F. Promis of Allmusic opined that the record "[balanced] heartfelt, earnest ballads with catchy, jangly pop/rock" and was a "solid debut". A reviewer from Billboard provided a positive review, opining that the record "[carries] passion, conviction, and honesty". At the 1997 Billboard Latin Music Awards, the album received two awards for "Pop Album of the Year by a Female Artist" and "Pop Album of the Year by a New Artist". It was also nominated at the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards in 1997 for "Pop Album of the Year", but lost to Enrique Iglesias's album Vivir. Shakira herself received the Lo Nuestro Awards for "Pop Female Artist of the Year" and "Pop New Artist of the Year". In 2015, Billboard listed Pies Descalzos as one of the Essential Latin Albums of Past 50 Year stating that "Finally, Latin rock had found its muse". Commercial performance Commercially, the project became Shakira's breakthrough record, with which she established notability throughout Latin America. In Argentina, it attained double-platinum certification after passing 120,000 in sold copies. In her native Colombia, the album was awarded the "Diamond Prism" by her record label, acknowledging sales of one million units. It was awarded platinum in Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Mexico and Central America. Elsewhere, the album peaked at number 71 on the German Albums Chart. In the United States, it failed to chart on the Billboard 200. However, it reached number 34 on the Billboard Hot Heatseekers Albums component chart, and additionally peaked at numbers 3 and 5 on the Latin Pop Albums and Latin Albums charts. It was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies. As of 2008, Pies Descalzos has sold over five million copies. , it has sold 580,000 copies in the US, making it the 23rd bestselling Latin album in the country according to Nielsen SoundScan. In Latin America the album sold over 2 million copies. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from Allmusic. Shakira – producer, vocals Luis Fernando Ochoa – producer, background vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, percussion Alvaro Farfan – director Victor Di Persia – Recording and Mixing Engineer''''' Camillo Montilla – engineer, piano Sonido Azulado – engineer Henry Gerhart - live audio engineer Luly Deya – assistant engineer José Martínez – assistant engineer Freddi Niño – assistant engineer Juan Antonio Castillo – mixing Michael Fuller – mastering Sergio Solano – guitar Italo