It would not only win her a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album, but it also become a staple in suddenly thrilling middle-school Spanish classes: вЂњвќЅГіnde estГЎn los ladrones? вќЅГіnde estГЎ el asesino?вЂќ Gracias, Shakira.

album, 2001вЂ™s Laundry Service (i.e., the one with вЂњWherever, WheneverвЂќ on it), Shakira performed an all-Spanish set at New York CityвЂ™s Grand Ballroom, which MTV subsequently released as an Unplugged album. Shakira, вЂњвќЅГіnde EstГЎn los Ladrones?вЂќ (2000) HeвЂ™d been such a wally up to this point.вЂќ A fresh-faced Maxwell sang it for the first time at his Unplugged, and the rendition would become inseparably tied to his work after he included a studio version of it on his 2001 No. Good luck, girl.Д¬ontroversial question: Is MaxwellвЂ™s cover of Kate BushвЂ™s вЂњThis WomanвЂ™s WorkвЂќ actually better than the original? Hear me out! Bush wrote the song for the 1988 John Hughes film SheвЂ™s Having a BabyВ (starring Kevin Bacon and Lady Grantham!) and told NME in a 1989 interview that the lyrics are from a male perspective: вЂњItвЂ™s exploring his sadness and guilt, suddenly itвЂ™s the point where he has to grow up. Whatever your favorite - and let me know in the comments section! - we can probably agree that Miley has her work cut out for her tonight. Here are a few you may have missed or forgotten about, and a few of my personal favorites, because, letвЂ™s remember: All lists are ultimately subjective and this one is mine. There are the time-tested favorites that everyone knows (Nirvana, Mariah Carey, Pearl Jam, etc.), but performances by other big-name artists who have been invited on Unplugged have been lost in the sands of time. Through its stripped-down nature, UnpluggedВ rigorously tests the true musicality of those who perform on the show, but those who make it through the acoustic gauntlet gain some respect and an easy excuse to release a live album.

Haters are poised to mock, but Miley has given hints that sheвЂ™ll acquit herself nicely under the long-running acoustic concert programвЂ™s flaw-revealing format. Miley Cyrus, one of the biggest music stories of 2013, may have been strangely absent from this yearвЂ™s Grammy Awards, but the вЂњWrecking BallвЂќ singer regains the spotlight tonight when she stars in her very own Unplugged special on MTV.

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