lotus (album)

***Lotus*** is the seventh studio album by American singer Christina Aguilera. RCA Records released the album on November 9, 2012.

It was her first album after her ending her marriage with Jordan Bratman. The album features a mix of pop, dance, and rock, with both fast songs and slower piano songs. Aguilera called it a “rebirth” about her personal life, her time on The Voice, and her divorce. She recorded most of the album at home and worked with producers like Alex da Kid, Max Martin, Lucas Secon, and Tracklacers.

Lotus received mixed reviews from critics, who felt the lyrics and music were simple. It started at number seven on the US Billboard 200, selling 73,408 copies in its first week. The album performed better in countries like Canada, Russia, Switzerland, and Venezuela, where it reached the top 10. Two singles were released in North America: “Your Body,” which made the top 40 in several countries, and “Just a Fool,” a song with The Voice coach Blake Shelton, which went to number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. In August 2013, Aguilera released “Let There Be Love” as a single, along with a music video and a letter to her fans. The song reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart.

## Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of _Lotus_.

- Notes
- <sup></sup> signifies a vocal producer
- <sup></sup> signifies a co-producer
- Sampling credits
- "Red Hot Kinda Love" contains samples from "The Whole World Ain't Nothing But a Party", as performed by Mark Radice and "54-46 Was My Number", as performed by Toots and the Maytals.
- "Make the World Move" contains a portion of the composition "Let's Find Out", written by Armando Trovajoli.

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

- Christina Aguilera – vocals, backing vocals, executive producer
- Candice Pillay – backing vocals
- Max Martin – backing vocals, keyboards, producer
- Aimée Proal – backing vocals
- Shellback – backing vocals, keyboards, producer, programming, engineer
- Alex da Kid – producer
- Chris Braide – producer
- Busbee – producer
- Mike Del Rio – producer
- Jayson DeZuzio – producer
- Dem Jointz – producer
- Jason Gilbert – producer
- Jamie Hartman – producer, string arrangements
- Aeon "Step" Manahan – producer, programming
- Steve Robson – keyboards, producer, string arrangements, programming
- Lucas Secon – producer
- Supa Dups – producer
- Tracklacers – producer
- Claude Kelly – vocals producer
- Candice Pillay – vocals producer
- Chris Braide  – – keyboards, string arrangements, programming
- Steve Daly – keyboards, bass, synthesizers

- Jon Keep – keyboards, synthesizers
- Alisha Bauer – strings
- Marisa Kuney – strings
- Songa Lee – strings
- Rodney Wirtz – strings
- Pete Whitfield – string arrangements
- Steve Daly – bass
- John Garrison – bass
- Lucas Secon – programming
- John Hanes – engineer
- Pete Hofmann – engineer
- Sam Holland – engineer, vocal engineer
- Josh Mosser – engineer
- Sam Miller – engineer
- Oscar Ramirez – engineer, vocal engineer
- Lucas Secon – engineer
- Justin Stanley – engineer
- Scott Hendricks – vocal engineer
- Graham Marsh – vocal engineer
- Phil Seaford – assistant engineer
- Christina Aguilera – A&R
- Keith Naftaly – A&R
- Enrique Badulescu – photography

### Weekly charts

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### Year-end charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2013)|scope="col"|Position|
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## Release history

|scope="col"|Region|Date|Format(s)|Edition(s)|Label|||
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|rowspan="4"|November 9, 2012|rowspan="13"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="4"|Sony Music|
|rowspan="2"|Deluxe|||||||
|November 12, 2012|RCA Records|||||||
|rowspan="3"|November 13, 2012|rowspan="2"||Sony Music||||
|rowspan="2"|RCA Records|||||||
|Standard||||||||
|rowspan="2"|November 14, 2012|rowspan="5"|Deluxe|rowspan="5"|Sony Music|||
|November 15, 2012||||||||
|rowspan="2"|November 16, 2012|||||||

## Other websites

- _Lotus_ on Metacritic

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Lotus
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Christina Aguilera
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: 2011-2012
- **label**: RCA Records, RCA
- **prev title**: Burlesque (soundtrack), Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2010)
- **next title**: Liberation (Christina Aguilera album), Liberation
- **next year**: 2018