Brand New Day (Sting album)

Brand New Day
Studio album by Sting
Released	24 September 1999[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
"Brand New Day" Released: 1 September 1999 "Desert Rose" Released: 1 January 2000 "After the Rain Has Fallen" Released: 1 April 2000

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]

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
		Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Won

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[10]	Platinum	70,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[11]	Gold	25,000^x
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^x
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

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