Shakira information biography
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| Born | Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll () 2 February (age&#;47) Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
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| Years&#;active | –present |
| Height | &#;cm (5&#;ft 0&#;in) |
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| Children | 2 |
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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 (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
[change | change source]In , Shakira's first album Magia was released. Her second album Pies Descalzos was released in Her first hit in Colombia was her third record, “¿Dónde Estás Corazón?" from [6] In , she released her first English album Laundry Service. The album's first single "Whenever, Wherever" was the best selling single of In , she released her second English album Oral Fixation, Vol.2. In , She Wolf was released. The first single "She Wolf" reached number four in the UK Singles Chart. On 14 January , Shakira released a single with Rihanna, "Can't Remember to Forget You".[7]
Personal life
[change | change source]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 ) and Sasha (born ) with her former boyfriend, Gerard Piqué.[8] In July , 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
[change | change source]| Year | Album | Chart position | Albums sold | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | FR | DE | AU | CA | AT | CH | |||
| Magia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1, | |
| Peligro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1, | |
| Pies Descalzos | - | - | - | 71 | - | - | - | - | 7,, | |
| The Remixes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,, | |
| ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? | - | - | 79 | - | - | - | 73 | 10,, | ||
| MTV Unplugged | - | 32 | 91 | - | - | 55 | - | 5,, | ||
| Laundry Service | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20,, | |
| Grandes Exitos | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 3,, | |
| Live and Off the Record | 45 | - | - | 14 | - | - | 9 | 20 | 3,, | |
| Fijación Oral Vol.1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4,, | ||
| Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8,, | |
| She Wolf | 15 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4,, | |
| Sale el sol | 7 | 6,, | ||||||||
Singles
[change | change source]| Year | Song | Album | Chart position | Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Latin | GER | FRA | SPA | EUR | ITA | UK | WW | ||||
| "Magia" | Magia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Esta Noche Voy Contigo" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Sueños" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Peligro" | Peligro | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Brujería" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Eres" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Tú Serás La Historia De Mi Vida" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Dónde Estás Corazón" | Pies Descalzos | - | 5 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Estoy Aquí" | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Se Quiere, Se Mata" | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Antología" | - | 15 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Ciega, Sordomuda" | ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? | - | 1 | - | 28 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Ojos Así" | - | 22 | - | 15 | 9 | 52 | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Tú" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Inevitable" | - | 3 | - | 27 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "No Creo" | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Moscas En La Casa" | MTV Unplugged | - | 25 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Whenever, Wherever"/"Suerte" | Laundry Service | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8,, | |
| "Underneath Your Clothes" | 9 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5,, | ||
| "Objection (Tango)" | 55 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 2,, | ||
| "Te Dejo Madrid" | - | 45 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "The One" | - | - | 39 | 15 | - | - | 20 | - | 29 | , | ||
| "Que Me Quedes Tú" | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Fool" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Poem To A Horse" | Live & Off the Record | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "La Tortura" (feat. Alejandro Sanz) | Fijación Oral Vol. 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 5,, | |
| "No" (feat. Gustavo Cerati) | - | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Don't Bother" | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | 42 | - | 6 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3,, | |
| "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,, | |
| "Illegal" | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | 34 | 23 | , | ||
| "La Pared" | Fijación Oral Vol. 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Las de la Intuición"/"Pure Intuition" | Fijación Oral Vol. 1 | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | 43 | - | - | - | - | |
| "She Wolf"/"Loba" | She Wolf | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3,, | |
| "Did it again"/"Lo hecho esta hecho" | - | 6 | 34 | - | 12 | 44 | 15 | - | - | - | ||
| "Give it up to me"(feat. Lil Wayne) | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Gypsy"/"Gitana" | 65 | 6 | 7 | - | 3 | 25 | - | - | 36 | - | ||
| "Waka Waka (this time for Africa)" | FIFA World Cup Official Song | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11,, | |
| "Loca"(feat. El Cata or Dizzee Rascal) | Sale el sol | 32 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | 19 | - | |