Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...

Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...
Video by Celine Dion
Released December 7, 2007
Recorded January 17–21, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre Pop
Length 307:00
Label Columbia, Epic
Director Jean Lamoureux, Stéphane Laporte
Producer Julie Snyder
Celine Dion chronology

On ne change pas
(2005)		 Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...
(2007)		 Céline sur les Plaines
(2008)

Live in Las Vegas: A New Day... is Celine Dion's eighth home video, released on DVD between December 7–10, 2007 in Europe, on December 11, 2007 in North America, December 15, 2007 in Australia and December 19, 2007 in Japan.[1] It includes the record-breaking show A New Day... at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2] The Blu-ray Disc version was also released on February 5, 2008 in North America, and between February 8–22, 2008 in Europe.[3]

A New Day... ended on December 15, 2007, after a 5-year run of more than 700 shows and 3 million spectators. It reached one of the highest concert grosses in music history, $400,000,000.[4][5]

The 2 disc DVD contains more than 5 hours of never-before seen footage, including the concert and 3 exclusive documentaries: Because You Loved Me (A Tribute to the Fans), A New Day: All Access and A New Day: the Secrets.[1] It contains subtitles in 9 languages. The inside booklet includes richly detailed photographs and generous liner notes.

History

The originally scheduled DVD release date (autumn 2004) was postponed because of changes and improvements made to the show since the initial filming. A New Day... was re-shot in high-definition during the January 17–21, 2007 week.[6] According to the A New Day: the Secrets documentary on the second disc, one of the major reasons for the delay was that Dion and her producers gradually realized that Dion's change to a short blonde bob for A New Day... was highly unpopular with her fan base, and the hairstyle also looked terrible on screen during the first DVD shoot. As a result, she returned to her long brunette hair with extensions and the DVD was reshot.

The Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... DVD includes the last version of the show, performed between November 2006 and December 2007. But during previous years in the show, Dion wore alternate costumes and performed several other songs: "Nature Boy," "At Last," "Fever," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Have You Ever Been in Love," "Et je t'aime encore," and "What a Wonderful World." Some of them are included on the A New Day... Live in Las Vegas CD, released in June 2004.[7]

Promotion

"The Power of Love," "I Drove All Night," "I Surrender," and "I Wish" from the DVD were first released on the deluxe edition of Dion's album Taking Chances from November 2007. An exclusive sneak preview from the show was also included.

A New Day... was shown on television in selected countries, including the Netherlands (first part on November 18 and second one on November 25, 2007 on SBS 6), Spain (November 29, 2007 on TVE2), South Africa (first part on December 2 and second one on December 8, 2007 on SABC 3), Italy (December 25, 2007 on Italia 1), and Quebec (bonus features on January 20, 2008 and the show on January 27, 2008 on TVA).

A New Day... was also broadcast to movie theatres in some countries, including Poland (Multikino on December 5, 2007)[8] and the United States (various theatres on December 17, 2007).[9]

The Quebec TV station TVA broadcast a TV special dedicated to the last show of Dion at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, on December 16, 2007. The show was entitled Les Adieux de Céline Dion à Las Vegas (Céline Dion's Vegas Farewells). The cameras entered the intimacy of Dion and René Angélil during latest show's night (December 15). Viewers could see Céline Dion leaving her home with her husband and their son who attended his mother's show, Dion in her dressing room or in the elevator that took her to the stage.

Chart success

According to the Quebec press, Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... was completely sold-out in the province less than a few hours after its release.[10] In addition, Dion made history on January 18, 2008 when Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... became the only music DVD to be certified triple Diamond in Canada, selling over 300,000 units.[11] Only five other DVDs have ever reached double Diamond status in Canada. Dion's DVD also garnered the largest debut in Nielsen SoundScan history for a DVD-only release, with over 70,000 copies sold in its first week, which is something that has never occurred before in Canadian music history.[10][12] Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... held the number 1 position on the Music DVD Chart in Canada for many weeks after its release.[13]

Outside Canada, the DVD was also very successful and peaked at number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand and Estonia. It reached number 2 in Portugal and Sweden, number 3 in Argentina, Australia, Ireland and Greece, number 4 in Austria, number 6 in Italy and number 7 in Czech Republic. Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... also debuted in the top 10 in Finland and Germany.[14]

Nearly 500,000 copies of the DVD were sold worldwide in its first week of release.[14] Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... was certified 3× Diamond in Canada,[15] Diamond in France, 4× Platinum in Australia, Platinum in the United Kingdom, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina and New Zealand, and Gold in the Netherlands and Belgium. In Japan, it has sold 30,000 copies during the first three months of its release.

