2008 live album by Julieta Venegas
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 .
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, before 450 fans. This show was broadcast on July 5, 2008 through MTV Latin America , 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 playing banjo on "Algún día"; Brazilian singer Marisa Monte performing in "Ilusion", a brand new song in Spanish and Portuguese; Jaques Morelenbaum participating in "Como sé"; and Natalia Lafourcade included as a part of Venegas's band. Julieta Venegas played the accordion , guitar , and piano . On the track "Esta vez", the Cuarteto Latinoamericano is included, and Juan Son (from the band Porter ) joined Venegas on "De mis pasos". The violet dress that the artist wore during the performance was designed by Andrés Jiménez.
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.
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
Certifications
Region
Certification
Certified units /sales
Argentina (CAPIF )
Gold
20,000
Colombia
Gold
Mexico (AMPROFON )
Platinum
80,000
Mexico (AMPROFON ) Preloaded album
Diamond
400,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Year-end chart
Chart (2008)
Position
Mexican Album (Top 100 México)
7
Mexican Spanish Album (Top 100 México)
5
Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Billboard Awards
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
2009
"El Presente "
Hot Latin Song of the Year Female
Nominated
Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year, Female
Nominated
MTV Unplugged
Top Latin Album of the Year Female
Nominated
Latin Rock/Alternative Album of the Year
Nominated
Release history
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