''Laundry Service'' is a Latin Grammy-winning album by Shakira, released in 2001. It debuted at number-three on the Billboard 200 and sold over 3.5 million copies in the U.S. alone, and went on to sell around 14 million copies worldwide.

Album information

The album was Shakira's breakthrough English-language effort and established her as a major pop singer-songwriter in the U.S. market. Initially, those around Shakira wanted her to simply translate the songs from her previous album, the hugely successful Donde Estan Los Ladrones? but she was determined to learn English herself in order to write all-new songs. Thus, Objection (Tango) was born, a song that documents Shakira's anger at a relationship in which her lover is unfaithful. It was Shakira's first song composed in English. All the songs on album are original, with the exception of Eyes Like Yours, which is a translation of Shakira's Arabic-tinged 1999 worldwide hit "Ojos As?". Although it is an English album, it did contain four Spanish tracks.

Laundry Service: Washed & Dried released in 2002, contains 3 additional bonus tracks: "Whenever, Wherever (Sahara Mix)", "Underneath Your Clothes (Acoustic Version)", and "Objection (Tango) (Afro-Punk Verison)".

Track listing

# "Objection (Tango)" (Shakira) ? 3:44 # "Underneath Your Clothes" (Shakira, L. Mendez) ? 3:45 # "Whenever, Wherever" (Shakira, G. Estefan, T. Mitchell) ? 3:16 # "Rules" (Shakira, L. Mendez) ? 3:40 # "The One" (Shakira, G. Ballard) ? 3:43 # "Ready For The Good Times" (Shakira, L. Mendez) ? 4:14 # "Fool" (Shakira, B. Buckley) ? 3:51 # "Te Dejo Madrid" (Shakira, T. Mitchell, G. Noriega) ? 3:07 # "Poem To A Horse" (Shakira, L. F. Ochoa) ? 4:09 # "Que Me Quedes T?" (Shakira, L. F. Ochoa) ? 4:48 # "Eyes Like Yours (Ojos As?)" (G. Estefan, Shakira, J. Garza, P. Flores) ? 3:58 # "Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)" (Shakira, T. Mitchell) ? 3:16 # "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" (Shakira) ? 3:43

Chart performance

Laundry Service debuted at number-three on the Billboard 200, selling 202,000 copies and exceeding expectations by a wide margin. The album hovered in the top twenty for six months, fueled by the success of its two lead singles. It was eventually certifed 3x Platinum by the RIAA in June 2002 making it one of the biggest selling albums of the year. In Portugal, it reached the #1 position for 2 weeks and was certifed 4x Platinum. It established the record for the best selling album in Turkey. According to the United World Chart for albums, Laundry Service is as of 2007 the ninth best selling album worldwide so far of the 21st century.

Certifications, peaks & sales

Personnel

* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, vocals, harmonica, logo design * Emilio Estefan Jr. - Executive producer, percussion * Terry Manning - Engineer * Javier Garza - Producer, engineer, mixer, arranger * Tim Mitchell - Producer, arranger, guitar, mandolin, programmer * Lester Mendez - Producer, arranger, horn arranger, keyboards * Pablo Flores - Producer, arranger, programmer * Luis Fernando Ochoa - Arranger, guitar, keyboards * Jorge Calandrelli - Arranger, piano arranger * David Campbell - Conductor, string arranger * Alfred Figueroa - Engineer * Kevin Dillon - Production coordinator * Adam Zimmon - Guitar * Tim Pierce - Guitar * Brian Ray - Guitar * Paul Bushnell - Bass guitar * Julio Hernandez - Bass guitar * Pablo Aslan - Acoustic bass * Brendan Buckley - Drums, percussion * Abe Laboriel Jr. - Drums * Edwin Bonilla - Percussion * Miriam Elli - Percussion * Richard Bravo - Percussion * Archie Pena - Percussion

Awards

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