Beyonce’s I AM…WORLD TOUR Named Best-Selling Music DVD of 2010
Beyonce’s I AM…WORLD TOUR Full-length Concert Film Named the Best-selling Music DVD of 2010
CONCERT FILM EXPERIENCE PRODUCED, DIRECTED & EDITED BY BEYONCE FOR HER OWN PARKWOOD PICTURES
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — Music World/Columbia Records –Beyonce’s I AM…WORLD
TOUR full-length concert film, was the best-selling music DVD of 2010.
Lensed during the artist’s record-breaking international concert tour,
the deluxe DVD/Soundtrack edition—including the concert DVD, a live
soundtrack, an exclusive, intimate documentary and explosive travelogue,
and a 40-page collection of never-seen photos—was released on Tuesday, November 30, 2010
and still holds the #1 position on Nielsen SoundScan Music DVD chart. A
Blu-ray version of Beyonce’s I AM…WORLD TOUR is also available.
In Brazil, where Beyonce played to massive audiences, including 60,000 in Sao Paulo,
last winter, the DVD has been certified platinum. It is also certified
Platinum in the UK and is certified gold in six countries including France, Australia and Canada.
The concert
film, with its never-before-seen, intimate footage of the star around
the world, played on big screens in select cities around the country on November 18, 2010,
the two-year anniversary of the release of the multi-platinum I
AM…SASHA FIERCE album, which has sold more than six million copies and
15 million digital singles worldwide, while earning a record-breaking
six Grammy Awards, the most ever for a female artist in a single year,
in 2010.
ABC Television’s broadcast version of Beyonce’s I AM…WORLD TOUR, aired on Thanksgiving evening, Thursday, November 25, 2010. The much-anticipated special was a ratings success for the network.
Produced,
directed and edited by Beyonce for her own Parkwood Pictures, the I
AM…WORLD TOUR concert film is an immersive entertainment experience,
weaving together peak concert and tour footage from 108 shows, 78
cities, 32 countries, on six continents with 1.1 million fans in Europe, Asia, South America and North America to create the Beyonce concert experience, seen from the artist’s perspective.
In addition to
offering rare behind-the-scenes glimpses into the dynamic personal world
of Beyonce on tour, the film features dazzling performances of more
than twenty #1 hits transformed for the stage, guest appearances by
superstars Kanye West and Jay-Z, spectacular staging, costumes, lighting and production values.
Between her
work as a solo artist and as a founding member of Destiny’s Child, the
most popular female recording group of all time, Beyonce has sold more
than 130 million records worldwide.
Beyonce has
been nominated for two GRAMMY ® awards, including Best Pop Female Vocal
Performance (“Halo” (Live)) and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
(“Telephone” w Lady Gaga.)
The 53rd Annual Grammy ® Awards, airs live on February 13th on CBS, 8pm ET/PT.
