MTV Unplugged (Julieta Venegas album)

MTV Unplugged

Live album by Julieta Venegas

Released

June 13, 2008

Recorded

March 6, 2008
Churubusco Studios
(Mexico City)

Genre

Rock en español, alternative, Latin pop

Length

56:57

Language

Julieta Venegas chronology

Singles from MTV Unplugged
Realmente lo Mejor (2007)	MTV Unplugged (2008)	Otra Cosa (2010)
"El Presente" Released: June 12, 2008 "Algún Día" Released: September 10, 2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

MTV Unplugged is the first live album recorded by Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas. The album features a selection of her greatest hits, along with new tracks, including the singles "El Presente" and "Algún Día". A handful of guest artists was included: Gustavo Santaolalla, Natalia Lafourcade, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, La Mala Rodríguez.^[3] The album sold more than 2.5 million copies.

This album received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and the DVD released from this live performance also won for Latin Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. "El Presente" was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Album history

The live performance of this album was recorded in Mexico City, on March 6, 2008 at the Estudios Churubusco,^[4] before 450 fans. This show was broadcast on July 5, 2008 through MTV Latin America,^[5] and premiered on June 12, 2008 on the MTV Tr3s. The recording includes collaborations from La Mala Rodríguez performing the hip-hop section of "Eres para mí", two time Oscar-winner Gustavo Santaolalla plays banjo, Brazilian singer Marisa Monte performs in "Ilusion", a brand new song recorded in Spanish and Portuguese; Jaques Morelenbaum participates in "Como Sé", and Natalia Lafourcade is included as a part of Venegas' band. Julieta Venegas played the accordion, guitar, and piano.^[6] On the track "Esta Vez" the Cuarteto Latinoamericano is included and Juan Son (from the band Porter) joined Venegas in "De Mis Pasos". The violet dress that the artist wore during the performance was designed by Andrés Jiménez.^[7]

Jose Tillan served as the executive producer and producer (along with Michael Dagnery) for MTV Networks.

Track listing CD and DVD

The track listing by iTunes Store Mexico.^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Limón y Sal"	Julieta Venegas, Jorge Villamizar	3:40
2.	"Sería Feliz"	Venegas	3:30
3.	"El Presente"	Venegas	3:40
4.	"Algo Está Cambiando"	Venegas, Coti Sorokin	4:11
5.	"Eres Para Mí" (featuring La Mala Rodríguez)	Venegas, Anamaría Tijoux, Rodríguez	4:42
6.	"Esta Vez"	Herrera, Venegas	3:27
7.	"Algún Día" (featuring Gustavo Santaolalla)	Venegas	4:00
8.	"Mírame Bien"	Venegas	3:50
9.	"Lento"	Venegas, Sorokin	4:26
10.	"De Mis Pasos" (featuring Juan Son)	Venegas	3:28
11.	"Andar Conmigo"	Venegas, Sorokin	3:58
12.	"Ilusión" (featuring Marisa Monte)	Venegas, Monte, Arnaldo Antunes	3:46
13.	"Como Sé" (featuring Jaques Morelenbaum)	Venegas	3:42
14.	"Mira La Vida"	Venegas	3:19
15.	"Me Voy"	Venegas	3:17

DVD/Blu-ray^[9]^[10]^[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Limón y Sal"	Venegas, Villamizar	3:40
2.	"Sería Feliz"	Venegas	3:30
3.	"El Presente"	Venegas	3:40
4.	"Algo Está Cambiando"	Venegas, Sorokin	4:11
5.	"Eres Para Mí" (featuring La Mala Rodríguez)	Venegas, Tijoux, Rodríguez	4:42
6.	"Esta Vez"	Herrera, Venegas	3:27
7.	"Algún Día" (featuring Gustavo Santaolalla)	Venegas	4:00
8.	"Mírame Bien"	Venegas	3:50
9.	"Lento"	Venegas, Sorokin	4:26
10.	"De Mis Pasos" (featuring Juan Son)	Venegas	3:28
11.	"Andar Conmigo"	Venegas, Sorokin	3:58
12.	"Ilusión" (featuring Marisa Monte)	Venegas, Monte, Antunes	3:46
13.	"Como Sé" (featuring Jaques Morelenbaum)	Venegas	3:42
14.	"Mira La Vida"	Venegas	3:19
15.	"Me Voy"	Venegas	3:17
16.	"Making of Julieta Venegas MTV Unplugged"		25:00

