A Whole New World#Other cover versions

{{Short description|Song from Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin}}

{{About|a single from the soundtrack of Aladdin|the Katie Price and Peter Andre album|A Whole New World (album)|the young adult novel by Liz Braswell|A Whole New World: A Twisted Tale}}

{{Infobox song

| name = A Whole New World

| cover =

| alt =

| type =

| artist = Brad Kane and Lea Salonga

| album = Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| released = {{Start date|1992|10|31}}

| recorded = 1991{{cite web |last1=Stockman |first1=Tom |title=WAMG Interview: Brad Kane – The Singing Voice of Disney's ALADDIN |url=https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2015/10/wamg-interview-brad-kane-singing-voice-disneys-aladdin/ |website=We Are Movie Geeks |publisher=Lanier Media |access-date=26 June 2023 |date=13 October 2015}}

| studio =

| genre = Show tune

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=40}} (soundtrack version)

| label = Walt Disney

| composer = Alan Menken

| lyricist = Tim Rice

| producer = {{flatlist|

Alan Menken
Tim Rice
Chris Montan

}}

"A Whole New World" is the signature song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, "A Whole New World" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love for each other while riding on a magic carpet.

The song garnered an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards,{{cite web |url=http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |title=Best Original Song - The 65th Academy Awards (1993) |date=October 4, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 15, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202000120/http://oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |archive-date=February 2, 2018}}{{Cite web |title=The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |work=oscars.org|date=October 4, 2014 }} a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 50th Golden Globe Awards,{{cite web |title=SEARCH – Aladdin |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/23558 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713032324/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/23558 |archive-date=July 13, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2022 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association}} and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television at the 36th Grammy Awards, as well as a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, the only Disney song to do so.{{cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=March 2, 1994 |title=Top Grammy to Houston; 5 for 'Aladdin' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/movies/top-grammy-to-houston-5-for-aladdin.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602224016/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/02/movies/top-grammy-to-houston-5-for-aladdin.html |archive-date=June 2, 2009}}{{Cite web |title=36th Grammy Awards - 1994 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1994/grammys.htm |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=Rock On The Net}} In the same year, the pop version sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals, winning the latter.{{Cite web |date=January 6, 1994 |title=Nominees for 36th annual Grammy Awards |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/06/Nominees-for-36th-annual-Grammy-Awards/4923757832400/ |access-date=May 1, 2022 |work=UPI}}

Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott performed the song in the live-action version of Aladdin (2019).{{cite web|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/05/21/aladdin-soundtrack-details/|title='Aladdin' Soundtrack Details - Film Music Reporter|website=Filmmusicreproter.com|access-date=8 May 2023}} Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward did their version of the song for the end credits.

Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle pop duet version

{{Infobox song

| name = A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)

| cover = A Whole New World Cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle

| album = Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack{{noitalic|,}} Passion{{noitalic|, and}} Through the Fire

| B-side = "After the Kiss" (instrumental)

| released = {{Start date|1992|11|05}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Pop{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson's "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)|website= Stereogum |date= January 31, 2022|url= https://www.stereogum.com/2174273/the-number-ones-regina-belle-peabo-brysons-a-whole-new-world-aladdins-theme/columns/the-number-ones/|accessdate= August 2, 2024|quote= [Walter Afanasieff] changes ["A Whole New World"] into standard-issue early-’90s adult-contempo pop.}}

| length = * {{Duration|m=4|s=3}} (single version)

{{Duration|m=4|s=5}} (soundtrack version)

| label = {{hlist|Walt Disney|Columbia}}{{Cite news|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 31, 2022|title='Encanto' Song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/encanto-we-dont-talk-about-bruno-song-billboard-hot-100-1235084596/|access-date=February 1, 2022}}

| composer = Alan Menken

| lyricist = Tim Rice{{cite book|first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page=137}}

| producer = Walter Afanasieff

| chronology = Peabo Bryson

| prev_title = You Are My Home

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = By the Time This Night Is Over

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Regina Belle

| type = single

| prev_title = Better Together

| prev_year = 1992

| title = A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)

| year = 1992

| next_title = If I Could

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{External music video|header=Licensed audio|1={{YouTube|uAcSiVeVXpI|"A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)"}}}}

}}

A single version of the song was released that same year and was performed by American recording artists Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. This version is played over the film's end credits and is referred on the soundtrack as "Aladdin's Theme". The version peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week, ending on March 6, 1993,{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1993-03-06/hot-100|title=The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 06, 1993|work=Billboard, Inc|access-date=April 23, 2010}} replacing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", which had spent a then-record 14 weeks at the top of the chart. It went gold and sold 600,000 copies domestically.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Belle, Regina & Peabo Bryson|title=A Whole New World}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1993 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications|date=January 15, 1994 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |page=73 |issn=0006-2510|volume=106|number=3}} The track peaked at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993.

