Demi Lovato explained Saturday how influential Christina Aguilera's blockbuster album Stripped was to her during the making of her new album, Tell Me You Love Me.
"She did a lot of growing up on that album" the 25-year-old chart-topper told iHeartRadio's Ellie Lee. "And I feel like she really made herself, like, an icon with that album. That's what I hope to do someday and that I wanted to accomplish my vocal capabilities the way that she did with that album."
In iHeartRadio's previous interview with Lovato, the star explained just how JAY-Z helped out with the rollout of the album. "With the [first] single, everybody was telling me to go with [the title track] 'Tell Me You Love Me,' but I felt something was really pulling me towards 'Sorry Not Sorry,'" she explained. "When I played both of the songs for JAY-Z, he was like, "Go with 'Sorry Not Sorry'" because it's more lighthearted – and that's all I needed was one [moment of] reassurance."
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Original article at iHeartRadio