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Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

Where the lyrics of Live at the Royal Albert Hall take you, and where it was really made.

A concert DVD filmed at one London venue sold 96,000 copies in its first US week and made Adele the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to have the year's number one album, number one single and number one music DVD.

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Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

Recording site Royal Albert Hall — The concert was recorded during Adele's Adele Live tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London, including songs from 19 and 21. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a live album and video album by English singer-songwriter Adele
• Released 29 November 2011 in Australia, 27 November 2011 in the United Kingdom and 29 November 2011 in the United States
• Includes songs from the global best-sellers 19 and 21
• Announced 26 October 2011 for release on DVD and Blu-ray with an accompanying CD
• Contains 90 minutes of concert footage plus behind-the-scenes video segments
• Track list: songs from 19 and 21, plus covers of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" and The SteelDrivers' "If It Hadn't Been for Love"

Background

• Made during the Adele Live tour
• As part of the launch, the DVD was screened at cinemas in 26 cities around the world
• On 3 June 2012, NBC aired Adele Live in London with Matt Lauer, which combined performances from this concert with an exclusive interview
• The special included seven performances from the concert
• The source says the TV special and its success helped revitalise sales for 21

Recording

• Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, as part of the Adele Live tour
• The concert was filmed for the DVD and Blu-ray release, with the CD drawn from the same show
• A red button feature on the broadcast included "You, Me and Albert" behind-the-scenes footage from the DVD

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• English singer-songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, born 5 May 1988 in Tottenham, London.
• Known for mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting; regarded as a British cultural icon.
• Debut album 19 (2008) included UK top-five singles "Chasing Pavements" and "Make You Feel My Love"; won Grammy for Best New Artist.
• Second album 21 (2011) became the best-selling album of the 21st century and held the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks.
• Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall" (2013).
• Third album 25 (2015) set first-week sales records in the UK and US; fourth album 30 (2021) was the best-selling album worldwide that year.
• Sold over 120 million records worldwide; 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards, an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
• Held the Weekends with Adele Las Vegas residency (2022–2024) and announced an indefinite break from music in July 2024.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the album an average score of 76, based on 5 reviews
• The Boston Globe labeled the release "Our DVD pick" and said the performances were routinely inspired
• The Boston Globe described the singer as having the voice of an angel and the potty mouth of a sailor, calling her a force throughout
• MTV News gave a very positive review, writing that the reviewer had to remind themselves not to clap at the end of a couple of songs
• MTV News said Adele is luminous, compelling, funny and profane throughout, and that her voice is in tiptop shape
• Maria Schurr of PopMatters was more critical and gave the DVD 6/10
• Schurr wrote that the voice is unbelievable and the everygirl personality refreshing, but found her musically and artistically a bit dull

기록

• 미국 빌보드 앨범 차트 첫 주 1위, 9만 6천 장 판매: 음악 DVD 기준 4년 만에 최고 주간 판매
• 발매 1주 만에 2011년 최다 판매 음악 DVD
• 닐슨 사운드스캔 역사상 그해 1위 앨범, 1위 싱글, 1위 음악 DVD를 모두 가진 첫 가수
• 미국 1위 16주: 여성 가수 영상물 최장 1위 기록, 바브라 스트라이샌드의 1996년 16주 1위 기록 경신
• 미국 차트 102주 진입
• 2012년 11월 28일 기준 미국 판매 100만 장, 전 세계 300만 장 이상
• 브라질 ABPD 2014년 6배 다이아몬드 인증 (100만 장 이상 판매)
• 제55회 그래미 시상식(2013년): 라이브 버전 "Set Fire to the Rain"이 최우수 팝 솔로 퍼포먼스상 수상

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The DVD was screened at cinemas in 26 cities around the world as part of its launch
• The Adele Live in London with Matt Lauer special aired on NBC on 3 June 2012 and was the top-rated program of its hour, helping NBC win the night
• Made its television debut on SABC3 in South Africa on 31 December 2011, then aired on BBC One on 1 January 2012 in an abbreviated version
• The video made its French television debut on NRJ Hits on 2 March 2012 in an abbreviated version
• Songs cut from the broadcast version included "If It Hadn't Been for Love", "Take It All", "Right as Rain", "One and Only", "Lovesong" and "I Can't Make You Love Me"

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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