In Italy, Grammy-winning singer Andrea Bocelli's birthplace, many people spend the day at church.
The first concert currently advertised for the new arena is opera singer Andrea Bocelli on 15 September.
Swiss luxury watch brand Girard-Perregaux is partnering with Bocelli for the event.
FORBES: Andrea Bocelli to Launch Foundation with a Benefit Gala
Sir Cliff Richard's 50th Anniversary Album entered at number 11, followed by another new entry, Andrea Bocelli's Incanto, at 12.
Both Domingo and Bocelli seem acutely aware of the impact they've had bringing young people and nonbelievers into the opera house.
Andrea Bocelli and Nicola Benedetti will perform at the event in London.
Myleene Klass will host the 13th annual award ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall, which will also feature performances from Rieu and Bocelli.
"When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy, " Bocelli says.
It shoots water more than 150 meters into the air while lights flash and a recording of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli provides dramatic accompaniment.
And young tenor Andrea Bocelli sang Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus".
Other winners included classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic, who took the award for breakthrough artist of the year, and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who collected the prize for best international artist.
The Andrea Bocelli Foundation seeks to raise funds and awareness for its efforts to fight poverty around the world and to help people overcome barriers caused by illness, discomfort or disability.
FORBES: Andrea Bocelli to Launch Foundation with a Benefit Gala
Other new entries include opera singer Andre Bocelli with his Christmas collection Opera at number 10 and The Difficult Second Album, by former Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, which came in at number 13.
The 55-minute interdenominational service included a rendition of the national anthem by New York police officer Daniel Rodriguez, a performance of Samuel Barber's solemn "Adagio for Strings" and a rendition of "Ave Maria" by operatic tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Classical singing sensation Andrea Bocelli will launch his new foundation with a benefit gala on Friday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles with performances by Bocelli, David Foster, Heather Headley and Anna Maria Martinez.
FORBES: Andrea Bocelli to Launch Foundation with a Benefit Gala
And with the Olympic flame extinguished soon after the lamps of 400 women dressed in flowing white robes had faded to black as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sang, the countdown to Vancouver's two weeks of glory had officially begun.
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