On 5 December 1998 and in front of a live audience of more than 100,000 people at the Hippodrome of Guatemala City, Arjona recorded his first live album, the 1999 release "Vivo". The album was moderately successful, certified Gold in Mexico and Platinum in the United States and Argentina. It produced the hit "Desnuda", which became his first No. 1 on the "Billboard" Top Latin Songs chart. As of December 2005, "Vivo" had sold 243,000 copies in the United States, his best-selling album there as of that date.