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Shakira performing in Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony in January 2009
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| Birth name | Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll |
| Born | February 2, 1977 Barranquilla, Colombia |
| Genres | Latin pop, rock en español, dance, world |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, dancer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Latin, Epic, Live Nation |
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia), known as Shakira, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning and 10 Latin Grammy Award-winning Colombian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and occasional actress.
Shakira is also a philanthropist. She has created the NGO's Pies Descalzos Foundation in Colombia, and the Barefoot Foundation in the US, to help children world-wide.
Shakira is also known for having made a song named "Timor" based on fighting in East Timor between gangs (groups of criminals with guns), security forces (small, personal armies), and the government.
The first single from Shakira's tenth album was released in January 2014. Shakira was released on 21 March 2014.
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Career
In 1991 Shakira's first album Magia was released. Her second album Pies Descalzos was released in 1993. 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 January 14 2014 Shakira released a single with Rihanna, "Can't Remember to Forget You".
Personal life
Shakira's first language is Spanish. She also speaks Portugese and English. As well as this she can speak some Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic. On January 22, 2013 Shakira gave birth to son Milan Piqué Mebarak.
| Year | Album | Chart position | Albums sold | |||||||
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| US | UK | FR | DE | AU | CA | AT | CH | |||
| 1991 | Magia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 1993 | Peligro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 1995 | Pies Descalzos | - | - | - | 71 | - | - | - | - |
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| 1997 | The Remixes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| 1998 | ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? | 131 | - | - | 79 | - | - | - | 73 |
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| 2000 | MTV Unplugged | 124 | - | 32 | 91 | - | - | 55 | - |
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| 2002 | Laundry Service | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2002 | Grandes Exitos | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 45 |
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| 2004 | Live and Off the Record | 45 | - | - | 14 | - | - | 9 | 20 |
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| 2005 | Fijación Oral Vol.1 | 4 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2005 | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2009 | She Wolf | 15 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4,500,000 |
| 2010 | Sale el sol | 7 | 6,800,000 | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Song | Album | Chart position | Points | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Barranquilla, Colombia, where Shakira Mebarak was born.
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Shakira during her Tour Anfibio
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Shakira before entering the stage to her Tour of the Mongoose (2003)
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Shakira at the Rock in Rio festival (2006)
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Shakira performing with Usher and Stevie Wonder at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in 2009.
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Shakira and Carlinhos Brown at the closing show of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Shakira in 2010.
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Statue of Shakira in Barranquilla, Colombia
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A bottle of S by Shakira, the first women's fragrance by Shakira.
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S by Shakira. The logo is used for her fragrance line.
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Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff receiving a guitar for Shakira's charity auction (2011)
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Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and Juan Carlos I, The King of Spain during the Ibero-American Summit of El Salvador.
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Shakira on her tour Sale el Sol World Tour in 2010.