Last year, fans saw Christina Milian play Erica in resort to love. She has many acting credits and is also a successful singer. She created music for herself, but other artists featured her in their work. Additionally, early in her career, Milian helped write music for other musicians. She once did a song for Jennifer Lopez. It would be the only single she co-wrote and sang for Lopez.
Jennifer Lopez’s “Play” met with moderate success
The song “Play” is part of Jennifer Lopez’s second studio album J.Lo, released in 2001. The single features lyrics by the singer asking the DJ to play a song. Meanwhile, the related music video features Lopez in a futuristic plane containing a party. The dance-pop song was met with moderate success.
After its release, “Play” entered the Billboard Top 100. It didn’t start high on the charts, but it eventually rose. The Billboard website shows “Play” peaked at No. 18 within weeks of its debut.
However, the single failed to enter the Top 10 like some of Lopez’s other songs. Nonetheless, it would stay on the charts for around 20 weeks before leaving. The song also found success outside of the United States.
“Play” peaked on the charts in other countries like Britain. Official Charts reports that it reached number three in the Official UK Top 40 during the first half of May. Lopez’s song credits several people as writers, including Christina Milian.
Christina Milian contributed to “Play”
Some singers write their songs and others leave the lyrics to different people. Jennifer Lopez has co-author credit on many of her songs. Nevertheless, other people have contributed to his works. Christina Milian was one of the people who had written for the artist.
According to Grazia, Milian helped form the lyrics and provided backing vocals for the song. Listeners can hear that Lopez isn’t the only one performing on the track. In fact, Milian sings the whole chorus of “Play”. The single would be Lopez’s only song written by Milian.
Milian has no credit for any other work by Lopez. After all, Milian lent her creativity before debuting as a recording artist that same year. She probably started focusing more on her career. However, Milian has the credit of having contributed songs by various artists. Fans can go back and listen to “Play” and other works to hear it. She has built a successful career since then.
Christina Milian’s career in theater and music
Christina Milian has always wanted to be an actress and work in the recording world. She will begin her career on Disney Channel as a guest star. The actor would become a host of Cinema surfers for a few years before moving away from the canal.
Since then, Milian has appeared on other television shows. For example, she was a host on The voice and had his series Christina Milian appeared. She also starred in Impulse and Baggage claim. Of course, fans also know Milian for her music.
Milian began her singing career with an appearance on Ja Rule’s second album. People can hear his voice on at least one of the tracks. She also co-wrote “Same Ol’ Same Ol'” for PYT. In 2001, she created her first single, “AM to PM”.
The song became a hit and Milian wasted no time releasing her self-titled debut album. However, her career didn’t get a boost until 2004, when she released “Dip It Low”. Currently, she has not produced any new music recently.
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