- Source: List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged
Below is a list of musical artists, bands, and groups that have performed on the television series MTV Unplugged.
Performances by performance date
= 1989
=Squeeze, Syd Straw and Elliot Easton – National Video Center, NYC, October 31
The Smithereens and Graham Parker – National Video Center, NYC, December 13
10,000 Maniacs and Michael Penn – National Video Center, NYC, December 13
The Alarm and Nuclear Valdez – National Video Center, NYC, December 14
Joe Walsh and Dr. John – National Video Center, NYC, December 14
= 1990
=Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joe Satriani – National Video Center, NYC, January 30
Michelle Shocked and Indigo Girls – National Video Center, NYC, January 30
Sinéad O'Connor and The Church – National Video Center, NYC, January 30
Don Henley – Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30
Great White and Damn Yankees – Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30
Crowded House and Tim Finn – Hollywood Center Studios, Los Angeles, March 30
Hall & Oates – Chelsea Studios, NYC, May 17
Elton John – Chelsea Studios, NYC, May 17
Aerosmith – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11
Ratt and Vixen – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, August 11
The Black Crowes and Tesla – National Video Center, NYC, November 19
The Allman Brothers Band – National Video Center, NYC, November 19
Poison – National Video, NYC, November 19
= 1991
=The Cure – London Limehouse TV Studios, London, January 24
Paul McCartney – London Limehouse TV Studios, London, January 25 (See also Unplugged)
Winger and Slaughter – National Video Center, NYC, March 5
Sting – National Video Center, NYC, March 5
R.E.M. – Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10 (See also Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions)
Yo! Unplugged Rap: LL Cool J, MC Lyte, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and Pop's Cool Love – Chelsea Studios, NYC, April 10
Elvis Costello – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, June 3
= 1992
=Eric Clapton – Bray Film Studios, Windsor, England, January 16 (See also Unplugged)
Paul Simon – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 4
R&B Unplugged: Boyz II Men, Shanice and Joe Public – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16
Mariah Carey with Trey Lorenz – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Pearl Jam – Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York, March 16 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Queensrÿche – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27
John Mellencamp – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, April 27
Joe Cocker – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 2
Annie Lennox – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 3
Eurythmics – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Casino, Montreux, Switzerland, July 5
Bruce Springsteen – Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, September 22 (See also In Concert/MTV Plugged)
k.d. lang – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 16 (aired in 1993)
Neil Young – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 16 (never aired )
Arrested Development – Ed Sullivan Theater, NYC, December 17 (aired in 1993) (See also Unplugged)
= 1993
=Roxette – Stockholm Circus, Sweden, January 9
Rod Stewart with Ronnie Wood – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 5 (See also Unplugged...and Seated)
Denis Leary – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6
Uptown Unplugged: Jodeci, Father MC, Mary J. Blige, Christopher Williams and Heavy D – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 6
Neil Young – Universal Studios, Los Angeles, February 7 (See also Unplugged)
Midnight Oil – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20
Spoken Word I: 99, Maggie Estep, Barry Yourgrau, Reg E. Gaines, Bob Holman, Edwin Torres and Henry Rollins – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 20
10,000 Maniacs with special guest David Byrne – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Soul Asylum w/ special guest Lulu – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 21
Boom Crash Opera - Melbourne's Channel Nine studios, June
Duran Duran – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17
Stone Temple Pilots – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17 (aired in 1994)
Nirvana with guest appearance by Meat Puppets – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 18 (See also MTV Unplugged in New York)
