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{{Short description|English soprano (born 1960)}}
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| name         = Sarah Brightman
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| caption      = Brightman at the [[World Athletics Championships]] in [[Osaka]] in 2007
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| birth_place  = [[Berkhamsted]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
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| occupation   = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* actress
* dancer
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| years_active = 1978–present
| spouse       = {{ubl|{{marriage|Andrew Graham-Stewart|1979|1983|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]|1984|1990|end=div}}}}
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| relatives    = Amelia Brightman (sister)
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| instrument      = Vocals, piano
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* [[Classical crossover]]
* [[operatic pop]]
* [[world music|world]]
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* [[A&M Records|A&M]] (1993)
* [[East West Records|East West]] (1995–2001)
* [[Angel Records|Angel]]
* [[EMI]] (1997–2007)
* [[Manhattan Records|Manhattan]]
* [[EMI]] (2008–2010)
* Simha (2012–present)
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'''Sarah Brightman''' (born 14 August 1960)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180121183632/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2324841 Sarah Brightman filmography], [[British Film Institute]]; [http://www.playbill.com/person/sarah-brightman-vault-0000069455 Sarah Brightman], ''[[Playbill]]''; {{Cite book|first=Kurt|last=Gänzl|title=The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A–Gi|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmu00ganz_1|url-access=registration|publisher=Schirmer|year=2001|page=248|isbn=9780028649702|author-link=Kurt Gänzl}}</ref> is an English [[classical crossover]] [[soprano]] singer and actress.

Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe [[Hot Gossip]] and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made her [[West End theatre|West End]] musical theatre debut in ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' and met composer [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], whom she later married. She went on to star in several West End and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musicals, including ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', where she originated the role of [[Christine Daaé]]. Her original London cast album of ''Phantom'' was released in CD format in 1987 and sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album ever.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/ag10/phantomoftheopera556119.htm |title=Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording sales |publisher=Newyorktheatreguide.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714180330/http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/ag10/phantomoftheopera556119.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

After retiring from stage acting and divorcing Lloyd Webber, Brightman resumed her music career with former [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] producer [[Frank Peterson]], this time as a classical [[crossover (music)|crossover]] artist. She has been credited as the creator and remains among the most prominent performers of this genre, with worldwide sales of more than 25 million albums and two million DVDs, establishing herself as the world's best-selling [[soprano]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://today24news.com/entertainment/sarah-brightman-jackie-evancho-on-americas-got-talent-164284 |title=Sarah Brightman & Jackie Evancho on America's Got Talent |publisher=Today24News |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726080355/http://today24news.com/entertainment/sarah-brightman-jackie-evancho-on-americas-got-talent-164284 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=118429|title=Success comes to soprano Sarah Brightman|website=Reading Eagle|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629083139/http://www2.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=118429|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/soprano-star-sarah-brightman-to-sing-in-japanese-for-nhk-drama |title=Soprano Sarah Brightman to sing in Japanese for NHK drama " Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion |publisher=Japantoday.com |date=25 October 2009 |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-date=1 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001061643/http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/soprano-star-sarah-brightman-to-sing-in-japanese-for-nhk-drama |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markbeech/2018/11/06/worlds-best-selling-soprano-sarah-brightman-joins-multi-million-classical-crossover-comeback/#3f1714c33d84| title=World's Best-Selling Soprano Sarah Brightman Joins Multi-Million Classical Crossover Comeback| magazine=Forbes| date=6 November 2018| access-date=22 February 2019| archive-date=23 January 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123210929/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markbeech/2018/11/06/worlds-best-selling-soprano-sarah-brightman-joins-multi-million-classical-crossover-comeback/#3f1714c33d84| url-status=live}}</ref>

Brightman's 1996 duet with the Italian tenor [[Andrea Bocelli]], "[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]", topped the charts all over Europe and became the highest and fastest-selling single of all time in Germany, where it stayed at the top of the charts for 14 consecutive weeks and sold over three million copies.<ref name="Bocelli on Decca.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.decca.com/artists/andrea-bocelli-192 |title=Bocelli on |publisher=Decca.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430171029/http://www.decca.com/artists/andrea-bocelli-192 |archive-date=30 April 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Bocelli Bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.classicsandjazz.co.uk/plink/Andrea+Bocelli |title=Andrea Bocelli Biography |publisher=Classicsandjazz.co.uk |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208203702/http://www.classicsandjazz.co.uk/plink/Andrea+Bocelli |archive-date=8 February 2009 }}</ref> It subsequently became an international success, selling 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles of all-time]].<ref>[http://www.sugarmusic.com/en/discography/news/3-14] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828001957/http://www.sugarmusic.com/en/discography/news/3-14|date=28 August 2013}}{{title missing|date=January 2023}}</ref><ref>[http://deccarecords.com/artist/detail.aspx?nid=4588&aid=108] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717151302/http://deccarecords.com/artist/detail.aspx?nid=4588&aid=108|date=17 July 2012}}{{title missing|date=January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/timeless.htm |title=Angel records |publisher=Early-sarah-brightman.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-date=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729165647/http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/timeless.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She has collected over 200 gold and platinum record awards in 38 countries.<ref name="sarah-brightman.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.sarah-brightman.com/about_sarah.html |title=Official Website Sarah Brightman/About/Awards |publisher=Sarah-brightman.com |date=4 January 2008 |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127040637/http://sarah-brightman.com/about_sarah.html |archive-date=27 November 2013 }}</ref> In 2010, she was named by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' the fifth most influential and best-selling classical artist of the 2000s decade in the US<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/classical-artists?year=2009|title=Best of 2000's / Classical Artists|magazine=Billboard|date=6 February 2012|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-date=14 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514211915/https://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/classical-artists?year=2009|url-status=live}}</ref> and according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], she has sold 6.5&nbsp;million albums in the country.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474549/ask-billboard-the-twitter-sized-edition|title=Ask ''Billboard'': The Twitter-Sized Edition|magazine=Billboard|date=20 October 2012|access-date=24 March 2013|archive-date=9 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209052636/http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/474549/ask-billboard-the-twitter-sized-edition|url-status=live}}</ref>

Brightman is the first artist to have been invited twice to perform the theme song at the [[Olympic Games]], first at the 1992 [[Barcelona Olympic Games]] where she sang "[[Amigos Para Siempre]]" with the Spanish tenor [[José Carreras]] with an estimated global audience of one billion people, and 16 years later in 2008 in [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing]], this time with Chinese singer [[Liu Huan]], performing the song "[[You and Me (Olympic theme song)|You and Me]]" to an estimated four billion people worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/culture/songs/n214517844.shtml |title=Sarah Brightman moved to tears upon hearing Olympic theme – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |publisher=En.beijing2008.cn |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707014056/http://en.beijing2008.cn/culture/songs/n214517844.shtml |archive-date=7 July 2011 }}</ref>

In 2012, Brightman was appointed as the [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]] for the period 2012–2014, for her "commitment to humanitarian and charitable causes, her contribution, throughout her artistic career, to the promotion of cultural dialogue and the exchanges among cultures, and her dedication to the ideals and aims of the Organization".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41146&Cr=UNESCO&Cr1= |title=United Nations News Centre – British singer and actress Sarah Brightman becomes UNESCO Artist for Peace |publisher=Un.org |date=6 February 2012 |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref> Since 2010, Brightman has been [[Panasonic]]'s global brand ambassador.<ref name="panasonic1">{{cite web|url= http://news.panasonic.net/archives/2011/0603_5505.html|title= Panasonic and UNESCO Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement|work= Panasonic News Portal|access-date= 11 October 2011|archive-date= 14 July 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714232434/http://news.panasonic.net/archives/2011/0603_5505.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Family and early life==
Brightman is the eldest of six children of businessman Grenville Brightman (1934<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/life-events-bmds |title=Search birth, marriage and death records 1837–2006 &#124; Overseas BMDs, parish records from 1538 |publisher=Findmypast.co.uk |access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref>–1992) and Paula Brightman, née Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/sarah-brightman|title=Sarah Brightman &#124; Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202183557/https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/sarah-brightman|url-status=live}}</ref> She was brought up in [[Little Gaddesden]] near [[Berkhamsted]], Hertfordshire, England.<ref>[http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/home_in_berkhamstead.htm Home in Berkhamstead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419071151/http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/home_in_berkhamstead.htm |date=19 April 2018 }} Retrieved 27 October 2016.</ref> At the age of three she began taking dance and piano classes. She
then went on to perform in local festivals and competitions.<ref name=BillboardJan2008>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sarah-brightman.com/BillboardJan2008/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=Genre-Bending Brightman Seeks Crossover Success With ''Symphony''|access-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823035128/http://www.sarah-brightman.com/BillboardJan2008/|archive-date=23 August 2009}}</ref> At age 11, she successfully auditioned for the [[Tring Park School for the Performing Arts]], a school specialising in performing arts.<ref name=ranker/>

She received her education at [[Elmhurst Ballet School]], Camberley,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elmhurstballetschool.org/th/centenary/|access-date=3 January 2024|title=Celebrating 100 Years of Elmhurst Ballet School|publisher=[[Elmhurst Ballet School]]}}</ref> the [[Arts Educational School]] in [[Chiswick]], West London,<ref name=ranker>{{cite web|title=Famous The Arts Educational School, Tring Park Alumni|url=https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-the-arts-educational-school-tring-park-alumni-and-students/reference|publisher=ranker.com|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323031517/https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-the-arts-educational-school-tring-park-alumni-and-students/reference|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Royal College of Music]].<ref name="Playbill">{{cite news|last1=Nassour|first1=Ellis|title=Sarah Brightman Resurrects Her 'Phantom' Career|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/sarah-brightman-resurrects-her-phantom-career-com-101364|access-date=22 March 2018|work=playbill.com|date=6 October 1999}}</ref>

In 1973, at the age of 13, Brightman made her theatrical debut in the musical ''[[I and Albert]]'' at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]], London, playing one of Queen Victoria's daughters (Victoria).
In 1976 she was recruited into Arlene Phillips' troupe [[Hot Gossip]] in 1977. The group had a disco hit in 1978 with "[[I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper]]", which sold half a million and reached number six on the [[UK Singles Chart|UK charts]]. She was also briefly with [[Pan's People]] after they parted with their host show [[Top of the Pops]] in 1976. Brightman, now solo, released more disco singles under her own label, Whisper Records, such as "Not Having That!" and a cover of the song "[[My Boyfriend's Back (song)|My Boyfriend's Back]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarah-brightman.com/ |title=Sarah Brightman Official Website – Home Page |publisher=Sarah-brightman.com |access-date=4 May 2012 |archive-date=24 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224155224/http://www.sarah-brightman.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1979, Brightman appeared on the soundtrack of the film [[The World Is Full of Married Men (film)|''The World Is Full of Married Men'']] and sang the song "Madam Hyde".

