Back to Basics: Live and Down Under

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Back To Basics: Live And Down Under
Back To Basics: Live And Down Under cover
Video by Christina Aguilera
Released February 4, 2008 (UK)
February 5, 2008 (US)
February 8, 2008 (GER)
February 11, 2008 (GRE)
Recorded July 17/18, 2007 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide.
Genre Pop, Soul, Rock, Jazz, Swing
Length 95:01
Label RCA Records
Producer Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera video chronology
Stripped Live in the UK
(2004)		 Back To Basics: Live And Down Under
(2008)

"Back To Basics: Live And Down Under" is a concert tour DVD by American pop singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera[1].

Contents

[edit] Information

Christina Aguilera's breathlessly energetic, senses-frazzling live spectacular of a concert brought the house down in Sydney/Adelaide, Australia; and the cameras were there to capture it all in both cities for the release of her Back To Basics - Live Down Under concert DVD. The critically acclaimed live extravaganza thrills and awes, while Christina's vocal acrobatics remind you why hers is the Voice of a Generation. With ninety minutes of footage - from burlesque cabaret, to trapeze choreography, fire jugglers and stilt walkers - the Lady knows how to put on what's been called "the greatest show on earth!" The live concert DVD features eighteen songs, spanning Christina's career, including the hits "Ain't No Other Man", "Candyman", "Dirrty", "Come On Over", "What A Girl Wants", "Hurt", "Fighter" and of course the Grammy-winning smash hit "Beautiful".

[edit] Release

The DVD has been released February 4 in the UK and most of Europe while it hit stores on February 5 in the USA exclusively at Best Buy stores and BestBuy.com. The Australian release date is Saturday February 16th, 2008.[2] The DVD contains 2 discs, the first disc being the concert and the second discs containing special features such as interviews and behind the scenes footage.

"Back to Basics - Live and Down Under" debuted at Number 1 on the DVD Charts with 18,473 copies sold, making this the highest DVD debut of her career. This marks Christina's second #1 on the DVD Music Video chart, her first was in 2001's "My Reflection." Aguilera's "Stripped - Live in the UK" debuted at #3 on the DVD chart in 2004.

On January 13, a shortened version of the concert aired live on T4 in the UK, while it aired on VH1 in the US on January 26th. It aired on FoxLife in Turkey for Valentine's Day.

Oh Mother, the fifth single of Back to Basics, is used to promote the DVD. The German music channel VIVA had released a live video of Oh Mother, live from the Back To Basics Tour. Additionally RCA Records sent the live video of Dirrty to Yahoo Videos, where it got premiered on February 4th[3], and Ain't No Other Man was sent to the channel VH1.

[edit] Track listing

Aguilera performing "Dirrty" from the Live DVD.
Aguilera performing "Dirrty" from the Live DVD.
Aguilera performing "Slow Down Baby" from the Live DVD.
Aguilera performing "Slow Down Baby" from the Live DVD.
  1. Intro: Back to Basics
  2. Ain't No Other Man
  3. Back In The Day
  4. Understand
  5. Come On Over (Jazz Version)
  6. Slow Down Baby
  7. Still Dirrty
  8. I Got Trouble (Video Interlude)
  9. Makes Me Wanna Pray
  10. What a Girl Wants (Reggae Version)
  11. Oh Mother
  12. Enter The Circus
  13. Welcome
  14. Dirrty (Circus Version)
  15. Candyman
  16. Nasty Naughty Boy
  17. Hurt
  18. Lady Marmalade
  19. Encore: Thank You (Video Interlude)
  20. Beautiful
  21. Fighter


Special Features

  • Interviews with (in this order):
  1. Dancers
  2. Wardrobe: Simone Harouche
  3. Hair & Make-Up: Stephen Sollitto
  4. Musicians
  5. Background Vocalists
  6. Musical Director: Rob Lewis
  7. Jordan Bratman
  8. Christina Aguilera

[edit] Charts and certification

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
Australian Music DVD Chart ARIA 2[4] Platinum 15,000+[5]
Austrian Music DVD Chart IFPI 6[6]
Belgium Flanders Music DVD Chart IFPI 1[7]
Belgium Wallonia Music DVD Chart IFPI 8[8]
Brazil Music DVD Chart ABPD 4[9]
Czech Republic Music DVD Chart IFPI 3[10]
Dutch Music DVD Chart NVPI 2[11]
Estonian Music DVD Chart 3[12]
French Music DVD Chart SNEP/IFOP 7[13]
German Music DVD Chart Media Control 2
Greek Music DVD Chart IFPI 2[14]
Irish Music DVD Chart IRMA 7[15]
Italian Music DVD Chart FIMI 6[16]
Japanese Music DVD Chart Oricon 1
Mexico Music DVD Chart AMPROFON 4[17]
New Zealand Music DVD Chart RIANZ 7[18]
Portugal Music DVD Chart AFP 19[19]
Spanish Music DVD Chart Promusicae 7[20]
Swedish Music DVD Chart IFPI 2[21]
UK Music DVD Chart BPI 2[22]
USA Music DVD Chart RIAA 1[23] Gold 25,000+[24]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christina Aguilera | SONY BMG Music Entertainment Store
  2. ^ Australian Release
  3. ^ Premieres on Yahoo! Music
  4. ^ Australian DVD Chart
  5. ^ Top 40 DVD Chart - Australian Record Industry Association
  6. ^ Austrian DVD Chart
  7. ^ Belgium Flanders DVD Chart
  8. ^ Belgium Wallonia DVD Chart
  9. ^ Brazil DVD Chart
  10. ^ Czech DVD Chart
  11. ^ dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal
  12. ^ Estonian DVD Chart
  13. ^ French DVD Chart
  14. ^ Greek DVD Chart
  15. ^ >> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>
  16. ^ Italian DVD Chart
  17. ^ Mexican DVD Chart
  18. ^ New Zealand RIANZ DVD Chart
  19. ^ Portuguese AFD DVD Chart
  20. ^ Spanish Promusicae DVD Chart
  21. ^ Swedish DVD Chart
  22. ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Chart Show - Music DVDs
  23. ^ [1]
  24. ^ Billboard DVD Chart
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Christina Aguilera
Studio albums
Christina Aguilera (1999) · Stripped (2002) · Back to Basics (2006) · TBA (TBA)
Other albums
Mi Reflejo (2000) · My Kind of Christmas (2000) · Just Be Free (2001)
Singles
Other singles
Collaboration singles
"All I Wanna Do" • "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" · "Lady Marmalade" · "What's Going On" · "El Ultimos Adiós" · "Car Wash" · "Tilt Ya Head Back" · "A Song for You" · "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" · "Tell Me"
DVDs
Genie Gets Her Wish · My Reflection · Stripped Live in the UK · Back to Basics: Live and Down Under
Tours
Perfume
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