Céline sur les Plaines

Céline sur les Plaines
Video by Céline Dion
Released	November 11, 2008 (2008-11-11) (see release history)
Recorded	August 22, 2008 in Quebec City, Canada
Genre	Pop
Length	205:00
Label	Les Productions Feeling Inc.
Director	Jean Lamoureux, Stéphane Laporte
Producer	Julie Snyder
Céline Dion video chronology
Live in Las Vegas: A New Day... (2007) Céline sur les Plaines (2008) Celine: Through the Eyes of the World (2010)

Céline sur les Plaines is the ninth home video by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on DVD in Quebec on November 11, 2008.^[1] Titled Live à Quebec, it was also released in France and Belgium on May 20, 2009, in two editions: standard DVD, and collector's edition DVD in digipak with 10 photographs from the concert.^[2]

In October 2009, Céline sur les Plaines received a Félix Award for a DVD of the Year.^[3]

History

The DVD contains Dion's historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary. The concert was held at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Canada on August 22, 2008. Dion and her personally chosen guests: Garou, Marc Dupré, Nanette Workman, Dan Bigras, Mes Aïeux, the Dion family, Zachary Richard, Éric Lapointe, Claude Dubois, Jean-Pierre Ferland and Ginette Reno performed over 30 songs. The show aired live on Bell TV and was watched by additional 200,000 people.^[4] Later on September 21, 2008 the short version of Céline sur les Plaines was televised on TVA and became the evening's most-watched broadcast in the province of Quebec. It attracted an average of 1,706,000 viewers.

Filmed in high definition with 5.1 surround sound, this DVD presents three hours of concert footage and is filled with additional thirty minutes of bonus features, including sneak peeks into rehearsals, behind-the-scenes action, and never-before-seen footage.^[5]

"Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" from the concert was often played by Quebec radio stations, starting from November 2008.

After the concert, Zachary Richard recorded "Acadian Driftwood" as a duet with Dion and included it on his album Last Kiss, released on April 7, 2009.

"L'amour existe encore" performed by Céline Dion and Éric Lapointe during the Quebec's concert appeared on Lapointe's album Ailleurs Volume 1, released on April 28, 2009. Radio stations in Quebec started playing it in May 2009. The song charted on the Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart and Quebec Airplay Chart (top 10 on the Francophone Radio BDS).^[6]

Chart success

Céline sur les Plaines debuted at the top of the Music DVD Chart in Quebec according to Nielsen SoundScan. With 32,800 copies sold in Quebec in its first week, the DVD had the highest entry sales numbers for all DVDs in Canada for 2008.^[7][8] After just 3 weeks, Céline sur les Plaines has sold 49,059 in Quebec alone.^[9] In 2009, it received a Félix Award for a DVD of the Year.^[3]

Live à Quebec also debuted at number 1 in France and spent three weeks at the top and 48 weeks on the chart in total. It has sold 34,250 copies in 2009, becoming the best selling DVD by a female artist in France that year and tenth best selling DVD overall.^[10] In the first half of 2010, the DVD has sold additional 3,290 copies, bringing total to 37,540 copies.^[11]

In Belgium Wallonia, Live à Quebec entered the chart at number 1 and spent four weeks at the top. In Belgium Flandres it peaked at number 10. After 30 weeks on the chart in Belgium Wallonia, it became the fifth best-selling DVD of the year 2009.^[12] In Belgium Flandres, the DVD spent 26 weeks on the chart and became the 43rd best-selling DVD of 2009.^[13] After additional 14 weeks on the chart in 2010, it became also the 29th best selling DVD in 2010 in Belgium Wallonia.^[14]

Track listing

1. Avant le spectacle
2. "Dans un autre monde" (Céline Dion)
3. "Destin" (Céline Dion)
4. "On ne change pas" (Céline Dion)
5. "Sous le vent" (Céline Dion and Garou)
6. "Seul" (Garou)
7. "Si pour te plaire" (Marc Dupré)
8. "Tout près du bonheur" (Céline Dion and Marc Dupré)
9. "Show" (Nanette Workman)
10. "Lady Marmelade" (Céline Dion and Nanette Workman)
11. "J'irai où tu iras" (Céline Dion and Nanette Workman)
12. "Tue-moi" (Céline Dion and Dan Bigras)
13. "Ô Fortuna" (Dan Bigras)
14. "Les trois petits cochons" (Dan Bigras and Mes Aïeux)
15. "Ton père est un croche" (Mes Aïeux)
16. "Le déni de l'évidence" (Mes Aïeux)
17. Céline en coulisses 1
18. "Dégénérations/Le reel du fossé" (Céline Dion and Mes Aïeux)
19. Medley de la Famille Dion: "Jos Montferrand/La bastringue/Jack Monoloy/Le reel facile/Dans nos vieilles maisons/Le bal chez Jos Brûlé/À la claire fontaine" (Céline Dion and the Dion family)
20. "La ballade de Jean Batailleur" (Zachary Richard)
21. "La promesse cassée" (Céline Dion and Zachary Richard)
22. "L'arbre est dans ses feuilles" (Céline Dion and Zachary Richard)
23. "L'amour existe encore" (Céline Dion and Éric Lapointe)
24. "Toucher" (Éric Lapointe)
25. "Mon ange" (Éric Lapointe)
26. Céline en coulisses 2
27. "La chasse-galerie" (Éric Lapointe, Garou and Claude Dubois)
28. "Si Dieu existe" (Céline Dion and Claude Dubois)
29. "Femme de rêve" (Claude Dubois)
30. "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" (Céline Dion)
31. "S'il suffisait d'aimer" (Céline Dion)
32. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (Céline Dion)
33. "Une chance qu'on s'a" (Céline Dion and Jean-Pierre Ferland)
34. "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" (Céline Dion, Jean-Pierre Ferland and Ginette Reno)
35. Après le spectacle

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Flandres Music DVD Chart[15]	1
Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart[16]	1
French Music DVD Chart[17]	1
Quebec Music DVD Chart[8]	1

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Quebec	November 11, 2008	Les Productions Feeling Inc.	DVD	64027233193
Belgium, France	May 20, 2009	TF1		3384442217859
			DVD (digipak with photographs)	3384442217866

References

1. ^ New Celine DVD!. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
2. ^ Céline sur les Plaines. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b} dvd de l'année. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
4. ^ Richer, Jocelyne (2008-08-23). "Celine Dion performs free concert". CANOE. The Canadian Press. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2008/08/22/6543896-cp.html. Retrieved 2008-09-14. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Céline sur les Plaines. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
6. ^ Celine on the Charts. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
7. ^ Le DVD «Céline sur les Plaines» le plus vendu au Québec. Retrieved November 21, 2008.
8. ^ ^{a b} 'Céline sur les Plaines' at the Top of the DVD Sales Chart in Quebec!. Retrieved December 1, 2008.
9. ^ Memoire de Quebecor Media inc. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
10. ^ Cité de la musique. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
11. ^ Cité de la musique. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
12. ^ Rapports annuels 2009 - DVD musicaux
13. ^ Rapports annuels 2009 - muziek DVD
14. ^ Rapports annuels 2010 - DVD musicaux
15. ^ Belgian Flandres Music DVD Chart
16. ^ Belgian Wallonia Music DVD Chart
17. ^ French Music DVD Chart