At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8 , 2004 , Aguilera announced that she was going to work on a follow-up album to '' Stripped '' ( 2002 ) . She stated her main idea for the project was to " evolve as an artist and a visionary " , which was taken from a poem she wrote during The Stripped Tour ( 2003 ) . In an interview with '' Billboard '' magazine , Aguilera expressed dissatisfaction with contemporary music , as technology " has advanced itself so anybody can be a singer " . Thus , Aguilera took musical inspirations from old-school jazz , blues and soul records performed by her 1920s – 1950s idols , including Billie Holiday , Otis Redding , Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald , which she viewed as " music that really had heart "
46th Annual Grammy Awards
46th Annual Grammy Awards
Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)