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Shakira
Shakira for Vogue in 2021
Born
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

(1977-02-02) 2 February 1977 (age 47)
Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • dancer
  • record producer
  • actress
  • judge
  • vaudevillian
Years active1988–present
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Partners
Children2
Musical career
Genres


Instruments
  • singing , guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, harmonica, synthesizers, percussion dulcimer, bass guitar
Labels
Websiteshakira.com
Signature

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, or more simply known as Shakira (born 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia), is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Her famous songs include Hips Don't Lie (2006) and Whenever, Wherever (2001).

Noted to be a "global phenom" whose impact has "reached every corner of the world", Shakira has been described as an "artistic link between the west and the east" for popularizing Middle Eastern sounds in the West, and western sounds in the East (mainly the Middle East).[2] Due to her heritage as a Colombian of Lebanese descent, she is perceived as particularly influential for Latino and Middle-Eastern musicians,[3] and has been noted for introducing musical genres, instruments, and techniques from across Latin America, the Middle East, and other regions to a wider audience.[4] Shakira is also credited with popularising music in the Spanish language on a global level.[5]

Career

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In 1991, Shakira's first album Magia was released. Her second album Pies Descalzos was released in 1993. Her first hit in Colombia was her third record, “¿Dónde Estás Corazón?" from 1995.[6] In 2001, she released her first English album Laundry Service. The album's first single "Whenever, Wherever" was the best selling single of 2001. In 2005, she released her second English album Oral Fixation, Vol.2. In 2009, She Wolf was released. The first single "She Wolf" reached number four in the UK Singles Chart. On 14 January 2014, Shakira released a single with Rihanna, "Can't Remember to Forget You".[7]

Personal life

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Shakira's first language is Spanish. She also speaks Portuguese and English. In addition she can speak some Italian, French, Catalan, Arabic, and Japanese. Accordingly, she records songs in both English and Spanish, as well as having covered Francis Cabrel's song Je l'aime à mourir in French and Fairuz's Aatini Al Nay in Arabic as an homage to her home country of Lebanon.

She has two sons, Milan (born 2013) and Sasha (born 2015) with her former boyfriend, Gerard Piqué.[8] In July 2018, Shakira came back to Lebanon with her family. She visited her grandmother's village of Tannourine where she was granted a square in her name. A statue of the pop-star is set to be built soon in the mentioned village. She also visited her father's hometown, Zahle.

Discography

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Year Album Chart position Albums sold
US UK FR DE AU CA AT CH
1991 Magia - - - - - - - -
1,000
1993 Peligro - - - - - - - -
1,200
1995 Pies Descalzos - - - 71 - - - -
7,000,000
1997 The Remixes - - - - - - - -
2,500,000
1998 ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? 131 - - 79 - - - 73
10,000,000
2000 MTV Unplugged 124 - 32 91 - - 55 -
5,000,000
2002 Laundry Service 3 1 5 1 2 4 1 1
20,000,000
2002 Grandes Exitos - - 3 - - - - 45
3,500,000
2004 Live and Off the Record 45 - - 14 - - 9 20
3,000,000
2005 Fijación Oral Vol.1 4 122 7 1 3 7 2 2
4,500,000
2005 Oral Fixation Vol. 2 5 12 8 6 5 2 7 3
8,000,000
2009 She Wolf 15 - 1 3 1 5 3 3
4,500,000
2010 Sale el sol 7
6,800,000

