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Fijación Oral, Vol. 1

Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
An image of a sitting woman with long blonde hair. She is wearing a sleeveless white dress that extends past her legs. She is holding an unclothed infant in her arms, who is reaching at the necklace she is wearing. The terms "Shakira" and "Fijación Oral" are respectively positioned in the top left and right corners of the image, while the term "Vol. 1" is placed in the bottom left corner.
Studio album by Shakira
Released 3 June 2005 (2005-06-03)
Genre Latin pop
Length 43:30
Language Spanish
Label Epic
Producer
Shakira chronology
Live & off the Record
(2004)
Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
(2005)
Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
(2005)
Singles from Fijación Oral, Vol. 1
  1. "La Tortura"
    Released: 12 April 2005
  2. "No"
    Released: 2 July 2005
  3. "Día de Enero"
    Released: 19 January 2006
  4. "Las de la Intuición"
    Released: 13 May 2007
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 79/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B+
The Guardian 3/5 stars
The New York Times (positive)
Paste (mixed)
PopMatters (8/10)
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
Yahoo! Music 9/10 stars

Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (English: Oral Fixation, Vol. 1) is the sixth studio album by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira. It was released on 3 June 2005 by Epic Records. After attaining international success in 2001 with her first English record, Laundry Service, Shakira wanted to release a fifth Spanish-language project as its followup. In the vein of her earlier work, Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 is a Latin pop album. Shakira enlisted Rick Rubin as executive producer, also working with Gustavo Cerati, Lester Mendez, Luis Fernando Ochoa and Jose "Gocho" Torres.

At its release Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented Shakira's evolution from her earlier work. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 157,000 copies. It set a record as the highest debut for a full-length Spanish-language album in the country which still stands. Internationally, the album topped the charts in Argentina, Germany, Mexico and Spain. Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 was the Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards, and the Album of the Year and the Best Female Pop Vocal Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 became the highest selling Latin pop album of the decade in the United States and the second highest selling Latin album overall. As of May 2013, over four million copies of the album were sold worldwide and it is one of the best-selling Latin albums in the United States.


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