The international superstar tenor lends his unique voice to a lush symphonic salute to the movies, Andrea Bocelli: Cinema, celebrating some of the greatest celluloid songs and scores of all time written by a varied range of Italian and Hollywood composers. The concert special also reunites Andrea Bocelli with legendary music producer David Foster, whose first collaboration with the tenor was Foster’s own Academy Award-nominated song “The Prayer,” a duet with Celine Dion in 1999. Western Weekly Top 20: 2015/10/23 - 2015/10/29" (in Chinese). G-Music. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016 . Retrieved October 23, 2015. The album also debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, with 30,000 units sold, marking his eighth Top 10 effort. [11] In addition, the album topped the Classical Crossover Albums chart, making Cinema Bocelli's 11th No. 1, and extending his record for the most chart-topping albums among all artists on that chart. [11] PBS special [ edit ] Ariana Grande, and Nicole Scherzinger, as well as film stars John Travolta, Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal, and Andy Garcia also joined Bocelli at the concert, filmed on September 18 at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater. Top of the Music - FIMI/GfK: Le uniche classifiche annuali complete" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 29 January 2017.

The songs in this new concert – many from Oscar-winning scores – are also featured on Bocelli’s new album Cinema which will be released globally on October 23 on Sugar Music/Universal Music Group and Verve Music Group in the USA. These cinematic songs are etched in the culture and hearts of several generations including epic theme songs featured in films such as Doctor Zhivago, Love Story, The Godfather, Life is Beautiful, Il Postino, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and many more, as well as popular songs from stage musicals, immortalized by their film versions, such as West Side Story and Evita. As a special bonus, there’s a brand new song fashioned from the popular Gladiator score. Cinema entered the Official UK Albums Chart at No. 3, behind 5 Seconds of Summer's Sounds Good Feels Good and Bryan Adams's Get Up!. [9] The tally was Bocelli's highest UK chart position in over a decade, since 2001's Cieli di Toscana, and his tenth Top 10 album on the UK album chart, a record for a classical music artist. [9] [10]Cinema was also made into a PBS special, filmed on 18 September 2015 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. [12]

El Nuevo Disco de Andrea Bocelli Cinema (Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30 . Retrieved 2015-09-29.In December 2017, Bocelli collaborated with Ed Sheeran on ‘Perfect Symphony’, in which the pair sang together in English and Italian. The music video was the No. 1 Trending video on YouTube that day. Lyrics and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber – Tim Rice; Spanish Lyrics by Ignacio Artime – Jaime Azpilicuieta Perez Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 27 February 2020. Bocelli sings in five different languages (Italian, French, Spanish, English and Sicilian) and, through the magic of digital wizardry, partners in a virtual duet with global superstar Ariana Grande on the heart wrenching duet “E più ti penso” from the medley “Once Upon A Time in America/ Malena,” and in person with Nicole Scherzinger on the epic musical anthem “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from Evita. Listen to Andrea Bocelli and Ariana Grande's duet "E più ti penso" from "Once Upon A Time in America / Malena" ". Getmusicasia.com. September 26, 2015 . Retrieved October 8, 2015.