Fijación Oral Vol. 1
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Fijación Oral Vol. 1 is the fourth studio album by Colombian
Colombian people
Colombian people are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in South America called Colombia. Colombians are predominantly Roman Catholic and are a mixture of Europeans, Africans, and Amerindians.-Demography:...

 singer-songwriter Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

. It is also the first Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 album
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 released by the multilingual songwriter since 1998. The album has won numerous awards worldwide, including five Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

 and a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
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. This album and Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is the fifth studio album by Colombian pop singer-songwriter Shakira, released on November 28, 2005 by Epic Records. According to her biography on her website and Epic Records, the album has sold 8 million copies worldwide....

 sold, combined, over 12 million copies worldwide and holds the record for highest debut ever for a Spanish language album in the United States
United States
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.

Album information

The album was first released on June 3, 2005 in Ireland
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. It was then released on June 6 in the rest of the European Union
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 and on June 7 on the North America
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 (see 2005 in music
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

). This is Shakira's first studio album since Laundry Service
Laundry Service
Some critics criticized the effectiveness of Shakira's lyrics, claiming that her English skills were too weak for her to write in that language, but nearly all agreed on her unique poetic imagery...

, released in 2001. It is also her first full Spanish language album since 1998's ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?
¿Dónde están los ladrones?
-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...

. The album yielded 5 number one singles: The first single "La Tortura
La Tortura
"" is a Latin pop-reggaeton song performed by singers Shakira and Alejandro Sanz. It was recorded for Shakira's sixth studio album , released on June 7, 2005...

" was #1 in more than 19 countries and held the top spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks for an impressive 25 weeks (The song broke the record on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart, appearing at #1 more than any other single) , the second single "No
No (song)
"No" is a song by Shakira, released as the second single from her sixth studio album, Fijación Oral Vol. 1, in late 2005. The song features Gustavo Cerati in guitar and backing vocals.-Background and chart performance:...

" was #1 in 6 countries , the third single "Día de Enero
Día de Enero
"" is the third single released from Shakira's 2005 album , following "" and "".-Song information:Written and composed by Shakira herself, "" is a love song that tells about how she met her boyfriend, Antonio de la Rúa on a January day...

" was #1 in 6 countries and held the top position in Mexico for 8 weeks, the fourth single "La Pared" was #1 in Spain and Argentina, and the final promotional single "Las De La Intuición
Las de la Intuición
"Las de la Intuición" is a pop song written by Shakira and Luis Fernando Ochoa for Shakira's 2005 album Fijación Oral Vol. 1. An English version titled "Pure Intuition" did not appear on the album, but it became famous because it was the main theme of the SEAT's campaign "Catch The Fever"...

" was #1 in 9 countries most notably holding the top position in Spain for 8 weeks. An English language
English language
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 album, titled Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is the fifth studio album by Colombian pop singer-songwriter Shakira, released on November 28, 2005 by Epic Records. According to her biography on her website and Epic Records, the album has sold 8 million copies worldwide....

, was released on November 29, 2005. According to Shakira, the two fixations, Spanish version and English one as well, were her "grade thesis". The decision of selling two separated albums in the same year was not premeditated but, although, the quantity of composed material made the singer to choose that "strategy", which now is a new tendency in music industry. In December 2005, Shakira won a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 in the category of Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album was an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Latin rock and alternative music genres at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...

, beating hip-hop group Orishas
Orishas (band)
Orishas was a Cuban hip hop group The group was first called "Amenaza", "threat" or "menace" in Spanish, and appealed to the Cuban youth who were hungry for African-American culture consisting of hip hop and rap. Orishas delved into a realm of music that created a black identity to which some...

 and reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

 artist Vico C
Vico C
Vico C is an Puerto Rican rapper and rap artist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of rap and has played an influential role in the development of Latin American hip hop....

. In 2009, Billboard
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 named the albums Latin Pop Album of the decade. "The title comes from the fact that I have always lived through my mouth", explains the singer. "It is my biggest source of pleasure and my most accessible vehicle to discover and enjoy the world. I am fixated on chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...

