A Whole New World

Infobox Single
Name = A Whole New World


Artist = Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
from Album =
B-side = After The Kiss (instrumental)
Released = November 5, 1992
Format = CD, Audio Cassette, 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Ballad
Length = 04:05
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Alan Menken and Tim Rice
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
* #1 (US Billboard Hot 100)
Last single =
This single = "A Whole New World" (1992)
Next single =

"A Whole New World" was the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie "Aladdin". It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they're going to discover together. The single version was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle and is heard over the end credits. The version heard during the narrative of the film was performed by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga, the singing voices for Aladdin and Princess Jasmine, respectively. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy Awards.

Awards

"A Whole New World" won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song, giving Alan Menken his third win and second consecutive after his 1991 award for "Beauty and the Beast". The song also won the 1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, also succeeding "Beauty and the Beast" in the award. It went on to win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in Grammy Awards of 1994.

Release and charts

The single was released on November 5, 1992 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 6, 1993, ending the fourteen-week run of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". It remained at number one for one week before it was replaced by Snow's "Informer". The song is also the only Disney song to date to hit #1 on the U.S. charts. "A Whole New World" also spent six weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. It was included in the album "All Time Greatest Movie Songs", released by Sony in 1999.

Notable performances

Some notable artists that have covered this song include:
* LMNT, released in the second volume of "Disneymania"
* Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, released in the third volume of DisneyMania and on the two-disc Platinum Edition DVD
* Sweetbox, for WOW! DisneyMania in Japan
* Kelly Clarkson
* Luther Vandross and Vanessa L. Williams
* Peter André and Katie Price performed the song live on Children in Need in 2005 and released it both as a single in 2006 and on their duets album.
* J-pop artist Kumi Koda and Peabo Bryson, recorded for her 2006 album BEST ~second session~
* K-Pop artist TVXQ recorded the song for their 2007 Japanese album, Five in the Black, as a special track.
* K-pop artist BoA and TVXQ member Xiah Junsu performed the song live at the AnyBand Concert in Korea on December 29, 2007.
* Peabo Bryson and Dayanara Torres performed the song along with all 77 contestants at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant in Manila, Philippines
* Charice Pempengco and Cho Kyu Hyun
* In the second season of "American Idol" in 2003, eventual winner Ruben Studdard sang the song on Movie Night. It was noted that season that "A Whole New World" was the most commonly used audition song, and a montage of "A Whole New World" auditions was aired to emphasize it. Auditioners continue to use this song to this day, although a lot less than in Season 3.

International

Like most Disney's songs, "A Whole New World" was translated and adapted for non-English dubbed releases of the film.

References