Sacred Arias, is the sixth studio album by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. Released in 1999, the album, featuring music composed in traditional Christian styles, is not only Bocelli's most commercially successful classical album to date with over 5 million copies sold, but also the biggest selling classical album by any solo artist in history. Bocelli was accompanied by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.

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In 2000, the album led Bocelli to receive an ECHO Klassik for "Bestseller of the year", as well as a 2000 Classical BRIT Award for "Album of the Year", and a Goldene Europa for classical music, in 2000.

PBS special

A DVD of the concert, filmed in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, was also released in 1999. The concert aired on the PBS program Great Performances. This broadcast was nominated in 2000 for an Emmy Award – Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program. Sacred Arias Special Edition, a two disc set with CD and DVD was released in 2003.