! I am fixated on the spoken word, the written word, the things I have said and the things I should never have said. This is the reason why I decided on this names for the albums. The album artwork is significant as well. Shakira called upon Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 icons to explain the significance of Oral Fixation. In Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Shakira holds a baby in her arms. "Vol. 1 is more of a Freudian image: it represents the psychoanalytical
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

 perspective".

Critical and commercial reception

Barry Walters from Rolling Stone Magazine gave the album 3.5 star from 5 and said "Longtime fans know Shakira as a singer-songwriter of more depth and breadth than her 2001 English-language breakthrough, Laundry Service
Laundry Service
Some critics criticized the effectiveness of Shakira's lyrics, claiming that her English skills were too weak for her to write in that language, but nearly all agreed on her unique poetic imagery...

, revealed. For her first album of new Spanish-language material since 1998's ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?, the Colombian songstress flaunts sides to her musical personality repressed by the hip-swiveling babe who stormed American radio with "Whenever, Wherever
Whenever, Wherever
"Whenever, Wherever" is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira's first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in...

" and "Underneath Your Clothes
Underneath Your Clothes
"Underneath Your Clothes" is a power ballad by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira - the second English language single released from Laundry Service . It is a love song with lyrics by Shakira and music by her and Lester Mendez and tells the story of the unconditional love that a woman has for her...

." Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 begins by referencing the same French 1960s pop a la Beck and Stereolab, then moves on to show some love to early Eurythmics, breezy bossa nova, vintage Elvis Costello, classic Depeche Mode and the Argentinian rock of Soda Stereo, whose former frontman Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...

 collaborates on "Día Especial
Día Especial
"Día Especial" is a Latin pop ballad performed by Colombian-born singer Shakira from her album Fijación Oral Vol. 1. The song is about how a day is made special from forgiveness. "Día Especial" is not an official single to Fijación Oral Vol. 1 but was popular around the time of the album's...

" and "No
NO
NO, N.O., No, or No. may refer to:* One of a pair of English words, yes and no, which signal confirmation or a negative response respectively.- Geographical locations :* Norway, ISO 3166-1 country code* Lake No, Sudan...

." Executive producer Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...

 helps restore Shakira's artistic integrity by keeping the industry at bay: There's a light touch to ballads like "En Tus Pupilas" that's a world away from the Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

izing of Latin pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

."

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said "Laundry Service gave Shakira her long-anticipated English-language breakthrough, turning her into a global superstar in the process. A hit of that magnitude is hard to follow, so it shouldn't be a great surprise that she toiled on its sequel for upward of four years. What is surprising is that the subsequent album was split in two—à la Kill Bill—with the first being devoted to Spanish tunes and the second consisting entirely of English songs; the teasing titles Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 indicate which is which and which hit the market first. It's kind of a sharp move to release Fijacion Oral first, since it not only satisfies her longtime fans who have been waiting a long time for a collection of brand-new Spanish material (she hasn't delivered one since 1998's Dónde Están los Ladrones?), it also subtly signals that she won't be placing American success above anything else. Similarly, Fijacion Oral smartly straddles the line between traditional Latin pop and the sexy, splashy dance-pop and bombastic adult contemporary pop that made Laundry Service a big hit in the U.S.: its heart is in the former, but the production—the omnipresent Rick Rubin serves as the executive producer—is slick and bright, enough to make the first single, "La Tortura," sound like a natural for American radio (even if it will never be played because it's sung in Spanish). Despite the surface sheen, Fijacion Oral is proudly a Latin pop record, and it conforms to the conventions of its genre, alternating between melodramatic ballads and insistent dance tunes, sometimes working a sleek bossa nova number into the equation for good measure (the terrific "Obtener un Sí," which sounds like it could have been a big hit in the late '60s). Even if it doesn't break convention, it nevertheless does its job extremely well, with an ample amount of style and flair, as well as more songcraft than Shakira is usually given credit for. She's written each song here, sometimes in collaboration with either Luis F. Ochoa or Lester Mendez, and these ten originals (the 12-track album includes two alternate versions) have a combination of commercial savvy and smart writing, making this album a small triumph, proof that Shakira can not only return to her roots, but expand upon them. Since this is a Latin pop record through and through, it will not cross over the way that Laundry Service did, but that's by design: Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1 will conquer half of the world, and the other half will follow with Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 in six months' time. Given the strength of this album, it's hard to wait for the second part to arrive."

