Blank Page

"Blank Page" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, taken from her seventh studio album, Lotus (2012).

"Blank Page" is a minimalist piano-driven ballad that received frequent comparisons to Aguilera's 2002 single "Beautiful".

Following the release of her sixth studio to an album, Bionic (2010),[2] Aguilera filed for divorce from her husband Jordan Bratman, starred in the film Burlesque, and recorded the accompanying soundtrack.

[3] She then became a coach on NBC's singing competition show The Voice[3] and appeared as a featured artist on Maroon 5's single "Moves Like Jagger" (2011), which spent four weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[4] Following these events, Aguilera announced that had plans to begin production of her seventh album, stating that she wanted high quality and "personal" songs for the record.

[6] Speaking about her new material during an interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2012, Aguilera said that the recording process for Lotus was taking a while because "I don't like to just get songs from producers.

[1] When she was asked by the interviewer who her favorite people were to collaborate with, she responded by solely mentioning Furler and explained what led to her to enjoy working with her: Sia is one of them.

She came in and she just writes such serious songs, I was like 'Oh she is gunna [sic] be such a serious person, and I'm nervous to meet her, and I just want her to get me and understand that I'm not a cheesy pop star'.

[16][17][19] Aside from garnering innumerable comparisons to Aguilera's own song "Beautiful",[15][16] the composition of "Blank Page" was subject to critique by Jim Farber writing for New York Daily News.

Writing on behalf of 4Music, Chris Younie wrote that although "Blank Page" is followed by "Sing for Me", another ballad, the former is "utterly brilliant" and is "ten times better" than the latter.

[16] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic complimented the simplicity of the song, writing that Aguilera "seizes the spotlight" and is accompanied by a "spare" piano arrangement.

[17] PopCrush critic Michael Gallucci described the song as a "showstopper" and compared it to "Beautiful" due to its minimalist structure.

[19] Mesfin Fekadu for The Huffington Post concurred with Hampp in the respect that she also thought that "Blank Page" was reminiscent of the songs co-written by Furler on Bionic, which she also described "that album's highlight".

Club praised 'Blank Page' and 'Sing for Me', writing that "they are minimal piano ballads on which Aguilera discusses working through regret and reclaiming her sense of self, respectively.

[25] Idolator critic Mike Wass complimented Aguilera's ability to "tone it down" on the song, but he was surprised at the level of simplicity considering Furler's "alternative leanings".

[26] That Grape Juice praised the song and noted: "Rousing, resonant, and lyrically astute, this has etched itself onto the list of Xtina’s most moving musical moments.

[8] Following the release of Lotus, "Blank Page" debuted on the South Korea International Singles Chart at number 53 during the week of November 11 to 17, 2012, with digital download sales of 4,299.