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Celine Dion: Taking Chances World Tour – The Concert

Experience the magical moments of Celine Dion’s record-breaking, sold-out 2008-09 world tour, that spanned five continents, 25 countries, 93 cities and drew over three million spectators, breaking attendance records all around the world. The concert featured her greatest hits, from the energetic “I Drove All Night” to the moving and emotional grand finale ballad “My Heart Will Go On.”

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Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert

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Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  is a  home video / live album  by Canadian recording artist  Celine Dion . It was released by  Columbia Records  on 29 April 2010 in Australia and in early May 2010 in Europe and North America. The concert was issued as a  DVD / CD  combo in two editions: English-language  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  and French-language  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle . Dion had embarked on the 2008–2009  Taking Chances World Tour  for promotion of her 2007 studio album  Taking Chances . It became the second highest-grossing tour by a solo artist at that time. The performances in  Boston  and  Montreal  during the North American leg of Taking Chances World Tour were filmed for a video release and directed by Jean Lamoureux.

The release received positive reviews from music critics who praised Dion's stage presence, her powerful performances and chosen songs. It was also commercially successful. In Canada,  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  was certified  Diamond  and  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  was awarded  four-times Platinum . The DVD was also certified  Platinum  in the United States and the album received  Gold  certification in France. It topped the DVD charts in the United States and several European countries, and reached top ten around the world. In some countries, it entered the album charts peaking inside top ten in few of them, including number five in France.

• 2 Background [ edit ]
• 3 Content [ edit ]
• 4 Critical reception [ edit ]
• 5 Commercial performance [ edit ]
• 6 Awards [ edit ]
• 7.1 English edition [ edit ]
• 7.2 French edition [ edit ]
• 8.1 Weekly DVD charts [ edit ]
• 8.2 Year-end charts [ edit ]
• 8.3 Weekly album charts [ edit ]
• 9 Certifications and sales [ edit ]
• 10 Release history [ edit ]

Contents [ ]

 [ hide ]  * 1 Background

• 2 Content
• 3 Critical reception
• 4 Commercial performance
• 5 Awards
• 6.1 English edition
• 6.2 French edition
• 7.1 Weekly DVD charts
• 7.2 Year-end charts
• 7.3 Weekly album charts
• 8 Certifications and sales
• 9 Release history
• 10 See also
• 11 External links
• 12 References

Background [ edit ] [ ]

During the  Taking Chances World Tour , Dion played concerts in five continents, 25 countries and 93 cities, selling more than three million tickets. [1 ] Running from February 2008 through February 2009, featuring both Anglophone and Francophone setlists, the tour broke attendance and box office records at venues around the world. [1 ]  It was recorded in  Boston  and  Montreal  in 2008 and in April 2010, Dion's official website announced that  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert , a  DVD / CD  of live performances will be released on 4 May 2010 in Canada and on 11 May 2010 in the United States. [1 ]  This concert came alongside the DVD and  Blu-ray  release of  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World , which was issued on the same date. [1 ]

Content [ edit ] [ ]

The concert was released as a  DVD / CD  combo in both English ( Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert ) and French ( Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle ). [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]  It was recorded at the  TD Garden  in  Boston  on 12 and 13 August 2008, and at the  Bell Centre  in  Montreal  on 31 August and 1 September 2008. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]  For the songs performed in both English and French concerts, the vocals and footage appear the same on both DVDs (with the exception of " Pour que tu m'aimes encore ," " My Love " and part of " My Heart Will Go On ") as a mix of the Boston and Montreal performances. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]  However, the two DVDs differ, as they each contain songs that were only included in the English-language or French-language setlists. [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]