==Career==

===1981–1989: Stage career===

In 1981, Brightman auditioned for the new musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'', by composer [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], and was cast as [[Jemima (cat)|Jemima]]. After a year in ''Cats'', Brightman took over from [[Bonnie Langford]] as Kate in ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, and appeared as Tara Treetops in ''Masquerade'', a musical based on [[Kit Williams]]'s [[Masquerade (book)|book of the same title]]. Beginning on December 18, 1982, she left to play the title role in [[Charles Strouse]]'s children's opera, ''[[Nightingale (musical)|Nightingale]]''.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.sarah-brightman.com/htm_sarah/biogtwo.shtml |title=II. Sarah's Musical Theatre Era : 1981–1990 |publisher=Sarah-brightman.com |access-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828055126/http://www.sarah-brightman.com/htm_sarah/biogtwo.shtml |archive-date=28 August 2013 }}</ref>

Enticed by a rave review, Lloyd Webber went to watch her in the show one evening and was greatly impressed by her performance. Though she had appeared in his musical ''Cats'', Lloyd Webber had not previously singled Brightman out as a great talent. The two married in 1984, and Brightman appeared in Lloyd Webber's subsequent musicals including ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' and ''[[Song and Dance]]'', as well as the [[mass (music)|mass]] [[Requiem (Lloyd Webber)|Requiem]], which was written and composed for Lloyd Webber's father.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

[[File:Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman 1985.jpg|thumb|left|Brightman and then-husband Andrew Lloyd Webber at the world premiere performance of ''Requiem'' at [[Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan)|Saint Thomas Church]] in New York City]]
In 1985, Brightman's recording of "[[Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)|Pie Jesu]]" was a strong commercial success, selling 25,000 copies<ref name="ReferenceA"/> on the first day of release and peaking at number 3, despite the lyrics being in Latin. With classical music permeating the Lloyd Webber household (Brightman was in heavy operatic training at the time), Lloyd Webber was moved to write the Requiem Mass as a tribute to his father. Its Manhattan premiere, starring [[Plácido Domingo]] and Brightman, was filmed by the [[BBC]] and [[PBS]] for later broadcast. The LP eventually became UK's top selling classical album of the year and earned Brightman a Grammy nomination as Best New Classical Artist.<ref name="video">{{cite web |title= Video Biography |url= http://www.sarah-brightman.com/sound_vision.html |publisher= Sarah Brightman Official Website |access-date= 18 June 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090713231323/http://www.sarah-brightman.com/sound_vision.html |archive-date= 13 July 2009 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

Brightman starred as [[Christine Daaé]] in Lloyd Webber's adaptation of ''The Phantom of the Opera''. The role of Christine was written specifically for her.<ref name="video"/> Lloyd Webber refused to open ''The Phantom of the Opera'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] unless Brightman played Christine.<ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2018/01/23/how-the-phantom-of-the-opera-almost-never-came-to-broadway/|title=How ''The Phantom of the Opera'' Almost Never Came to Broadway|first=Marc|last=Hershberg|date=23 January 2018|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026070758/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2018/01/23/how-the-phantom-of-the-opera-almost-never-came-to-broadway/|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, the American [[Actors' Equity Association]] balked, because of their policy that any non-American performer must be an international star.<ref name=forbes /> Lloyd Webber had to cast an American in a leading role in his next [[West End theatre|West End musical]] before Equity would allow Brightman to appear (a promise he kept in casting ''[[Aspects of Love]]'').<ref name=forbes /> In the end, it was a compromise that was successful.<ref name=forbes /> ''Phantom'' received $17&nbsp;million in advance sales prior to opening night on 26 January 1988.<ref>''Time''. Brightman performed the show on Broadway for six months "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080308235953/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966470,00.html Chills, Thrills, and Trapdoors]" 18 January 1988. Retrieved 15 October 2006.</ref> The original cast album was the first in British musical history to enter the music charts at number one. Album sales now exceed forty million worldwide—the biggest selling cast album of all time—and has gone six times platinum in the United States, twice platinum in the UK, nine times platinum in Germany, four times platinum in the Netherlands, 11 times platinum in Korea and 31 times platinum in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wxxi.org/stagenotes/shows/2012/04/longest-running-musical-broadway-phantom-opera-celebrated-11-am |title=The Longest Running Musical on Broadway, "The Phantom of the Opera," Celebrated at 11 AM from |publisher=WXXI |access-date=20 April 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202213506/https://www.wxxi.org/stagenotes/shows/2012/04/longest-running-musical-broadway-phantom-opera-celebrated-11-am |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite the success both in London and on Broadway, Brightman received mostly negative reception from critics for her performance and was not nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/sarah-brightman-resurrects-her-phantom-career-com-101364|title=Sarah Brightman Resurrects Her 'Phantom' Career|first=Ellis|last=Nassour|date=6 October 1999|website=Playbill|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=15 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915001952/http://www.playbill.com/article/sarah-brightman-resurrects-her-phantom-career-com-101364|url-status=live}}</ref> While some reviewers praised Brightman's singing, her acting was widely criticized.

After leaving ''Phantom,'' she performed in a tour of Lloyd Webber's music throughout England, Canada and the United States, and performed Requiem in the Soviet Union. Studio recordings from this time include the single "Anything But Lonely" from ''Aspects of Love'' and two solo albums: the 1988 album ''[[The Trees They Grow So High (album)|The Trees They Grow So High]],'' a collection of [[folk song]]s accompanied by piano, and the 1989 album ''[[The Songs That Got Away]],'' a compilation of obscure musical theatre songs from shows by such composers as [[Irving Berlin]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]]. Brightman also sang the song "Make Believe" during the credits of the children's film ''[[Granpa]]''; Howard Blake composed the music and wrote the lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/makebelieve.htm |title=Make Believe |publisher=Early-sarah-brightman.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411190014/http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/makebelieve.htm |archive-date=11 April 2008 }}</ref>

She was a subject of the television programme ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1989 when she was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

By 1990, Brightman and Lloyd Webber had separated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://josvg.home.xs4all.nl/cits/sb/intervw.html |title=Interview with Sarah Brightman: "Wrapped up in her gift" |publisher=Josvg.home.xs4all.nl |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202212943/http://josvg.home.xs4all.nl/cits/sb/intervw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After their highly publicized divorce, Brightman played the lead in Lloyd Webber's ''Aspects'' in London opposite [[Michael Praed]], before transferring to Broadway.<ref name="chin">{{Cite web|url=https://sarahbrightman.com/|title=Home|website=Sarah Brightman|access-date=7 October 2018|archive-date=2 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202221314/https://sarahbrightman.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her subsequent solo album, ''[[As I Came of Age]],'' was an eclectic collection of folk-rock and musical theatre songs that Brightman herself chose.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

===1990s: Solo career===

In 1992, Brightman performed with [[José Carreras]] at the [[Barcelona Olympic Games]] singing the theme song "[[Amigos Para Siempre]]" ("Friends Forever"). Following the appearance, Brightman pursued solo recording, and inspired by the German band [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]], she requested to work with one of its members, [[Frank Peterson]]. Their first release together was ''[[Dive (Sarah Brightman album)|Dive]]'' (1993), a water-themed pop album that featured "[[Captain Nemo (song)|Captain Nemo]]", a cover of a song by the Swedish [[electronica]] band [[Dive (Swedish band)|Dive]].<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000095816|first=Tom|last=Demalon|title=''Dive'' review}}</ref> The album received her first Gold award in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum |publisher=Cria.ca |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501065534/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |archive-date=1 May 2010 }}</ref>

Brightman and Peterson's second collaboration yielded the pop rock album, [[Fly (Sarah Brightman album)|''Fly'']] (1995) with the single "A Question of Honor"—a mélange of electronic, rock, classical strings and excerpts from the Alfredo Catalani opera ''[[La Wally]]''.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000460226|first=Daniel|last=Malich|title=''Fly''review}}</ref> The song and the video were introduced at the World Boxing Championship match between Germany's [[Henry Maske]] and [[Graciano Rocchigiani]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In 1997, Brightman released the album ''[[Timeless (Sarah Brightman album)|Timeless/Time to Say Goodbye]]''. It remains as Brightman's biggest-selling album. It went gold, [[platinum certification|platinum]] and/or [[multi-platinum]] in 21 countries, selling over 1.4&nbsp;million copies in the US, and topped the ''Billboard'' Top [[Classical Crossover]] Albums chart in the US for 35 weeks.<ref name="Astana">{{cite web|url=http://www.astana.kz/en/node/37104|title=Concert of world star Sarah Brightman|publisher=Astana News Source|access-date=30 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505172841/http://www.astana.kz/en/node/37104|archive-date=5 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The lead single from the album, "Time to Say Goodbye", was the second song that Brightman debuted at the World Boxing Championship in Germany. This duet with tenor [[Andrea Bocelli]] became an international hit and sold more than 3 million copies in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/bio1.htm#1990 |title=Biography |publisher=Early-sarah-brightman.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710163708/http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/bio1.htm#1990 |archive-date=10 July 2011 }}</ref> The album eventually sold over 12 million copies worldwide.<ref name=BillboardJan2008 />

In March 1998, Brightman produced her first own [[PBS]] special, [[Sarah Brightman: In Concert]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].<ref name="billboard_PBS">{{Cite magazine| last1=Reece | first1=Doug | last2=Spahr | first2=Wolfgang | date=4 April 1998 | title=PBS gives big boost to Brightman's Angel set |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume=110 | issue=14 | pages=7–8}}</ref> The same year, Brightman starred in ''[[A Gala Christmas in Vienna]]'' alongside [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Helmut Lotti]] and [[Riccardo Cocciante]] singing traditional Christmas carols.<ref>{{IMDb title|tt0254342|A Gala Christmas in Vienna|(TV 1997)}}</ref> On 7 April 1998 she was one of the guest stars in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday celebration singing ''Hosanna'' with [[Dennis O'Neill (tenor)|Dennis O'Neill]], the [[The Phantom of the Opera (song)|title song of ''The Phantom of the Opera'']] with [[Antonio Banderas]], "[[All I Ask of You]]" with [[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]] and "[[Music of the Night]]", both also from ''Phantom of the Opera''.<ref>{{IMDb title|tt0169554|Great Performances – Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration|(TV episode 1998)}}</ref>

With the success of ''Timeless'', Brightman released her next album, ''[[Eden (Sarah Brightman album)|Eden]]'' in 1998. She personally selected each song and convinced the Italian composer [[Ennio Morricone]] to let her set lyrics to one of his film compositions, "''[[Gabriel's Oboe]]''" from the film [[The Mission (1986 film)|''The Mission'']] resulting in "[[Nella Fantasia]]". The album, unlike ''Time to Say Goodbye'', incorporated more pop music elements. Reviews were mixed – [[LAUNCHcast]] deemed ''Eden'' "deliriously sappy",<ref>Dumpert, Hazel-Dawn. "[http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12040849 Album Review: Eden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101063334/http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12040849 |date=1 January 2007 }}". [[Yahoo! Music]]. 6 March 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2006.</ref> while [[AllMusic]] called ''Eden'' "a winning combination".<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000049827|first=Heather|last=Phares|title=''Eden'' review}}</ref> ''Eden'' reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Top Classical Crossover Albums chart and No. 65 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and was certified Gold in the United States.

