The Best Seasons of MTV Unplugged

Every season of MTV Unplugged ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of MTV Unplugged!

Top season: Season 10; 8.8avg
Best episode: S4E13 Nirvana; 9.32,080 votes

Season 10

5 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1999

8.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Alanis Morissette 8.8

Season 23

3 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2012

8.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Florence + the Machine 8.7

Season 11

2 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 2000

8.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Paramore 8.4

Other Seasons

Season 12

7 Episodes

First Aired: May 2001

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Lauryn Hill 8.2

Season 2

7 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1991

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Paul McCartney 8.3

Season 20

7 Episodes

First Aired: May 2009

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Sportfreunde Stiller 7.9

Season 6

10 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1995

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · The Cranberries 8.6

Season 4

13 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 1993

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · Nirvana 9.3

Season 7

8 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1996

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Alice In Chains 9.1

#10

Season 5

10 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 1994

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Björk 8.3

#11

Season 8

9 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 1997

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Erykah Badu 8.1

#12

Season 25

5 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2014

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Kinky 7.7

#13

Season 3

10 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 1992

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Mariah Carey 9.0

#14

Season 1

19 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1989

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE18 · The Allman Brothers Band 7.9

#15

Season 19

2 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2008

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Julieta Venegas 7.0

#16

Season 18

4 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2007

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Bon Jovi 7.0

#17

Season 9

2 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 1998

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#18

Season 13

1 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2002

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#19

Season 14

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2005

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#20

Season 16

1 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2009

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#21

Season 17

1 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2006

N/A/ 10

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#22

Season 21

18 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2010

N/A/ 10

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#23

Season 22

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2011

N/A/ 10

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#24

Season 24

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2013

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#25

Season 26

1 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2015

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#26

Season 28

4 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 2017

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#27

Season 30

1 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2019

N/A/ 10

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#28

Season 31

1 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2020

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#29

Season 32

3 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2021

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#30

Season 33

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2022

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

#31

Season 34

1 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 2023

N/A/ 10

Average Rating

The Best Seasons of MTV Unplugged

Season 10

Season 23

Season 11

Other Seasons

Season 12

Season 2

Season 20

Season 6

Season 4

Season 7

Season 5

Season 8

Season 25

Season 3

Season 1

Season 19

Season 18

Season 9

Season 13

Season 14

Season 16

Season 17

Season 21

Season 22

Season 24

Season 26

Season 28

Season 30

Season 31

Season 32

Season 33

Season 34

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