Celebration: The Video Collection

Celebration: The Video Collection is a greatest videos DVD compilation by American singer-songwriter Madonna. Released by Warner Bros. Records on September 29, 2009, the release accompanied the greatest hits Celebration. The collection follows on from her other greatest videos compilations The Immaculate Collection (1990) and The Video Collection 93:99 (1999). The release of the DVD was announced in July 2009 and contained videos spanning Madonna's entire career from 1983 to 2009.

Celebration: The Video Collection
Video by Madonna
Released	September 29, 2009
Recorded	1983–2009
Length	211:00
Label	Warner Bros.
Madonna video chronology
The Confessions Tour (2007) Celebration: The Video Collection (2009) Sticky & Sweet Tour (2010)

Contemporary critics gave mixed reviews of the DVD. Some were disappointed with the low quality and the lack of clarity of the videos, while others praised the collection for being a reminder of Madonna as the visual artist. Celebration: The Video Collection debuted at the top of the Billboard Top Music Videos and the top of the DVD charts in Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 100,000 copies across United States.

Background

On March 18, 2009, Madonna's publicist Liz Rosenberg announced the plans for the release of a greatest hits package by September.[1] On July 22, 2009, Warner Bros. Records officially announced the release date as September 28, 2009 and confirmed the name of the album as Celebration through Madonna's official website, adding that a DVD containing Madonna's best music videos would also be released.[2] According to the official press statement, the DVD included unedited and never before seen footage of "Justify My Love", as well as the completed video of the single "Celebration".[2] The music videos included on the DVD were selected by Madonna and her fans through her official website Icon.[3] The cover for Celebration was created by street pop artist Mr. Brainwash who is best known for "throwing modern cultural icons into a blender and turning it up to eleven".[2] The compilation included the music videos of "Burning Up", "Into the Groove", "True Blue", "Who's That Girl", "Erotica", "Deeper and Deeper", "I Want You", "I'll Remember" and "American Pie", which were previously never included in any of Madonna's DVDs.[4] It also included the award winning music videos – "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Open Your Heart", "Like a Prayer", "Express Yourself", "Vogue", "Rain", "Take a Bow", "Frozen", "Ray of Light", "Beautiful Stranger", "Music", "Don't Tell Me" and "Hung Up".[5][6] "Justify My Love" and "Erotica" were banned by MTV for their sexually provocative themes.[7] The video is presented in 4:3 aspect ratio, with the widescreen videos windowboxed.[8]

Reception

Critical response

Douglas Wolk from Pitchfork Media commented that the DVD was "a lot closer to the mark [of celebrating Madonna's career]. A lot of the fun of her career has always been its visual side."[9] Don Shewey from Rolling Stone said, "The video exemplified the fact that there's no-one like Madonna, who can turn the music video in to an art-form."[10] Chad Presley from Blogcritics felt that, "There's a healthy dose of nostalgia involved in watching these videos for anyone who grew up during the 1980s in particular. [...] The video quality is a mixed bag. Most of the visual problems crop up during the earlier clips, which were photographed on much more primitive equipment. [...] All things considered, especially when viewed on a Blu-ray player and hi-def TV, this is a pretty rough looking set. Even some of the later videos have an excess of visual noise and are lacking in sharpness."[8] Ian Sturges from Daily Mirror commented, "Celebration is a journey [of Madonna] from coquettish wannabe to pop goddess to institution. [...] The videos parallel this transformation from her innocent cavorting on a Venetian gondola for 'Like a Virgin' to the determinedly X-rated couplings of 'Justify My Love' and 'Erotica', both of which were banned.[11] Monica Herrera from Billboard was not impressed with the collection and was disappointed with the "dull quality of the videos. The collection is a probable shame in Madonna's catalogue, but a great one for her fans."[12] Bönz Malone from Spin said, "Celebration: The Video Collection is a reminder that Madonna is, and always will be, a true video artist. You cannot ignore her contribution to the music video art form."[13] Tim Sendra from Allmusic gave the DVD four and a half stars out of five, and commented that "it is indeed a celebration of Madonna's career and some of the most celebratory and thrilling pop music ever created."[14]

Commercial performance

Celebration: The Video Collection debuted at the top of the Billboard Top Music Videos for the issue dated October 12, 2009, replacing Beyoncé's live release I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas. It remained on the top of the music video chart for five weeks.[15] The DVD was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 50,000 copies.[16] According to Nielsen Soundscan, the DVD has sold 60,000 copies in United States[17] and placed at number 30 on the year-end DVD chart for 2009.[18]