===2000–2004: Further international success===

In 2000, ''[[La Luna (Sarah Brightman album)|La Luna]]'' was released. For this album, Brightman chose songs drawing on pop, vintage jazz, and high opera, in homages to Dvořák, Beethoven and Billie Holiday. ''La Luna'' reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Top Internet Albums and peaked at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, becoming Brightman's second highest-selling album in the United States with sales of 900,000 and reaching Gold certification.<ref name="Billboard"/> It became her biggest-selling album in Asia, with a quintuple platinum certification in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://article.wn.com/view/WNAT4716f4ad1b80ae702729cac14a86b344/|title=莎拉·布莱曼开启第三次中国巡演"月光女神"将飞天|language=zh|trans-title=Sarah Brightman opens the third Chinese tour "Moonlight Goddess" will fly|website=article.wn.com|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203105520/https://article.wn.com/view/WNAT4716f4ad1b80ae702729cac14a86b344/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.228.com.cn/ticket-47446728.html|title=莎拉·布莱曼是早在中国|access-date=5 July 2014|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225174708/https://www.228.com.cn/ticket-47446728.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

At her 2000 PBS La Luna concert, Brightman sang "[[There for Me (Sarah Brightman song)|There for Me]]" in a duet with an up-and-coming star, [[Josh Groban]]. At the end of 2001, ''Billboard'' magazine noted Brightman as the most important classical crossover artist from the United Kingdom.<ref name="billboard_ukartists">{{cite magazine| last1=Masson | first1=Gordon | last2=Newman | first2=Melinda | date=22 December 2001 | title=Reversal of fortune: UK artists see US sales rise |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume=113 | issue=51 | pages=1, 51}}</ref>

In 2001, Brightman released ''[[Classics (Sarah Brightman album)|Classics]]'', an anthology including highlights from three of Brightman's chart-topping releases along with seven new tracks; this was released worldwide except Europe. In the US the album peaked at No. 66 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and went Gold.<ref name=RIAAcert>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Sarah Brightman}}</ref> In Canada it peaked at No. 9 and was certified Platinum; and in Japan, ''[[Classics (Sarah Brightman album)|Classics]]'' became Brightman's most successful release at the time with 300,000 units sold and reaching Platinum status.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarah-brightman.com/htm_news/2.php?ID=51 |title=Sarah To Receive Gold/Platinum Awards and Appear in Kyoto Show |publisher=Sarah-brightman.com |access-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018041200/http://www.sarah-brightman.com/htm_news/2.php?ID=51 |archive-date=18 October 2015 }}</ref>

Her 2003 album ''[[Harem (album)|Harem]]'' represented another departure: a [[Middle Eastern music|Middle Eastern-themed]] album influenced by dance music. On ''Harem'', Brightman collaborated with artists such as [[Ofra Haza]] and Iraqi singer [[Kazem al-Saher]]. [[Nigel Kennedy]] contributed violin tracks to the songs "[[Free (Sarah Brightman song)|Free]]" and "The War is Over" and [[Jaz Coleman]] contributed arrangements.<ref name="video"/>

The album peaked at No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart,<ref name="billboard_haremtour">{{Cite magazine| last=Ault | first=Susanne | date=10 April 2004 | title=Brightman's Harem Tour A Welcome Surprise |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume=116 | issue=15 | page=17}}</ref> No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Classical Crossover Albums chart, No. 1 on the Swedish Album Chart, and yielded a No. 1 dance/club single with the remix of the title track. Some time later, another single from the album (the ballad "Free", cowritten with [[Sophie B. Hawkins]]) became a second Top-10 hit on this chart.

The albums ''Eden'', ''La Luna'' and ''Harem'' were accompanied by live world tours which incorporated the theatricality of her stage origins. Brightman acknowledged this in an interview, saying, "They're incredibly complicated...[but also] natural. I know what works, what doesn't work, all the old tricks".<ref>Reesman, Bryan. "Siren Soprano". Yahoo! Music. 9 April 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2006.</ref> In both 2000 and 2001, Brightman was among the top 10 most popular British performers in the US, with concert sales grossing $7.2&nbsp;million from 34 shows in 2000 and over $5&nbsp;million from 21 shows in 2001.<ref name="billboard_ukartists"/>

In 2004, the Harem World Tour grossed $60&nbsp;million and sold 700,000 tickets,<ref name="video"/> $15&nbsp;million and 225,000 sales of which came from the North American leg, although with ticket prices raised 30% from previous tours, average sales per venue were up 65%.<ref name="billboard_haremtour" /> In North America, Harem tour promoters Clear Channel Entertainment (now [[Live Nation]]) took the unusual step of advertising to theatre subscribers, in an effort to reach fans of Brightman's Broadway performances, and also sold VIP tickets, at $750 each, which included on-stage seating during the concert and a [[backstage pass]].<ref name="billboard_haremtour" /> Tour reviews were mixed: one critic from the ''[[New York Times]]'' called the La Luna tour "not so much divine but post-human" and "unintentionally disturbing: a beautiful argument of emptiness."<ref>[[Ann Powers|Powers, Ann]]. "[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E7DF133AF934A1575AC0A9669C8B63 Pop Review; An Ethereal Voice From On High (Up Where the Loudspeakers Are)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204231431/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E7DF133AF934A1575AC0A9669C8B63 |date=4 February 2008 }}". ''[[The New York Times]]''. 27 September 2000. Retrieved 24 November 2006.</ref>

Television specials on [[PBS]] were produced for nearly every Brightman album in the US; a director of marketing has credited these as her number-one source of exposure in the country.<ref name="billboard_ukartists"/> Her concert for ''Eden'' was among PBS's highest-grossing pledge events.<ref name="detroit">Chin, Siew May. [http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=947 To the moon and back] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084125/http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=947 |date=29 September 2007 }}, ''[[Metro Times]]'', Detroit, 19 November 2000. Retrieved 1 September 2007.</ref>

===2006–2008: ''Diva'', ''Symphony'' and Beijing Olympics appearance===

Brightman released a DVD collection of her music videos on 3 October 2006 under the title of ''[[Diva: The Video Collection]]''. ''[[Diva: The Singles Collection|The Singles Collection]]'' is the accompanying CD, released on the same date. The album marked the first time Brightman released a greatest hits album in the United States; it reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Classical Crossover Albums chart. In Japan, the album debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 77,000 copies sold on its first week of release, and became Japan's biggest-selling classical album of 2007. Subsequently, it was Japan's fifteenth best-selling international album of the 2000s decade.<ref name="Top 20 Best Selling International Albums in Japan of the Decade">{{cite web |url= http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=867308570 |work= ORICON Decade-End |access-date=24 July 2014|title=Last decade best selling international albums in Japan}}</ref> By 2008, the album achieved a [[Music recording sales certification|Double-Platinum]] certification.<ref name="大阪でダブル・プラチナ・ディスクを授受">{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.jp/sarah-brightman/news/?id=sarah_news&p=4&l=8|work=emimusic.jp|access-date=16 November 2011|title=大阪でダブル・プラチナ・ディスクを授受|archive-date=14 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214013448/http://www.emimusic.jp/sarah-brightman/news/?id=sarah_news&p=4&l=8|url-status=live}}</ref> With ''Diva'', Brightman was also South Korea's best-selling international artist of 2010 as the album topped the international charts all throughout the year. ''Diva'' was certified Quintuple Platinum and its digital single, "[[Nella Fantasia]]" sold over 2 million units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/notice/view.gaon?idx=39 |title=2010년 가온차트 부문별 Top 100위 – 국외|date=10 February 2011|website=Gaonchart.co.kr |access-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722133702/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/notice/view.gaon?idx=39|archive-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> Other releases in Europe were ''[[The Very Best of 1990–2000]]'' and ''[[Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman]]''.

[[File:Sarahbrightmansymphonyconcertauburnhillsmichigandec32008.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Brightman performing in Auburn Hills, US, during her Symphony World Tour]]
On 1 July 2007, Brightman appeared at the [[Concert for Diana]] held at [[Wembley Stadium]], London, an event organised to celebrate the life of [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana of Wales]], where she sang "[[All I Ask of You]]" from ''The Phantom of the Opera'' with [[Josh Groban]].<ref>{{cite news|title=What is the Concert for Diana?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fconcertfordiana%2Ffeatures%2Fabout.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=13 August 2015|archive-date=17 October 2015|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017214644/http://www.bbc.co.uk/concertfordiana/features/about.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6257986.stm Diana concert a 'perfect tribute']  BBC News. Retrieved 12 April 2012</ref> Around 15 million people across the UK watched ''Concert for Diana'' at home, and it was broadcast to over 500&nbsp;million homes in 140 countries.<ref>"[http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/01072007/325/pop-stars-pay-tribute-princess-diana.html&e=l_news_dm Pop stars pay tribute to Princess Diana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527044845/http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/01072007/325/pop-stars-pay-tribute-princess-diana.html&e=l_news_dm |date=27 May 2011 }}". ''Yahoo News''. Retrieved 1 July 2007.</ref> On 7 July 2007 Brightman performed four songs ("[[Nessun dorma]]", "La Luna", "Nella Fantasia" and "Time to Say Goodbye") at the Live Earth Concert Series, and debuted her single "[[Running (Sarah Brightman song)|Running]]" at the 2007 [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|Championships]] in Osaka, Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://liveearth.msn.com/artists/sarahbrightman |title=Sarah Brightman at Live Earth |publisher=Liveearth.msn.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705210310/http://liveearth.msn.com/artists/sarahbrightman |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In this period Brightman also recorded a duet with [[Anne Murray]] singing "[[Snowbird (song)|Snowbird]]", which was included on Murray's 2007 album ''[[Anne Murray Duets: Friends and Legends]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine
  | title = Sarah Brightman News: Sarah duets with Anne Murray
  | magazine = Contactmusic.com
  | date = 12 January 2007
  | url = http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/murray%20records%20duets%20with%20top%20girls_1052004
  | access-date = 28 December 2007
  | archive-date = 20 June 2017
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170620061552/http://www.contactmusic.net/anne-murray/news/murray-records-duets-with-top-girls_1052004
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>

On 29 January 2008, Brightman released her first album in five years: ''[[Symphony (album)|Symphony]]'', influenced by [[symphonic metal|gothic music]].<ref name="cbsnews">[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brightman-gives-symphony-after-5-years/ Brightman Gives "Symphony" After 5 Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203144132/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brightman-gives-symphony-after-5-years/ |date=3 December 2019 }}, [[CBS News]], 29 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008/</ref> In the United States, it became Brightman's most successful chart entry and also her highest ranked album on ''Billboard'''s "Top 200 Albums". It was also a No. 1 album on two other ''Billboard'' charts: "Top Internet Albums" and "Top Classical Crossover Albums". The album moved there 32,033 copies in first week,<ref name=prnews>{{cite web |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht279 |title=Sarah Brightman's New CD, ''Symphony'' is Soprano's Highest US Chart Debut |publisher=PR Newswire |date=6 February 2008 |access-date=9 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830150927/http://hitsdailydouble.com/sales/archcht.cgi?cht279 |archive-date=30 August 2013 }}</ref> according to [[Nielsen Soundscan]]. The album was a top 5 release in China, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico and Japan and a top 20 across Europe.<ref name=EMI>{{cite web |url=http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2008/press48.htm |title=Sarah Brightman scores highest charting album in over a decade |publisher=EMI press releases, news |date=6 February 2008 |access-date=9 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080802040304/http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2008/press48.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2 August 2008}}</ref>

Featured on the album were artists [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Fernando Lima]], and [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] vocalist [[Paul Stanley]], who sang duets with Brightman on "[[Where the Lost Ones Go|I Will Be with You]]", the album version of the theme song to the tenth [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] motion picture, ''[[Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai|Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai]]'' (''Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai'').<ref>Price, Deborah Evans. The song "Symphony" is a cover version of the song "Symphonie" by the German band Silbermond.[https://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1232056520080113 Sarah Brightman releasing first album in five years], [[Reuters]], 12 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref> On 16 January 2008, she also appeared in concert at Vienna's [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna|Stephansdom Cathedral]], performing songs from her new album. Special guests who sang duets with Brightman include Italian tenor [[Alessandro Safina]], Argentinean [[countertenor]] [[Fernando Lima]], and British singer [[Chris Thompson (English musician)|Chris Thompson]].

