Album · 2005
Unplugged
by Alicia Keys
Unplugged is a 2005 R&B album by Alicia Keys. It runs 16 tracks across 72 minutes on RCA. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 6 ratings.
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- 6 ratings
- 72 /100
- 10 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 72 min
- Runtime
- 110 bpm
- Tempo
- F# minor
- Key
Ratings
6 ratings · avg 4.0
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- USA Today4/4
- E! OnlineA−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Blender4/5
- Los Angeles Times3/4
- Jam!3.5/5
- Rolling Stone3/5
- Slant Magazine3/5
- AllMusic2.5/5
- PopMatters5/10
- Metacriticaggregate65/100
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Unplugged album cover
The Unplugged cover was photographed by Ken Schles and art-directed by Alli, Kim Biggs and Popglory.
- Photography
- Ken Schles
- Art direction
- Alli, Kim Biggs, Popglory
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Tracklist
16 tracks · 72 min
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Unplugged is the first live album (third overall) by American recording artist 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 in the United States on October 11, 2005 by J Records, including songs from her multi-platinum albums Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys. The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number one, with first-week sales of 196,000 copies in the U.S. and over 245,000 copies worldwide—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. The album has sold over one million copies in the United States and over 2.5 million copies worldwide. Additionally, it received four nominations for the 2006 Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album.
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The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", which peaked at number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 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. The album and DVD includes songs from her multi-platinum albums Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys.
In brief
- Is Unplugged good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Unplugged 4.0/5 from 6 ratings.
- When was Unplugged released?
- Unplugged was released in 2005 on RCA.
- How many tracks are on Unplugged?
- Unplugged has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 72 minutes.
- What genre is Unplugged?
- Unplugged is catalogued under R&B, Soul, Neo-Soul.
- What BPM is Unplugged?
- Unplugged runs at a median tempo of 110 BPM across its tracks, most often in F# minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Unplugged?
- Listeners of Unplugged also rate 4 by Beyoncé, Reflections (A Retrospective) by Mary J. Blige, Back to Black by Amy Winehouse.
Unplugged at a glance
- Label
- J Records
- Recorded at
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
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