Unplugged (Alicia Keys album)

Unplugged
Unplugged
Live album by Alicia Keys
Released	October 7, 2005
Recorded	July 4, 2005
Venue	Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York City)
Genre	R&B
Length	72:22 (standard) ; 76:01 (extended)
Label	J
Producer	Alex Coletti
Alicia Keys chronology
Singles from Unplugged
	"Unbreakable"; Released: September 6, 2005; "Every Little Bit Hurts"; Released: January 17, 2006;

Unplugged is the first live album by American singer Alicia Keys. It was released on October 7, 2005 by J Records. Recorded as part of the television program MTV Unplugged on July 4, 2005 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the album includes songs from her first two studio albums Songs in A Minor (2001) and The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003).

Upon its release, Unplugged received generally favorable reviews from critics. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 196,000 copies,^[1] becoming the highest debut for an MTV Unplugged album since Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York (1994) and the first Unplugged by a female artist to debut at number one. The album has sold over one million copies in the United States and over 1.5 million copies worldwide. Additionally, it was nominated for various awards, including the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. It produced two singles–"Unbreakable", which peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and "Every Little Bit Hurts".

^ Whitmire, Margo (October 19, 2005). "Keys 'Unplugs' For 3rd Straight No. 1 Disc". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved June 7, 2008.

[debut-1] Whitmire, Margo (October 19, 2005). "Keys 'Unplugs' For 3rd Straight No. 1 Disc". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved June 7, 2008.

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