[[File:Sarah Brightman2007.jpg|thumb|Brightman performing in Live Earth Concert in Shanghai, China (2007)]]
Brightman performed "[[Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)|Pie Jesu]]" and "[[There You'll Be]]" at the United States [[Memorial Day]] concert on 25 May 2008 held on the [[United States Capitol#Grounds|west lawn]] of the [[United States Capitol]] in Washington, D.C. The show was broadcast live on [[PBS]] before a concert audience of 300,000, as well as to American troops serving around the world on the American Forces Radio and Television Network.<ref name="The Kennedy Center">{{cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=NIMEM |title=National Symphony Orchestra: Memorial Day Concert – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |publisher=Kennedy-center.org |date=25 May 2008 |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="pbs-performers">{{cite news
  | title = Public Broadcasting Service
  | publisher = The Performers: Sarah Brightman
  | date = 25 May 2008
  | url = https://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/concert/performers.html#sarah
  | access-date = 26 May 2008
  | archive-date = 6 July 2011
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104937/http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/concert/performers.html#sarah
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> Brightman made her feature film debut as Blind Mag in the [[rock musical]] film ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' which was released on 7 November 2008.<ref name="CNN001">
{{cite news
  | title = ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'': Principal Photography Underway On Twisted Pictures' And Lionsgate's Musical Thriller
  | publisher = CNN
  | date = 24 September 2007
  | url = https://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAM01624092007-1.htm
  | access-date =11 October 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012042315/http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAM01624092007-1.htm |archive-date = 12 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fearnet.com/MCNewsDetailPage.aspx?catid=30&mid=13396 | title = 'Repo!' Release Date Pushed Back | publisher = FEARnet | date = 10 March 2008 | access-date = 29 March 2008 | archive-date = 25 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080525181335/http://www.fearnet.com/MCNewsDetailPage.aspx?catid=30&mid=13396 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="sgirls">{{cite web
 |url = http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Darren+Lynn+Bousman%3A+Repossessed/
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 |date = 7 November 2008
 |access-date = 14 November 2008
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 |url-status = live
 }}</ref> Brightman was cast in the film at the last minute after the original actress who was cast for the role was dropped.<ref name="sgirls" />

On 8 August 2008, Brightman sang the Olympic theme song, "[[You and Me (Olympic theme song)|You and Me]]", with Chinese star [[Liu Huan]] in both [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] and English at the [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Beijing Olympics opening ceremony]]. The performance was broadcast to over five billion viewers. In the 26 hours after the performance, "You and Me" was downloaded 5.7&nbsp;million times.<ref name="StarPulse">{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/18/sarah_brightman_to_release_first_ever_ch_4 |title=Sarah Brightman To Release First Ever Christmas CD, 'A Winter Symphony,' Nov. 4 |work=Starpulse |publisher=Starpulse.com |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000053/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/18/sarah_brightman_to_release_first_ever_ch_4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
  | last = Evans
  | first = Simon
  | title = Brightman and Liu Huan to sing at opening
  | work = Reuters
  | date = 6 August 2008
  | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSB11846020080806
  | access-date = 6 August 2008
  | archive-date = 21 December 2008
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221013955/http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSB11846020080806
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>

Brightman released her first holiday album, entitled ''[[A Winter Symphony]]'' on 4 November 2008. The album debuted at number No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and scored a number six in the [[Top Holiday Albums]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120779.html |title=Sarah Brightman to Release Holiday Recording |access-date=28 August 2008 |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=27 July 2008 |work=[[Playbill]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904212638/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120779.html |archive-date=4 September 2008 }}</ref> The album was composed of an array of Christmas favourites including "[[Silent Night]]" and "[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]". Also featured are a duet in "Ave Maria" with Mexican Tenor Fernando Lima, covers of pop tracks including ABBA's instrumental song "[[Arrival (composition)|Arrival]]" plus a rendition of [[Neil Diamond]]'s, "I've Been this Way Before".

To accompany ''[[Symphony (album)|Symphony]]'' and ''[[A Winter Symphony]]'', Brightman embarked on a tour in Autumn 2008; "The Symphony World Tour", that included virtual and holographic stage sets.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.revenantmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1544 |title= Superstar soprano Sarah Brightman kicks off world tour this fall using revolutionary stage technology |access-date= 14 April 2011 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 14 April 2011 |publisher= Revenant Media |archive-date= 9 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111009115353/http://www.revenantmedia.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1544 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===2009–2010: ''Symphony: Live in Vienna'' and UNESCO World Heritage Sites concerts===

In response to persistent calls for a global release of the [[Symphony: Live in Vienna]] concert, [[EMI Music]] launched worldwide the [[PBS]] special which featured Brightman's performance at [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]], on 16 January 2008, in both audio and visual formats. The Symphony—Live in Vienna television special debuted on PBS in March 2008 during the network's spring pledge drive and aired throughout the month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/apr/7/today-show8.htm&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjq9p_Kpo5hXMUbp0hH9Vhd4TJEcg |title= Sarah singing insider open to the public drinking edge |publisher= The Liberty Times |access-date=12 November 2010}}</ref> ''Symphony: Live in Vienna'' was listed as the thirteenth best-selling album of the year in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2009.pdf |title="Los Más Vendidos" (The best-sellers) 2009 |access-date=17 December 2011 |last=Vanoni |first=Matthew |publisher=[[AMPROFON]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021114005/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2009.pdf |archive-date=21 October 2012 }}</ref>

The music of Brightman was featured in the film ''Amarufi: Megami no hôshû'' (international title: ''[[Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess]]''), which was a special production to mark [[Fuji Television]]'s 50th anniversary, the first Japanese film to be shot entirely on location in Italy. In conjunction with the release of the film ''Amalfi'', Brightman released only in Japan an album titled ''[[Amalfi – Sarah Brightman Love Songs]]'' which reached Gold status and was Japan's best-selling classical album of 2009. At the end of the year, Brightman was the seventh best selling international artist in Japan.<ref name="大阪でダブル・プラチナ・ディスクを授受"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.electricvenus.com/music/sarah-brightman-amalfi.html/comment-page-1|title= Sarah Brightman – Amalfi|access-date= 20 December 2009|last= Vanoni|first= Matthew|date= 20 December 2009|publisher= Electric Venus|archive-date= 3 October 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091003065041/http://www.electricvenus.com/music/sarah-brightman-amalfi.html/comment-page-1|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200911.html |title=一般社団法人 日本レコード協会｜各種統計 |publisher=Riaj.or.jp |access-date=12 November 2010 |archive-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018041200/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200911.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Sarahbrightmanchichenitza.jpg|thumb|Brightman performing in [[Chichen Itza]], Mexico]]
Brightman performed "The Concert of the Pyramid" at the archaeological site of [[Chichen Itza]], a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] and one of the [[New Seven Wonders of the World]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.yucatan-holidays.com/guidebook/sarah-brightman-an-unforgettable-night-in-chichen-itza/|title= Sarah Brightman Chichen Itzá|access-date= 20 December 2009|last= Vanoni|first= Matthew|date= 20 December 2009|publisher= Yucatan Holidays|archive-date= 20 March 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120320164209/http://www.yucatan-holidays.com/guidebook/sarah-brightman-an-unforgettable-night-in-chichen-itza/|url-status= live}}</ref> One year later, in 2010, Brightman continued touring Asia with five performances in Tokyo alone, followed by presentations in [[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]], [[Nagoya]], [[Osaka]] in Japan, [[Macau]] in China and [[Seoul]] in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://today24news.com/entertainment/sarah-brightman-orchestra-concert-tour-dates-2010-revealed-164310 |title= Sarah Brightman Orchestra Concert Tour dates 2010 revealed |access-date= 20 December 2009 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 20 December 2009 |publisher= Myspace |archive-date= 14 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190714211208/http://today24news.com/entertainment/sarah-brightman-orchestra-concert-tour-dates-2010-revealed-164310 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fe-motion.tochka.net%2F50498-sara-braytman-vzorvala-donetsk-foto%3Flang%3Dru |title= Sarah Brightman blew Donetsk!|access-date=9 December 2010 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 9 December 2010 |publisher= E-motion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.downtownoshawanews.com/?p=55 |title= Singing for a cause |access-date= 9 December 2010 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 9 December 2010 |publisher= E-motion |archive-date= 20 March 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175022/http://www.downtownoshawanews.com/?p=55 |url-status= live }}</ref>

On 3 November 2010, Brightman was invited to sing at the [[Tōdai-ji]] [[Buddhist]] temple complex located in the city of [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], Japan. The temple is a listed [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sarahbrightmanallfans.blogspot.com/2010/11/sarah-brightman-in-todai-ji-temple.html |title= Sarah Brightman in Todai-ji Temple (Video recording) |access-date= 20 December 2009 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 20 December 2009 |publisher= SBAF }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbs.jp/oto/ |title= Todai-ji Otobutai starring Sarah Brightman |access-date=20 December 2009 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 20 December 2009 }}</ref> The concert was recorded and later broadcast nationwide by [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbs.jp/oto/index.shtml |title= Todai-ji Otobutai starring Sarah Brightman |access-date=20 December 2009 |last= Vanoni |first= Matthew |date= 20 December 2009 }}</ref>

===2011–2015: UNESCO, ''Dreamchaser'' and space tourism===

In early 2012, Brightman received the [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]] Award for her "commitment to humanitarian and charitable causes, her contribution, throughout her artistic career, to the promotion of cultural dialogue and the exchanges among cultures, and her dedication to the ideals and aims of the Organization".<ref name="autogenerated1"/> She was also appointed as [[Panasonic]]'s global brand ambassador, and is the face of Panasonic's strategic partnership agreement with the [[UNESCO]] World Heritage Centre as she starred in their joint campaign, "The World Heritage Special," that was aired on the [[National Geographic Channel]] worldwide.<ref name="panasonic1"/>

[[File:Sarah Brightman in Argentina2013.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Brightman performing her [[Dreamchaser World Tour]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013)]]