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified this double-DVD 7× Platinum. However, it has sold 463,186 copies in the U.S. as of September 2, 2012 and is eligible for 9× Platinum certification.[16] According to Billboard, the DVD was the third best-selling music DVD of 2008 in the U.S. and the best-selling by a female artist.[17] It was also the tenth best-selling DVD in the U.S. in 2009.[18]

Awards

In 2009, the DVD received a Juno Award nomination in category Music DVD of the Year.

Track listing

Disc 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "A New Day Has Come"  
  
2. "The Power of Love"  
  
3. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"  Jim Steinman  
4. "Because You Loved Me"  Diane Warren  
5. "To Love You More"  
  
6. "I'm Alive"  
  
7. "I Drove All Night"  
  
8. "Seduces Me"  
  
9. "If I Could"  
  
10. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"  Jean-Jacques Goldman  
11. "I Surrender"  
  
12. "Ammore Annascunnuto"  
  
13. "All the Way"  
  
14. "I've Got the World on a String"  
  
15. "I Wish"  Stevie Wonder  
16. "Love Can Move Mountains"  Warren  
17. "River Deep – Mountain High"  
  
18. "My Heart Will Go On"  
  
19. "Bonus feature: Because You Loved Me: a Tribute to the Fans"    41:00
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "Special feature: A New Day: All Access"   120:00
2. "Bonus feature: A New Day: the Secrets"   53:00

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

DVD Chart (2007) Peak
position
Argentinian Music DVD Chart[19] 3
Australian Music DVD Chart[20] 3
Austrian Music DVD Chart[21] 4
Belgian Flandres Music DVD Chart[22] 1
Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart[23] 1
Canadian Music DVD Chart[12] 1
Czech Republic Music DVD Chart[24] 7
Danish Music DVD Chart[25] 1
Dutch Music DVD Chart[26] 1
Estonian Music DVD Chart[27] 1
French Music DVD Chart[28] 1
Greek Music DVD Chart[29] 3
Hungarian Music DVD Chart[30] 17
Irish Music DVD Chart[31] 3
Italian Music DVD Chart[32] 6
Japanese Music DVD Chart[33] 4
Japanese International Music DVD Chart[34] 1
New Zealand Music DVD Chart[35] 1
Portuguese Music DVD Chart[36] 2
Spanish Music DVD Chart[37] 12
Swedish Music DVD Chart[38] 2
Swiss Music DVD Chart[39] 1
UK Music DVD Chart[40] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Music Video[41][42] 1
Album Chart (2007) Peak
position
German Albums Chart[43] 64
Swiss Albums Chart[44] 56

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[45] Platinum 8,000x
Australia (ARIA)[46] 4× Platinum 60,000^
Belgium (BEA)[47] Gold 25,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[48] Platinum 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[49] 3× Diamond 300,000^
France (SNEP)[50] Diamond 100,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[51] Gold 40,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[52] Platinum 5,000x
Portugal (AFP)[53] Platinum 8,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] Platinum 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[55] 7× Platinum 463,186^

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

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
Australian Music DVD Chart[56] 36
Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart[57] 22
Dutch Music DVD Chart[58] 22
French Music DVD Chart[59] 5
Chart (2008) Position
Australian Music DVD Chart[60] 8
Belgian Flandres Music DVD Chart[61] 1
Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart[62] 2
Dutch Music DVD Chart[63] 5
French Music DVD Chart[64] 3
U.S. Billboard Top Music Video[17] 3
Chart (2009) Position
Dutch Music DVD Chart[65] 16
French Music DVD Chart[66] 71
U.S. Billboard Top Music Video[18] 10
Chart (2010) Position
French Music DVD Chart[67] 51
Chart (2011) Position
French Music DVD Chart[68] 36
Chart (2012) Position
French Music DVD Chart[69] 36

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Europe December 7, 2007 Columbia 2 DVDs 88697147879(English) 88697187109(French)
U.S. December 11, 2007 13716
Canada 13716 (English), 87099 (French)
Australia December 15, 2007 Epic 88697147879
Japan December 19, 2007 EIBP-100～EIBP-101
U.S. February 5, 2008 Columbia 2 Blu-ray Discs 13716
Canada 13716 (English), 87099 (French)
Europe February 8, 2008 88697173379

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 A New Day... DVD Info!. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  2. ↑ A New Day... Final Countdown!. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  3. ↑ Celine Dion: A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (Blu-ray) - High-Def Digest. Retrieved October 29, 2007.
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  5. ↑ Céline Dion DVD surpasses triple Diamond status. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  6. ↑ A New Day... DVD Filming. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  7. ↑ A New Day... Live In Las Vegas. Retrieved June 14, 2004.
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