MTV Unplugged is 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.

Background 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",A sound sample of an aguinaldo jíbaro , played by cuatro player Efraín Vidal and finishing with an "aguinaldo orocoveño") and "Pégate", a Puerto Rican plena. Christian Nieves plays the Puerto Rican cuatro on both tracks.

Formats 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.

Commercial performance 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.

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.

Accolades YearCeremonyAwardResult2007Billboard Latin Music AwardsLatin Pop Album of the Year, MaleLatin Grammy AwardsAlbum of the YearBest Male Pop Vocal AlbumBest Long Form Music Video2008Premio Lo NuestroPop Album of the Year

Track listing

Personnel

Raphael Alkins Engineer Wanda Berrios Make-Up, Cabelo Gustavo Borner Engineer Richard Bravo Percussion David Cabrera Guitar (Acoustic), Director, Spanish Guitar, Coros Andrés Casanova Assistant Engineer Albert Centrella Audio Production Bob Clearmountain Engineer Roger Cooper Product Manager Omar Cruz Photography Guillermo Cubero Guiro, Pandereta Seguidor Mari DeChambao Performer Bruno Del Granado Executive Producer Roman Diaz Stylist Brett Dicus Engineer Brandon Duncan Assistant Ron Dziubla Saxophone Scott Flavin Violin Paul Forat A&R Chris Glansdorp Cello Ted Jensen Mastering Hardi Kamsani Digital Editing Daniel Lopez Percussion Waldo Madera Bateria Richard Martinez Pandereta Seguidor Hector "Tito" Matos Pandereta Requinto Phil McArthur Double Bass, Bajo Sexto Christian Nieves Cuatro George Noriega Guitar Scott ODonnell Viola Luis Olazabal Photography Alfredo Oliva Violin Carlos David Pérez Choirs Carlos Perez Graphic Design, Creative Director Liza Quin Choirs Juan Jose Restrepo Accordion Luis Aquino Trumpet R.J. Ronquillo Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Spanish Guitar Erik Noel Rosado Charlie Singer Producer, Executive Producer Ben Stivers Piano, Wurlitzer Jose Tillán Producer/Executive Producer Tommy Torres Producer Victor Vazquez Trombone Mike Rivera Producer Versíon Salsa Immanuel Ramirez Ingeniero Versíon Salsa Jose Luis Vega Image Design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006)PeakpositionArgentinian Albums (CAPIF)2Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)2

Monthly charts Chart (2006)PositionUruguayan Albums (CUD)2

Year-end charts Chart (2006)PositionArgentine Albums (CAPIF) 13Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)30

Chart (2007)PositionMexican Albums (AMPROFON)11US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)13US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)5

Decade-end charts Chart (2000s)PositionUS Top Latin Albums (Billboard)92

Certifications and sales

Album

DVD

Release history Region Date Label Format Catalog Hong Kong November 7, 2006 Sony BMG CD Taiwan January 16, 2007 Sony Music CD 88697009092February 8, 2007 DVD 88697–009109 Japan March 21, 2007 Sony Music Japan CD SICP-1388

See also List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 2000s List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2006 List of best-selling Latin albums List of best-selling albums in Mexico

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