On 10 October 2012, Brightman hosted a press conference in Moscow announcing her intention to become a [[space tourist]] on a future [[orbital spaceflight]] mission<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/2014/11/23/sarah_brightman_no_time_for_anything_earthly_when_im_in_space_41583.html|title=Sarah Brightman: No time for anything earthly when I'm in space|first1=Rossiyskaya|last1=Gazeta|first2=Alexander|last2=Alekseev|date=23 November 2014|website=www.rbth.com|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203143020/https://www.rbth.com/arts/2014/11/23/sarah_brightman_no_time_for_anything_earthly_when_im_in_space_41583.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to the [[International Space Station]] (ISS) in partnership with [[Space Adventures Ltd.|Space Adventures]], Ltd., a [[space tourism|private space]] experiences company.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.yahoo.com/singer-sarah-brightman-may-russias-next-space-tourist-135239467.html |title=Singer Sarah Brightman may be Russia's next space tourist: report|agency=Reuters |access-date=22 August 2012 }}</ref> Brightman was to have paid around £34&nbsp;million for the trip, which she said she had paid herself.<ref name="BBC Press Conference 10 March">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31813632/ |location=UK |work=BBC |first=Tim |last=Masters |title=Sarah Brightman to perform Lloyd Webber song in space |publisher=bbc.com |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref>

On 16 April 2013, Brightman released her eleventh studio album, ''[[Dreamchaser]]''. The offering was inspired by her decision to become the first singer in outer space. This album was Brightman's first collaboration with producer [[Mike Hedges]] and [[Sally Herbert]].<ref>{{cite web |last=McCroy |first=Winnie |url=http://www.edgeonthenet.com/entertainment/music/features//143942/dig_these_discs_::_sarah_brightman,_fantasia,_jessie_ware,_michael_buble,_joshua_radin |title=Dig These Discs :: Sarah Brightman, Fantasia, Jessie Ware, Michael Buble, Joshua Radin |publisher=EDGE on the Net |date=5 May 2013 |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131705/http://www.edgeonthenet.com/entertainment/music/features//143942/dig_these_discs_::_sarah_brightman,_fantasia,_jessie_ware,_michael_buble,_joshua_radin |url-status=live }}</ref> It received acclaim from critics, many considering it Brightman's strongest work to date,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polarimagazine.com/musicreviews/dreamchaser-sarah-brightman |title=Sarah Brightman &#124; Dreamchaser &#124; Music Review |work=polarimagazine.com |date=8 February 2013 |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref> and many pointed out the coherence of the song choices and the quality of Brightman's vocals.<ref name="blogs.montrealgazette.com">{{cite web |last=Perusse |first=Bernard |url=http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/04/12/new-music-review-dreamchaser-sarah-brightman-warner-music/ |title=New music review: Dreamchaser, Sarah Brightman (Warner Music) &#124; Montreal Gazette |publisher=Blogs.montrealgazette.com |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102000747/http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/04/12/new-music-review-dreamchaser-sarah-brightman-warner-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="express.co.uk">{{cite web |last=Unwin |first=Stephen |url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/391273/CD-Review-Sarah-Brightman-Dreamchaser |title=CD Review: Sarah Brightman – Dreamchaser &#124; Music &#124; Entertainment &#124; Daily Express |publisher=Express.co.uk |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102165756/http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/391273/CD-Review-Sarah-Brightman-Dreamchaser |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Dreamchaser'' was Brightman's first album to enter on the ''Billboard'' [[Independent Albums]] chart, became her seventh No. 1 album in the ''Billboard'' Top Classical Albums chart and made a strong debut in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at No. 17 moving 20,358 copies on its first week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1559976/chart-moves-sarah-brightman-olly-murs-make-top-20-debuts-on-billboard-200 |title=Chart Moves: Sarah Brightman, Olly Murs Make Top 20 Debuts on Billboard 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=25 September 2012 |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=27 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627232401/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1559976/chart-moves-sarah-brightman-olly-murs-make-top-20-debuts-on-billboard-200 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the autumn season 2013, Brightman performed the [[Dreamchaser World Tour]] in Canada, Mexico,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-adds-mexico-dates-to-dreamchaser-tour |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014}}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref> the United States, China, Japan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-adds-more-dates-in-japan-to-dreamchaser-tour |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014}}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref> South Korea, Thailand,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-in-korea |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014}}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-announces-shows-in-korea |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726233816/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-announces-shows-in-korea |url-status=live }}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref> Hong Kong, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Brazil,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-adds-dates-in-brazil-to-her-dreamchaser-tour |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726225021/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-adds-dates-in-brazil-to-her-dreamchaser-tour |url-status=live }}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref> Chile,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-in-santiago-chile |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014}}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref> Argentina, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, Latvia, Finland, Turkey and Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/tours/index/current/10 |title=Tour/Events |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826044544/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/tours/index/current/10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=632346326817770&set=a.325250970860642.85184.301956239856782&type=1&theater |title=Sarah Brightman – Timeline Photos |publisher=Facebook |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=636759369709799&set=a.325250970860642.85184.301956239856782&type=1&theater |title=Sarah Brightman – Timeline Photos |publisher=Facebook |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref> The [[Dreamchaser World Tour|concert tour]] was very successful as it entered the list of the top-grossing tours in North America during the respective season.<ref>[http://www.whig.com/story/24040354/top-20-concert-tours-from-pollstar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231251/http://www.whig.com/story/24040354/top-20-concert-tours-from-pollstar|date=2 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=583170611735342&set=a.325250970860642.85184.301956239856782&type=1&theater |title=Sarah Brightman – Timeline Photos |publisher=Facebook |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref> On 6 June, Brightman filmed a new [[PBS]] TV special entitled ''[[Dreamchaser in Concert|Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser in Concert]]'' at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] where she set up a competition so fans could have the chance of winning tickets to attend the exclusive filming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-will-film-a-new-pbs-special-sarah-brightman-dreamchaser-in-concert |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014}}{{title missing|date=January 2024}}</ref> ''Dreamchaser in Concert'' aired on PBS on 3 August, with a setlist of twelve songs (plus two bonus songs) featuring both new songs and well-known favorites.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/180745-Sarah-Brightmans-Dreamchaser-Airs-on-PBS-Beginning-Aug-3 |title=Sarah Brightman's Dreamchaser Airs on PBS Beginning Aug. 3 |publisher=[[Playbill]]|access-date=25 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130824213435/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/180745-Sarah-Brightmans-Dreamchaser-Airs-on-PBS-Beginning-Aug-3 |archive-date=24 August 2013 }}</ref>

In 2014, she began training for a [[space tourism]] journey to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Klotz |first=Irene |date=10 June 2014 |title=Singer Sarah Brightman plans 2015 flight to Space Station |work=Reuters |location=US |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-brightman-idUSKBN0EL2J120140610 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305151703/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-brightman-idUSKBN0EL2J120140610 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 13 May 2015, she cancelled her trip to the International Space Station, citing family reasons.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-sarahbrightman-idUSKBN0NY2KN20150513 Singer Sarah Brightman calls off flight to space station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022105817/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-sarahbrightman-idUSKBN0NY2KN20150513 |date=22 October 2020 }} 13 May 2015</ref> With her backup, [[Satoshi Takamatsu]], also withdrawing from the flight, Kazakh cosmonaut [[Aidyn Aimbetov]] replaced Brightman on [[Soyuz TMA-18M]].<ref name=SpaceNews-2015-06-22>{{cite news |url= http://spacenews.com/kazakh-cosmonaut-to-take-brightmans-place-on-soyuz-flight/ |title= Kazakh Cosmonaut To Take Brightman's Place On Soyuz Flight |first= Jeff |last= Foust |date= 22 June 2015 |publisher= Space News |archive-date= 28 June 2015 |access-date= 23 June 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20150628215125/http://spacenews.com/kazakh-cosmonaut-to-take-brightmans-place-on-soyuz-flight/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

===2016–2017: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, continuous touring===

On 2 June 2016, Brightman received the Italian decoration [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|'Cavaliere' in the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana]] by the Consul General of Italy, Francesco Genuardi.<ref name="PR Newswire">{{cite press release |title=International Recording Artist Sarah Brightman Receives Prestigious Italian Decoration 'Cavaliere' |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-recording-artist-sarah-brightman-receives-prestigious-italian-decoration-cavaliere-in-the-ordine-al-merito-della-repubblica-italiana-300279477.html |access-date=13 June 2016 |publisher=PR Newswire |archive-date=6 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606144319/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-recording-artist-sarah-brightman-receives-prestigious-italian-decoration-cavaliere-in-the-ordine-al-merito-della-repubblica-italiana-300279477.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During the ceremony, Genuardi expressed, the motivation of Brightman's distinction: "Ms. Sarah Brightman who with her extraordinary voice and with her excellent music has contributed in an excellent way in spreading the Italian language and culture at a high level worldwide". The private ceremony was held on the occasion of the [[Festa della Repubblica]] Italiana (The Italian National Day) at the Consulate General of Italy in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-receives-prestigious-italian-decoration-cavaliere-in-the-ordine-al-merito-della-repubblica-italiana |title=Sarah Brightman Receives Prestigious Italian Decoration "Cavaliere in the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica...|date=3 June 2016 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref>

On 6 July 2016, Brightman released her eighth [[compilation album]]: ''[[Gala – The Collection]]''. This album was released exclusively on Japan in commemoration of the tour, [[Gala: An Evening with Sarah Brightman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/discography/view/7/119|title=Gala – The Collection (2016)|access-date=22 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064329/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/discography/view/7/119|archive-date=23 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The concert tour would later add more destinations, presenting shows in other Asian countries, such as South Korea, China and Taiwan. Once finished in March 2017, Brightman had presented 25 shows in three different continents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarahs-spectacular-gala-tour-continues|title=Sarah's spectacular GALA tour continues.|date=17 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064310/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarahs-spectacular-gala-tour-continues|archive-date=23 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the same month, Brightman performed at [[Starmus Festival|Starmus 3 Festival]] in Tenerife, Canary Islands, in honour of Professor [[Stephen Hawking]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-performed-at-starmus-3-festival-in-honour-of-professor-stephen-hawking |title=Sarah performed at Starmus 3 Festival in honour of Professor Stephen Hawking|date=5 July 2016 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> along with composer [[Hans Zimmer]] and [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-will-honour-stephen-hawking-at-starmus-festival- |title=Sarah Brightman will honour Stephen Hawking at Starmus Festival |date=26 April 2016 |access-date=22 July 2018 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723064149/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-brightman-will-honour-stephen-hawking-at-starmus-festival- |url-status=live }}</ref> On 7 January 2017, Brightman presided over the naming ceremony as godmother of the [[Richard Branson]]'s new 600-guest ship {{MV|Seabourn Encore}}, the first of two new all-suite vessels for the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/a-night-to-remember-seabourn-encore-christened-by-sarah-brightman-in-singapore |title=A Night to Remember: ''Seabourn Encore'' Christened by Sarah Brightman in Singapore|date=8 January 2017 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref>

On 27 March 2017, Brightman co-headlined the concert tour [[Royal Christmas Gala]], along with [[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]], [[Mario Frangoulis]], [[Narcis Iustin Ianău]], and [[Fernando Varela (singer)|Fernando Varela]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lemontrend.com/lifestyle/royal-christmas-gala-vienna-2017/|title=ROYAL CHRISTMAS GALA VIENNA 2017|last=sallida|date=26 October 2017|work=Lemontrend|access-date=26 December 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=11 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511222633/https://lemontrend.com/lifestyle/royal-christmas-gala-vienna-2017/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The tour consisted of 23 European dates on the months of November and December of that same year, centered around the festive season.

