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<big><big>Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol</big></big> Known simpley as <big><big>Shakira</big></big>, is a Colombian (also a Lebanese And Italian Decent..(25% Italian, 25% Colombian and 50% Lebanese) singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer and model who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Shakira began performing in school, demonstrating her vocal ability with Rock & Roll, Latin and Arabic influences with her own original twist on Belly Dancer. She is a native Spanish speaker who speaks fluent English and Portuguese, as well as Some Arabic, Italian, French, and Catalan.
<big><big><big>Discography</big></big></big>
Studio albums 7 ↙Live albums 4 ↙Compilation albums 3 ↙EPs 1 ↙Singles 39
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[color=#ffd700;][font="georgia, serif;"]Studio Albums:[/color][/font]
[*][font="georgia;"]Pies Descalzos (1995) [/font]: Worldwide, the album has sold between 4 to 5 million copies.
[*][font="georgia;"]Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) [/font]: The album is one of the highest-selling Spanish-language albums in the US, and has sold 7+ million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Laundry Service (2001)[/font] : Laundry Service is Shakira's best selling album to date, which went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Fijación Oral Vol. 1 (2005)[/font] : It is estimated that the album has sold 4+ million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Oral Fixation Vol. 2 (2005)[/font] : the album has sold 8+ million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]She Wolf[/font] [font="georgia;"](2009)[/font] : has sold 410,000 copies in the United States and estimated 2+ million worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Sale el Sol (2010)[/font] : The album has sold over 288,000 copies in the US, 220,000 in Colombia, another 500,000 copies in France and over 4 million copies worldwide...more recently stats about 7 million WW.
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Shakira has sold more than 70 million Albums (100+ Overall) worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling latin music artists of all time.
[color=#ffd700;][font="georgia, serif;"]Studio Albums:[/color][/font]
[*][font="georgia;"]Pies Descalzos (1995) [/font]: Worldwide, the album has sold between 4 to 5 million copies.
[*][font="georgia;"]Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) [/font]: The album is one of the highest-selling Spanish-language albums in the US, and has sold 7+ million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Laundry Service (2001)[/font] : Laundry Service is Shakira's best selling album to date, which went on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Fijación Oral Vol. 1 (2005)[/font] : It is estimated that the album has sold 4+ million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Oral Fixation Vol. 2 (2005)[/font] : the album has sold 8+ million copies worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]She Wolf[/font] [font="georgia;"](2009)[/font] : has sold 410,000 copies in the United States and estimated 2+ million worldwide.
[*][font="georgia;"]Sale el Sol (2010)[/font] : The album has sold over 288,000 copies in the US, 220,000 in Colombia, another 500,000 copies in France and over 4 million copies worldwide...more recently stats about 7 million WW.
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Shakira has sold more than 70 million Albums (100+ Overall) worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling latin music artists of all time.
<big><big><big>Awards and Achievements</big></big></big>
A Statue was made as a Tribute to Shakira, in her Hometown in Colombia, Barranquilla!
According to Sony, Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold about 70 million albums and 125 million records sold WW.
According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, "Hips Don't Lie" was the most-played pop song in a single week in American radio history. It was played 9,637 times in one week.
Shakira became the first artist in the history of the Billboard charts to earn the coveted number one spots on both the Top 40 Mainsteams and Latin Chart in the same week doing so with "Hips Don't Lie". Her song "La Tortura" broke the record on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart, appearing at number-one more than any other single with a total of 25 non-consecutive weeks.
According to Yahoo!, her song "Hips Don't Lie" is the best-selling single of the last decade. According to Forbes Magazine, Shakira was the fourth highest-earning woman in music for 2008 behind Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. According to Nokia in 2010, there were more Shakira music downloads in the prior year than for any other Latino artist in the last five years, and She Wolf topped the Top 10 Latino downloads. Additionally, she is the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, and the UK Singles Chart.
