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''I Am... World Tour'' is a live DVD/CD concert film by American R&B recording artist Beyoncé. Beyoncé produced, directed and edited the concert film for her own production company Parkwood Pictures. The DVD was filmed in presence of more than a million fans during her worldwide I Am... World Tour, running from March 2009 through February 2010, in support of her third studio album, ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). The DVD release is a combination of performances from the tour, including guest appearances from Jay-Z and Kanye West, as well as backstage moments. Beyoncé explained that the idea of filming her worldwide performances came when she realised that she was feeling lonely. She edited the DVD for nine months and it serves as her directorial debut. The DVD was released in three separate editions; standard, deluxe and Blu-ray. In the United States, the standard edition was only made available exclusively at Wal-Mart on November 26, 2010. The deluxe edition was released in several countries around the world on the same date. The Blu-ray edition was released from December 3, 2010 in a list of selected countries only. She promoted it by appearing on several shows, including ABC's ''Nightline'' and by holding a screening of her DVD in New York, in presence of several fans and artists on November 21, 2010. Prior to the release, numerous trailers kept dropping on Beyoncé's official website in November. ''I Am... World Tour'' premiered exclusively on ABC on November 25, 2010 as a 90-minute Thanksgiving special. Upon the release of the DVD, it received mixed to positive reviews from music critics who generally praised the high-energy performances of the song as well as Beyoncé's vocals. ''I Am... World Tour'' debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Music DVD Chart, giving Beyoncé her second consecutive number one DVD in the United States. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The DVD was also successful worldwide, peaking inside the top ten on the DVD charts in every country after its release. It became the best-selling music DVD of 2010 in the world and seventh best-selling of 2011. ''I Am... World Tour'' was nominated in the category for Best Long Form Music Video at the 54th Grammy Awards. == Background and release == (詳細はI Am... Sasha Fierce'', Beyoncé embarked on the worldwide I Am... Tour with several performances. The tour kicked off in Edmonton, Canada on March 26, 2009, in support of the album. The European leg of the tour started on April 26, 2009, in Zagreb, Croatia and ended on June 9, 2009, in London, England. On June 21, 2009, she began the third leg of the tour in the United States and finished in August with a 4-day stint at Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. Starting on September 15, 2009, the fourth leg began in Melbourne, Australia and finished on September 24 in Perth, Australia. Beyoncé then went on performing in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the United Kingdom, before finishing the 2009 portion of the tour on November 24 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The tour had its final leg in 2010, visiting Latin America. Starting on February 4, 2010, in Florianópolis, Brazil, she visited five other places before ending in Trinidad on February 18, 2010. According to Pollstar, the tour earned $17.2 million between January 1, and June 30, 2010, which added onto her total of $86 million for her first 93 concerts in 2009, brings the tour total to $103.2 million for the 97 shows. While Beyoncé was on tour, she played at a Las Vegas residency at the Encore Theater in Las Vegas. Titled ''I Am... Yours'', the August 2, 2009 show was recorded and later released as a DVD, audio CD and television special in late November 2009. After Beyoncé finished her concert at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England on November 20, 2009, she announced to the crowd that a new album would be released the next year. ''I Am... World Tour'' features performances from Beyoncé's tour.〔 She explained that the idea of filming her worldwide performances came when she realized that she was feeling lonely, stating "there was one moment I was in China and I was in this huge suite and I looked out the window and there were just thousands of people walking and I couldn't believe my life... I guess I was a bit lonely and I wanted to talk to someone so I opened up my computer and I just talked." Additionally, Beyoncé revealed that the DVD will show more of her intimate side.〔 The album's track listing was confirmed on November 12, 2010. Both Jay-Z and Kanye West make guest appearances on the DVD. In November 2010, there was a sweepstakes to win tickets to an exclusive screening of the DVD. In the United States, the standard edition of the DVD was only released exclusively at Wal-Mart stores on November 26, 2010. The deluxe edition of ''I Am... World Tour'' includes the concert DVD, a live audio CD, an exclusive documentary and a 40-page four-color booklet of never before seen photos of her journey around the world along with a live soundtrack, made available on November 30, 2010 in several countries.〔 The Blu-ray edition was released on December 7, 2010. A live instrumentals album was released digitally February 1, 2011,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=I Am...Tour Instrumentals )〕 and on doubled sided vinyl on February 22 and February 28.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=I Am...World Tour Instrumentals (Vinyl) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Am... World Tour (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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