===2018–present: ''Hymn'', Phantom China project and honorary doctorate===

On 7 June, Brightman announced in Shanghai that she will be joining a team of celebrity judges on a musical theatre casting TV show. Judges will be searching for the first Chinese Phantom in 2020. The selected winner will not only perform on stage in the Chinese production of ''The Phantom of the Opera'', but will possibly also appear inLondon's West End or the New York City Broadway production as well.<ref>{{Cite news| title= 'Phantom China Project' to enlighten theater scene in China| last= Qian| first= Zhang| url= https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/1806086036/| access-date= 23 July 2018| archive-date= 3 February 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220203152759/https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/1806086036/| url-status= live}}</ref>{{update inline|date=December 2023|reason=Did this come to anything?}}

On 10 September, she was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Hertfordshire]], in recognition of her outstanding contributions to music and theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Hertfordshire, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to music and theatre. The ceremony took place yesterday at the beautiful St. Albans Abbey. Sarah with Mr Richard Beazley, Pro Chancellor of @UniofHerts |url=https://twitter.com/SarahBrightman/status/1039495826551308289 |access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>

On 17 September 2018, Brightman announced her fifteenth full-length album [[Hymn (Sarah Brightman album)|''Hymn'']], which was released on 9 November 2018 under Decca Gold/ Universal Music Group. The following week, on 16 November, the digital single "Miracle (Sarah's Version)", composed by Japanese musician and composer [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]], was released, reaching the top 10 on iTunes classical music charts in 15 countries.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8491607/x-japan-yoshiki-sarah-brightman-hymn-world-tour-dates|title=X Japan's Yoshiki Set to Join Sarah Brightman on Her 'HYMN World Tour'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 August 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602175915/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8491607/x-japan-yoshiki-sarah-brightman-hymn-world-tour-dates|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the new album, Brightman announced a world tour, which began in South America in November 2018 and included 125 shows across five continents throughout 2019, concluding with her return to London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time over 20 years, with guest performers from the ''Hymn'' album Narcis, Vincent Niclo, and Yoshiki.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Brightman HYMN|url=https://sarahbrightman.com/news/hymn-album-november-9th-and-world-tour-2018-2019/|access-date=17 September 2018|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203152755/https://sarahbrightman.com/news/hymn-album-november-9th-and-world-tour-2018-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Review-HYMN-SARAH-BRIGHTMAN-IN-CONCERT-Royal-Albert-Hall-20191112|title=BWW Review: HYMN: SARAH BRIGHTMAN IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall|last=Downes|first=Charlotte|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203152755/https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Review-HYMN-SARAH-BRIGHTMAN-IN-CONCERT-Royal-Albert-Hall-20191112|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, Brightman became a judge of the talent competition show ''Yoshiki Superstar Project X'', airing on [[Hulu Japan]] and produced by Yoshiki.<ref>{{Cite web |last=編集部 |title=「Yoshiki Superstar Project X」次のステージへ進む通過メンバー８人を公開 |url=https://www.musicvoice.jp/news/242862/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=MusicVoice |language=ja}}</ref> In September 2023, Brightman was featured in the music documentary film ''[[Yoshiki: Under the Sky]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Joins Yoshiki for "YOSHIKI: UNDER THE SKY" |url=https://sarahbrightman.com/news/sarah-joins-yoshiki-for-yoshiki-under-the-sky/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Sarah Brightman |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnolia Pictures; Yoshiki: Under the Sky |url=https://www.magpictures.com/yoshikiunderthesky |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Magnolia Pictures}}</ref>

On October 10, 2023, it was announced that Brightman would take the lead role of Norma Desmond in the 2024 Australian season of [[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|''Sunset Boulevard'']] in Melbourne from May 2024 before moving to the [[Sydney Opera House]] for residence from August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sunrise/sarah-brightman-to-star-in-new-production-of-sunset-boulevard-as-musical-returns-to-australia-c-12154694|title=Sarah Brightman to star in new production of ''Sunset Boulevard'' as musical returns to Australia|website=[[Seven News]]|date=9 October 2023|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=11 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011043012/https://7news.com.au/sunrise/sarah-brightman-to-star-in-new-production-of-sunset-boulevard-as-musical-returns-to-australia-c-12154694|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Rabinowitz>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Sarah-Brightman-to-Star-in-SUNSET-BOULEVARD-in-Australia-in-2024-20231009|title=Sarah Brightman to Star in ''Sunset Boulevard'' in Australia in 2024|last=Rabinowitz|first=Chloe|website=[[BroadwayWorld]]|access-date=10 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://concerty.com/news/megadeth-cosmo-sarah-brightman-taylor-swift-tate-mcrae|title=Trendy Artists of the Week: Megadeth, Cosmo, Sarah Brightman, Taylor Swift, Tate McRae|website=Concerty.com|access-date=14 April 2024|archive-date=23 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523221200/https://concerty.com/news/megadeth-cosmo-sarah-brightman-taylor-swift-tate-mcrae|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Music and voice==
[[File:Sarah brightman.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|Brightman performing "The Journey Home" at the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] in 2007]]
Brightman underwent vocal training first with Elizabeth Hawes, head of the [[Trinity College of Music|Trinity Music College]] in London, and later with [[Ellen Faull]] of [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]]. She also studied with voice teacher David Romano.<ref>Alter, Gaby. [http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_sarah_brightman/index.html "Tour Profile: Sarah Brightman"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024301/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_sarah_brightman/index.html |date=30 September 2007}}. 1 April 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2006.</ref> According to Brightman, her voice can reach an [[Scientific pitch notation|F6]].<ref>Perusse, Bernard. [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=4bdb6e52-c810-47a9-8860-812e608627b2&k=42491 Sarah Brightman: The original angel of music hits the high notes in "Symphony"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207085507/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=4bdb6e52-c810-47a9-8860-812e608627b2&k=42491 |date=7 February 2008 }}, [[Times Colonist]], 4 February 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2008.</ref>

David Caddick, a conductor of ''Phantom'', has stated:
<blockquote>What is amazing about Sarah is that she has two voices, really. She can produce a pop, contemporary sound, but she can also blossom out into a [[light lyric soprano]]. The soprano part of her voice can go up to a F6 above her known E6. She doesn't sing it full out, but it is there. Of course, she has to dance while she is singing some of the time, so it's all the more extraordinary.<ref name="chin"/></blockquote>

She sometimes uses her pop and classical voices in the same song. One example is "Anytime, Anywhere" from ''Eden'', a song based on [[Albinoni]]'s [[Adagio in G minor]]. In the song, she starts out in classical voice, switches to pop voice temporarily, and finishes with her classical voice. Another example is heard in the [[Lionsgate Films|Lions Gate]] film ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'', during the songs "Chase The Morning" and "Chromaggia" by her character, Blind Mag.

Brightman's music is generally classified as classical crossover. According to [[Manhattan Records]] GM Ian Ralfini, she is largely responsible for the popularity of the genre. In a 2000 interview with ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', Brightman dismissed the classical crossover label as "horrible" but stated she understood people's need to categorise music.<ref>Charaipotra, Sona. ''[[People (magazine)|People Weekly]]'', 6 November 2000.</ref> Her personal influences include 1960s and 1970s musicians and artists such as [[David Bowie]] and [[Pink Floyd]],<ref name="video"/> and she incorporates aspects of genres from pop/rock to classical. Her work has also been compared to that of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Cher]] and [[Celine Dion]].<ref>[[Joel Selvin|Selvin, Joel]]. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/07/DD56374.DTL Brightman Lights Up Civic], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', 7 March 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2007.</ref> The material on her albums ranges from versions of opera arias from composers such as [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]] (on ''Harem'', ''Eden'', and ''Timeless''), to pop songs by artists such as [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ("[[Dust in the Wind]]" on ''Eden''), [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] ("[[Here with Me (Dido song)|Here with Me]]" on ''La Luna''), and [[Procol Harum]] ("[[A Whiter Shade of Pale]]" on ''La Luna''). She sings in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian and Japanese.

==Personal life==
At age 18, in 1979, Brightman married Andrew Graham-Stewart, who at that time managed the German band [[Tangerine Dream]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/bio1.htm |title=Biography |publisher=Early-sarah-brightman.com |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710163708/http://www.early-sarah-brightman.com/bio1.htm |archive-date=10 July 2011 }}</ref> She later met [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] when she performed in ''Cats''. In 1983, Brightman divorced Graham-Stewart and later that same year, Lloyd Webber divorced his first wife, Sarah Hugill, with whom he had two children.<ref name="passagen">Larsdotter, Åsa {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090903023027/http://hem.passagen.se/musicals/bio_and.html A place for lovers of musicals]}}</ref> Lloyd Webber and Brightman married on 22 March 1984 and their relationship quickly became the subject of intense media and [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] scrutiny until their divorce in 1990. They are on friendly terms; in 2006, at the 20th London anniversary of ''The Phantom of the Opera'', Lloyd Webber called Brightman a "wonderful woman" and "absolutely beloved mentor", and she performed at the [[The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall|25th anniversary of the musical in 2011]]. He appeared as a special guest in her [[Sarah Brightman: In Concert|1997 concert]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London.

Brightman had a 10-year relationship with Frank Peterson, during which they tried and were unsuccessful in having children. In a 2006 interview with British magazine ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]'', she said motherhood would have been "lovely" but accepted that she would [[Childlessness|never have a child]].<ref>Barber, Richard. ''[[Hello! Magazine|Hello!]]''. 5 December 2006.</ref>

==Charity work==
On 8 February 2012, Brightman accepted the [[UNESCO]] nomination to be an "Artist for Peace" Ambassador.<ref>{{cite web |author=Source: Unescopress |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/global_recording_artist_sarah_brightman_designated_unesco_artist_for_peace/ |title=Global recording artist, Sarah Brightman designated UNESCO Artist for Peace &#124; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |publisher=Unesco.org |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105193540/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/global_recording_artist_sarah_brightman_designated_unesco_artist_for_peace/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, she is actively engaged in Panasonic's [[UNESCO]] World Heritage Centre endeavours, and stars in their ''The World Heritage Special'' campaign.

In 2012, in conjunction with Virgin Galactic, the Brightman STEM Scholarship program (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) was launched. It will help young women in the US pursue STEM education across their four-year college careers.

On 27 June 2013, the Reignwood Group announced at the Beijing Theatre that Brightman would be a promotional ambassador for its 10 Trinity Square, a landmark in the Reignwood Group's global expansion, in London for the next four years. This is the second time for the group to cooperate with an influential artist, the first being with tenor Plácido Domingo, in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reignwood.com/cn/news.asp?id=601&page=1&k= |title=新闻活动 |publisher=Reignwood.com |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318000024/http://www.reignwood.com/cn/news.asp?id=601&k=&page=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2013, Brightman donated US$533,000 to those affected by [[Hurricane Ingrid]] in the Mexican state of Guerrero—the entire profit from her sold-out show in Mexico City on 13 November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musica.terra.com.mx/destinan-ganancias-de-show-de-sarah-brightman-a-guerrero,b456567b2b952410VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html |title=Destinan ganancias de show de Sarah Brightman a Guerrero – Terra México |work=Terra |publisher=Musica.terra.com.mx |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref>

On 30 October 2013, Brightman announced through the media that she was honoured to be part of the Advisory Council for the Challenger Center, the non-profit science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education organisation, stating "[t]hrough my partnership with the Challenger Center, I hope to inspire in children the same wonder and excitement for space exploration that I feel myself." Challenger Center and its network of more than 40 Challenger Learning Centers engage students in hands-on experiences that strengthen knowledge in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and inspire students to pursue careers in these important fields.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/challenger |title=News |publisher=Sarah Brightman |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726233122/http://www.sarahbrightman.com/news/challenger |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2014, Brightman participated as an orchestra director in [[Parkinson's UK]] ''Symfunny'' at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] 4 June, with the aim of funding research to find a cure for the disease.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/content/symfunny |title=Parkinson's UK – Symfunny |publisher=Parkinsons.org.uk |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=6 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706103632/http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/content/symfunny |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2015, the inaugural Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Sarah Brightman Music Scholarships were also awarded to their first recipients. The scholarships will support students in their postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music on the two-year Master of Music Programme.