= 1994
=Tony Bennett – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 12 (see also MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett)
Spoken Word II: MC Lyte, Toby Huss, Bahiyyih Maroon, Eric Bogosian, Matthew Courtney, Hal Sirowitz, Gil Scott-Heron, Larry McDonald and Wanda Phipps – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13
Spoken Word III: Max Blagg, Danny Hoch, Maggie Estep, Jim Carroll, John S. Hall and Paul Beatty – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 13
Lenny Kravitz – Sony Music Studios, NYC, April 14
Page and Plant – London Studios, London, England, August 25–26 (see also No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded)
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – Miami, September 29 (first Latin/Spanish Unplugged)
Caifanes - Miami, October 28 (first Mexican Rock Unplugged)
Björk – New York City, November 7
Eagles – Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, CA, November 8 (see also Hell Freezes Over)
Bob Dylan – Sony Music Studios, NYC, November 17–18 (see also MTV Unplugged)
= 1995
=Hole – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 14
The Cranberries – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 14
Melissa Etheridge with Bruce Springsteen – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 15
Live – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 15
Sheryl Crow – Brooklyn Academy of Music – Brooklyn, NY, February 15
Charly García – Miami, April 28
Herbert Grönemeyer – Studio Babelsberg, Berlin, Germany, May 14
Café Tacuba – Miami, May 15
Chris Isaak – Sony Music Studios, NYC, June 9
KISS – Sony Music Studios, NYC, August 8 (See also KISS Unplugged)
Los Tres – Miami, September 14
= 1996
=Soda Stereo with Andrea Echeverri – Miami, March 12 (See also Comfort y Música Para Volar)
Seal – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 9
Alice in Chains – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 10 (See also Unplugged)
Tori Amos – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, April 11
Hootie & the Blowfish – The Horseshoe (at the University of South Carolina), Columbia, South Carolina, April 19
Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Miami, April 26
CHAGE and ASKA – The Fountain Studios, London, June 19
Harlem Yu – The Fountain Studios, London, June
Colonial Cousins – The Fountain Studios, London, June
Oasis, excluding Liam Gallagher, with Noel Gallagher on lead vocals – Royal Festival Hall, London, England, August 23
George Michael – Three Mills Studios, London, England, October 11
Maldita Vecindad – MTV Studios, Miami, October 12
= 1997
=Santa Sabina – Miami Broadcast Center, Miami, Florida, April 2
Luis Alberto Spinetta – Miami, April 19 (aired in 2004)
The Wallflowers – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, May 5
Maxwell – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, June 15
Jewel – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, June 24
Fiona Apple – Aired July 2
BLACKstreet – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, September 3
Aterciopelados – Miami, September 7
Bryan Adams – Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, September 26 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds with Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder – New York City, October 18
Erykah Badu – November 18
= 1998
=Björk (Live 'n' Loud) – MTV Studios, New York, February 22
Los Ratones Paranoicos – MTV studios, Miami, March 11
= 1999
=Maná – Miami, March 10 (See also Maná MTV Unplugged)
Shakira – Manhattan Center Studios, New York, August 12 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Alanis Morissette - The Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, September 18 (See also Alanis Unplugged)
The Corrs – Ardmore Studios, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, October 5 (See also The Corrs Unplugged)
Incubus - AT&T Studios, Los Angeles, November 6
= 2000
=Die Fantastischen Vier – Stalactite cave in Balve in the Sauerland, Germany, September 20
= 2001
=R.E.M. – MTV Studios, NYC, May 21 (See also Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions)
Hikaru Utada – Tennouzu Studio, Tokyo, Japan, June 21
La Ley – Miami Broadcast Center, June 28
Staind – MTV Studios, New York City, July 16 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Lauryn Hill – MTV Studios, New York City, July 21 (See also MTV Unplugged No. 2.0)
Alejandro Sanz – Gusman Center, Miami, October 2 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Jay-Z with The Roots, MTV Studios, New York City, November 11 (See also Jay-Z: Unplugged)
