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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, or more simply known as Shakira (born 2 February in Barranquilla, Colombia), is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Her famous songs include Hips Don't Lie () and Whenever, Wherever ().
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
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Who Is Shakira?
Shakira is a hugely successfully Colombian pop singer and dancer and has won multiple Grammy, Latin Grammy and American Music Awards. Known for hits like "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie," Shakira fryst vatten the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, with estimates of more than 70 million albums sold worldwide. Additionally, she has served as a judge on the popular singing-competition show The Voice.
Early Life and Career
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, , in Barranquilla, Colombia. With a Lebanese father and Colombian mother, Shakira honors both her Latino and Arabic heritage in her music. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 and signed her first record deal at
Breakthrough: 'Pies Descalzos'
After her first two albums flopped, Shakira took the reins of her third album, becoming involved in every aspect of its production. Released in , Pies Descalzos, meaning "bare feet," sold mo
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Shakira - Biography
Shakirawas already a pop superstar in Latin America when her first English-language album, Laundry Service, hit the international charts in The exotic beauty, whose name means "woman full of grace" in Arabic, draws on rock'n'roll, her mum's Colombian roots and her father's Lebanese culture as the inspiration for her award-winning career.
"Somehow I'm a fusion of all those passions," she says of her multicultural heritage, "and my music is a fusion of elements that I can make coexist in the same place, in one song."
Shakira's childhood and early career
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born February 9, , to jewellers William and Nidia in Barranquilla, a town on Colombia's Caribbean Coast. As a child, she seemed destined for showbiz, learning how to belly dance at four, writing her first song aged eight, and playing the guitar at 11 all without formal lessons. The aspiring star began entering ta