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For the Las Vegas show, see A New Day...
For the album, see A New Day... Live in Las Vegas.
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A New Day... Live in Las Vegas is Céline 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... has ended on December 15, 2007, after a 5 year run, of more than 700 shows and 3 million spectators. 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."[4] 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.[5] 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 brunette hair with extensions.

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 A New Day... previous years, Dion performed also seven 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.[6]

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)[7] and the United States (various theatres on December 17, 2007).[8]

The Quebec TV station TVA broadcasted a TV special dedicated to the last show of Céline 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 15th). Viewers could see Céline Dion leaving her home with her husband and their son who attended his mother's show. We saw Dion in her dressing room, in the elevator that took her to the stage. The special lasted 45 minutes.

Chart success

According to the Quebec press, Dion's much-anticipated and long-awaited DVD was completely sold-out in Quebec, Canada in less than a few hours after the release.[9] Céline Dion made history on January 18, 2008 as Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... became the only music DVD to be certified triple diamond status in Canada, for over 300,000 units sold (although Le Journal de Montréal reported two days earlier that the DVD has sold more than 400,000 copies). Only 5 other DVD releases have ever reached double diamond. Dion's DVD captured also the biggest debut week sales in Nielsen SoundScan history for a DVD only release - over 70,000 copies. And after adding several stores not considered by SoundScan, the DVD exceeded 100,000 units in the first week. Something like that never happened in all of Canadian music history.[10] Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... held the number 1 position on the Music Video Chart in Canada for many weeks after its release.[11]

Outside Canada, the DVD peaked at number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan (international chart), 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 for DVD sales in Finland and Germany.[12]

Close to 500,000 copies of the DVD have been sold worldwide in the first week.[13] Live in Las Vegas - A New Day... was certified 3× diamond (300,000) in Canada[14] (over 400,000 copies sold according to Le Journal de Montréal), 3× platinum (60,000) in France (140,000 copies have been sold and it's now eligible for diamond) and Australia (45,000), platinum in Argentina (6,000) and New Zealand (5,000), and gold in the Netherlands (30,000), Belgium (15,000) and Portugal (4,000). In Japan, it has sold 30,000 copies during first three months. The DVD has sold 360,000 copies in the U.S. and is certified 6x platinum (it is now eligible for 7x platinum).[15]

According to Belgian magazine Cine Tele Revue from May 2008, the DVD has sold 2 million copies to date, which makes it one of the best selling DVDs in music history.

Track listing

DISC 1

  • The Concert – 93:00
  1. "A New Day Has Come"
  2. "The Power of Love"
  3. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
  4. "Because You Loved Me"
  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"
  11. "I Surrender"
  12. "Ammore Annascunnuto"
  13. "All the Way"
  14. "I've Got the World on a String"
  15. "I Wish"
  16. "Love Can Move Mountains"
  17. "River Deep, Mountain High"
  18. "My Heart Will Go On"
  • Bonus feature: Because You Loved Me: a Tribute to the Fans – 41:00

DISC 2

  • Special feature: A New Day: All Access – 120:00
  • Bonus feature: A New Day: the Secrets – 53:00

Chart performance

DVD chart Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Argentina[16] 3 Platinum 6,000[17]
Australia[18] 3 3x platinum 45,000[19]
Austria[20] 4
Belgium Flandres[21] 1 Gold 15,000[22]
Belgium Wallonia[23] 1
Canada 1 3x diamond 400,000[24]
Czech Republic[25] 7
Denmark[26] 1
Estonia[27] 1
France[28] 1 3x platinum1 140,000[29]
Greece[30] 3
Hungary[31] 17
Ireland[32] 3
Italy[33] 6
Japan[34] 4 30,000
Japan International[35] 1
Netherlands[36] 1 Gold 30,000[37]
New Zealand[38] 1 Platinum 5,000[39]
Portugal[40] 2 Gold 4,000[41]
Spain[42] 12
Sweden[43] 2
United Kingdom[44] 1
United States[45] 1 6x platinum2 360,000[46]
Albums chart Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Germany[47] 64
Switzerland[48] 56

1 should be certified diamond (100,000)
2 should be certified 7x platinum (350,000)

References

  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.
  4. ^ A New Day... DVD Info!. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  5. ^ A New Day... DVD Filming. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  6. ^ A New Day... Live In Las Vegas. Retrieved June 14, 2004.
  7. ^ Céline Dion na dużym ekranie. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
  8. ^ Event details. Retrieved November 28, 2007.
  9. ^ Folie furieuse pour le DVD de Céline. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  10. ^ Folie furieuse pour le DVD de Céline. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  11. ^ Céline Dion DVD Surpasses Triple Diamond Status. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
  12. ^ 'Celine Dion - Live in Las Vegas' Is Flying Off The Shelves!. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
  13. ^ 'Celine Dion - Live in Las Vegas' Is Flying Off The Shelves!. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
  14. ^ Gold & Platinum Certification. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
  15. ^ Ask Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  16. ^ Argentinian DVD Chart
  17. ^ Argentinian DVD Chart
  18. ^ Australian DVD Chart
  19. ^ Australian DVD Chart
  20. ^ Austrian DVD Chart
  21. ^ Flandres DVD Chart
  22. ^ IFPI Belgium
  23. ^ Wallonie DVD Chart
  24. ^ Biggest sales week in Nielsen SoundScan history for a DVD!
  25. ^ Czech DVD Chart
  26. ^ Danish DVD Chart
  27. ^ Estonian DVD Chart
  28. ^ French DVD Chart
  29. ^ Les DVD les plus Vendus en 2007
  30. ^ Greek DVD Chart
  31. ^ Hungarian DVD Chart
  32. ^ Irish DVD Chart
  33. ^ Italian DVD Chart
  34. ^ Japanese DVD Chart
  35. ^ Japanese DVD Chart
  36. ^ Dutch DVD Chart
  37. ^ Dubbel goud voor Celine Dion
  38. ^ New Zealand DVD Chart
  39. ^ New Zealand DVD Chart
  40. ^ Portuguese DVD Chart
  41. ^ Portuguese DVD Chart
  42. ^ Spanish DVD Chart
  43. ^ Swedish DVD Chart
  44. ^ UK DVD Chart
  45. ^ U.S. DVD Chart
  46. ^ Ask Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  47. ^ German Albums Chart
  48. ^ Swiss Albums Chart
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