MTV Unplugged is the first live album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on 29 February 2000, by Sony Music Colombia. It was recorded on 12 August 1999, during her MTV Unplugged performance at the Grand Ballroom in New York City.
The performance was released in 2000 as a live album, and again in 2002 as a DVD. It was critically acclaimed by American critics and earned Shakira her first Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. To promote the album, "No Creo" was released as single, meanwhile "Dónde Están los Ladrones?", "Moscas en la Casa" and "Ojos AsÃÂ" released as promotional singles.
The Unplugged concert was the program's first episode to be broadcast entirely in Spanish and served as her major breakthrough in the U.S. market. The concert is noted to be the "first time a Latin pop act attempted an Unplugged, the first Latina solo act to do so, and the first time a Latino act didn't tape their performance at MTV's studios in Miami."
The concert has received critical acclaim, and is included on lists of best unplugged performances. The performance is listed on Vulture Magazine's âÂÂ7 Really Good MTV Unplugged Performancesâ list. Nylon has included âÂÂSombra De Tiâ on the list âÂÂ10 Of The Best âÂÂMTV Unpluggedâ Performances.â Yardbarker ranked the album at number 3 on their list ofâÂÂ20 greatest MTV 'Unplugged' albums.â . âÂÂRemezclaâ includes the performance on âÂÂThe 10 Most Iconic Latin American âÂÂMTV Unpluggedâ Performances.â MTV Unplugged has sold over 1.3 million units worldwide by June 2001.
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