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'''{{Lang|es|Mi Reflejo}}''' (English: ''My Reflection'') is the second [[studio album]] and first Spanish-language album by American singer [[Christina Aguilera]]. It was released on September 12, 2000, as a joint effort between [[RCA Records]] and [[BMG U.S. Latin]].<ref name="Los Angeles Times 2000">{{cite web | title=Though singer Christina Aguilera is often compared... | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2000-09-16 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-16-ca-21724-story.html | access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref> After the commercial success of her
In the United States, {{Lang|es|Mi Reflejo}} peaked at number-one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Latin Albums]] and [[Latin Pop Albums]] charts where it spent 19 weeks at the top of both charts, becoming [[Billboard Top Latin Albums#Top 20 Albums with Most Weeks at Number-One|one of the longest albums to chart at number one]]. The album was the best-selling Latin pop album of 2000 and was certified 6× Platinum (Latin field) by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). It reached number two in Argentina and Uruguay, as well as number five in Mexico, and has sold 2.2 million copies worldwide.
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== Background and composition ==
{{Quote box|width=30em||align=left|style=padding:8px|quote="My message, as in all my music, stands for being fearless to explore who you are. It's never too late to open a new door. Although it's scary to dive into territory that isn't your first language, it still doesn't erase who I am and how I want to express myself in all aspects of what intrigues and inspires me."|source=— Aguilera about embracing her Ecuadorian roots with ''Mi Reflejo''<ref name="embrace">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9408858/thalia-paulina-rubio-christina-aguilera-talk-landmark-2000-albums|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200626163848/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9408858/thalia-paulina-rubio-christina-aguilera-talk-landmark-2000-albums|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2020|title=Thalia, Paulina Rubio, Christina Aguilera Open Up About Landmark 2000 Albums: Exclusive|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Lucas|last=Villa|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>}}
According to her manager Steve Kurtz, Aguilera expressed interest in recording a Spanish-language album before she recorded her
| work=MTV News|publisher=Viacom| date=May 10, 2000| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424803/aguileras-sore-throat-cancels-trip.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025124010/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424803/aguileras-sore-throat-cancels-trip.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 25, 2012 | access-date=August 1, 2008}}</ref> the title's origin came from the Spanish version of the song "[[Reflection (Mulan song)|Reflection]]", which Aguilera recorded for the soundtrack to [[Mulan (soundtrack)|''Mulan'']].<ref name="debut"/>
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Erlewine"/>
|rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4score = C<ref name="Browne">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/09/11/mi-reflejo/|last=Browne|first=David|title=Mi Reflejo|date=September 15, 2000|access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref name="Lechner">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-16-ca-21736-story.html|title=Heritage Aside, Aguilera Doesn't Translate|last=Lechner|first=Ernesto|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 16, 2000|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Gettelman">{{cite web|url=
|rev8 = Sonicnet
|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="McLeod">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicnet.com/artists/ai_album.jhtml?id=1124132&ai_id=509026|title=Se Habla Español|last=McLeod|first=Kembrew|publisher=Sonicnet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001212165600/http://www.sonicnet.com/artists/ai_album.jhtml?id=1124132&ai_id=509026|date=September 18, 2000|archive-date=December 12, 2000}}</ref>
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|rev9score = (mixed)<ref name="Piccoli">{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-09-25/lifestyle/0009221060_1_mi-reflejo-latin-pop-por-siempre-tu|title=Only Aguilera's Words Are Spanish|last=Piccoli|first=Sean|work=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|publisher=Tribune Company|date=September 25, 2000|access-date=April 30, 2013|archive-date=October 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020202428/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-09-25/lifestyle/0009221060_1_mi-reflejo-latin-pop-por-siempre-tu|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev10 = [[Go.com|Wall of Sound]]
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from [[music criticism|mainstream critics]], ''Mi Reflejo'' received an [[Weighted mean|average]] score of 56, based on seven reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/mi-reflejo/christina-aguilera|title=Mi Reflejo Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> Stephen Erlewine of [[AllMusic]] described the album as a mirror image of her debut album ''[[Christina Aguilera (album)|Christina Aguilera]]''. He felt that it was a "little too familiar" although he praised recordings as "well-produced"; however, he concluded that the album "doesn't add anything new to her music, since it's just the old music in new clothing."<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web | last=Erlewine|first=Stepehn| title=Mi Reflejo: Overview |work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mi-reflejo-mw0000088462| access-date=August 1, 2008}}</ref> An editor for ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote that Aguilera has yielded a mostly mainstream pop album with Latin inflections.<ref name="bill">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxEEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+mi+reflejo+christina+aguilera+reviews+and+previews&pg=PA27|title=Reviews & Previews|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=September 16, 2000|access-date=April 30, 2013|volume=112|issue=38|page=27}}</ref> Eliseo Cardona of [[CDNow]] gave the album a mixed review. While he enjoyed Aguilera's vocal performance, which he described as " precisely, gracefully, forcefully ", he criticized the literal Spanish translation of the lyrics from English, which he said made a "good laugh and a better yawn". He commended "Cuando No es Contigo" as making Aguilera a "credible, expressive salsera" and her cover of "Contigo en la Distancia" as the album's finest moment.<ref name="Cardona">{{cite web|url=http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=Aguilera*Christina/itemid=1248403/select=review/pubid=7 |title=Christina Aguilera: Mi Reflejo |last=Cardona |first=Eliseo |publisher=[[CDNow]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017215734/http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/pagename%3D/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid%3DAguilera%2AChristina/itemid%3D1248403/select%3Dreview/pubid%3D7 |archive-date=October 17, 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
David Browne of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', who gave the album a C rating, wrote the review in a parody memo from Aguilera's point of view. He mocked at Aguilera's attempt at making a Spanish-language album simply because of her Ecuadorian heritage, criticized her "unnecessary" high note", ballads that "old Latin ladies'll like", and the photos used in the album's booklet.<ref name="Browne"/> Mike Magnuson of [[House of Blues|HOB.com]] wrote a critical review of the album admonishing the photos in the record for attempting to make Aguilera look Latino which he insisted was a bad influence for the younger audience. Though he mentions that "you can count on her agreeable voice" and lauded the use of Latin percussion and horns, he asserted that the record was "purely a marketing scam gone too far."<ref name="Magnuson">{{cite web|url=http://www.hob.com/cdreviews/october2000/001002christinaaguilera/|last=Magnuson|first=Mike|title=Christina Aguilera "Mi Reflejo"|publisher=[[House of Blues|HOB.com]]|date=October 2, 2000|archive-date=January 24, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124061300/http://www.hob.com/cdreviews/october2000/001002christinaaguilera/}}</ref> Parry Gettelman from ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' stated that "Mi Reflejo lacks emotional depth, and her decision to record in Spanish seems more a bid to conquer new chart territory than anything else".<ref name="Gettelman"/>
Sonicnet called its production "superslick" and compared Aguilera's vocals to that of [[Mariah Carey]], completing that the album "almost guarantees that the diminutive diva will expand her colonial powers south of the border. In other words, she's planning to do a reverse [[Ricky Martin]] on us".<ref name="McLeod"/> Ernesto Lechner of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' rated the album two out of four stars comparing her vocals in her debut album and in ''Mi Reflejo'', describing her performance in the latter as "ridiculous". He complained about Aguilera's cover of "Contigo en la Distancia" which he described as a "bloated confection".<ref name="Lechner"/> Kurt B. Reighley from [[Go.com|Wall of Sound]] wrote that the album is "an impressive addition to young Christina's limited canon".<ref name="Reighley"/>
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