Grandes Éxitos (Shakira album)

Grandes Éxitos
Greatest hits album by
Shakira
Released2 November 2002 (2002-11-02)
Recorded1995–2001
Genre
Length52:38
LabelSony Music Colombia[1]
Producer
Shakira chronology
Laundry Service
(2001) 		Grandes Éxitos
(2002) 		Live & off the Record
(2004)
Shakira video chronology
MTV Unplugged
(2000) 		Grandes Éxitos
(2002) 		Live & off the Record
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Grandes Éxitos (English: Greatest Hits) is the first greatest hits album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira. It was released on 2 November 2002, by Sony Music Colombia, one year after her fifth studio album and English-language debut Laundry Service. It is composed of Spanish-language recordings from her third, fourth and fifth studio efforts Pies Descalzos (1995), Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) and Laundry Service (2001), along with the live album MTV Unplugged (2000). The album only featured Spanish-language tracks and featured no new recordings. It also did not include songs from her first two studio albums, Magia and Peligro.

Upon its release, Grandes Éxitos achieved moderate commercial success, it was certified double-platinum (by standards for Latin recordings) for shipments of 200,000 copies by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

Grandes Éxitos - standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Estoy Aquí"
Pies Descalzos3:53
2."Antología"
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
Pies Descalzos4:11
3."Un Poco de Amor"
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
Pies Descalzos4:00
4."¿Dónde Estás Corazón?"
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
Pies Descalzos3:52
5."Que Me Quedes Tú"
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
Laundry Service4:47
6."Ciega, Sordomuda"
Dónde Están los Ladrones?4:28
7."Si Te Vas"
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
Dónde Están los Ladrones?3:30
8."No Creo" (Live)
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
MTV Unplugged4:13
9."Inevitable"
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
Dónde Están los Ladrones?3:13
10."Ojos Así"
Dónde Están los Ladrones?3:59
11."Suerte"
Laundry Service3:14
12."Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)"ShakiraLaundry Service3:42
13."Tú" (Live)
  • Shakira
  • Dillon O'Brien
MTV Unplugged4:52
14."Dónde Están los Ladrones?" (Live)
  • Shakira
  • Ochoa
MTV Unplugged3:29
15."Moscas en la Casa"ShakiraDónde Están los Ladrones?3:31
Grandes Éxitos - 2005 reissue bonus disc (VCD)
No.TitleLength
1."Shakira: Servicio de Lavandería (Entrevista Especial)"24:18

Personnel

  • Shakira - Producer, vocals, guitar
  • Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer
  • Tim Mitchell — Compilation producer
  • Luis Fernando Ochoa — Producer, songwriter
  • Lester Mendez — Producer
  • Pablo Florez — Producer, songwriter
  • Javier Garza — Producer
  • Ted Jensen — Mastering
  • Leila Cobo — Liner notes
  • Omar Cruz — Photography
  • Ignacio Gurruchaga — Photography
  • Ian Cuttler — Package design

Charts

Chart[3][4][5] Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[6] 8
Finnish Album Chart 18
Portuguese Album Chart 14
Spanish Album Chart 36
Swedish Album Chart 22
Swiss Album Chart 49
U.S. Billboard 200 80
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop 1
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
Chart (2020) Peak
position
US Latin Pop Albums[7] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[8] 3
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[8] 3

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[9] Platinum 40,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[10] Platinum+Gold 225,000^
Portugal (AFP)[11] Silver 10,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[12] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] 2× Platinum (Latin) 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalog
Worldwide 5 November 2002 CD, digital download Sony International 5098749

References

  1. ^ "Apple's Service Tests Music Biz". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 19. 10 May 2003. p. LM-16. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ ""Grandes éxitos" Chart Positions and Trajectories". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  4. ^ ""Grandes éxitos" Chart Positions and Trajectories". Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  5. ^ ""Grandes éxitos" U.S. Billboard Chart Positions and Trajectories". Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  6. ^ "CAPIF". Archived from the original on 20 April 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2003.
  7. ^ "Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "The Year in Music: 2003" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Shakira – Grandes Exitos". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  10. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Shakira in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Grandes Exitos in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  11. ^ "Top 30 Artistas". Clix Música (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 3 July 2003.
  12. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 965. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Shakira – Grandes Exitos". Recording Industry Association of America.