Personnel

Gustavo Borner: Recording engineer, mixing, mastering. Mixed at: Igloo Music (Burbank, California)
Juan Pablo Falluca: Mobile recording
Juan Carlos Ertze: Recording assistant
Gabriel Castanon: Recording assistant
Daniel Castillo: Recording assistant
Alberto Rodríguez: Recording assistant

Joseph Greco: Mixing assistant
Justin Moshkevich: Mixing assistant
Nikolai Baxter: Mixing assistant
Guillermo Gutiérrez: A&R direction
Gilda Oropeza: A&R
Charlie García: Coordination
Reyna Espinoza: Coordination

Live crew

Claudio Jiménez: Sound engineer
Marco López: Sound engineer
Marcos Juache: Stage
Kike Sánchez: Stage
Liz Gil: Stage manager
Mannu Mannucci: Tour & personal manager

Design

Alejandro Ros: Concept
Silvia Canosa: Design
Enrique Covarrubias: Cover photography
Nicolás Turchetto: Back cover and live photos
Yvonne Venegas: Rehearsal photos
Karla Ortíz: Wardrobe
Lorena Ortíz: Assistant
Juan Chialvo: Assistant
Corina Figueroa: Assistant

Musicians

La Mala Rodríguez: Vocal on "Eres Para Mí"
Gustavo Santaollala: Banjo and vocal on "Algún Día"
Juan Son: Vocal on "De Mis Pasos"
Marisa Monte: Vocal on "Ilusión"
Jaques Morelenbaum: Cello on "Cómo Sé"
Cecilia Bastida: Piano, rhodes piano, clavinet, glockenspiel, vocals
Natalia Lafourcade: Vibraphone, banjo, timple, musical saw, cavaquinho, glockenspiel, clavinet, vocals
Mariana Baraj: percussion, vocals
Sol Pereyra: Trumpet, cuatro, ukulele, vocals
Edy Vega: drums, percussion

Ariel Cavalieri: Double bass
Silvano Zetina: Guitar, timple, vihuela, cavaquinho
Juan Martín Medina: Flute, guitar
Leandro Guffanti: Clarinet, saxophone
Alejandro Díaz: Tuba
Aron Bitran: Violin
Saúl Bitran: Violin
Javier Montiel: Viola
Alvaro Bitran: Cello
Julieta Venegas: Lead vocals, piano, accordion and guitar.

Chart and certifications

The album debuted at number 61 on the Mexican album charts, climbing to number-one the following week where it spent 10 consecutive weeks, replacing Para Siempre by Vicente Fernández and being replaced by A Little Bit Longer by Jonas Brothers. MTV Unplugged received a gold certification in México after two weeks of its release. In United States debuted and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and at number 169 on the Billboard 200. It also peaked within the Top 20 in Spain and at number 39 in Switzerland.

Weekly charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position
Mexican Album Chart^[12]	1
Mexican Digital Album Chart^[12]	1
Spanish Album Chart^[12]	18
Swiss Album Chart^[12]	39
US Billboard 200^[13]	169
US Billboard Top Latin Albums^[13]	9
US Billboard Latin Pop Albums^[13]	4

Certifications


Region	Certification
Argentina (CAPIF)^[14]	Gold
Colombia (ASINCOL)^[15]	Gold
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[16]	2× Platinum+Diamond+Gold

Year-end chart

Chart (2008)	Position
Mexican Album Chart^[17]	7
Mexican Album Chart (Spanish Album Chart)^[17]	5

Procession and succession

Preceded by Para Siempre by Vicente Fernández	Mexican Albums Chart number-one album June 23, 2008 - August 25, 2008	Succeeded by A Little Bit Longer by The Jonas Brothers

