Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 65/100 from Metacritic.
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Its accompanying music video, directed by Francis, premiered on January 17 on BET's 106 & Park.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores Unlike "Unbreakable", it failed to enter any charts, both in the United States and internationally. " Every Little Bit Hurts", the cover of Brenda Holloway's song of the same title, was released as the second and final single on January 17, 2006. The song was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Female, winning NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Song and Outstanding Music Video, and a BMI Urban Award. Two music videos were produced for the song–the Unplugged version from the album's DVD, and the BET version directed by Justin Francis. It peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' sixth Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs top-ten single, peaking at number four. " Unbreakable" was released as the lead single from Unplugged on September 6, 2005. 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". Additionally, it was nominated for various awards, including the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
The album has sold over one million copies in the United States and over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 196,000 copies, 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. Upon its release, Unplugged received generally favorable reviews from critics.
Recorded as part of the television program MTV Unplugged on Jat 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). Unplugged is the first live album by American singer Alicia Keys.
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