Singles

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Year Song Album Chart position Points
USA Latin GER FRA SPA EUR ITA UK WW
1991 "Magia" Magia - - - - - - - - - -
"Esta Noche Voy Contigo" - - - - - - - - - -
"Sueños" - - - - - - - - - -
1993 "Peligro" Peligro - - - - - - - - - -
"Brujería" - - - - - - - - - -
"Eres" - - - - - - - - - -
1994 "Tú Serás La Historia De Mi Vida" - - - - - - - - - -
1995 "Dónde Estás Corazón" Pies Descalzos - 5 - - 10 - - - - -
"Estoy Aquí" - 2 - - 1 - - - - -
1997 "Se Quiere, Se Mata" - 8 - - - - - - - -
"Antología" - 15 - - 2 - - - - -
1998 "Ciega, Sordomuda" ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? - 1 - 28 1 - - - - -
"Ojos Así" - 22 - 15 9 52 - - - -
1999 "Tú" - 1 - - - - - - - -
"Inevitable" - 3 - 27 1 - - - - -
"No Creo" - 9 - - - - - - - -
"Moscas En La Casa" MTV Unplugged - 25 - - 7 - - - - -
2001 "Whenever, Wherever"/"Suerte" Laundry Service 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 8,541,000
2002 "Underneath Your Clothes" 9 - 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 5,727,000
"Objection (Tango)" 55 16 1 10 15 12 6 17 13 2,500,000
"Te Dejo Madrid" - 45 - - 1 - - - - -
2003 "The One" - - 39 15 - - 20 - 29 500,000
"Que Me Quedes Tú" - 1 - - 10 - - - - -
"Fool" - - - - - - - - - -
2003 "Poem To A Horse" Live & Off the Record - - - - - - - - - -
2005 "La Tortura" (feat. Alejandro Sanz) Fijación Oral Vol. 1 23 1 3 7 1 2 3 34 2 5,985,000
"No" (feat. Gustavo Cerati) - 11 - - 1 - - - - -
"Don't Bother" Oral Fixation Vol. 2 42 - 6 24 18 7 5 9 4 3,000,000
2006 "Día De Enero" Fijación Oral Vol. 1 - 29 - - - - - - - -
"Hips Don't Lie" (feat. Wyclef Jean) Oral Fixation Vol. 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13,845,000
"Illegal" - - 11 - - - 4 34 23 703,000
"La Pared" Fijación Oral Vol. 1 - - - - 1 - - - - -
2007 "Las de la Intuición"/"Pure Intuition" Fijación Oral Vol. 1 - - 10 - 1 43 - - - -
2009 "She Wolf"/"Loba" She Wolf 11 1 2 - 1 4 1 4 2 3,105,000
"Did it again"/"Lo hecho esta hecho" - 6 34 - 12 44 15 - - -
"Give it up to me"(feat. Lil Wayne) 29 - - - - - - - - -
2010 "Gypsy"/"Gitana" 65 6 7 - 3 25 - - 36 -
"Waka Waka (this time for Africa)" FIFA World Cup 2010 Official Song 38 2 1 1 1 1 1 21 7 11,035,000
"Loca"(feat. El Cata or Dizzee Rascal) Sale el sol 32 1 - - 1 29 1 - 19 -
Year Song Album Chart position Points
USA Latin GER FRA ESP EUR ITA UK WW
2007 "Te lo Agradezco, Pero No" (Alejandro Sanz feat. Shakira) El Tren de los Momentos 124 1 - - 1 - - - - -
2007 "Beautiful Liar" (with Beyoncé) B'Day - Deluxe Edition 3 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4,416,000
2007 "Si Tu No Vuelves" (Miguel Bosé feat. Shakira) Papito - - - - - - - - - -

References

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  1. ↑ "ROC NATION Artists".
  2. ↑ "Shakira Mebarak, el nexo artístico entre oriente y occidente". El Correo del Golfo. 27 June 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ ""Shakira es una amenaza: influye en el público de todo el mundo" – elEconomista.es". www.eleconomista.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  4. ↑ Ricaurte, Ana Bejarano. "LA GRAN COLOMBIANA – Ana Bejarano Ricaurte | Los Danieles". cambiocolombia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. ↑ "Así ha cambiado Shakira: Desde 'Pies descalzos' hasta su ruptura con Gerard Piqué". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  6. ↑ "Shakira Biography". Concerty.com.
  7. ↑ Corner, Lewis (13 January 2014). "Listen to Shakira and Rihanna's duet". Digital Spy.
  8. ↑ Terrero, Nina (22 January 2013). "Shakira welcomes baby boy Milan Piqué Mebarak". NBC Latino. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2013.

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