Brand New Day (Sting album)

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Brand New Day
File:Sting Brand New Day album art.JPG
Studio album by Sting
Released 24 September 1999 (1999-09-24)[1]
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop rock, world
Length 48:49
Label A&M
0694-90443-2
Producer Sting, Kipper
Sting chronology
The Very Best of Sting & The Police
(1997)The Very Best of Sting & The Police1997
Brand New Day
(1999)
...All This Time
(2001)...All This Time2001
Singles from Brand New Day
  1. "Brand New Day"
    Released: 1 September 1999
  2. "Desert Rose"
    Released: 1 January 2000
  3. "After the Rain Has Fallen"
    Released: 1 April 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Chicago Tribune (Not rated)[3]
Entertainment Weekly (B−)[4]
Houston Chronicle 2.5/5 stars[5]
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars[6]
The New York Times Mixed[7]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[8]

Brand New Day is the sixth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter, Sting, released by A&M Records on 24 September 1999. Fueled heavily by the success of the second single, "Desert Rose" (which prominently features popular Algerian Raï singer Cheb Mami), the album peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 and sold over 3.5 million copies in the United States. Upon its release, Brand New Day was a critical and commercial success, and hailed as the triumphant return for Sting.

The album earned Sting a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and his third Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the title track.

Background

Originally, Sting's usual producer Hugh Padgham was to produce the album, but Sting was happy with the work done by Kipper, and Padgham was not required.

The full version of "The End of the Game" was included on the single for "Brand New Day" and the DTS and DVD-Audio releases of the album. The music video for the title track is a parody of bleach commercials, and advertises "Brand new 'Day Ultra'" brand.


Track listing

All songs written and composed by Sting, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) 5:58
2. "Desert Rose" (Featuring Cheb Mami) 4:45
3. "Big Lie, Small World" (Featuring David Hartley) 5:05
4. "After the Rain Has Fallen"   5:03
5. "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" (Featuring Sté Strausz) 5:24
6. "Tomorrow We'll See"   4:47
7. "Prelude to the End of the Game"   0:20
8. "Fill Her Up" (Featuring James Taylor) 5:39
9. "Ghost Story"   5:29
10. "Brand New Day"   6:19

Personnel

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2000
[9]
Brand New Day Best Pop Vocal Album Won
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Won

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[10] Platinum 70,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[11] Gold 25,000
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 2× Platinum 262,000[13]
France (SNEP)[14] 2× Gold 397,500[15]
Germany (BVMI)[16] Gold 150,000
Japan (RIAJ)[17] Platinum 105,480[18]
Netherlands (NVPI)[19] Gold 50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[20] Platinum 15,000
Norway (IFPI Norway)[21] Gold 25,000
Poland (ZPAV)[22] Platinum 100,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[23] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Platinum 420,000[26]
United States (RIAA)[27] 3× Platinum 3,500,000[28]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[29] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Charts

Chart precession and succession

Preceded by
Freischwimmer by Echt
German Media Control Chart number-one album
8–14 October 1999
Succeeded by
Hooray for Boobies
by Bloodhound Gang
Preceded by
Cruel Intentions (Soundtrack)
by Various artists
Austrian Chart number-one album
10 October 1999
Preceded by
Onnenetsijä by Jari Sillanpää
Finnish Chart number-one album
39 / 1999
Succeeded by
Normaalien maihinnousu by YUP
Preceded by
Notting Hill (soundtrack)
by Various artists
Norwegian VG-lista number-one album
41 / 1999
Succeeded by
Here We Go Then, You and I
by Morten Abel
Preceded by European Top 100 number-one album
16–30 October 1999
Succeeded by
Peace by Eurythmics

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