= 2002
=Dashboard Confessional – MTV Studios, April 24 (See also MTV Unplugged 2.0)
Die Ärzte – Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Hamburg, Germany, August 31 (See also Unplugged - Rock'n'Roll Realschule)
= 2003
=Ken Hirai – February 13
Nickelback – MTV Studios, Bussum, Netherlands, September 16
= 2004
=Diego Torres – Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 4
El Tri (CD release date: August 31, 2004)
= 2005
=Hitomi Yaida – Tokyo FM, Tokyo, Japan, April 24
Queens of the Stone Age – SilverWings, Berlin, Germany, June 10
Giorgia – June 20 (aired April 29)
Alicia Keys – Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY, July 14 (See also Unplugged)
Die Toten Hosen – Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria, September 1–2 (See also Nur zu Besuch: Unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater)
= 2006
=Ricky Martin – Miami, August 17 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Kayah – Toya film studio, Lodz, Poland, November 28 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Korn, with guest appearance by Amy Lee of Evanescence, and Robert Smith and Simon Gallup of The Cure – MTV Studios, NYC, December 9 (See also MTV Unplugged: Korn)
= 2007
=Hey – September 10
Bon Jovi – June 22
Mary J. Blige
Kenny Chesney
John Mayer
Alex Britti September 24 (aired September 29)
Ne-Yo
Joss Stone
Maroon 5
= 2008
=Julieta Venegas – Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City, March 6 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Söhne Mannheims vs. Xavier Naidoo – Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Germany, July 2
Amy Winehouse
= 2009
=Sportfreunde Stiller
Adele
Silversun Pickups
All Time Low
Paramore
Katy Perry – NEP Midtown Studios, New York City, July 22, 2009 (See also MTV Unplugged)
Ayaka – Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan, November 18
The Script
Wilki
Tomoya Nagase
= 2010
=Vampire Weekend
Sido
Despina Vandi
Adam Lambert
Trey Songz
The Script
Phoenix
Mando Diao
Kult
Panda
Camila
B.o.B
Train
= 2011
=Thirty Seconds to Mars – May 13, New York City
Zoé
Lykke Li – April 7
Los Tigres del Norte – May 24 at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA
Lil Wayne – June 12
Salyu – June 13 Billboard Live TOKYO
Mumford & Sons – June 24
= 2012
=Florence and the Machine with guest appearance by Josh Homme–April 2 at Angel Orensanz Center, New York (See also: MTV Unplugged)
Walk the Moon – August 2
Rita Ora – September 7
Juanes – February 1
= 2013
=Scorpions - Athens, Greece
= 2014
=Gentleman
Miley Cyrus – January 29
Kinky – June 3
Pepe Aguilar – June 5
= 2015
=Cro - July 3
Placebo - August 19
Enrique Bunbury - September 1
Unheilig - October 3-5
= 2016
=Mika Nakashima - January 10
Miguel Bosé - May 12
Mizuki Nana - October 23
= 2017
=O.S.T.R. - March 20
Emmanuel - June 15
A-ha - Ocean Sound Recordings, Giske, Norway, October 3 (See also MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice)
Shawn Mendes - The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles (See also MTV Unplugged)
Bleachers featuring Lorde and Carly Rae Jepsen - The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, New Jersey
= 2018
=Molotov - April 12
Los Auténticos Decadentes - May 24
Biffy Clyro - May 25, Recorded at Roundhouse, London
Gang of Youths - July 25, Recorded at Cobblestone Pavilion, Melbourne
DMA's – October 11, Recorded at Memo Music Hall, Melbourne, (See also MTV Unplugged: Live (DMA's album))
= 2019
=Café Tacuba – March 5, Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro Cultural Universitario, CDMX.
Liam Gallagher – August 3, Recorded at Hull City Hall, Hull
= 2020
=In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, MTV rebranded the show to MTV Unplugged at Home, as part of the network's #AloneTogether campaign, a social media initiative created to encourage the practice of social distancing among young people "in the hope of 'flattening the curve'" of the outbreak. It became an online series instead, with episodes released on MTV's YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, and featured a mix of local and international artists performing from their respective homes around the world.
Wyclef Jean – March 20. Jean was the first artist to perform under the new At Home format
JoJo – March 25
Yungblud – April 1, Los Angeles
Alessia Cara – April 3. Cara was the first artist featured after MTV announced the official launch of At Home as a livestreaming series earlier that same day.
