Brand New Day (Sting album)

Brand New Day
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)		 Brand New Day
(1999)		 ...All This Time
(2001)
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
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Chicago Tribune(Not rated)[3]
Entertainment Weekly(B−)[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
The New York TimesMixed[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

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 tracks written by Sting, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "A Thousand Years" (Kipper, Sting) 5:58
2. "Desert Rose" (feat. Cheb Mami) 4:45
3. "Big Lie, Small World" (feat. David Hartley) 5:05
4. "After the Rain Has Fallen"   5:03
5. "Perfect Love... Gone Wrong" (feat. 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" (feat. James Taylor) 5:39
9. "Ghost Story"   5:29
10. "Brand New Day"   6:19

Personnel

Musicians
Technical personnel
  • Sting – production
  • Kipper – production
  • Simon Osborne – engineering
  • Neil Dorfsman – engineering
  • Geoff Foster – engineering
  • Chris Blair – engineering
  • Gary Daniel Cook – Roland VG8 Guitar Synth Programming
  • Olaf Heine – photography
  • Carter Smith – photography
  • Richard Frankel – package design
Additional musicians

Accolades

Grammy Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2000
[8] 		Brand New Day Best Pop Vocal Album Won
Best Male Pop Vocal PerformanceWon

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[9] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[10] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[11] 2× Platinum 262,000[12]
France (SNEP)[13] 2× Gold 397,500[14]
Germany (BVMI)[15] Gold 150,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[16] Platinum 105,480[17]
Netherlands (NVPI)[18] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[19] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[20] Gold 25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[21] Platinum 100,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[22] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Platinum 420,000[25]
United States (RIAA)[26] 3× Platinum 3,500,000[27]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[28] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Australian ARIA Album Chart[29] 21
Austrian Albums Chart[30] 1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[31] 11
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[32] 4
Canadian Albums Chart[33] 19
Danish Albums Chart[34] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[35] 7
European Albums Chart[36] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[37] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[38] 3
German Media Control Albums Chart[39] 1
Italian Albums Chart[40] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[41] 7
New Zealand Albums Chart[42] 16
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[43] 1
Spanish Albums Chart[34] 5
Swedish Albums Chart[44] 4
Swiss Albums Chart[45] 2
UK Albums Chart[46] 5
US Billboard 200[33] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[47] 56
Dutch Albums Chart[48] 83
French Albums Chart[49] 32
Japanese Albums Chart[17] 188
UK Albums Chart[25] 150
US Billboard 200[50] 199
Chart (2000) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[51] 32
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[52] 74
Italian Albums Chart[53] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[54] 55
UK Albums Chart[25] 55
US Billboard 200[55] 28

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
Come on Over by Shania Twain		 European Top 100 number-one album
16–30 October 1999 		Succeeded by
Peace by Eurythmics

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