The song is the first song from a Disney animated film to top the US Billboard Hot 100. It was the only Disney song to achieve this feat until "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Encanto reached the summit in 2022. The single version was later included on Belle's studio album Passion (1993) and on Bryson's studio album Through the Fire (1994).{{cite web|title=Passion - Regina Belle|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/passion-mw0000093724|website=Allmusic|access-date=November 6, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Through the Fire - Peabo Bryson|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/through-the-fire-mw0000117871|website=Allmusic|access-date=November 6, 2014}}

=Critical reception=

Alan Jones from Music Week gave the song five out of five. He wrote, "The theme from Aladdin is a huge appealing big ballad duet. A melodic tour de force with wide ranging appeal, it is wisely tipped as the Christmas number one."{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |title= Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= December 11, 1993 |page= 12 |accessdate= April 5, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-12-11.pdf}}

=Charts=

==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (1993–1994)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|10|artist=Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle|song=A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)}}

{{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle|song=A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)}}

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|6|chartid=1748|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|chartid=1023|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-02-12.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=7|date=February 12, 1994|page=15|access-date=May 6, 2020}}

|align="center"|24

{{single chart|Germany|70|artist=Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle|song=A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)|songid=61374|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2622701#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (3.–9. febr. '94)|work=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=|date=February 3, 1994|access-date=October 1, 2019}}

|align="center"|2

{{single chart|Dutch40|18|year=1994|week=5|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

{{single chart|Dutch100|14|artist=Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle|song=A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)}}

{{single chart|New Zealand|8|artist=Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle|song=A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)}}

{{single chart|UK|12|date=19931225|access-date=April 15, 2019|refname="uk"}}

UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-29.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=January 29, 1994|page=38|access-date=May 4, 2024}}

|align="center"|8

{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Peabo Bryson}}

{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Peabo Bryson|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|18|artist=Peabo Bryson|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

US Cash Box Top 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-02-20.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=Cash Box|volume=LVI|issue=24|date=February 20, 1993|page=4|access-date=April 20, 2024}}

|align="center"|2

==Year-end charts==

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!Chart (1993)

!Position

Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1993.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1993|publisher=ARIA|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

|align="center"|50

Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2339&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2339.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2339|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1993|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

|align="center"|56

Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2334&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2334.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2334|title=The RPM Top 100 A\C Tracks of 1993|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

|align="center"|6

New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1993-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1993|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=May 6, 2020}}

|align="center"|37

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/1993-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1993|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

|align="center"|18

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-25.pdf|title=The Year in Music 1993|magazine=Billboard|volume=105|issue=52|page=YE-46|date=December 25, 1993|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627232050/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-25.pdf|url-status=live}}

|align="center"|6

US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803035303/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-b-hip-hop-songs|url-status=live}}

|align="center"|98

class="wikitable"

!Chart (1994)

!Position

Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2723094#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1994|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=16|date=January 2, 1995|access-date=May 30, 2020}}

|align="center"|34

UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=1994 – Singles|magazine=Hit Music|page=31|date=January 7, 1995}}

|align="center"|182

Certifications

=Kane and Salonga version=

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Brad Kane & Lea Salonga|title=A Whole New World|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2016|certmonth=6|note=digital|digital=true|access-date=February 27, 2021|refname=RIAJ1}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Brad Kane & Lea Salonga|title=A Whole New World|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1993|certmonth=10|note=physical|access-date=February 27, 2021|refname=RIAJ2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Brad Kane and Lea Salonga|title=A Whole New World|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2022|source=radioscope|access-date=April 14, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Brad Kane & Lea Salonga|title=A Whole New World|award=Platinum|relyear=2009|certyear=2024|id=263-4659-1|access-date=April 26, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|title=A Whole New World|artist=Lea Salonga & Brad Kane|relyear=2009|certyear=2023|access-date=March 21, 2025|refname=RIAA}}

