Live at Wembley (Beyoncé Knowles album)

Live at Wembley
Live album by Beyoncé
Released April 27, 2004
Recorded November 10, 2003
Wembley Arena, London
Genre R&B, soul, hip-hop
Length 150 minutes
Label Columbia, Sony Urban
Director Janie Valentine
Beyoncé live album chronology
Live at Wembley
(2004)		 The Beyoncé Experience Live
(2007)

Live at Wembley is a live album by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, released on April 27, 2004. The DVD features her concert at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom as part of her Dangerously in Love Tour.

Contents

Background

Recording and development

Live at Wembley was filmed at the Wembley Arena, London show of the Dangerously in Love Tour, on November 10, 2003.[1] The tour supported Knowles' debut solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003), so most songs on Live at Wembley originate from that album; however, Live at Wembley also contains a medley of songs by Destiny's Child, Knowles' band, and two soundtrack singles: "Work It Out" and "Summertime". The second disc of Live at Wembley contains three previously unreleased studio recorded songs, including a cover of "Wishing on a Star", and one remix each of "Crazy in Love", "Baby Boy" and "Naughty Girl".

The concert audio was mixed by Rick Camp, the same engineer who mixed at the concert venues. It is uncommon for mix engineers to specialize in both live and recorded mixing. For Camp, "Mixing Beyoncé is a pleasure because she's a real singer and makes it easy. There is hardly an overdub on this project — it's 95 percent live Beyoncé."[2]

Release

Live at Wembley was premiered at Regal Entertainment Group cinemas around the US on April 26, 2004. Tickets for the theater premieres were purchasable by members of the public. The album was released by Columbia Music Video in-store the following day.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

Critical response

Live at Wembley received generally positive reviews from music critics. Allmusic gave the album three and half out of five stars.[3]

Commercial performance

Live at Wembley debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard 200, selling 45,000 copies in its first week.[4] The DVD has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping 200,000 copies;[5] it had sold 264,000 copies in the U.S. by October 2007, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[6] As at October 6, 2010, Live at Wembley had sold 197,000 digital downloads.[7] Live at Wembley entered the Swiss Albums Chart on May 16, 2004 at number seventy-three, and moved to number eighty-nine the following week, before dropping out of the chart.[8] The album spent one week in the Portuguese Albums Chart at number twenty-six.[8] Live in Wembley spent four weeks in the German Albums Chart, and peaked at number fifty-nine.[9] The album debuted atop the Australian DVD Chart of May 24, 2004,[10] and remained in the chart for thirty-two weeks, exiting in January 2005.[11] It was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipping 30,000 copies.[12] Live at Wembley spent twenty weeks in the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart, peaking at number eight.[13] On July 22, 2004, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, denoting shipment of 100,000 units.[14] In Italy, Live at Wembley appeared at number five on the FIMI DVD Chart ending April 4, 2010,[15] but did not re-enter the chart.[16]

Track listing

DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Baby Boy"   4:58
2. "Naughty Girl"   4:12
3. "Fever"   5:57
4. "Hip Hop Star"   4:31
5. "Yes"   4:11
6. "Work It Out"   3:47
7. "Gift from Virgo"   3:15
8. "Be with You"   3:58
9. "Speechless"   5:00
10. "DC Medley" (Consists of "Bug a Boo", "No, No, No Part 2", "Bootylicious", "Jumpin' Jumpin'", "Say My Name", "Independent Women Part I", "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" and "Survivor") 10:43
11. "Me, Myself and I"   5:14
12. "Summertime"   5:30
13. "Dangerously in Love"   8:34
14. "Crazy in Love"   8:03
15. "Credits"   1:45
CD
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Wishing on a Star"   Billie Rae Calvin 4:09
2. "What's It Gonna Be"   Beyoncé Knowles, LaShaun Owens, Karrim Mack, Corte Ellis, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman, Kandice Love 3:37
3. "My First Time"   Knowles, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo 4:25
4. "Krazy in Luv" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter, Eugene Record 6:28
5. "Baby Boy" (Junior's World Mixshow) Knowles, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Carter 6:39
6. "Naughty Girl" (Calderone Quayle Club Mix) Knowles, Storch, Waller, Angela Beyincé, Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer 9:38

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2004/10) Peak
position
Australian DVD Chart[10] 1
Austria Music DVD Chart[18] 2
Belgian DVD Chart (Flanders)[19] 3
Belgian DVD Chart (Wallonia)[20] 2
Dutch DVD Music Top 30 Chart[21] 5
German Albums Chart[9] 59
Greek Albums Chart[22] 7
Italian FIMI DVD Chart[15] 5
Japanese Albums Chart[13] 8
Portuguese Albums Chart[8] 26
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 73
Spanish DVD Chart[23] 1
UK DVD Chart[24] 2
U.S. Billboard 200[25] 17
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[25] 8
U.S. Billboard Music DVD Chart[26] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
Spain - Lista Anual DVD's Musicales[27] 9
World - Best selling DVD title worldwide[28] 3

Certifications

Country Certification
DVD
Australia 2× Platinum[12]
Spain Gold[29]
France Platinum[30]
United States 2× Platinum[5]
Album
Japan Gold[14]

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