Brand New Day (Sting album)

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"Brand New Day"
Brand New Day
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Studio album by Sting
Released	24 September 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop rock, world
Length	48:49
Label	A&M; 0694-90443-2
Producer	Sting, Kipper
Sting chronology
Singles from Brand New Day
	"Brand New Day"; Released: 1 September 1999; "Desert Rose"; Released: 1 January 2000; "After the Rain Has Fallen"; Released: 1 April 2000;

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

Japanese edition (enhanced CD)
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (bonus track)	6:48
12.	"EPK" (video)	9:21

Personnel

Musicians

Sting – guitar, bass, keyboards, Roland guitar synthesizer, vocals
Kipper – drum programming, keyboards
Dominic Miller – guitars
Manu Katché – drums
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Jason Rebello – piano, clavinet
Chris Botti – trumpet

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

Stevie Wonder – harmonica
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Cheb Mami – vocals
Branford Marsalis – clarinet
Mino Cinelu – percussion
David Hartley – string arrangement and conduction (tracks 3 and 6), Hammond organ
B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian pipes, fiddle
Don Blackman – Hammond organ
Sté – vocals
Gavyn Wright – string leader (tracks 3 and 6)
Joe Mendez – background vocals
Janice Pendarvis – background vocals
Althea Rodgers – background vocals
Pamela Quinlan – background vocals
Marlon Saunders – background vocals
Veneese Thomas – background vocals
Darryl Tookes – background vocals
Ken Williams – background vocals
Tawatha Agee – background vocals
Dennis Collins – background vocals
Ettamri Mustapha – darbouka
Farhat Bouallagui – string arrangement (track 2), conductor and leader
Moulay Ahmed – strings
Kouider Berkan – strings
Salem Bnouni – strings
Sameh Catalan – strings

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Album Chart^[30]	21
Austrian Albums Chart^[31]	1
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[32]	11
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[33]	4
Canadian Albums Chart^[34]	19
Danish Albums Chart^[35]	7
Dutch Albums Chart^[36]	7
European Albums Chart^[37]	1
Finnish Albums Chart^[38]	1
French SNEP Albums Chart^[39]	3
German Media Control Albums Chart^[40]	1
Italian Albums Chart^[41]	3
Japanese Albums Chart^[42]	7
New Zealand Albums Chart^[43]	16
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[44]	1
Spanish Albums Chart^[35]	5
Swedish Albums Chart^[45]	4
Swiss Albums Chart^[46]	2
UK Albums Chart^[47]	5
US Billboard 200^[34]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[48]	56
Dutch Albums Chart^[49]	83
French Albums Chart^[50]	32
Japanese Albums Chart^[18]	188
UK Albums Chart^[26]	150
US Billboard 200^[51]	199
Chart (2000)	Position
Austrian Albums Chart^[52]	32
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[53]	74
Italian Albums Chart^[54]	5
Swiss Albums Chart^[55]	55
UK Albums Chart^[26]	55
US Billboard 200^[56]	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	Succeeded by Hooray for Boobies by Bloodhound Gang
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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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Chicago Tribune	(Not rated)^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	(B−)^[4]
Houston Chronicle	^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
The New York Times	Mixed^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]

v t e Sting
Studio albums	The Dream of the Blue Turtles ...Nothing Like the Sun The Soul Cages Ten Summoner's Tales Mercury Falling Brand New Day Sacred Love Songs from the Labyrinth If on a Winter's Night... Symphonicities The Last Ship
EPs	Nada Como el Sol Demolition Man Still Be Love in the World
Live albums	Bring on the Night Acoustic Live in Newcastle ...All This Time The Journey and the Labyrinth Live in Berlin
Compilations	Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 The Very Best of... Sting & The Police The Best of 25 Years
Singles	"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" "Love Is the Seventh Wave" "Fortress Around Your Heart" "Russians" "We'll Be Together" "Be Still My Beating Heart" "Englishman in New York" "Fragile" "They Dance Alone" "All This Time" "It's Probably Me" "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" "Fields of Gold" "All for Love" "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" "Brand New Day" "Desert Rose" "Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)" "Whenever I Say Your Name"
Guest singles	"Money for Nothing" "Take Me Home" "On Silent Wings" "Rise & Fall" "Always on Your Side" "Stolen Car
Tours	Symphonicity Tour (2010–11) Back to Bass Tour (2011–13) On Stage Together Tour (2014–15) Summer 2015 (2015) Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour (2016) Summer 2016 (2016)
Theatre	3 Penny Opera (1989) The Last Ship (2014)
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