On October 5, 2009, the DVD debuted at the top of the ARIA Top 40 Music DVD chart in Australia, replacing Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009 by Delta Goodrem.[19] After two weeks on the top, Celebration: The Video Collection was replaced by Funhouse Tour: Live in Australia by Pink.[20] The collection was present on the DVD chart for twenty weeks, and ranked at twenty on the Australian Highest Selling Music DVD chart for 2009.[21][22] The DVD debuted at the top of the Hungarian Top 20 DVD chart on September 27, 2009 and was present for one week on the top.[23] In Czech Republic, the DVD debuted at the top of the DVD chart on October 14, 2009, replacing Madonna's compilation album Celebration.[24] Celebration: The Video Collection also received a two-times platinum certification in France, for shipment of 30,000 copies of the video.[25]

Track listing and formats

Celebration: The Video Collection – DVD 1[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Burning Up"	Madonna	Steve Barron	3:40
2.	"Lucky Star"	Madonna	Arthur Pierson	4:01
3.	"Borderline"	Reggie Lucas	Mary Lambert	3:56
4.	"Like a Virgin"	Tom Kelly Billy Steinberg	Lambert	3:48
5.	"Material Girl"	Peter Brown Robert Rans	Lambert	4:43
6.	"Crazy for You"	John Bettis Jon Lind	Harold Becker	3:59
7.	"Into the Groove"	Madonna Stephen Bray	Susan Seidelman	3:50
8.	"Live to Tell"	Madonna Patrick Leonard	James Foley	4:24
9.	"Papa Don't Preach"	Brian Elliot (additional lyrics by Madonna)	Foley	5:06
10.	"True Blue"	Madonna Bray	Foley	4:02
11.	"Open Your Heart"	Madonna Gardner Cole Peter Rafelson	Jean-Baptiste Mondino	4:28
12.	"La Isla Bonita"	Madonna Leonard Bruce Gaitsch	Lambert	3:59
13.	"Who's That Girl"	Madonna Leonard	Peter Rosenthal	3:44
14.	"Like a Prayer"	Madonna Leonard	Lambert	5:43
15.	"Express Yourself"	Madonna Bray	David Fincher	4:59
16.	"Cherish"	Madonna Leonard	Herb Ritts	4:38
17.	"Vogue"	Madonna Shep Pettibone	Fincher	4:51
18.	"Justify My Love"	Lenny Kravitz Ingrid Chavez (additional lyrics by Madonna)	Mondino	4:57
19.	"Erotica"	Madonna Pettibone Anthony Shimkin	Fabien Baron	5:18
20.	"Deeper and Deeper"	Madonna Pettibone Shimkin	Bobby Woods	5:49
21.	"Rain"	Madonna Pettibone	Mark Romanek	4:33
22.	"I'll Remember"	Madonna Leonard Richard Page	Alek Keshishian	4:19

Celebration: The Video Collection – DVD 2[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Secret"	Madonna Dallas Austin Pettibone	Melodie McDaniel	4:23
2.	"Take a Bow"	Madonna Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Michael Haussman	4:33
3.	"Bedtime Story"	Nellee Hooper Björk Marius De Vries	Romanek	4:24
4.	"Human Nature"	Madonna Dave Hall Shawn McKenzie Kevin McKenzie Michael Deering	Mondino	4:33
5.	"I Want You"	Leon Ware Arthur Ross	Earle Sebastian	6:21
6.	"You'll See"	Madonna David Foster	Haussman	4:18
7.	"Frozen"	Madonna Leonard	Chris Cunningham	5:20
8.	"Ray of Light"	Madonna William Orbit Clive Maldoon Dave Curtiss Christine Ann Leach	Jonas Åkerlund	5:06
9.	"The Power of Good-Bye"	Madonna Rick Nowels	Matthew Rolston	4:09
10.	"Beautiful Stranger"	Madonna Orbit	Brett Ratner	4:38
11.	"American Pie"	Don McLean	Philipp Stölzl	4:34
12.	"Music"	Madonna Mirwais Ahmadzaï	Åkerlund	4:44
13.	"Don't Tell Me"	Madonna Ahmadzaï Joe Henry	Mondino	4:38
14.	"What It Feels Like for a Girl"	Madonna Guy Sigsworth David Tom	Guy Ritchie	4:28
15.	"Die Another Day"	Madonna Ahmadzaï	Traktor	4:27
16.	"Hollywood"	Madonna Ahmadzaï	Mondino	3:58
17.	"Love Profusion"	Madonna Ahmadzaï	Luc Besson	3:48
18.	"Hung Up"	Madonna Stuart Price Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus	Johan Renck	5:25
19.	"Sorry"	Madonna Price	Jamie King	4:43
20.	"Get Together"	Madonna Anders Bagge Peer Astrom Price	Eugene Riecansky	3:55
21.	"Jump"	Madonna Henry Price	Åkerlund	3:23
22.	"4 Minutes"	Madonna Timothy Mosley Justin Timberlake Nathaniel Hills	Jonas & François	4:04
23.	"Give It 2 Me"	Madonna Pharrell Williams	Tom Munro	4:12
24.	"Miles Away"	Madonna Mosley Timberlake Hills	Nathan Rissman	3:49
25.	"Celebration"	Madonna Paul Oakenfold Ian Green Ciaran Gribbin	Åkerlund	3:52

