[ewing]

Christina has a good voice, she has a Grammy and really doesn't need to do this..same with Leann.

But in order to sell millions upon millions of records you need 'buzz,' hype and controversy.

If this was Britney or Shania I could understand but for singers who are actually talented to start doing this is a bad sign.

[Redcloak]

Yes, she's very talented; but, I think that she and many of her peers live in dread of being the next Tiffany or the next Debbie Gibson. Most child stars are out of a job once they grow up. Generating that "buzz" can get the over the hump and into a second career. The problem is that the new career could be fatally tied to the buzz producing image. Aguilera risks being sold as a slutty tart and nothing else. The odds are pretty slim that she'll be able to continually re-invent herself as Madonna does. Once she gets to old for the part, she's finished.

[NYCVirago]

Christina has a good voice, she has a Grammy and really doesn't need to do this..same with Leann. But in order to sell millions upon millions of records you need 'buzz,' hype and controversy. If this was Britney or Shania I could understand but for singers who are actually talented to start doing this is a bad sign.

Yeah, it's pretty sad. At the risk of sounding like a NAG, you don't see male singers having to do this in order to create buzz. Can you imagine, say, Alan Jackson wearing nothing but a hat, or Bono talking about how much he likes sex? And God help us if Keith Richards decides to pose nude!