Grandes Éxitos (English: Greatest Hits) is the first
greatest hits album by Colombian singer and songwriter
Shakira. It was released on 2 November 2002, by
Sony Music Colombia, one year after her fifth
studio album and English-language debut Laundry Service. It is composed of Spanish-language recordings from her third, fourth and fifth studio efforts Pies Descalzos (1995), Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) and Laundry Service (2001), along with the
live albumMTV Unplugged (2000). The album only featured Spanish-language tracks and featured no new recordings. It also did not include songs from her first two studio albums, Magia and Peligro.
Upon its release, Grandes Éxitos achieved moderate commercial success, it was certified double-platinum (by standards for Latin recordings) for shipments of 200,000 copies by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).