Grandes Éxitos (Shakira album)

Grandes Éxitos (English: 'Greatest Hits') is the first greatest hits album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira. It was released on 2 November 2002, by Sony Music International and Columbia Records, one year after her fifth studio album and English-language debut Laundry Service. It is composed of Spanish-language recordings from her third and fourth studio efforts Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998), the live album MTV Unplugged (2000), and translations of tracks from Laundry Service (2001). 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.

Grandes Éxitos
Greatest hits album by
Shakira
Released2 November 2002 (2002-11-02)
Recorded1995-2001
Genre
Length52:38
Label
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[1]

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
Disc One (CD)
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
Disc Two (VCD)
No.TitleLength
1."Documentary Film"24:18
Bonus videos (Documentary Film)
No.TitleLength
1."Ojos Así" (music video) 
2."Underneath Your Clothes" (live video) 
3."Whenever, Wherever" (live video) 
4."No Creo" (live video) 
5."Underneath Your Clothes" (music video) 
6."Te Dejo Madrid" (music video) 
7."Suerte" (music video) 
8."Whenever, Wherever" (music video) 
9."Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" (music video) 
10."Dónde Están los Ladrones?" (live video) 

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[2][3][4] Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[5] 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[6] 15

Year-end charts
Chart (2003) Position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[7] 3
US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)[7] 3

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[8] Platinum 40,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[9] Platinum+Gold 225,000^
Portugal (AFP)[10] Silver 10,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[11] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] 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. Allmusic review
  2. ""Grandes éxitos" Chart Positions and Trajectories". Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  3. ""Grandes éxitos" Chart Positions and Trajectories". Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  4. ""Grandes éxitos" U.S. Billboard Chart Positions and Trajectories". Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Latin Pop Albums". Billboard. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. "The Year in Music: 2003" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. "Argentinian album certifications – Shakira – Grandes Exitos". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  9. "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.
  10. "Top 30 Artistas". Clix Música (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 3 July 2003.
  11. 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.
  12. "American album certifications – Shakira – Grandes Exitos". Recording Industry Association of America.
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