Updated Feb 2, at pm. View this post on Instagram. I allow Heavy. Disagree Agree. Notify of. Inline Feedbacks. Shakira had to get on tip toes for the pic. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Privacy Policy. Password recovery. Did we miss anyone? I love you so much. At the age of 5 his family moved to Colombia. When Shakira was four, her father took her to a local Middle Eastern restaurant, where Shakira first heard the doumbek.
Who is the boyfriend of Shakira? She is currently dating Gerard Pique, since He is a Spanish soccer star. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Starsgab Bio and News. Biography Singer Bio February 9, 0. Shakira later released the third and final single from the album, "Illegal", which featured Carlos Santana, in November She then embarked on the Oral Fixation Tour, which began in June The tour consisted of shows between June and July and visited six continents.
In April , the single jumped 91 positions, from 94 to three, on the Billboard Hot chart, setting the record for the largest upward movement in the history of the chart at the time. It was also number one on the official UK Singles Chart. Shakira was also featured on Annie Lennox's song "Sing", from the album Songs of Mass Destruction, which also features other 23 other female singers. The song was featured on Wyclef Jean's album Carnival Vol.
II: Memoirs of an Immigrant. Published by the US Bureau of International Information Programs, the journal Global Issues cited Shakira as an example of a celebrity "in today's globalized world" who "made it big by sharing the uniqueness of their talent and culture with the global community.
In July Shakira visited Tannourine in Lebanon which is the village of her paternal grandmother. During her visit Shakira visited the Cedars Reserve in Tannourine, where a square in the forest was named after her, holding the name "Shakira Isabelle Mebarak". In March , she was awarded a medal by the UN International Labour Organization in recognition of being, as UN Labour Chief Juan Somavia put it, a "true ambassador for children and young people, for quality education and social justice".
Meanwhile, her English albums Oral Fixation, Vol. Shakira served as a coach on two seasons of the American singing competition television series The Voice — The lead single for Shakira's seventh album, Oral Fixation, Vol. It did, however, reach the top 20 in most countries worldwide. Shakira's second English studio album and seventh studio album, Oral Fixation, Vol. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard , selling , copies in its first week. The album has gone on to sell 1.
Because the album was created for the English-language market, the rock and Spanish dance-influenced album gained mild critical success, with some critics claiming that her English skills were too weak for her to write songs for it; Rolling Stone, for one, stated that "she sounds downright silly" or "Shakira's magic is lost in translation". A similar view was expressed by Elizabeth Mendez Berry in Vibe: "While her Spanish-language albums sparkled with elegant wordplay, this record is rife with cliches, both musically and lyrically.
The album earned her the title as the biggest Latin female crossover artist in the world. In Chicago Tribune, journalist Joshua Klein defined her international ascent "as multilateral, multicultural and cooperative as they come.
In November, she embarked on the Tour of the Mongoose with 61 shows occurring by May She learned English with the help of Gloria Estefan.
She worked for over a year on new material for the album. The song took heavy influence from Andean music, including the charango and panpipes in its instrumentation. It became an international success by reaching number one in most countries. It was also her first success in the U. Shakira's fifth studio album and first English language album, titled Laundry Service in English-speaking countries and Servicio De Lavanderia in Latin America and Spain, was released on 13 November The album debuted at number three on the U.
Billboard chart, selling over , records in its first week. It helped to establish Shakira's musical presence in the mainstream North American market.
In a interview, Shakira stated their relationship already worked as a married couple, and that "they don't need papers for that". Highly acclaimed by American critics, it is rated as one of her best-ever live performances. Produced by Shakira with Emilio Estefan, Jr. The album, inspired by an incident in an airport in which a suitcase filled with her written lyrics was stolen, became a bigger hit than Pies Descalzos.
The album has reached a peak position of number on the U. Billboard and held the top spot on the U. Latin Albums chart for 11 weeks. It has since sold over 7 million copies worldwide and 1.
In March , Shakira went on to her first international tour, named simply the Tour Pies Descalzos. The tour consisted of 20 shows and ended in Pies Descalzos later sold over 5 million copies, prompting the release of a remix album, simply titled The Remixes. The Remixes also included Portuguese versions of some of her well-known songs, which were recorded as a result of her success in the Brazilian market, where Pies Descalzos sold nearly one million copies.
Ochoa, using musical influences from a number of countries and an Alanis Morissette-oriented persona which affected two of her next albums. These recordings spawned her third studio album, and her international debut album, titled Pies Descalzos. It reached number five on the U. Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Latin chart, "Un Poco de Amor" which reached number six on the U. Latin chart, and "Se quiere, Se Mata" which reached number eight on the U.
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