In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of Alicia Keys’ ‘Unplugged’, MTV have introduced plans to broadcast the legendary live performance throughout its U.S. and worldwide channels by way of October twelfth 2025.
Recorded dwell on July 4th 2005, on the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the efficiency marked Keys’ first-ever dwell recording and stays probably the most memorable moments in MTV’s Unplugged historical past. Upon its launch, it grew to become the primary MTV Unplugged album by a feminine artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and achieved the very best debut for an ‘Unplugged’ efficiency since Nirvana’s 1994 session. The acclaimed album went on to earn a GRAMMY nomination for Greatest R&B Album.
To mark the upcoming anniversary of the album, Keys handled followers to a particular Encore Sequence efficiency at Broadway’s Shubert Theater, residence of her Tony Award-winning musical Hell’s Kitchen. The set included fan favourites, notably ‘Unbreakable’ from her chart-topping ’MTV Unplugged’ album.
To additional commemorate the milestone, AK Worldwide and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Leisure, have additionally launched ‘Unplugged twentieth Anniversary’ — a deluxe 2-LP black vinyl version of Alicia Keys’ landmark MTV Unplugged efficiency. Out now, this particular version commemorates twenty years because the intimate live performance recorded dwell on July 4, 2005, on the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
In a throwback homage, Keys took to Jungle Metropolis Studios in New York Metropolis to reimagine three fan favourites from the live performance in intimate ’Unplugged20 Periods’ performances. The performances will be seen on YouTube now.
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