In 2010, she was ranked number five on the 'Online Video's Most Viral Artists of 2010' with 404,118,932 views. She has become a YouTube sensation having surpassed 1 billion views on the website with Waka Waka accounting for over 500+ million views. She is the third person ever to have done this, after Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
In 2011, Shakira was honored at the Latin Grammys as 2011's Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6270 Hollywood Blvd. Originally, she was to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2004, but she turned the offer down.
In 2012, she received the honor of Chevalier De L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
According to Sony, Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold about 70 million albums and 125 million records sold WW.
According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, "Hips Don't Lie" was the most-played pop song in a single week in American radio history. It was played 9,637 times in one week.
Shakira became the first artist in the history of the Billboard charts to earn the coveted number one spots on both the Top 40 Mainsteams and Latin Chart in the same week doing so with "Hips Don't Lie". Her song "La Tortura" broke the record on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart, appearing at number-one more than any other single with a total of 25 non-consecutive weeks.
According to Yahoo!, her song "Hips Don't Lie" is the best-selling single of the last decade. According to Forbes Magazine, Shakira was the fourth highest-earning woman in music for 2008 behind Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion. According to Nokia in 2010, there were more Shakira music downloads in the prior year than for any other Latino artist in the last five years, and She Wolf topped the Top 10 Latino downloads. Additionally, she is the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, and the UK Singles Chart.
In 2010, she was ranked number five on the 'Online Video's Most Viral Artists of 2010' with 404,118,932 views. She has become a YouTube sensation having surpassed 1 billion views on the website with Waka Waka accounting for over 500+ million views. She is the third person ever to have done this, after Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
In 2011, Shakira was honored at the Latin Grammys as 2011's Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6270 Hollywood Blvd. Originally, she was to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2004, but she turned the offer down.
In 2012, she received the honor of Chevalier De L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
<big> <big><big>Philanthropy</big></big></big>
In 1997, Shakira founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation . It is a Colombian charity with special schools for poor children all around Colombia. It was funded by Shakira and other international groups and individuals. The name of the foundation is taken from Shakira's third studio album called Pies Descalzos, released in 1995. During her career, Shakira has performed at a large number of Benefit Concerts. In 2002 she sang at a Party in the Park concert fundraising for the Prince's Trust. That same year she performed at Divas Live which supports VH1's Save The Music Foundation. On July 2, 2005, she performed her hits "Whenever, Wherever" and "La Tortura" on the Live 8 Benefit Concert at the Palace of Versailles, near Paris. On July 7, 2007, the singer opened the German Leg of Live Earth in Hamburg. Her set included "Don't Bother, "Inevitable", "DÃa Especial" (with Gustavo Cerati) and "Hips Don't Lie" Shakira also performed at the "Clinton Global Initiative", where she performed her hits "Underneath Your Clothes", "Inevitable" and "Hips Don't Lie". On May 17, 2008, Shakira and twenty other Latin American and Spanish artists performed in Buenos Aires and Mexico to raise money for Shakira's Latin America in Solidarity Action "America Latina en Accion Solidaria" (ALAS Foundation) charity. This concert attracted 150,000 people in Buenos Aires. Although tickets were free, the demand exceeded the supply; some fans who were fortunate enough to secure free tickets resold them.
She has agitated against the implementation of the Arizona Statue SB1070 against illegal immigration, saying that it goes against civil rights. Shakira is a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador and is one of their global representatives. "Shakira, like all our Goodwill Ambassadors, was chosen based on her compassion, her involvement in global issues, her deep commitment to helping children, and her appeal to young people around the world. We're very pleased to have Shakira join the UNICEF family. I know she'll help bring UNICEF's mission to the audience who will have the most impact on our future – young people themselves", said UNICEF's Executive Director Carol Bellamy .
She has agitated against the implementation of the Arizona Statue SB1070 against illegal immigration, saying that it goes against civil rights. Shakira is a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador and is one of their global representatives. "Shakira, like all our Goodwill Ambassadors, was chosen based on her compassion, her involvement in global issues, her deep commitment to helping children, and her appeal to young people around the world. We're very pleased to have Shakira join the UNICEF family. I know she'll help bring UNICEF's mission to the audience who will have the most impact on our future – young people themselves", said UNICEF's Executive Director Carol Bellamy .
