''Acústico MTV'' is a musical television program originally aired by
MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil was a Brazilian over-the-air television network owned by Grupo Abril focused on the youth and entertainment. The network was launched on 20 October 1990, as the first specialty television network to broadcast over-the-air, becoming ...
, inspired by the series ''
MTV Unplugged
''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV. It showcases recorded live performances of popular music artists playing acoustic instrument, acoustic or "unplugged" variations of songs. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999. F ...
'', an American program created in 1989 where bands and artists play their music in an
acoustic version, that is, with acoustic and non-electric instruments.
Initially, ''Acústico MTV'' was born as a television program and, as a result, became a music label. For the Brazilian music industry, the series took the music market to its peak.
With the end of MTV Brasil's management by
Grupo Abril in September 2013, the station stopped producing the program. Therefore, the last acoustic one was with
Arnaldo Antunes
Arnaldo Antunes (, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960) is a Brazilian singer, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked on ...
. However, in November 2018,
Viacom (current owner of the rights to MTV Brasil) announced that it was returning with the project, as it is part of a strategy to reposition MTV in Brazil. The first guest artist was
Tiago Iorc.
Episodes and albums released
See also
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Acústico (disambiguation)
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Live albums by Brazilian artists