Back to Basics: Live and Down Under

Back to Basics: Live and Down Under
Image of Christina Aguilera against a red background
Video by
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2008 (2008-02-04)
RecordedJuly 17–18, 2007
VenueAdelaide Entertainment Centre
(Adelaide, Australia)
Length130 minutes[1]
LabelRCA
Director
Producer
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Ian Stewart
Christina Aguilera chronology
Stripped Live in the U.K.
(2004)
Back to Basics: Live and Down Under
(2008)

Back to Basics: Live and Down Under is the fourth video album by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera. It premiered on television on January 26, 2008, on VH1, and was released on DVD on February 4, 2008, by RCA Records. The DVD included material from recordings from two of Aguilera's concerts during her Back to Basics Tour in Adelaide on July 17 and 18, 2007. Behind-the-scenes footage is included with video from the concerts.

Upon its release, Back to Basics: Live and Down Under garnered positive views from music critics as well as attained chart success in a number of countries, peaking at number one on the DVD charts of Belgium (Flanders) and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the DVD debuted atop the chart with first-week sales of 18,437 copies. It achieved double platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and gold certification by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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