Sacred Arias | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Andrea Bocelli |
Cover: | Bocelli Sacred Arias.jpg |
Length: | 62:25 |
Label: | Philips Records |
Prev Title: | Sogno |
Prev Year: | 1999 |
Next Title: | Verdi |
Next Year: | 2000 |
Sacred Arias, is the sixth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Released in 1999, the album, featuring music composed in traditional Christian styles, is not only Bocelli's most commercially successful classical album to date with over 5 million copies sold,[1] but also the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history.[1] [2] Bocelli was accompanied by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.[3]
Chart | Peak position [4] [5] | |
---|---|---|
Australian Albums | 7 | |
Austrian Albums | 2 | |
Belgian Albums (Flanders) | 9 | |
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) | 10 | |
Canadian Albums | 6 | |
Canadian Classical Albums | 1 | |
Danish Albums Chart[6] | 8 | |
Finnish Albums | 8 | |
French Albums | 5 | |
German Albums | 3 | |
Hungarian Albums | 5 | |
Italian Albums | 1 | |
Netherlands Albums | 1 | |
New Zealand Albums | 3 | |
Norwegian Albums | 2 | |
Swedish Albums | 15 | |
Swiss Albums | 2 | |
UK Albums | 20 | |
US Billboard 200 | 22 | |
US Classical Albums | 1 |
In 2000, the album led Bocelli to receive an ECHO Klassik for "Bestseller of the year", as well as a 2000 Classical BRIT Award for "Album of the Year", and a Goldene Europa for classical music, in 2000.[7]
A DVD of the concert, filmed in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, was also released in 1999. The concert aired on the PBS program Great Performances. This broadcast was nominated in 2000 for an Emmy Award – Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program.[8] Sacred Arias Special Edition, a two disc set with CD and DVD was released in 2003.