Unplugged (Alicia Keys album)

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Unplugged
Live album by Alicia Keys
Released	October 10, 2005 October 11, 2005 October 17, 2005
Recorded	Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, New York; July 4, 2005
Genre	R&B/Soul
Length	72:22
Label	J
Producer(s)	Alicia Keys, Alex Coletti, Peter Edge, Jeff Robinson
Professional reviews
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Alicia Keys chronology
The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)	Unplugged (2005)

Unplugged is a live album by American R&B/soul singer and pianist Alicia Keys. It was recorded as part of the television program MTV Unplugged on July 4, 2005 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in Brooklyn, New York City, and released on October 11, 2005 in the United States (see 2005 in music). It debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number one, selling over 245,000 copies worldwide in its first week (196,000 in the U.S.) – the highest debut for an MTV Unplugged album since Nirvana's 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York and the first Unplugged by a female artist to debut at number one. It was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2006, including "Best R&B Album".

The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", which peaked on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number thirty-four, and number four on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The second single, "Every Little Bit Hurts", was released in January 2006. The video premiered on January 17 on BET's 106 & Park.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro Alicia's Prayer" (Acappella) (Traditional) – 1:11
2. "Karma" (Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, Alicia Keys) – 2:10
3. "Heartburn" (Alicia Keys, Tim Mosley, Walter Millsap III, Candice Nelson, Erika Rose) – 3:03
4. "A Woman's Worth" (Live) ¹ (Alicia Keys, Erika Rose, Ernest Isley, Christopher Jasper, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr.) – 3:30
5. "Unbreakable" ² (Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, Garry Glenn) – 4:34
6. "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Prince) – 5:23
7. "If I Was Your Woman" ³ (Gloria Jones, Clarence McMurray, Pam Sawyer) – 4:04
8. "If I Ain't Got You" (Alicia Keys) – 4:06
9. "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Ed Cobb) – 4:01
10. "Streets of New York (City Life)" ⁴ (Alicia Keys, Taneisha Smith, Eric Barrier, Nasir Jones, Chris Martin, William Griffin) – 7:35
11. "Wild Horses" (featuring Adam Levine) (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 6:04
12. "Diary" (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr.) – 5:53
13. "You Don't Know My Name" ⁵ (Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, James Ralph Bailey, Melvin Kent, Ken Williams) – 3:35
14. "Stolen Moments" (Alicia Keys, Kerry Brothers, Jr., Lamont Green, Wah-Wah Watson) – 5:14
15. "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) – 5:10
16. "Love It or Leave It" ⁶ (featuring Mos Def and Common)/"Welcome to Jamrock" (featuring Damian Marley, Mos Def, Common and Friends) ("Love It or Leave It Alone": Lorenzo DeChalus, Derek Murphy, Charles Davis, Kirk Khaleel, Joseph Williams / "Welcome to Jamrock": Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Ini Kamoze) – 6:42

¹ Samples "Footsteps in the Dark" written by Ernest Isley, Christopher Jasper, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Marvin Isley, and O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
² Samples "Intimate Friends" written by Garry D. Glenn.
³ Samples "If I Were Your Woman" written by Gloria Jones, Clarence McMurray, and Pam Sawyer.
⁴ Samples "N.Y. State of Mind" written by Eric Barrier, Nasir Jones, Chris Martin, and William Griffin.
⁵ Samples "Let Me Prove My Love to You" written by James Ralph Bailey, Melvin Kent, and Ken Williams.
⁶ Samples "Love Me or Leave Me Alone" written by Lorenzo DeChalus, Derek Murphy, and Charles Davis, and "Latoya" written by Kirk Khaleel and Joseph Williams.

• Bonus DVD

Released October 11, 2005

1. "Goodbye"
2. "Butterflyz"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	33
Austrian Albums Chart	22
Dutch MegaCharts Albums Chart	37
French Albums Chart	20
Finnish Albums Chart	35
German Albums Chart	25
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart	28
Swiss Albums Chart	7
UK Albums Chart	52
United World Chart	3

Preceded by All the Right Reasons by Nickelback

Billboard 200 Number 1 Album October 29, 2005 - November 4, 2005

Succeeded by I Am Me by Ashlee Simpson