Back to Basics: Live and Down Under
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Back to Basics: Live And Down Under is a concert tour DVD
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 by American
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 pop
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 singer-songwriter
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 Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

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Release

The DVD has been released February 4 in the UK and most of Europe while it hit stores on February 5 in the USA exclusively at Best Buy stores and BestBuy.com. The Australian release date is Saturday February 16, 2008. The DVD contains 2 discs, the first disc being the concert and the second discs containing special features such as interviews and behind the scenes footage.

Back to Basics - Live and Down Under debuted at Number 1 on the DVD Charts with 18,473 copies sold, making this the highest DVD debut of her career. This marks Christina's second #1 on the DVD Music Video chart; her first was My Reflection in 2001. Aguilera's Stripped - Live in the UK debuted at #3 on the DVD chart in 2004.

On January 13, a shortened version of the concert aired live on T4 in the UK, while it aired on VH1 in the US on January 26. It aired on FoxLife for Valentine's Day and then on Show TV
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 after her participation on "Var mısın? Yok musun?
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" in Turkey .

"Oh Mother
Oh Mother
"Oh Mother" is the fourth single from Christina Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics . The single – penned by Christina Aguilera, Christophe Barratier, Bruno Coulais and Kara DioGuardi – was released as an international double A-side with "Slow Down Baby".-Background and composition:The...

", the fifth single from Back to Basics
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, is used to promote the DVD. The German music channel VIVA had released a live video of Oh Mother, live from the Back To Basics Tour
Back to Basics Tour
The Back to Basics Tour was the fourth concert tour by American recording artist Christina Aguilera. The tour supported her third studio album Back to Basics. It grossed over $90 million worldwide with 82 shows...

. Additionally RCA Records sent the live video of "Dirrty
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" to Yahoo Videos, where it got premiered on February 4, and "Ain't No Other Man
Ain't No Other Man
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" was sent to the channel VH1
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The DVD went to number one in many countries, staying at number one for over a month.

Track listing

Charts and certification

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position
Certification Sales/
shipments
Australian Music DVD Chart ARIA 1 2xPlatinum 30,000+
Austrian Music DVD Chart IFPI 2
Belgium Flanders Music DVD Chart IFPI 2
Belgium Wallonia Music DVD Chart IFPI 8
Czech Republic Music DVD Chart IFPI 3
Dutch Music DVD Chart NVPI 2
French Music DVD Chart SNEP/IFOP 2
Greek Music DVD Chart IFPI 2
Irish Music DVD Chart IRMA 7
Italian Music DVD Chart FIMI 3
New Zealand Music DVD Chart RIANZ 7
Portugal Music DVD Chart AFP 19
Spanish Music DVD Chart Promusicae 3
Swedish Music DVD Chart IFPI 2
UK Music DVD Chart BPI 1
USA Music DVD Chart RIAA
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1 Gold 50,000

Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Rank
Australian DVD Chart 32
Netherlands DVD Chart 34
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