=Bryson and Belle version=

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Brad Kane & Lea Salonga|title=A Whole New World|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2018|certmonth=5|note=digital|digital=true|access-date=February 27, 2021|refname=RIAJ}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson|title=A Whole New World|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certyear=1994|certmonth=6|note=physical|access-date=February 27, 2021|refname=RIAJ3}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson|title=A Whole New World|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|note=physical|access-date=April 15, 2019}}

=Massoud and Scott version=

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|artist=Mena Massoud|title=A Whole New World|access-date=May 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott|title=A Whole New World|relyear=2019|certyear=2023|access-date=October 17, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

=Zayn and Zhavia version=

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|artist=Zayn|title=A Whole New World (End Title)|access-date=September 19, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|artist=Zayn and Zhavia Ward|title=A Whole New World|access-date=April 14, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2023|artist=Zayn and Zhavia Ward|title=A Whole New World (End Title)|source=radioscope|access-date=December 29, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Cover versions

=Jose Mari Chan version=

{{Infobox song

| name = A Whole New World

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jose Mari Chan

| album = Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| B-side = A Whole New World

| released = 1992

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = *Pop

R&B
soul

| length = 3:56

| label = *Walt Disney

Bell Films

| composer = Alan Menken

| lyricist = Tim Rice

| producer = Rey Magtoto

| chronology = Lea Salonga

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Jose Mari Chan

| type = single

| prev_title = A Perfect Christmas

| prev_year = 1990

| title = A Whole New World

| year = 1992

| next_title = Is She Thinking About Me?

| next_year = 1994

}}

In the Philippines, a version of the song performed by Jose Mari Chan, a Filipino recording artist, was released as a single through Bell Films (a subsidiary of Universal Records) in 1993, coinciding with the Philippine theatrical release of Aladdin on April 30, 1993.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19930427&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Grand Opening Today!|date=April 30, 1993|work=Manila Standard|access-date=March 31, 2020|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|page=19|quote=The Best Reviewed Film of the Year!}}

Then-SM Rookies member Jaehyun, who later debuted as a member of boy group NCT and former member Seo Herin performed the song in Disney Channel Korea show Mickey Mouse Club in December 2015.

Other cover versions

In 1993, French singers Karine Costa and Daniel Lévi released a French-language version of the song titled "Ce rêve bleu" ({{langx|en|"This Blue Dream"}}). This version peaked at number three on the French SNEP Singles Chart in January 1994, ending the year as the country's 21st-most-successful single.{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Karine+Costa+et+Daniel+Levi&titel=Ce+r%EAve+bleu&cat=s|title=Karine Costa et Daniel Levi – Ce rêve bleu|website=lescharts.com|language=fr|access-date=March 17, 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=1994|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1994|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=March 17, 2024}}
In 2018, Riff Raff and Jonathan Hay created a hip-hop cover of the song for the album The Hoodlum Ball.{{cite news|last=Guerra|first=Joey|date=January 24, 2018|title=Premiere: Listen to Houston rapper Riff Raff on a remake of Aladdin tune 'A Whole New World'|newspaper=Chron |url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Premiere-Listen-to-Houston-rapper-Riff-Raff-on-a-12522479.php|access-date=March 23, 2018}}
Zayn's vocals were also used for two English-Spanish versions of the song, "Un Mundo Ideal". The Spanish parts were sung for the Latin American market by American singer Becky G and for the Spanish market by Spanish singer Aitana.{{cite magazine|date=May 17, 2019|title=Zayn and Becky G Give 'Aladdin' Theme Latin Makeover on 'Un Mundo Ideal': Listen|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/zayn-becky-g-spanish-version-aladdin-theme-listen-8511961/|access-date=June 16, 2022}}{{Citation|title=ZAYN, Becky G - Un mundo ideal (Versión Créditos) (De "Aladdín"/Official Video)|date=May 31, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnddrlVgZ0&app=desktop| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/OtnddrlVgZ0| archive-date=November 18, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=June 11, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{Citation|title=ALADDÍN (2019) {{!}} Making of "Un Mundo Ideal" con Aitana|date=May 21, 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0P8_-_XFPA|access-date=June 11, 2019}}
In 2020, Ben Platt and Idina Menzel performed it as part of the TV special The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II.{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/idina-menzel-ben-platt-a-whole-new-world.html | title=Idina Menzel and Ben Platt Remind Us of the Outside with 'A Whole New World' | date=May 11, 2020 }}
In 2024, alt-rock band Yellowcard covered the song for a Disney compilation album titled A Whole New Sound, duetting with Chrissy Costanza from Against the Current.