In Praise of Christina

I'm not exactly sure what unlikely set of circumstances could have led me here, but I'm actually typing these words: "The new Christina Aguilera double album is fantastic, one of the great albums of 2006."
I'm as puzzled as you are. I have absolutely no idea why I walked into a record store and bought a Christina Aguilera album without having heard a single song from it, but I'm telling you, unless my ears are seriously deceiving me, this is as good as pop music gets, and I find myself wondering why this woman is not a feminist icon.