Awards

Latin Grammy Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2008	El Presente	Record of the Year	Nominated
	El Presente	Song of the Year	Nominated
	MTV Unplugged	Best Alternative Music Album	Won
	MTV Unplugged	Best Long Form Music Video	Won

Latin Billboard Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2009	El Presente	Hot Latin Song of the Year Female	Nominated
	El Presente	Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year, Female	Nominated
	MTV Unplugged	Top Latin Album of the Year Female	Nominated
	MTV Unplugged	Latin Rock/Alternative Album of the Year	Nominated

Release history

Country	Date	Label
Mexico	June 13, 2008	Sony International
Switzerland	June 20, 2008
United States
Spain		Sony BMG

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MTV series albums

Amp	Amp Amp 2

The Grind	MTV Grind 1

Party to Go	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Platinum Mix '98 '99 2000 Remixed

MTV Unplugged	10,000 Maniacs Bryan Adams Alice in Chains Babyface Tony Bennett Björk Mariah Carey Eric Clapton The Corrs Dashboard Confessional Bob Dylan Cássia Eller Florence and the Machine Lauryn Hill Jay-Z Juanes Alicia Keys Kiss Korn La Ley Legião Urbana Maná Mando Diao Ricky Martin Maxwell Paul McCartney Alanis Morissette Nirvana Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Os Paralamas do Sucesso Katy Perry O Rappa R.E.M. (video) Alejandro Sanz Shakira Soda Stereo Bruce Springsteen Staind Rod Stewart Thirty Seconds to Mars Los Tigres del Norte Titãs Diego Torres Los Tres El Tri Julieta Venegas Hitomi Yaida Neil Young Zoé

MTV ao Vivo	Daniela Mercury Nando Reis e Os Infernais Skank Titãs

Julieta Venegas

Studio albums	Aquí (1998) Bueninvento (2000) Sí (2003) Limón y Sal (2006) Otra Cosa (2010) Los Momentos (2013) Algo Sucede (2015)

Compilation albums	Realmente lo Mejor (2007)

Live albums	MTV Unplugged (2008)

Singles	1997: "De Mis Pasos" "Cómo Sé" 1999: "Amores Perros (Me Van A Matar) 2000: "Sería Feliz" "Siempre en Mi Mente" "Hoy No Quiero" 2003: "Andar Conmigo" 2004: "Lento" "Algo Está Cambiando" 2005: "Oleada" 2006: "Me Voy" "Limón y Sal" 2007: "Eres Para Mí" "Primer Día" "De Que Me Sirve" 2008: "Mi Principio" "El Presente" "Algún día" 2010: "Bien o Mal" "Despedida" "Abel" 2011: "Ya Conocerán" 2012: "Tuve Para Dar"

Featured singles	"Nada Fue un Error" (Coti) "Pa' Bailar (Siempre Quiero Más)" (Bajofondo) "Bajo Otra Luz" (Nelly Furtado) "Gracias a la Vida" (Artists for Chile)

Julieta Venegas songs

Aquí	"De Mis Pasos" "Cómo Sé"

Bueninvento	"Sería Feliz" "Hoy No Quiero" "Siempre En Mi Mente"

Sí	"Andar Conmigo" "Lento" "Algo Está Cambiando" "Oleada"

Limón y Sal	"Me Voy" "Limón y Sal" "Eres Para Mí" "Primer Día" "De Que Me Sirve"

MTV Unplugged	"El Presente" "Algún Día"

Otra Cosa	"Bien o Mal" "Despedida" "Ya Conocerán"

Los Momentos	"Tuve Para Dar" "Te Vi"

Soundtrack songs	"Amores Perros (Me Van A Matar)" "El Listón de Tu Pelo" "Mi Principio" "Abel" "Aquí Sigo" "Suavecito"

Collaborations	"Sueños" "Nada Fue un Error" "Morena Mía" "Bajo Otra Luz" "Gracias a la Vida"

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