| MTV Unplugged | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Ricky Martin |
| Cover: | Ricky Martin MTV Unplugged.jpg |
| Recorded: | August 17, 2006 in Miami, Florida |
| Producer: | Tommy Torres |
| Prev Title: | Life |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Ricky Martin... Live Black & White Tour |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
MTV Unplugged is the name of the first live album by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released to the market in CD and DVD formats by Sony BMG Norte on November 7, 2006. It has been certified platinum and gold worldwide.
MTV Unplugged was taped on August 17, 2006 in Miami. It premiered on MTV Latin America, MTV Tr3s and MTV Puerto Rico in October 2006. This album includes Puerto Rican influences, particularly "Tu Recuerdo" (based mainly on a Puerto Rican "aguinaldo jíbaro",[1] and finishing with an "aguinaldo orocoveño"[2]) and "Pégate", a Puerto Rican plena. Christian Nieves plays the Puerto Rican cuatro on both tracks.
The album was re-released as a CD and DVD combo-package in May 2007. An exclusive Wal-Mart packaging was made available with the original CD purchase and a DVD titled "The Making of Ricky Martin MTV Unplugged", which includes a 40-minute behind the scenes documentary and the music video to "Tu Recuerdo". The music video for "Tu Recuerdo" is just an extracted live performance of the song from MTV Unplugged.
In the United States, MTV Unplugged debuted at number one on the Top Latin Albums and number thirty-eight on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 29,000 copies. It has also charted inside top ten in Argentina, Spain and Mexico.
MTV Unplugged was certified 2× Platinum Latin award in the United States, Diamond in Mexico, 2× Platinum in Argentina, and Gold in Spain. In the US, it has sold over 197,000 copies.[3]
Three new tracks on the album included: "Tu Recuerdo", which topped the Hot Latin Songs for three weeks and peaked at number eighty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100; "Pégate", second single that peaked at number eleven on the Hot Latin Songs and number six on the Hot Dance Club Songs and "Con Tu Nombre", which peaked at number forty-seven on the Hot Latin Songs. "Gracias por Pensar en Mi" also received airplay in the United States and Mexico. The album has sold over two million copies worldwide.[4]
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Billboard Latin Music Awards | Latin Pop Album of the Year, Male | ||
| Latin Grammy Awards | Album of the Year | |||
| Best Male Pop Vocal Album | ||||
| Best Long Form Music Video | ||||
| 2008 | Premio Lo Nuestro | Pop Album of the Year |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Argentinian Albums (CAPIF)[5] | 2 |
| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[6] | 2 |
| Chart (2006) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[8] | 13 | |
| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[9] | 30 |
| Chart (2007) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[10] | 11 | |
| US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[11] | 13 | |
| US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard) | 5 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | November 7, 2006 [13] | Sony BMG | CD | ||
| Taiwan | January 16, 2007[14] | Sony Music | CD | 88697009092 | |
| February 8, 2007[15] | DVD | 88697-009109 | |||
| Japan | March 21, 2007[16] | Sony Music Japan | CD | SICP-1388 |