- Dónde Están los Ladrones?
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Dónde están los ladrones? 
Studio album by Shakira Released September 29, 1998 Recorded 1997–1998 Genre Rock, Latin Pop, Alternative Length 41:06 Label Sony Latin Producer Shakira, Emilio Estefan Jr. (Executive), Pablo Florez, Javier Garza, Lester Mendez, Luis Fernando Ochoa Shakira chronology Pies Descalzos
(1996)Dónde Están los Ladrones?
(1998)Laundry Service
(2001)Singles from Dónde están los ladrones? - "Ciega, Sordomuda"
Released: July 13, 1998 - "Tú"
Released: November 2, 1998 - "Inevitable"
Released: December 15, 1998 - "No Creo"
Released: February 17, 1999 - "Ojos Así"
Released: July 23, 1999 - "Moscas en la Casa"
Released: August 28, 1999
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]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 10 million copies worldwide.[2][Third-party source needed] 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 Rock Album.
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Album information
The album took 9 months to produce since many people worked on the album: an increased number of options were given and further demos were released. This extended the production process, making it more complex than the Pies Descalzos album. In addition, Shakira insisted on perfection, mindful of the many critics who would judge her second album, mindful of the label of "musical prodigy" applied to her in Latin America. Consequently, each song comprised three or four demo tracks, made possible by the increased album budget and the hundreds of thousands of dollars available for promotion. As a result, the album sold 100,000 copies on the day of release, and reached one million sales 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.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Ciega, Sordomuda" Shakira, Salgado Shakira, Lester Mendez 4:28 2. "Si Te Vas" Shakira, Ochoa Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa 3:30 3. "Moscas En La Casa" Shakira Shakira, Lester Mendez 3:32 4. "No Creo" Shakira, Ochoa Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa 3:53 5. "Inevitable" Shakira, Ochoa Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa 3:13 6. "Octavo Día" Shakira, Mendez Shakira, Lester Mendez 4:32 7. "Que Vuelvas" Shakira Shakira, Lester Mendez 3:51 8. "Tú" Shakira, O'Brien Shakira, Lester Mendez 3:35 9. "¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?" Shakira, Ochoa Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa 3:14 10. "Sombra De Ti" Shakira, Ochoa Shakira, Luis F. Ochoa 3:35 11. "Ojos Así" Shakira, Flores, Garza Shakira, Pablo Flores, Javier Garza 3:57 European Bonus Tracks[3][4] No. Title Writer(s) Length 12. "Estoy Aquí" Luis F. Ochoa, Shakira 3:44 13. "Ojos Así" (Single Version) Shakira, Flores, Garza 3:56 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 - Electric bass guitar
Shakira performing Ojos Así in La Coruña in 2006.
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 Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
positionDutch Albums Charts[5] 7 German Albums Chart[6] 79 Swiss Albums Chart[7] 7 U.S. Billboard 200[7] 131 U.S. Billboard Catalog Albums[7] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Heatseekers Albums[8] 2 U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums[7] 1 U.S. Billboard Top Latin Pop Albums[7] 1 Sales and certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments Argentina (CAPIF)[9] 4× Platinum 240,000x Mexico (AMPROFON)[10] 2× Platinum 500,000^ United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^ ^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification aloneReferences
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?". Shakira.com. http://www.shakira.com/discography/index/album/albumId/5/tagName/Albums. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ http://download.mtv3.fi/album/Shakira/Donde_Estan_Los_Ladrones/740FC823-AB8B-0D43-A92D-FACBF634A7E6/
- ^ http://itunes.apple.com/mx/album/donde-estan-los-ladrones/id278266430
- ^ "Shakira's discography in Dutch charts". NVPI. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shakira. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Shakira - Germany Charted Albums". Musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Shakira/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ a b c d e "Dónde Están los Ladrones? - Shakira". Swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakira&titel=D%F3nde+est%E1n+los+ladrones%3F&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Allmusic - Shakira's Albums Chart". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p174707. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Shakira – Donde Estan los Ladrones". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Shakira&album=Donde+Estan+los+Ladrones&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP.
- ^ "Mexican album certifications – Shakira – Donde Estan los Ladrones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Shakira&titulo=Donde+Estan+los+Ladrones&categoria=ALBUM&contenido=buscar.
- ^ "American album certifications – Shakira – Donde Estan los Ladrones". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Donde+Estan+los+Ladrones%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Te Acordarás de Mí by Olga TañónU.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album
November 28, 1998 - February 6, 1999Succeeded by
Trozos de Mi Alma by Marco Antonio SolísShakira Studio albums Pies Descalzos · ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones? · Laundry Service · Fijación Oral Vol. 1 · Oral Fixation Vol. 2 · She Wolf · Sale el SolLive albums Compilation albums Box sets Extended plays The Pepsi E.P. · Love in the Time of CholeraOthers albums Concert tours Tour Pies Descalzos · Tour Anfibio · Tour of the Mongoose · Oral Fixation Tour · The Sun Comes Out World TourFragrance S by ShakiraRelated articles Categories:- Albums certified quadruple platinum by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers
- Albums certified double platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas
- Albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- 1998 albums
- Shakira albums
- Sony Music Latin albums
- Albums produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr.
- Spanish-language albums
- "Ciega, Sordomuda"
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