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.[1]

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 [2])
• 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
• 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[3]
• 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, Columbia, South Carolina, April 19
• Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas – Miami, April 26
• CHAGE and ASKA[4] – 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 29
• 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 (band) - 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[5]
• Nickelback – MTV Studios, Bussum, Netherlands, September 16

2004

• Diego Torres – Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 4[6]
• El Tri (CD release date: August 31, 2004) [7]

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)[8]
• 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[9]
• Bon Jovi[10] – June 22
• Mary J. Blige
• Kenny Chesney
• John Mayer[11]
• Alex Britti September 24 (aired September 29)
• Ne-Yo[12]
• Joss Stone[13]
• Maroon 5[14]

2008

• Julieta Venegas – Estudios Churubusco, Mexico City, March 6 (See also MTV Unplugged)[15]
• Söhne Mannheims vs. Xavier Naidoo – Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Germany, July 2[16]

2009

• Sportfreunde Stiller[17]
• Adele[18]
• Silversun Pickups[18]
• All Time Low
• Paramore
• Katy Perry[19] – 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[20]
• Zoé
• Lykke Li – April 7
• Los Tigres del Norte – May 24 at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA
• Lil Wayne – June 12 [21]
• Salyu – June 13 Billboard Live TOKYO[22]
• 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 1st

2013

• Scorpions - Athens, Greece

2014

• Gentleman
• Miley Cyrus – January 29[23]
• Kinky – June 3
• Pepe Aguilar – June 5

2015

• Cro - July 3
• Placebo - August 19
• Enrique Bunbury - September 1

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 (venue) , London
• Gang of Youths - July 25, Recorded at Cobblestone Pavilion, Melbourne
• DMA's – October 11, Recorded at Memo Music Hall, Melbourne [24]

2019

• Café Tacuba – March 5, Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Centro Cultural Universitario, CDMX.
• Liam Gallagher – August 3, Recorded at Hull City Hall, Hull

2020

• Wyclef Jean
• JoJo
• Yungblud
• Alessia Cara
• Melissa Etheridge
• Finneas O'Connell
• Jewel
• Shaggy
• Kiana Ledé
• Monsta X
• Bazzi
• Marcus Mumford
• CNCO
• Hayley Kiyoko
• Miley Cyrus

European MTV

• Phil Collins (1994)[25]

Brazilian Acústico MTV

Year	Artist
1990	Marcelo Nova (Pilot)
1991	Barão Vermelho
1992	Legião Urbana
	João Bosco
1994	Gilberto Gil
1995	Moraes Moreira
1997	Titãs
	Gal Costa
1998	Rita Lee
1999	Os Paralamas do Sucesso
2000	Capital Inicial
	Art Popular
	Lulu Santos
2001	Cássia Eller
	Roberto Carlos
2002
	Jorge Ben Jor
	Kid Abelha
2003	Marina Lima
	Charlie Brown Jr.
	Zeca Pagodinho
2004	Ira!
	Marcelo D2
	Engenheiros do Hawaii
2005	Bandas Gaúchas: Bidê ou Balde Cachorro Grande Ultramen Wander Wildner
	Ultraje a Rigor
	O Rappa
2006	Lenine
	Zeca Pagodinho
2007	Lobão
	Sandy e Junior
	Paulinho da Viola
2010	Lulu Santos
2012	Arnaldo Antunes
2019	Tiago Iorc [26]

Awards and Nominations received for Unplugged on Grammy

MTV Unplugged awards and nominations

Alicia Keys, Unplugged in 2005.
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Grammy 4 6 Latin Grammy Awards 13 9
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins	15
Nominations	15
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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 – "Unplugged"
• 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"

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