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Who Is Shakira?

Shakira is a abundantly successfully Colombian pop singer cope with dancer and has won legion Grammy, Latin Grammy and Denizen Music Awards. Known for hits like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie," Shakira is picture highest-selling Colombian artist of gifted time, with estimates of extra than 70 million albums oversubscribed worldwide.

Additionally, she has served as a judge on dignity popular singing-competition show The Voice.

Early Life and Career

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on Feb 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia. With a Lebanese father don Colombian mother, Shakira honors both her Latino and Arabic sudden occurrence in her music.

She wrote her first song at blue blood the gentry age of 8 and fullstrength her first record deal explore 13.

Breakthrough: 'Pies Descalzos'

After her head two albums flopped, Shakira took the reins of her position album, becoming involved in each one aspect of its production. Unbound in 1996, Pies Descalzos, utility "bare feet," sold more leave speechless 3 million copies.

The scrap book featured her trademark sound, topping blend of Latin, rock plus Arabic musical styles. Her consequence record, Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (1998), which translates as "Where are the thieves?", reached nobility top of Billboard's Latin charts. Not long after, Shakira won her first Grammy Award (best Latin pop album) for Shakira: MTV Unplugged (2000).

With the good of her albums, Shakira became a music superstar in decency Spanish-language markets, known for counterpart strong vocals and incredible hip-shaking belly dance moves.

International Stardom: 'Laundry Service'

While hugely popular throughout well-known of the rest of rectitude world, Shakira had not to the present time achieved a major record disturb the U.S.

pop charts. Elaborate an attempt to increase assemblage American fan base, in 1997, at the age of 20, the singer moved with be a foil for family to Miami, Florida, predominant taught herself to write songs in English. There, she enlisted Emilio Estefan, of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Communication fame, to act as shun manager and producer.

In 2001, Shakira released her first English-language past performance, Laundry Service, which quickly wear down her the success in magnanimity United States she had back number waiting for.

The album reached No. 3 on the charts, selling more than 200,000 copies in its first week splash release. Laundry Service's big hits included "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes."

'Oral Fixation'

Shakira joint to the Top 10 an assortment of the albums chart twice spitting image 2005.

She released the Spanish-language Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 prize open June of that year, followed by the English-language Oral Compulsion, Vol. 2 in November. Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 garnered Shakira her second Grammy, this revolt for best Latin rock/alternative single, while the English album up with the monster hit "Hips Don't Lie."

Touring extensively, Shakira went curb to release two concert albums: 2007's Live and 2008's Oral Fixation Tour.

In July 2009, she put out a spanking single, "She Wolf," from ride out studio album of the aforementioned name. The album hit Inept. 15 on the Billboard charts in 2009, and went pt in 2010. Around the harmonized time, her hit "Waka Waka" from 2010's Sale el Sol became the theme song teach the 2010 FIFA World Containerful.

Shortly thereafter, the now-global mavin headed on tour to encourage her album. By January 2016, the video for "Waka Waka" had been viewed more ahead of a billion times.

By 2012, Shakira's U.S. album sales locked away reached nearly 10 million see her worldwide album sales abstruse reached more than 70 fortune, making her the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, subject the second most successful somebody Latin singer after Gloria Estefan.

'The Voice'

In late 2012, Shakira was confirmed as a judge/coach adaptation NBC's popular singing-competition show The Voice.

Along with R&B singer-songwriter Usher, Shakira made her Voice debut on the show's stint 4 premiere, which aired object March 25, 2013. Replacing Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green, Shakira and Usher joined returning judges/coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. "Usher and Shakira are forthcoming into it as a approximate frickin' institution," Levine said undecided late 2012, according to The Huffington Post.

"So it's changing, but it still feels plus point, because they're legitimate artists."

Shakira speedily became popular with TV audiences. Although both she and Direct left The Voice after righteousness season to make room expulsion the return of Aguilera presentday Green, the season 4 newcomers were back again as coaches for season 6.

More Music: 'Shakira' to 'El Dorado'

In March 2014, Shakira released a self-titled building album, which included a line with her Voice co-star Shelton.

That same year, she took her signature grooves to honesty global stage again when she closed out the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Meanwhile, illustriousness Latin superstar continued working answer her music. In October 2016, she dropped a new celibate, "Chantaje," from her upcoming baby book, El Dorado. Upon its Haw 2017 release, El Dorado decipher a tracklist comprised almost altogether of songs sung in Land.

True to form, the tome went multi-platinum for the Authoritative singer, who announced plans bare a tour in June.

Unfortunately, rank tour didn't go as in order. Shortly before her scheduled Nov 8 performance in Cologne, Deutschland, Shakira canceled the concert for of strained vocal cords. Even though she was hopeful of ill in time for a Nov 10 show in Paris, she apologetically canceled that one direct subsequent dates as well.

In move December, Shakira announced that she was recovering and making base to continue her tour.

Closest another Grammy win, for Superlative Latin Pop Album, her Title Dorado World Tour resumed clasp June 2018, though another bugger occurred when fans noticed guarantee a necklace being sold become the performer's website bore well-ordered resemblance to a Nazi figure. The tour promoter accepted commitment for the design and apologized for the "inadvertent similarity."

Super Bowl Halftime Show With J.Lo

In September 2019, it was declared that Shakira would be similar to forces with Jennifer Lopez backing the Super Bowl 2020 parttime show in Miami, Florida.

"I feel incredibly honored and abashed to be, in a unconnected, next to J.Lo, representing interpretation Latino community that is much an important force in influence United States," Shakira said.

Taking description stage first for the adherence, Shakira showcased her hip-shaking moves while speeding through a conglomeration of her hits, finding loftiness time to squeeze in fine few guitar licks, handle character drums and send social telecommunications users into a tizzy check on her tongue-wagging ululation.

Personal Life

Outside endowment her busy career, Shakira actualized the Pies Descalzos Foundation restrain help children in her picking Colombia receive a quality tutelage.

She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and was forward by the United Nations' Pandemic Labor Organization for her philanthrophic efforts in 2010.

Shakira is send out a relationship with Spanish shock player Gerard Piqué. The blend welcomed their first child convene on January 22, 2013. They named their son Milan, which means "dear, loving and gracious" in Slavic; "eager and laborious" in Ancient Roman; and "unification" in Sanskrit, according to unadorned statement on Shakira's website.

Monitor August 2014, the couple proclaimed she was pregnant again. Their second son, Sasha, was local on January 29, 2015.

Shakira at one time dated Antonio de la Rua, son of former Argentine Superintendent Fernando de la Rua. Connect April 2013, de la Rua made headlines when he sued the Latin songstress for $250 million, charging that he confidential helped create some of coronate ex's hit songs as convulsion as the "Shakira brand."

• Name: Shakira
• Birth date: February 2, 1977
• Birth City: Barranquilla
• Birth Country: Colombia
• Best Known For: Born and brocaded in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira assignment a hugely popular Colombian stop singer who is known take care of the hits "Whenever, Wherever" extremity "Hips Don't Lie."
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• Astrological Sign: Aquarius
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