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Concerto: One Night in Central Park is a Live album by Italy|Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli .

The album was recorded September 15, during a concert at the Central Park 's Great Lawn and Turtle Pond|Great Lawn , in New York City|New York . Guest performers included Celine Dion , Tony Bennett , Chris Botti , Bryn Terfel , and music producer David Foster .

PBS Announced that it would broadcast the concert nationwide, as Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park . PBS .org

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200|Billboard 200 .

Background

It was announced that Bocelli will give a free concert sponsored by Barilla Group|Barilla , in September, on the Great Lawn and Turtle Pond|Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City.
After the announcement Bocelli declared that, "I cannot help but smile when thinking about the upcoming concert in Central Park. It was my father's dream, and my father was right, because my artistic path would have been entirely different without the strong and sincere embrace of this extraordinary city where everything is possible, even when it seems impossible." Bocelli continues, "My father will not be there, but I can count on his blessing and his kind and gentle smile to give me courage. My mother, sitting in the front row, will feel my father too, and they will be together again just like when I was a little boy performing on the fireplace steps. Perhaps they had secretly dreamed that I might have the opportunity to perform in New York City, and maybe right here in Central Park."

Mayor of New York City|New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "The Great Lawn in Central Park is one of the most remarkable and beautiful outdoor venues in the world and it is a great pleasure to welcome Andrea Bocelli back to New York to perform there. This free concert will be a memorable cultural moment for the thousands of New Yorkers and visitors that will watch the event live in the park, and many, many more through the broadcast by WNET ."

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said, "I join the Mayor and all New Yorkers in thanking Andrea Bocelli and all involved in making a beautiful autumn evening full of splendor and world-class music possible, in one of the most cherished outdoor places in New York City. From the Great Lawn in the heart of Manhattan to the Great Performances series on WNET, where millions more will be able to share this gift, it will be a very special occasion. A million thank yous. Grazie mille!"

During the concert that took place September 15, during a rainy day, Bocelli was accompanied by the New York Philharmonic , conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert , and the Westminster Choir College|Westminster Symphonic Choir . He was also joined on stage by singers Celine Dion , Tony Bennett , Bryn Terfel , Ana María Martínez and Pretty Yende, instrumentalists Chris Botti , Andrea Griminelli and Nicola Benedetti , and producer David Foster .

The concert took place September 15, and was attended by 70,000 people, including Michael Bloomberg|Mayor Bloomberg and Donald Trump ., New York Post September 18, 2011 article.

Release and promotion

Tickets for the concert at Central Park were made available August 4, 2011, following Bocelli's performance on Today (NBC program)|Today , and the 60,000 tickets were sold out within the next few hours. Los Angeles Times The CD and DVD were released in over 70 countries, Andrea Bocelli Foundation Official website. on November 15, 2011.

In November he performed "More" at the Alan Titchmarsh Show in the United Kingdom , and Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars in the United States , Yahoo& #33; Finance and " Amazing Grace " on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .

Bocelli later made television aparences include BBC Breakfast and the televised concert, Children in need, at the MEN Arena , in Manchester , BBC in the UK, and Good Morning America and The Talk (U.S. TV series)|The Talk , in the States, which aired in December.

Bocelli gave 5 concerts in the United States in December. In the meantime, the concert at Central Park, hosted by American journalist Paula Zahn , was airing throughout the United States and Canada , by PBS , on WNET|THIRTEEN ’s Great Performances series, and in Italy , by Rai 2 and Sky Uno .

In February 2012, Bocelli gave three Valentine concerts, including one at the Amway Center in Orlando Florida, setting the all time ticket sales record by besting the previous record set by pop singer Lady Gaga .

;Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
First Leg: North American Christmas Concerts Official German website
December 1, 2011	Columbus, Ohio	United States	Nationwide Arena
December 2, 2011	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
December 4, 2011	Tampa, Florida		St. Pete Times Forum
December 10, 2011	Las Vegas Valley		MGM Grand Garden Arena
December 11, 2011	Anaheim, California		Honda Center
Second Leg: North American Valentine Concerts Official German website
February 10, 2012	Austin, Texas	United States	Frank Erwin Center
February 12, 2012	Orlando, Florida		Amway Center
February 14, 2012	Fort Lauderdale, Florida		BankAtlantic Center

;Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Nationwide Arena	Columbus, Ohio	TBD	TBD
Verizon Center	Washington, D.C.	11,713 / 12,560 (93%)
St. Pete Times Forum	Tampa, Florida	12,560 / 12,900 (97%)
MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	11,530 / 12,220 (94%)
Honda Center	Anaheim, California	10,092 / 11,460 (88%)	$1,869,710
Frank Erwin Center	Austin, Texas	9,830 / 10,902 (90%)
Amway Center	Orlando, Florida	10,526 / 11,601 (91%)
BankAtlantic Center	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	13,312 / 13,312 (100%)	$2,209,915
Total		79,563 / 84,814 (94%)	$13,902,990

Commercial performance

Concerto: One Night in Central Park entered the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 at No. 4 with 87,000 copies sold, becoming Bocelli's sixth top 10 effort, while My Christmas , his 2009 album, climbed from No. 62 to 36, with 17,000 copies sold, up 83% from the previous week. Billboard (magazine)|Billboard On its second week, the album fell to No. 14, with nearly 65,000 copies sold, down 25%, while My Christmas fell to No. 50, with 23,000. copies. On its third week, Concerto returned to the top 10, jumping to No. 8, with 61,000 copies, down 6%, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard while My Christmas rebounded to No. 17 with 35,000 copies sold, making Bocelli the only artist with two albums in the top 20 that week. MTV The following week, Concerto jumped two spots to No. 6, with 79,000 copies sold, up 14%, MTV Billboard (magazine)|Billboard while Bocelli continued to be the only artist with two albums in the top 20 for a second consecutive week, as My Christmas also rose to No. 16, with 49,000 copies sold. Billboard (magazine)|Billboard In its fifth week of release the album sold 76,000 more copies, down 3%, sliding just two positions to No. 8 on the chart, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard while my Christmas fell to No. 19, with 48,000 copies sold, giving Bocelli yet another week with 2 albums in the Top 20. On its sixth week of release, the live album dropped to No. 13, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard while the Christmas album dropped to No. 36, Billboard (magazine)|Billboard slipping to No. 2 on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart after spending 3 straight week a top the chart. Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Selling a total of 460,000 copies in less than 2 month in the States, Concerto was the 8th best selling album during the 2011 Christmas and holiday season|holiday season .

The album entered at No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart , spending the last 6 weeks of 2011 in the top 30 of the chart. With 154,800 copies sold by year end, it is No. 77 on the Top 100 Best Selling Albums of 2011 list. The album also topped the UK Classical Charts|Classical Compilation Albums Chart of The Official Charts Company|Official Charts .

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart
Belgian Albums Chart ( Flanders )
Belgian Albums Chart ( Wallonia )
Billboard
Dutch Albums Chart
French Albums Chart
Finnish Albums Chart
German Albums Chart , November 22, 2011.
Hungarian Albums Chart cite web
Irish Albums Chart , November 24, 2011.
Italian Albums Chart , November 27, 2011.
Mexican Albums Chart
New Zealand Albums Chart
Norwegian Albums
Portuguese Albums Chart A& E
Polish Albums Chart OLiS , 21/ 11/ 2011 to 27/ 11/ 2011
Spanish Albums Chart Productores de Música de España
Swedish Albums Chart
Swiss Albums Chart
Taiwanese Albums Chart cite web
UK Albums Chart , November 26, 2011.
Billboard 200 Chart
Classical Albums Chart Billboard (magazine)

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
Hungarian Albums Chart
FIMI Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

Certifications

Copyright Citations

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