==Awards==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Sarah Brightman}}

Brightman has received over 180 Gold and Platinum sales awards in over 40 countries.<ref name="sarah-brightman.comII">{{cite web|url=http://www.sarah-brightman.com/about_sarah.html|title=Official Website Sarah Brightman/About/Awards|publisher=Sarah-brightman.com|access-date=26 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127040637/http://sarah-brightman.com/about_sarah.html|archive-date=27 November 2013}}</ref>

Brightman was awarded the decoration 'Cavaliere' in the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] on 2 June 2016.<ref name="PR Newswire"/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Awards show
! Nomination(s)
! Categories
! Results
|-
|[[1986 Grammy Awards]]<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best New Classical Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1988 [[Drama Desk Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|1996 Echo Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Female Artist
|{{Nom}}
|-
|1996 RSH Gold Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Female Artist
|{{won}}
|-
|1997 Echo Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Female Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
|1998 Echo Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]'' <br />
|Best Song of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|1998 Golden Lion Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Live Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|1998 Goldene Europa Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Female Artist
|{{won}}
|-
|1999 Czechoslovak Grammy<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Singer of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|1999 Echo Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Female Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
|1999 The Point Trophy<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|''One Night in Eden Tour'' <br />
|Best Tour of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|2001 New Age Voice Music Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[La Luna (Sarah Brightman album)|La Luna]]'' <br />
|Best Vocal Album
|{{won}}
|-
|2004 Arabian Music Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|''The War Is Over'' (with Kazim Al Saher)<br />
|Best Collaboration
|{{won}}
|-
|2004 Arabian Music Awards<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Female Artist
|{{won}}
|-
|2005 [[New York Film Festival]]<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|''Harem: A Desert Fantasy'' <br />
|Best Music Documentary
|{{won}}
|-
|2005 New York Film Festival<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]'' <br />
|Best Music Video
|{{won}}
|-
|2007 The 21st [[Japan Gold Disc Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2007.html |title=Winners of Japan Gold Disc Award 2007 |publisher=RIAJ |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=20 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220121314/http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2007.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Diva: The Singles Collection]]'' <br />
|Classical Album of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|2009 The 23rd [[Japan Gold Disc Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2009.html |title=Winners of Japan Gold Disc Award 2009 |publisher=RIAJ |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111124037/http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2009.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[A Winter Symphony]]'' <br />
|Classical Album of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|2009 Lunas del Auditorio<ref name="musiklife">{{cite web |url=http://musikislife.net/nominados-lunas-del-auditorio-2009/ |title=Nominados Lunas del Auditorio 2009 |publisher=Musikislife.net |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=23 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523152142/http://musikislife.net/nominados-lunas-del-auditorio-2009/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Symphony: Live in Vienna]]'' <br />
|Best Pop Album in Foreign Language
|{{nom}}
|-
|2010 The 24th [[Japan Gold Disc Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2010.html |title=Winners of Japan Gold Disc Award 2010 |publisher=RIAJ |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=23 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323163034/http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2010.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|''[[Amalfi – Sarah Brightman Love Songs]]'' <br />
|Classical Album of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|2010 Lunas del Auditorio<ref name="Lunas del Auditorio nomination">[http://lunasauditorio.com.mx/index.asp?action=content.main&cID=1,553] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820085724/http://lunasauditorio.com.mx/index.asp?action=content.main&cID=1%2C553|date=20 August 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Best Artist in Foreign Language
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013 [[Shorty Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shortyawards.com/category/6th/singer?page=8#leaders |title=Best Singer in Social Media |publisher=The Shorty Awards |date=7 April 2014 |access-date=25 July 2014 |archive-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308061949/http://shortyawards.com/category/6th/singer?page=8#leaders |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|(Herself) <br />
|Social Media Best Singer
|{{nom}}
|}

{{awards table}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| Sarah Brightman
| [[Guinness World Records]] Entry<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/> – Germany's Best-Selling Single of All Time (''[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]'')
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| Sarah Brightman
| [[UNESCO]] Hand-in-Hand Award<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| Sarah Brightman
| Golden Key to the City of Chicago<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003
| Sarah Brightman
| Media Control Award<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/> – Biggest Hit of All Time (''[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]'')
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004
| Sarah Brightman
| Golden Key to the City of Istanbul<ref name="sarah-brightman.com"/>
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| Sarah Brightman
| [[UNESCO Artist for Peace]] Award<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2016
| Sarah Brightman
| Cavaliere of the [[Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana]] Award<ref name="autogenerated1" />
| {{won}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 2022
| Sarah Brightman
| Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] under the category of live performance<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Annie |title=Sarah Brightman honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/07/Sarah-Brightman-Hollywood-Walk-Fame/8401665146370/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=United Press International |date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
{{end}}

==Stage credits==

===Musicals===
*''[[I and Albert]]'' (as [[Queen Victoria|Princess Victoria]] and street waif), 1973 [[Piccadilly Theatre]], London
*''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' (as [[Jemima (cat)|Jemima]]), 1981 [[Gillian Lynne Theatre|New London Theatre]]
*''Masquerade'' (as Tara Treetops), 1982 [[Young Vic]]
*''[[Nightingale (musical)|Nightingale]]'' (as Nightingale), 1982 Buxton Festival and the [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric, Hammersmith]]
*''[[Song and Dance]]'' (as The Girl/Emma), [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] in London on 28 April 1984
*''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (as [[Christine Daaé]]), 1986 [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|Her Majesty's Theatre]] London, 1988 [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] Broadway
*''[[Aspects of Love]]'' (as Rose Vibert), [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on Broadway in December 1990, [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] in London in 1991, and [[Saban Theatre|Wilshire Theatre]] in Los Angeles in March 1993
*''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (as Norma Desmond), 2024 [[Princess Theatre (Melbourne)|Princess Theatre]], Melbourne and [[Sydney Opera House]],<ref name=Rabinowitz /> and in 2025, Singapore and Chinese tour

===Operetta===
*''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' (as Kate), 1982
*''[[The Merry Widow]]'' (as Valencienne), 1985

===Plays===
*''[[Trelawny of the "Wells"]]'' (as Rose Trelawny), 1992 [[Harold Pinter Theatre]]
*''[[Relative Values (play)|Relative Values]]'' (as Miranda Frayle), 1993 Chichester Festival and Savoy Theatre
*''[[Dangerous Obsession]]'' (as Sally Driscoll), 1994 Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke
*''[[The Innocents (play)|The Innocents]]'' (as Miss Giddens), 1995 Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke

==Filmography==
*''[[Song and Dance]]'', 1984 film performed live on stage.
*''[[Granpa]]'', 1989 animated children's film, singing "Make Believe" over the end credits
*''[[Brokedown Palace]]'', 1999 film, singing "[[Deliver Me (song)|Deliver Me]]"
*''Zeit der Erkenntnis'', 2000 German feature film, as herself
*''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'', 2008 feature film, as Blind Mag
*''[[Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess|Amarufi: Megami no hôshû]]'' (''Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess''), 2009 feature film (Japan), as herself
*''[[1st Night|First Night]]'', 2010 feature comedy film, as Celia
*''[[The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', 2011 25th anniversary film performed live at the Royal Albert Hall, as herself

===DVD live concerts===
*''[[Sarah Brightman: In Concert]]''
*''[[A Gala Christmas in Vienna]]''
*''[[One Night in Eden]]''
*''[[La Luna: Live in Concert]]''
*''[[The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas]]''
*''[[Symphony: Live in Vienna]]'' – Recorded at [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]]
*''[[Dreamchaser in Concert]]''
*''[[Hymn: Sarah Brightman In Concert#TV and cinema event|Hymn: Sarah Brightman in Concert]]''
*''A Christmas Symphony'' (featuring [[Aled Jones]]) – This is also her second concert where she invited Andrew Lloyd Webber as one of her special guests. Recorded at [[Christ Church, Spitalfields]].

==Selected discography==
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===Studio albums===
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* 1988: ''[[The Trees They Grow So High (album)|The Trees They Grow So High]]''
* 1990: ''[[As I Came of Age]]''
* 1993: ''[[Dive (Sarah Brightman album)|Dive]]''
* 1995: ''[[Fly (Sarah Brightman album)|Fly]]''
* 1997: ''[[Timeless (Sarah Brightman album)|Timeless]]''
* 1998: ''[[Eden (Sarah Brightman album)|Eden]]''
* 2000: ''[[La Luna (Sarah Brightman album)|La Luna]]''
* 2003: ''[[Harem (album)|Harem]]''
* 2008: ''[[Symphony (album)|Symphony]]''
* 2008: ''[[A Winter Symphony]]''
* 2013: ''[[Dreamchaser]]''
* 2018: ''[[Hymn (album)|Hymn]]''
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===Albums with Lloyd Webber===
* 1989: ''[[The Songs That Got Away]]''
* 1992: ''[[Sarah Brightman Sings the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber]]''
* 1995: ''[[Surrender (Sarah Brightman and Andrew Lloyd Webber album)|Surrender]]''
* 1997: ''[[The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection]]''
* 2002: ''[[Encore (Sarah Brightman album)|Encore]]''
* 2005: ''[[Love Changes Everything (Sarah Brightman album)|Love Changes Everything]]''

