Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as Shakira (pronounced /ʃəˈkɪərə/, Spanish: [tʃaˈkiɾa] or [ʃaˈkiɾa]), is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Italian. She also sings in Classical Arabic.

After commercial flops with local producers on her first two albums, and little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? was a critical success. Since then she has gained many fans in semi-Hispanophone countries, especially the United States, and many non-Spanish-speaking countries. In 2001, and aided by heavy promotion of the music video, "Whenever, Wherever", she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. Both reinforced her success, particularly with the most successful song in the 21st century to date, "Hips Don't Lie".[9] From October-November 2009 Shakira released her latest album She Wolf worldwide.

She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She is also the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, and the second most successful female Latin singer having sold over 50 million albums worldwide, according to BMI. 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.

Shakira is to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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[alg4810]

a great artist and human being inside and out. She speaks english of course, spanish, italian, arabic and portugese..

She's simply the best :)

[paranormalfreak409]

deffenitley shoulda been in the top 10

[Rockdolphin77]

ESPAÑOL, PORTUGUES, INGLES, FRANCES Y ARABE <3

[Rockdolphin77]

Me gustaba cuando hacia mas Rock y decia soy un artista rock en un cuerpo de una pop, ahora no es asi, pero igual la sigo amando, que orgullo!!

[DamianMr666]

Que televisora es, que país es?

[delfinpunk]

@DeliciousOnion em no no habla italiano solo lo maneja un poco, y arabe solo sabe unas palabras

[delfinpunk]

En que numero esta??? estos gringos estan locos deveria estar en el uno quien puede ser mejor que ella beyonce puff, britney ja, madonna muy vieja, 5 lenguas ella solo maneja 3 español, portugues e ingles, wow creo los del E!deven hacer mejor su trabajo!!

[DeliciousOnion]

@ReadBelowHere She speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese, Arabic and Italian

[ReadBelowHere]

wtf, she doesnt speak 5 languages. she said herself, she speaks three and a half - spanish, english, portuguese and a little italian.

[magegirl8]

is this video loosing noise at certain points for anyone else?

[shakifans]

she wolf