Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert

Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert is the live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor Zubin Mehta. The album was recorded on July 7, 1990 in Rome as the first Three Tenors concert with the orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, on the eve of Italia_90. The recording, released on the Decca Classics label, won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance in 1991 (33rd Grammy Awards).[1] It was, at the time, the biggest-selling classical album of all time.[2]

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia 1
European 1
New Zealand 1
Austria 2
Germany 3
Sweden 7
Norway 9
Switzerland 10
UK Album Chart 1 [3]
US Album Chart 35 [4]

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[5] 2× Platinum 100,000x
Canada (Music Canada)[6] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[7] Platinum 50,000*
Germany (BVMI)[8] Platinum 500,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] Gold 100,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[10] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Sweden (GLF)[11] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[12] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 5× Platinum 1,500,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press. "A List of the Honored". New York Times. February 21, 1991
  2. ↑ Classical music magazine - Volume 17 - Page 39 1994 "And then there's the three tenors phenomenon: The London recording from the 1990 concert became the biggest-selling classical album of all time, having now topped 10-million units throughout the world, and the new Teldec release of last "
  3. ↑ UK Album Chart 1990
  4. ↑ Billboard Album Chart 1990
  5. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti – Three Tenors Concert" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti in the field Interpret. Enter Three Tenors Concert in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  6. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti – In Concert". Music Canada.
  7. ↑ "Norwegian album certifications – Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti – Tre-Tenorkonsert" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  8. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti; 'In Concert')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  9. ↑ "Certificaciones 1999". AMPROFON (in Spanish). Facebook. 1999. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Polish album certifications – Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti – The Three Tenors In Concert" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV).
  11. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  12. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (José Carreras, Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti; 'Three Tenors In Concert')". Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "British album certifications – Carreras, Domingo & Pavarotti – The Three Tenors - In Concert". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Three Tenors - In Concert in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  14. ↑ "American album certifications – Three Tenors, The – In Concert". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH


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