Surrounded by musicians and dancers, Dion performed her biggest hits and songs from her latest album,  Taking Chances  (2007). [1 ] [2 ] [3 ]  From the energetic opening track " I Drove All Night " to the grand finale ballad " My Heart Will Go On " encore, the concert includes over 100 minutes of performances of over 20 songs. [2 ] [3 ]  It also features  cover versions  of  Queen 's " We Will Rock You " and " The Show Must Go On " and  James Brown 's " It's a Man's Man's Man's World ." [2 ] [3 ]  Although performed in Boston, " I'm Your Angel " was cut from the English DVD/CD. [2 ] [3 ]  The same happened with " The Power of Love " on the French DVD. [2 ] [3 ]  A special limited edition deluxe two-DVD set featuring both  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  and  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert and a 52 page booklet and fold-out souvenir postcards was also released in mid-May 2010. [1 ]   QVC  was also offering  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  with a bonus CD, containing tracks which weren't included on the  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  CD: " I'm Alive ," " Fade Away ," " Pour que tu m'aimes encore ," " We Will Rock You " and " The Show Must Go On ." [4 ]

Critical reception [ edit ] [ ]

Critical reception of  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  has been generally positive, with the  Pink Paper  rating the album 4 out 5 stars, stating that, "Taking Chances is Celine at her most dynamic. [8 ]  She effortlessly blends together medleys of material spanning the best part of two decades and even indulges in a few inspired cover versions that you'd never see coming. [8 ]  It's also easy to hear just how much energy is channelled into each and every song - you certainly won't find any filler tracks on this album." [8 ]  They also praised Dion's look on the DVD. [8 ]  Paul Cole of the  Sunday Mercury  rated the DVD positively, as well, exclaiming, "[...] Celine Dion has got it down to a fine art by now, and this live CD and DVD set is as predictable as it is polished. Big songs, carefully chosen covers, powerful performances, costume changes – you know the picture. [...] Love her or loathe her, it'll sell loads." [9 ]

The  Daily Herald  gave a positive reviewing stating "Celine Dion has performed all over the world, and this great concert shows her in the many places that she has appeared. Her vocals are backed by a wonderful orchestra and she uses modern technology to enhance her concerts." [7 ]   Stephen Thomas Erlewine  from  AllMusic  gave the album 3 out of 5 stars saying that Dion "gives the people what they want via a recitation of the expected hits in arrangements so splashy they sparkle even without the visuals." [5 ]  He also added: "If this doesn't sound like a good time, well, you're not the audience -- this is for the fans and they will be pleased." [5 ]

Commercial performance [ edit ] [ ]

In Canada, Dion's new DVD releases debuted at the top three on the  Nielsen SoundScan 's Music Video Chart. [10 ] [11 ]   Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  entered at number one, selling 69,000 copies. [10 ] [11 ]  Sales of this DVD achieved the second highest one week total for a music DVD, behind Dion's own,  Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...  (2007). [10 ]   Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  entered the chart at number two with 31,000 units sold, followed by  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  at number three with sales of 8,000 copies. [10 ] [11 ]  This was only the second time since 2004, after  Hilary Duff , that an artist has held the top three positions on the Canadian Music Video Chart. [10 ] [11 ]  On the same week, the number-one album on the  Canadian Albums Chart  has sold 7,100 units. [12 ]  This meant that  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  would have ranked number one on the Canadian Albums Chart if it had charted there, and  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  would have been number two. [12 ]  With over 100,000 copies of all three DVDs sold in one week, Dion set an all time record for music DVD sales in Canada. [13 ] On 21 May 2010,  CRIA  certified all three releases:  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  with  two-times Diamond  award for selling 200,000 copies,  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  with  Diamond  for sales of 100,000 units and  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  with  four-times Platinum  for selling 40,000 copies. [14 ] [15 ] [16 ]

In the United States, Dion entered the  Billboard ' s Top Music Video Sales chart at numbers one and two with  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  and  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World , respectively. [17 ]  She became the first artist other than  Bill  and  Gloria Gaither  and the  Gaither Vocal Band  to manage a double-debut in the chart's two top spots. [17 ]   Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  has sold 26,000 copies in the first week and would have ranked number fourteen on the  Billboard  200  if DVDs competed there. [18 ]   Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  has sold 15,000 copies in its debut week in the United States. [18 ]  On 16 July 2010,  RIAA  certified  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert   Platinum  for shipping 100,000 copies and  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World   Gold  for shipment of 50,000 units. [19 ] [20 ]  On the  Billboard' s 2010 Year-End Top Music Video Sales chart,  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  was placed at numer ten and Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  at number nineteen. [21 ]  According to Nielsen SoundScan,  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  has sold 76,000 copies in 2010 and  Celine: Through the Eyes of the World  ended the year with sales of 50,000 units in the United States. [22 ]  As of August 2012,  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  has sold 95,000 copies there. [23 ]

