List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged

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
Boom Crash Opera - Melbourne's Channel Nine studios, June
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 – Fountain Studios, London, England, recorded on September 1, aired on November 7 (see also MTV Unplugged / Live and Debut Live)
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 (at the University of South Carolina), 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 2
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 - 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)

2010

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 1

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
Unheilig - October 3-5

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, London
Gang of Youths - July 25, Recorded at Cobblestone Pavilion, Melbourne
DMA's – October 11, Recorded at Memo Music Hall, Melbourne,^[24] (See also MTV Unplugged: Live (DMA's album))

2019

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

2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, MTV rebranded the show to MTV Unplugged at Home, as part of the network's #AloneTogether campaign, a social media initiative created to encourage the practice of social distancing among young people "in the hope of 'flattening the curve'" of the outbreak. It became an online series instead, with episodes released on MTV's YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, and featured a mix of local and international artists performing from their respective homes around the world.^[25]

Wyclef Jean – March 20. Jean was the first artist to perform under the new At Home format^[26]
JoJo – March 25^[27]
Yungblud – April 1, Los Angeles^[28]
Alessia Cara – April 3. Cara was the first artist featured after MTV announced the official launch of At Home as a livestreaming series earlier that same day.^[29]^[30]
Melissa Etheridge – April 7
Finneas O'Connell – April 10
Jewel – April 14
Shaggy – April 17
Kiana Ledé – April 21
Monsta X – April 24
Bazzi – May 1
Marcus Mumford – May 5
CNCO – May 8
Hayley Kiyoko – May 12
Clueso – May 20, Germany^[31]
Fobia – October 2, Frontón Mexico in Mexico City. The band was the first to record under the concert-without-an-audience format for the show. The location of the performance was not disclosed at the time to avoid crowds outside the venue.
Miley Cyrus – October 16, Los Angeles^[32]

2021

BTS – February 23, South Korea^[33]
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – aired December 16
Bastille with Charlie Barnes – aired December 23

2022

Twenty One Pilots – aired June 9
Liella! – aired May 27th & 28th

2023

A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey's Finest: Heather B., Lady Luck, Lords of the Underground, Poor Righteous Teachers, Queen Latifah, Redman, The Sugarhill Gang, Treach, Wyclef Jean – Newark Symphony Hall, Newark, NJ – aired December 14.

2024

Los Bunkers - October 9, Santiago, Chile

European MTV

Phil Collins (1994)^[34]

Brazilian Acústico MTV

More information Recorded, Released ...

Recorded	Released	Artist	Main article
1990		Marcelo Nova (pilot)	Acústico MTV: Marcelo Mova
1991	2006	Barão Vermelho	Acústico MTV: Barão Vermelho
1992	1999	Legião Urbana	Acústico MTV: Legião Urbana
	1992	João Bosco	Acústico MTV: João Bosco
	1992	Seal	Acustico MTV Seal (recorded in Brazil)
1994	1994	Gilberto Gil	Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil
1995	1995	Moraes Moreira	Acústico MTV: Moraes Moreira
1997	1997	Titãs	Acústico MTV: Titãs
1997	1997	Gal Costa	Acústico MTV: Gal Costa
1998	1998	Rita Lee	Acústico MTV: Rita Lee
1999	1999	Os Paralamas do Sucesso	Acústico MTV: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
2000	2000	Capital Inicial	Acústico MTV: Capital Inicial
		Art Popular	Acústico MTV: Art Popular
		Lulu Santos	Acústico MTV: Lulu Santos
2001	2001	Cássia Eller	Acústico MTV: Cássia Eller
	2001	Roberto Carlos	Acústico MTV: Roberto Carlos
	2002	Cidade Negra	Acústico MTV: Cidade Negra
2002		Jorge Ben	Acústico MTV: Jorge Ben Jor
2002		Kid Abelha	Acústico MTV: Kid Abelha
2003	2003	Marina Lima	Acústico MTV: Marina Lima
		Charlie Brown Jr.	Acústico MTV: Charlie Brown Jr.
		Zeca Pagodinho	Acústico MTV: Zeca Pagodinho
2004	2004	Ira!	Acústico MTV: Ira!
		Marcelo D2	Acústico MTV: Marcelo D2
		Engenheiros do Hawaii	Acústico MTV: Engenheiros do Hawaii
2005	2005	Bandas Gaúchas: Bidê ou Balde Cachorro Grande Ultramen Wander Wildner	Acústico MTV: Bandas Gaúchas
		O Rappa	Acústico MTV: O Rappa
		Ultraje a Rigor	Acústico MTV: Ultraje a Rigor
2006	2006	Lenine	Acústico MTV: Lenine
	2006	Zeca Pagodinho	Acústico MTV: Zeca Pagodinho 2 - Gafieira
	2007	Lobão	Acústico MTV: Lobão
2007		Sandy & Junior	Acústico MTV: Sandy & Junior
2007		Paulinho da Viola	Acústico MTV: Paulinho da Viola
2010	2010	Lulu Santos	Acústico MTV: Lulu Santos
2011	2012	Arnaldo Antunes^[35]	Acústico MTV: Arnaldo Antunes
2019	2019	Tiago Iorc	Acústico MTV: Tiago Iorc
2022	2023	Manu Gavassi^[36]	Acústico MTV: Manu Gavassi canta Fruto Proibido

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