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¿Dónde están los ladrones? (English translation: Where Are the Thieves?) is the second official studio album by Shakira, released in 1998. Dónde Están los Ladrones? sold more than 10 million copies worldwide,[1] Though the album did not perform well on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #131, the album is one of the highest selling Spanish-language albums in the United States. Two of the album's songs garnered Shakira the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In addition, it was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Latin Album. The album was re-issued in 2005, to promote the sales of Oral Fixation Vol. 2. The album also contains two bonus tracks in certain countries.

Album information

The album took nine months to produce since more people worked on the album, more opinions were given, and more demos were released, which made the production process longer and more complicated than Pies Descalzos. What prolonged the process even more was that Shakira wanted perfection in the album, since she knew that many critics would judge her on her second breakthrough album to see if she will still continue to be a musical prodigy in Latin America, so Shakira made three or four demos of each song. Shakira had a bigger budget for the album and hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion. Because of that, the album sold 100,000 copies on the day it was released and one million by the end of the month.

The album title was inspired by one of Shakira's trips to the capital of her native country Colombia, Bogotá. In the airport, a thief stole much of her luggage, including a briefcase that contained all the lyrics Shakira had been working on for the album. All was lost. Demoralized, Shakira had to start anew. According to interviews, Shakira claimed she almost gave up, but it was only her dedication to completing the album that inspired her to start working again. Thus, the title track was born. (Source: from the book "Shakira: Woman Full of Grace" by Ximena Diego).

Singles

Moscas En La Casa and ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? were only radio singles.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ciega, Sordomuda"Shakira, Salgado4:28
2."Si Te Vas"Shakira, Ochoa3:30
3."Moscas En La Casa"Shakira3:32
4."No Creo"Shakira, Ochoa3:53
5."Inevitable"Shakira, Ochoa3:13
6."Octavo Día"Shakira, Mendez4:32
7."Que Vuelvas"Shakira3:51
8."Tú"Shakira, O'Brien3:35
9."¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?"Shakira, Ochoa3:14
10."Sombra De Ti"Shakira, Ochoa3:35
11."Ojos Así"Shakira, Florez, Garza3:57
12."Estoy Aquí (Eurpoe Mix) (iTunes Bonus Track)"Shakira, Florez, Garza3:44
13."Ojos Así (Single Version) (United Kingdom, Japan, Netherlands and iTunes Bonus Track)"Shakira, Florez, Garza3:56

Personnel

  • Shakira - Producer, Songwriter, vocals, harmonica
  • Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer
  • Javier Garza - Producer, engineer, mixer, programmer
  • Luis Fernando Ochoa - Producer, songwriter, guitar, bass guitar
  • Lester Mendez - Producer, string arrangements, programmer
  • Pablo Florez - Producer, programmer
  • Sebastian Krys - Engineer, mixer
  • Alfred Figueroa - Assistant engineer
  • Kieran Wagner - Assistant engineer
  • Chris Wiggins - Assistant engineer
  • Kevin Dillon - Coordinator
  • Wendy Pedersen - Backing vocals
  • Adam Zimmon - Guitar
  • Marcelo Acevedo - Guitar
  • Randy Barlow - Accordion
  • Teddy Mulet - Trumpet
  • Brendan Buckley - Drums
  • Lee Levin - Drums
  • Edwin Bonilla - Percussion
  • John Falcone-elec.bass


Awards

Year Category Title Result
1999 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album ¿Donde Están Los Ladrones? Nominated
2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance "Ojos Así" Won
Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance "Octavo Día" Won
Latin Grammy for Best Music Video "Ojos Así" Nominated

Shakira won two Premios Lo Nuestro awards

  • Female Artist of the Year
  • Pop Album of the Year

Shakira won two Casandra awards

  • Album of the Year
  • Best Pop Album

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Charts[2] 78
German Albums Chart[3] 79
Swiss Albums Chart[4] 73
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 131
U.S. Billboard Catalog Albums[4] 30
U.S. Billboard Hot Heatseekers Albums[5] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Pop Albums[4] 1

Sales and certifications

Chart Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina CAPIF 4x Platinum[6] 240,000
Central America 4x Platinum[7] 90,000
Chile 4x Platinum[8] 125,000
Colombia 3x Platinum[9] 300,000
Mexico AMPROFON Platinum[10] 300,000
Spain PROMUSICAE Platinum 150,000
U.S. RIAA Platinum[11] 1,000,000+

References

  1. ^ Ins"¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" sold 10 million copies worldwide. Shakira received 2 Latin Grammy's from this album,including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. She also received her first Grammy nomination for Best Latin Rock Alternative Album.ert footnote text here
  2. ^ "Shakira's discography in Dutch charts". NVPI. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  3. ^ "Shakira - Germany Charted Albums". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Dónde Están los Ladrones? - Shakira". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-04. Cite error: The named reference "Shakira" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Allmusic - Shakira's Albums Chart". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  6. ^ CAPIF - Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música
  7. ^ "Shakira's Biography"
  8. ^ "Shakira Recibió Cuádruple Disco de Platino"
  9. ^ "Shakira's Discography"
  10. ^ "AMPROFON Certification"
  11. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum Certification"
Preceded by U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album
November 28, 1998 - February 6, 1999 		Succeeded by
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