Celebration: The Video Collection – iTunes Store deluxe video edition

No.	Title	Length
39.	"Lucky Star"	4:02
40.	"Borderline"	3:57
41.	"Like a Virgin"	3:49
42.	"Material Girl"	4:43
43.	"Crazy for You"	3:58
44.	"Papa Don't Preach"	5:07
45.	"Open Your Heart"	4:27
46.	"La Isla Bonita"	4:00
47.	"Like a Prayer"	5:37
48.	"Express Yourself" (original Shep Pettibone remix video)	5:01
49.	"Cherish"	4:38
50.	"Vogue"	4:52
51.	"Justify My Love"	4:58
52.	"Erotica"	5:13
53.	"Rain"	4:35
54.	"Take a Bow"	4:35
55.	"You'll See"	4:20
56.	"Frozen"	5:22
57.	"Ray of Light"	5:07
58.	"The Power of Good-Bye"	4:11
59.	"Music"	4:46
60.	"Don't Tell Me"	4:38
61.	"What It Feels Like for a Girl" (Above & Beyond remix)	4:30
62.	"Hung Up"	5:27
63.	"Sorry"	4:47
64.	"Get Together" (alternate video version)	3:57
65.	"Jump"	3:24
66.	"4 Minutes"	4:05
67.	"Give It 2 Me"	4:13
68.	"Celebration"	3:41

Notes

• The nudity in "Justify My Love" and "Erotica" has been censored by black bars.

Formats

The DVD collection has been released in two different versions — both of them double-disc releases.

• Keep case — DVD-size packaging
• DVD Digipak — CD-size packaging
• iTunes Store digital download — deluxe video edition of Celebration with 68 tracks, including 38 audio tracks (including bonus material: "It's So Cool" and a remix of "Celebration") and 30 MP4 music videos

Charts

Charts (2009)	Peak position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA)[19]	1
Austrian Music DVD (Ö3 Austria)[26]	1
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Flanders)[27]	1
Belgian Music DVD (Ultratop Wallonia)[28]	1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[24]	1
Danish Music DVD (Hitlisten)[29]	1
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)[30]	1
Finnish Music DVD (Suomen virallinen lista)[31]	1
Hungarian Music DVD (Mahasz)[23]	1
Italian Music DVD (FIMI)[32]	1
Japanese Music DVD (Oricon)[33]	7
New Zealand Music DVD (RMNZ)[34]	3
Portuguese DVD (AFP)[35]	1
Spanish Music DVD (PROMUSICAE)[36]	1
Swedish Music DVD (Sverigetopplistan)[37]	1
Swiss Music DVD (Schweizer Hitparade)[38]	1
UK Music Videos (OCC)[39]	23
US Music Video Sales (Billboard)[40]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[41]	2× Platinum	60,000^*
Finland	—	3,191[42]
France (SNEP)[25]	2× Platinum	40,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)[43]	Gold	5,000^*
Portugal (AFP)[44]	Gold	4,000^^
United States (RIAA)[16]	Platinum	100,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format
Brazil[45]	September 21, 2009	DVD
Germany[46]	September 25, 2009
Australia[47]	September 28, 2009
Portugal[48]
United Kingdom[2]	September 29, 2009
United States[2]

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External links

• Madonna.com > News > Celebration
• Celebration: The Video Collection at IMDb