Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...

Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...
Video by Celine Dion
Released	7 December 2007
Recorded	17–21 January 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 7–10 December 2007 in Europe, on 11 December 2007 in North America, 15 December 2007 in Australia and 19 December 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 5 February 2008 in North America, and between 8–22 February 2008 in Europe.^[3]

A New Day... ended on 15 December 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 show was first filmed as a CBS special in celebration of the opening night performance entitled Celine in Las Vegas, Opening Night Live which aired on 25 March 2003. The special only featured 8 performances of songs from the original setlist plus a Behind the Scenes / Backstage featurette hosted by Justin Timberlake.

The originally scheduled DVD release date (autumn 2004) was postponed because of changes and improvements made to the show since the initial filming. The show was recorded in autumn 2003 and included:

1. "Nature Boy"
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. "Seduces Me"
8. "If I Could"
9. "Have You Ever Been In Love"
10. "At Last"
11. "Fever"
12. "I've Got the World on a String"
13. "A New Love"
14. "I Surrender"
15. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
16. "Aria Di Lucia De Lammermoor"
17. "Ammore Annascunnuto"
18. "Et je t'aime encore"
19. "Love Can Move Mountains"
20. "I Wish"
21. "I Drove All Night"
22. "My Heart Will Go On"
23. "What a Wonderful World"

A New Day... was re-shot in high-definition during the 17–21 January 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 18 November and second one on 25 November 2007 on SBS 6), Spain (29 November 2007 on TVE2), South Africa (first part on 2 December and second one on 8 December 2007 on SABC 3), Italy (25 December 2007 on Italia 1), and Quebec (bonus features on 20 January 2008 and the show on 27 January 2008 on TVA).

A New Day... was also broadcast to movie theatres in some countries, including Poland (Multikino on 5 December 2007)^[8] and the United States (various theatres on 17 December 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 16 December 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 (15 December). 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 18 January 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 2 September 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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A New Day Has Come"	Aldo Nova Stephan Moccio
2.	"The Power of Love"	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate
3.	"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"	Jim Steinman
4.	"Because You Loved Me"	Diane Warren
5.	"To Love You More"	David Foster Junior Miles
6.	"I'm Alive"	Kristian Lundin Andreas Carlsson
7.	"I Drove All Night"	Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly
8.	"Seduces Me"	Dan Hill John Sheard
9.	"If I Could"	Ron Miller Ken Hirsch Marti Sharron
10.	"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"	Jean-Jacques Goldman
11.	"I Surrender"	Louis Biancaniello Sam Watters
12.	"Ammore Annascunnuto"	Bruno Coulais Felippe Fragione Mario Castiglia
13.	"All the Way"	Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn
14.	"I've Got the World on a String"	Ted Koehler Harold Arlen
15.	"I Wish"	Stevie Wonder
16.	"Love Can Move Mountains"	Warren
17.	"River Deep – Mountain High"	Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry Phil Spector
18.	"My Heart Will Go On"	James Horner Will Jennings
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

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

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Australian Music DVD Chart[45] 36 Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart[46] 22 Dutch Music DVD Chart[47] 22 French Music DVD Chart[48] 5 Chart (2008) Position Australian Music DVD Chart[49] 8 Belgian Flandres Music DVD Chart[50] 1 Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart[51] 2 Dutch Music DVD Chart[52] 5 French Music DVD Chart[53] 3 U.S. Billboard Top Music Video[17] 3 Chart (2009) Position Dutch Music DVD Chart[54] 16 French Music DVD Chart[55] 71 U.S. Billboard Top Music Video[18] 10 Chart (2010) Position French Music DVD Chart[56] 51 Swedish Music DVDs (Sverigetopplistan)[57] 61 Chart (2011) Position French Music DVD Chart[58] 36 Chart (2012) Position French Music DVD Chart[59] 36

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[60]	Platinum	8,000^*
Australia (ARIA)[61]	4× Platinum	60,000^^
Belgium (BEA)[62]	Gold	25,000^*
Brazil (ABPD)[63]	Platinum	30,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[64]	3× Diamond	3,000,000^^
France (SNEP)[65]	Diamond	100,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)[66]	Gold	40,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[67]	Platinum	5,000^^
Portugal (AFP)[68]	Platinum	8,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[69]	Platinum	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[70]	7× Platinum	463,186^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

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

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