MTV Unplugged (Shawn Mendes album)

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MTV Unplugged
Unplugged by Shawn Mendes.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
RecordedSeptember 2017
Ace Hotel, Los Angeles
Genre Pop rock
Length50:41
Label
Shawn Mendes chronology
Live at Madison Square Garden
(2016)
MTV Unplugged
(2017)
Shawn Mendes
(2018)

MTV Unplugged is the second live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes. The album was recorded at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles in September 2017. [1] The album was released worldwide on November 3, 2017.

Contents

Commercial performance

MTV Unplugged debuted at number 71 in the United States with 9,000 units; 3,000 of which were traditional album sales. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"3:30
2."Ruin"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Zubin Thakkar
  • Warburton
  • Zmishlany
6:21
3."Stitches"
  • Geiger
  • Daniel Kyriakides
  • Parker
4:23
4."Three Empty Words"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Warburton
  • Zmishlany
4:19
5."Patience"
  • Mendes
  • Harris
  • Geiger
3:15
6."Bad Reputation"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Warburton
5:11
7."Don't Be a Fool"
  • Harris
  • Mendes
  • Warburton
5:37
8."Roses"4:14
9."Mercy"
3:48
10."Never Be Alone"4:49
11."Use Somebody / Treat You Better"5:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [3]

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] 197
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 65
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 59
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10] 16
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [11] 38
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [12] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 38
US Billboard 200 [14] 71

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelCatalogueRef
VariousNovember 3, 2017 Digital download, CD, vinyl 060256708929 [15] [16]

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