Due to different chart rules, the DVD/CD combo of  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  entered the DVD charts in some countries and album charts in others. In addition to the high debut in Canada and the United States, it also reached the following positions on the DVD charts in other parts of the world: number one in Ireland, Switzerland and Japan (International Chart), number two in Finland, number three in Germany and Austria, number four in Australia and Sweden, and number six in Spain. On the album charts,  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert  peaked at number one in Greece (International Chart), number two in Argentina and South Korea (International Chart), number eleven in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, number eighteen in New Zealand, number twenty-four in Portugal, number twenty-nine in Italy and Czech Republic, and number thirty in Mexico. Besides Canada, the French edition entitled  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  was also released in France and Belgium. It reached number five on the French Albums Chart and was certified  Gold  in July 2010 for selling 50,000 copies. [24 ]  It also charted on the album charts in Belgium Wallonia (peaking at number three) and Belgium Flanders (reaching number thirty). On the  European Top 100 Albums ,  Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert peaked at number thirty and  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  reached number thirty-nine.

Awards [ edit ] [ ]

The French-language edition of the DVD/CD, entitled  Tournée mondiale Taking Chances: le spectacle  was nominated for a  2011 Juno Award  in the  Music DVD of the Year  category but lost to Rush 's  Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage . [25 ]

Track listing [ edit ] [ ]

English edition [ edit ] [ ], french edition [ edit ] [ ], charts [ edit ] [ ], year-end charts [ edit ] [ ], weekly album charts [ edit ] [ ], certifications and sales [ edit ] [ ], release history [ edit ] [ ].

• 1 Ayesha Erotica
• 2 Melanie Martinez
• 3 Will Wood

Céline Dion: Taking Chances World Tour The Concert

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Relive the magical moments of Céline Dion’s record-breaking, sold-out 2008-09 Taking Chances World Tour. With her first Las Vegas residency barely over, Céline embarked on a new global conquest. Her tour opened on Feb. 14, 2008, in South Africa, then rolled through Asia, Australia, Europe, Canada and the U.S. — five continents, 25 countries, 93 cities and over three million spectators! This extraordinary tour broke attendance records at venues around the world. Surrounded by musicians and dancers for this monumental, multi-media, state-of-the-art concert production, Céline performs her greatest hits on stage, from the energetic opening track “I Drove All Night” to the moving and emotional grand finale ballad “My Heart Will Go On.” Céline demonstrates once again that she is a true show woman, giving herself entirely to her audience.

Céline Dion is one of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history. During her spectacular career, Celine has been honored with over 1000 awards. She is a five-time Grammy Award winner, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Album for "Falling Into You" (1996) and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "My Heart Will Go On" (1998). Her recordings have won two Academy Awards: Best Original Song in 1992 for the title song “Beauty and the Beast” (with Peabo Bryson) and Best Original Song in 1998 for "My Heart Will Go On" (from "Titanic"). In 2007, she was honored with the Legend Award at the World Music Awards in recognition of her global success and outstanding contribution to the music industry. After over 35 years as a performing and recording artist, Céline Dion has become a legend of popular music and one of the most powerful and moving voices ever heard.

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Experience the magical moments of Celine Dion’s record-breaking, sold-out 2008-09 world tour, that spanned five continents, 25 countries, 93 cities and drew over three million spectators, breaking attendance records all around the world. The concert featured her greatest hits, from the energetic “I Drove All Night” to the moving and emotional grand finale ballad “My Heart Will Go On.”

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