Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. On Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice," Christina Aguilera performed a duet with A Great Big World's Ian Axel, a songwriter with a buttoned-up plaid shirt, frizzy hair and an ethereal voice that sounds like it might snap in half at any moment. The performance of A Great Big World's single "Say Something" was understated -- just a piano, some strings and a keyboard for instrumentation, and with Aguilera reining in her voice's natural power -- and exactly what Axel's duo with Chad Vaccarino needed to break their ballad, which has sold 52, downloads through last Sunday according to Nielsen SoundScan, to a much wider audience. A Great Big World not only snagged Aguilera to assist on the reality show performance, but the pop superstar recorded a new version of "Say Something" with the group for its debut album "Is There Anybody Out There? Aguilera called the "Voice" performance " wonderful " on Twitter, and the recorded version of A Great Big World's "Say Something" featuring Aguilera released to digital retailers, conveniently, on Nov. And "The Voice" wasn't the first television appearance for the sorrowful "Say Something" -- last September, the track was used on "So You Think You Can Dance" by season champ Amy Yakima, and sparked a reaction that eventually made its way to Aguilera.


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It was later released as a single by the duo on September 3, , by Epic Records. Soon afterwards, a re-recorded version of "Say Something" with Aguilera was released on November 4, In the single version with Aguilera, she plays a ghost of the lover to whom the song is addressed as she traces the steps of the lead vocal. The song was praised by music critics for its powerful lyrics, the emotional composition and Aguilera's vocal delivery.
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