Track listing

Chart performance

Fijación Oral Vol. 1 entered the Billboard
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 200
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 chart at number 4 on June 15, 2005. It is the highest debut ever for a Spanish language album, selling 157,000 copies in its first week and was also the first to sell more than 100,000 copies in the first week. As of June 1, 2009, Fijacion Oral Vol.1 has sold over 1.1 million copies in the U.S. earning a Platinum / 11x Platino certification from the RIAA. The albums spent 17 weeks at top of the U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums Chart, the 8th longest stay at #1 on that chart.
Only a few hours after the album was released in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 it went Platinum, in Colombia
Colombia
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 triple Platinum and in Mexico
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 the album was sold-out in one day.
Fijación Oral Vol. 1 also became the first Spanish language album to top the German Album Chart
Media Control Charts
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 ever. It also named the best-selling Latin pop album of the decade.

English version

  • "En Tus Pupilas" Spanish version of "Something" from Oral Fixation Vol. 2
    Oral Fixation Vol. 2
    Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is the fifth studio album by Colombian pop singer-songwriter Shakira, released on November 28, 2005 by Epic Records. According to her biography on her website and Epic Records, the album has sold 8 million copies worldwide....

  • "Día Especial" Spanish version of "The Day and The Time" from Oral Fixation Vol. 2
    Oral Fixation Vol. 2
    Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is the fifth studio album by Colombian pop singer-songwriter Shakira, released on November 28, 2005 by Epic Records. According to her biography on her website and Epic Records, the album has sold 8 million copies worldwide....

  • "Las de la Intuición" Spanish version of "Pure Intuition" which is not included in any album

Charts, sales and procession

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Argentine Albums Chart
Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers
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1
Austrian Albums Chart 2
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart
Ultratop
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15
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart
Ultratop
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6
Dutch Albums Chart
MegaCharts
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7
European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...

2
Finnish Albums Chart
Finland
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3
French Albums Chart 6
German Albums Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

1
Hungarian Albums Chart
Mahasz
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6
Italian Albums Chart
Federation of the Italian Music Industry
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18
Mexican Albums Chart 1
Portuguese Albums Chart
IFPI
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8
Spanish Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart
Sverigetopplistan
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14
Swiss Albums Chart
Swiss Music Charts
The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...

2
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 
4
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums
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1


Sales and certifications

Chart precession and succession

Awards

Year Award Nominated work Category Result References
2005 Billboard Music Awards "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" Latin Album of the Year
"La Tortura" Latin Song of the Year
Latin Album Artist of the Year
2006 Alma Awards "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" Album of the Year
Shakira Outstanding Female Performer,Female
Grammy Awards "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
International Dance Music Awards "La Tortura" Best Latin Track
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica "La Tortura" Video of the Year
"No" Video of the Year
Latin Billboard Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...

"La Tortura" Latin Ringtone of the Year
Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year - Duo or Group
Hot Latin Song of the Year
Hot Latin Song of the Year-Vocal Duet or Collaboration
"No" Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year-Female
"Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" Latin Pop Album-Female
Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...

"La Tortura" Record of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Music Video
"Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" Album of the Year
Best Pop Vocal Album
MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Awards
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"La Tortura" Best Female Video
Viewer's Choice Awards
Best dance video
NRJ Music Awards
NRJ Music Awards
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"La Tortura" International Song of the Year
Premios Lo Nuestro "La Tortura" Pop Song Of The Year
"Fijación Oral vol. 1" Pop Album of the Year
"No" Clip of the Year

Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Worldwile 2005 Sony International CD 93700

See also

  • Oral Fixation Tour
    Oral Fixation Tour
    Oral Fixation Tour is the concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira, in support of her fourth and fifth studio albums, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2...

  • Oral Fixation Volumes 1&2
    Oral Fixation Volumes 1&2
    Oral Fixation Volumes 1 & 2 is the fourth compilation album released by Colombian-born musician Shakira. The album was released on December 5, 2006. The set contains Fijacion Oral Vol. 1, Oral Fixation Vol. 2 and a Bonus DVD of videos and live performances from both albums. The album was well...

  • List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States
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