===Compilation albums===
* 2001: ''[[The Very Best of 1990–2000]]'' & ''[[Classics (Sarah Brightman album)|Classics]]''
* 2006: ''[[Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman]]'' & ''[[Diva: The Singles Collection]]''
* 2009: ''[[Amalfi – Sarah Brightman Love Songs]]'' & ''[[Bella Voce (album)|Bella Voce]]''
* 2014: ''Voce – Sarah Brightman Beautiful Songs'' (Japan only)
* 2015: [[Rarities Volume 1|''Rarities Vol. 1'', ''Vol. 2'', ''Vol. 3'']] (digital only)
* 2016: ''[[Gala – The Collection]]'' (Japan only)
* 2020: ''France'' (France only)
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==Duets==
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* [[Andrea Bocelli]]&nbsp;– "[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]", "[[Canto della Terra]]"
* [[Plácido Domingo]]&nbsp;– [[Requiem (Lloyd Webber)|Requiem]], "The Closing of the Year", "[[Là ci darem la mano]]", "Love Unspoken", "Time to Say Goodbye", "''La traviata'': [[Libiamo ne' lieti calici]] (Brindisi)", "''Die Lustige Witwe''&nbsp;– Lippen Schweigen", "''The Phantom Of The Opera'': All I Ask Of You", "''West Side Story'': Maria & Tonight", "Fröhliche Weihnacht", "Cantemos rapaces", "Angels from the Realms of Glory", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "Happy Christmas", "Silent Night"
* [[John Gielgud]]&nbsp;– "Gus: the Theatre Cat"
* [[José Carreras]]&nbsp;– "Amigos para Siempre", "Love Unspoken", "''La traviata'': Libiamo ne' lieti calici... Brindisi", "Subaru"
* [[Michael Crawford]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber): "Little Lotte.../The Mirror...", "The Phantom of the Opera", "I Remember.../"Stranger Than You Dreamt It...", "Notes.../Twisted Every way...", "Wandering child.../Bravo, Monsieur...", The Point of No Return", "Down Once More.../Track Down This Murder..."
* [[Steve Barton]]&nbsp;– ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber): "Think of Me", "Little Lotte.../The Mirror...", "Why Have You Brought Me Here.../Raoul, I've Been There...", "All I Ask of You", "Notes.../Twisted Every Way...", "Wandering Child.../Bravo, Monsieur...", "Down Once More.../Track Down This Murderer..."
* [[Rosemary Ashe]]&nbsp;– ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber): "Think of Me", "Notes.../Twisted Every Way..."
* [[Elaine Paige]]&nbsp;– ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber): "[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory]]"
* [[Brian Blessed]]&nbsp;– ''Cats'' (Andrew Lloyd Webber): "The Moments of Happiness"
* [[Gordon Sandison (baritone)|Gordon Sandison]]&nbsp;– ''[[Nightingale (musical)|Nightingale]]'' (Charles Strouse): "I Was Lost", "Death Duet"
* [[Alexa Vega]]&nbsp;– ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'': "At the Opera Tonight", "Chase the Morning", "Everyone's a Composer"
* [[Paris Hilton]]&nbsp;– ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'': "At the Opera Tonight", "Bravi!", "Luigi, Pavi, Amber Harass Mag"
* [[Bill Moseley]]&nbsp;– ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'': "At the Opera Tonight", "Bravi!", "Luigi, Pavi, Amber Harass Mag"
* [[Paul Sorvino]]&nbsp;– ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'': "At the Opera Tonight", "Bravi!", "Luigi, Pavi, Amber Harass Mag", "Seeing You Stirs Memories (Part 2)"
* [[Nivek Ogre|Ogre]]&nbsp;– [[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]: "At The Opera Tonight", "Bravi!", "Luigi, Pavi, Amber Harass Mag"
* [[Anthony Stewart Head]]&nbsp;– ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'': "At the Opera Tonight", "Everyone's a Composer"
* [[Terrance Zdunich]]&nbsp;– ''Repo! The Genetic Opera'': "At the Opera Tonight"
* [[Colm Wilkinson]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall]]'' (Nick Morris & Laurence Connor): "The Phantom of the Opera"
* [[Anthony Warlow]]&nbsp;– ''The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall'' (Nick Morris & Laurence Connor): "The Phantom of the Opera"
* [[Peter Jöback]]&nbsp;– ''The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall'' (Nick Morris & Laurence Connor): "The Phantom of the Opera"
* [[John Owen-Jones]]&nbsp;– ''The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall'' (Nick Morris & Laurence Connor): "The Phantom of the Opera"
* [[Ramin Karimloo]]&nbsp;– ''The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall'' (Nick Morris & Laurence Connor): "The Phantom of the Opera"
* [[José Cura]]&nbsp;– "Just Show Me How to Love You", "There for Me"
* [[Josh Groban]]&nbsp;– "There for Me", "All I Ask of You"
* [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]&nbsp;– "Whistle Down the Wind"
* [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]&nbsp;– "Something in the Air"
* [[Antonio Banderas]]&nbsp;– "The Phantom of the Opera"
* [[Cliff Richard]]&nbsp;– "All I Ask of You", "Only You"
* [[John Barrowman]]&nbsp;– "Too Much in Love To Care"
* [[Gary Martin (actor)|Gary Martin]]&nbsp;– "Everything's Alright"
* [[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]]&nbsp;– "Eden", "Free", "Moment of Peace", "Join Me", "Heroes", "When A Child is Born", "Send Me An Angel", "Voyage Voyage", "Don't Give Up", "Vide Cor Meum", "Hymn (Live from Royal Christmas Gala & A Christmas Symphony)"
* [[Riccardo Cocciante]]&nbsp;– "Cantemos Rapaces", "Child in a Manger", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "Happy Christmas", "Silent Night"
* [[Helmut Lotti]]&nbsp;– "Fröhliche Weihnacht", "Cantemos Rapaces", "Christmas is Here Again", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "Happy Christmas", "Silent Night"
* [[Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)|Geoffrey Parsons]]&nbsp;– "The Trees They Grow So High"
* [[Kadim Al-Saher]]&nbsp;– "The War Is Over"
* [[Nigel Kennedy]]&nbsp;– "Free", "The War is Over", "Gueri de Toi"
* [[Ofra Haza]]&nbsp;– "Mysterious Days"
* [[Shweta Shetty]]&nbsp;– "The Journey Home", "Arabian Nights"
* [[Natacha Atlas]]&nbsp;– "Arabian Nights", "Harem French version with Natacha Atlas", "French/English version with Natacha Atlas"
* [[Asha Bhosle]]&nbsp;– "You Take My Breath Away"
* [[Chris Thompson (English musician)|Chris Thompson]]&nbsp;– "How Can Heaven Love Me", "I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go)", "The Phantom of the Opera", "You Take My Breath Away"
* [[Fernando Lima]]&nbsp;– "Pasión", "Ave Maria"
* [[Alessandro Safina]]&nbsp;– "Sarai Qui", "Canto della Terra", "The Phantom of the Opera" (Symphony World Tour&nbsp;– México, Asia), "There for Me" (Gala – An Evening with Sarah Brightman Tour)
* [[Mario Frangoulis]]&nbsp;– "Carpe Diem", "Sarai Qui", "Canto della Terra", "The Phantom of the Opera" (Symphony World Tour&nbsp;– EE.UU., Canadá)
* [[Vincent Niclo]]&nbsp;– "Sogni"
* [[Paul Stanley]]&nbsp;– "I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go)"
* [[Liu Huan]]&nbsp;– "You And Me"
* [[Schiller (band)|Schiller]]&nbsp;– "The Smile"
* [[Sash!]]&nbsp;– "The Secret Still Remains" or "The Secret" & "The Secret (2007)"
* [[Hot Gossip]]&nbsp;– "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"
* [[Prince Ital Joe]] Feat. [[Mark Wahlberg|Marky Mark]]&nbsp;– "Happy People", "[[Life in the Streets]]" (Background vocals Sarah Brightman)
* [[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]]&nbsp;– "All I Ask of You", "Seeing is Believing"
* [[Andrzej Lampert]]&nbsp;– "I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go)"
* [[I Muvrini]]&nbsp;– "Tu Quieres Volver"
* [[Eric Adams (musician)|Eric Adams]]&nbsp;– "Where Eagles Fly"
* [[Jacky Cheung]]&nbsp;– "There For Me"
* [[Richard Marx]]&nbsp;– "The Last Words You Said"
* [[Randy Waldman]]&nbsp;– "The Last Words You Said"
* [[Stephan Moccio]]&nbsp;– "What You Never Know"
* [[Lukas Hilbert]]&nbsp;– "Mysterious Days"
* [[Steve Harley]]&nbsp;– "[[The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song)#Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley version|The Phantom of the Opera]]"
* [[Erkan Aki]]&nbsp;– "Just Show Me How To Love You","The Phantom of the Opera", "Canto della Terra" and "Sarai Qui" (Sarah Brightman in Concert 2009 and Dreamchaser World Tour).
* [[Paul Miles-Kingston]]&nbsp;– "[[Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)|Pie Jesu]]"
* [[Seiko Matsuda]]&nbsp;– Sweet Memories [1998]
* [[Andrew Swait]]: "Pie Jesu" (The Classical Brit Awards&nbsp;– 8 May 2008)
* [[Mark Butcher]]&nbsp;– "Take The Weather With You", "Heroes", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "Music of the Night", " Ain't No Sunshine", "The Rose", "Moon River"
* Princessa&nbsp;– "Calling You" (1996) (Background vocals Sarah Brightman)
* [[Anne Murray]]&nbsp;– "Snowbird"
* [[Betty Buckley]]&nbsp;– "Memory" (Kennedy Center Honor&nbsp;– 3 December 2006)
* [[Lesley Garrett]]&nbsp;– "Abide with me" (FA Cup Final 19 May 2007)
* [[Jackie Evancho]]&nbsp;– "[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]" – (''[[America's Got Talent]]'' – 15 September 2010)
* [[SASH!]]&nbsp;– "The Secret" (29 March 2013) (Featuring Sarah Brightman)
* [[Israel Kamakawiwoʻole]] – "Hawaii 78"
* [[Narcis Iustin Ianău]] – "Pie Jesu" (Gala – An Evening with Sarah Brightman Tour)
* [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]] – "Miracle"
* [[Eric Whitacre Singers]] – "Fly To Paradise"
* [[Vincent Niclo]] – "Sogni"
* Greg Eisenson – "Walking in the Air" (2025) (A Winter Symphony Tour)
* Jay Dref - "The Phantom of the Opera" (2025) (A Winter Symphony)

==Tours==
*"A Timeless Evening with Sarah Brightman" (UK and Germany) 1997
*"One Night in Eden Tour" 1999 (Worldwide)
*"La Luna World Tour" 2000–2001 (Worldwide)
*"[[Harem World Tour]]" 2004–2005 (2004: Worldwide, 2005: Mini-Tour in Japan)
*"[[The Symphony World Tour]]" 2008–2009 (Worldwide)
*"[[Sarah Brightman in Concert]]" October 2009 (Latin America)
*"[[Sarah Brightman in Concert with Orchestra]]" October 2010 (Asia)
*"[[Dreamchaser World Tour]]" 2013–2014 (Worldwide)
*"[[Gala: An Evening with Sarah Brightman]]" 2016 (Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia)
*"[[Royal Christmas Gala]]" – co-headlining concert tour with [[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]], [[Fernando Varela (singer)|Fernando Varela]], [[Mario Frangoulis]], and [[Narcis Iustin Ianău|Narcis]]; November – December 2017 (Europe)
*"[[Hymn: Sarah Brightman In Concert]]" 2018–2020 (Worldwide)
*"A Christmas Symphony" 2021 (USA) 2022 (Asia) 2023 (Canada/USA) 2024 (USA/Mexico) Jay Dref, Greg Eisenson – 2025 (Canada/USA)
*"A Starlight Symphony" – featuring special guest [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]] – 2022 (USA and Mexico)

==See also==
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart]]
*[[List of Billboard number-one dance club songs|List of ''Billboard'' number-one dance club songs]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.fairwoodmusic.com/ Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd. Website]
*[http://www.classical-crossover.co.uk/artprofiles/126-sarah-brightman.html classical-crossover soprano]
*[http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/brightman_sarah.htm Spacefacts biography of Sarah Brightman]

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