Melissa Etheridge – April 7
Finneas O'Connell – April 10
Jewel – April 14
Shaggy – April 17
Kiana Ledé – April 21
Monsta X – April 24
Bazzi – May 1
Marcus Mumford – May 5
CNCO – May 8
Hayley Kiyoko – May 12
Clueso – May 20, Germany
Fobia – October 2, Frontón Mexico in Mexico City. The band was the first to record under the concert-without-an-audience format for the show. The location of the performance was not disclosed at the time to avoid crowds outside the venue.
Miley Cyrus – October 16, Los Angeles
= 2021
=BTS – February 23, South Korea
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – aired December 16
Bastille with Charlie Barnes – aired December 23
= 2022
=Twenty One Pilots – aired June 9
= 2023
=A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey's Finest: Heather B., Lady Luck, Lords of the Underground, Poor Righteous Teachers, Queen Latifah, Redman, The Sugarhill Gang, Treach, Wyclef Jean – Newark Symphony Hall, Newark, NJ – aired December 14.
= 2024
=Los Bunkers - October 9, Santiago, Chile
= European MTV
=Phil Collins (1994)
= Brazilian Acústico MTV
=Grammy awards and nominations received for Unplugged
= Won
=1993 – 35th Grammy Awards to Eric Clapton
Grammy Award for Album of the Year – Unplugged
1995 – 37th Grammy Awards to Tony Bennett
Grammy Award for Album of the Year – MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett
1996 – 38th Grammy Awards to Nirvana
Best Alternative Music Album – MTV Unplugged in New York
2000 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 to Shakira
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance – "Octavo Día"
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance – "Ojos Así"
2000 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 to Os Paralamas do Sucesso
Best Brazilian Rock Album – Acústico MTV
2001 – 43rd Grammy Awards to Shakira
Best Latin Pop Album – Unplugged
2002 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2002 to Cássia Eller
Best Brazilian Rock Album – Acústico MTV
2007 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 to Ricky Martin
Best Pop Vocal Album, Male – "Unplugged"
Best Long Form Music Video – "Unplugged"
2007 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 to Lobão
Best Brazilian Rock Album – Acústico MTV
2007 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 to Lenine
Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album – Acústico MTV
2007 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 to Zeca Pagodinho
Best Album Samba/Pagode – Acústico MTV – 2 Gafieira
2008 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 to Julieta Venegas
Best Alternative Album – "Unplugged"
Best Long Form Music Video – "Unplugged"
2008 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 to Paulinho da Viola
Best Album Samba/Pagode – Acústico MTV
= Nominations
=2000 – 42nd Grammy Awards to Maná
Best Latin Pop Album – Unplugged
2000 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2000 to Shakira
Album of the Year – Unplugged
Best Pop Vocal Album – Unplugged
Best Short Form Music Video – "Ojos Así"
2003 – 45th Grammy Awards to Lauryn Hill
Best Female Rap Solo Performance – "Mystery of Iniquity"
2003 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2003 to Kid Abelha
Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album – Acústico MTV
2006 – 48th Grammy Awards to Alicia Keys
Best R&B Album – Unplugged
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance – "Unbreakable"
Best R&B Song – "Unbreakable"
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – "If I Was Your Woman"
2007 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 to Ricky Martin
Album of the Year – Unplugged
Record of the Year – "Tu Recuerdo"
2008 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 to Julieta Venegas
Record of the Year – "El Presente"
Song of the Year – "El Presente"
References
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- Miley Cyrus
- Alicia Keys
- Katy Perry
- Mary J. Blige
- Lana Del Rey
- Ray Charles
- Tori Kelly
- Penghargaan Grammy ke-54
- Penghargaan Grammy ke-55
- Diskografi Shakira
- List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged
- MTV Unplugged
- MTV Unplugged in New York
- MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
- MTV Unplugged (Maxwell EP)
- MTV Unplugged (Mariah Carey EP)
- MTV Unplugged (Katy Perry EP)
- Unplugged (Alice in Chains album)
- History of MTV
- The Unplugged Collection, Volume One