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 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.

Grandes Éxitos
Greatest hits album by Shakira
Released	2 November 2002 (2002-11-02)
Recorded	1995–2001
Genre	Latin pop rock en español
Length	52:38
Label	Sony Music Colombia[1]
Producer	Tim Mitchell Emilio Estefan Jr.
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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"Estoy Aquí"	Shakira Luis Fernando Ochoa	Pies Descalzos	3:53
2.	"Antología"	Shakira Ochoa	Pies Descalzos	4:11
3.	"Un Poco de Amor"	Shakira Ochoa	Pies Descalzos	4:00
4.	"¿Dónde Estás Corazón?"	Shakira Ochoa	Pies Descalzos	3:52
5.	"Que Me Quedes Tú"	Shakira Ochoa	Laundry Service	4:47
6.	"Ciega, Sordomuda"	Shakira Estefano Salgado	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 Unplugged	4:13
9.	"Inevitable"	Shakira Ochoa	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	3:13
10.	"Ojos Así"	Shakira Pablo Flores Javier Garza	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	3:59
11.	"Suerte"	Shakira Gloria Estefan Tim Mitchell	Laundry Service	3:14
12.	"Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)"	Shakira	Laundry Service	3:42
13.	"Tú" (Live)	Shakira Dillon O'Brien	MTV Unplugged	4:52
14.	"Dónde Están los Ladrones?" (Live)	Shakira Ochoa	MTV Unplugged	3:29
15.	"Moscas en la Casa"	Shakira	Dónde Están los Ladrones?	3:31

Grandes Éxitos - 2005 reissue bonus disc (VCD)

No.	Title	Length
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. "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.