Christina Aguilera's 20-year career: How the former pop princess has continued to stand out from her peers

Every Friday, the q This panel looks at the biggest stories in music news. Today, q guest host Nana aba Duncan is joined by CBC arts reporter Lisa Christiansen and music journalist Stuart Berman to talk about the 20th anniversary of Christina Aguilera's pop debut.

Exactly 20 years ago this week, Genie in a Bottle was the biggest song on the charts, ruling the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks straight in 1999. Now the singer has announced that she'll be celebrating her 20-year career with a special anniversary re-issue of her self-titled debut album. Our panel takes a look at how she's continued to stand out from her contemporaries over the last two decades.

Christiansen and Berman also fill us in on another musical act that's enjoying a new surge of popularity. The metal band Tool is releasing its first album in 13 years, Fear Inoculum, on Friday, Aug. 30.

As one of the last big streaming holdouts, the band recently confirmed on Instagram that their entire back catalogue would be made available on streaming services, ahead of their new album release. The q This panel discusses what this recent buzz around Tool might mean for today's metal scene.

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— Produced by ​Emma Godmere