The superstar, born Shakira Mebarak Ripoll in the coastal city of Barranquilla [Colombia - February 2, 1977].
Shakira, who goes by her first name only in Arabic means "woman full of grace," belie...
The superstar, born Shakira Mebarak Ripoll in the coastal city of Barranquilla [Colombia - February 2, 1977]. Shakira, who goes by her first name only in Arabic means "woman full of grace," belies her ancestry. She is the daughter of a Colombian mother and a Lebanese father-a jeweler and writer whose Arabic background greatly influenced his daughter. Shakira's fondness for music was apparent early on, and she started winning local and national talent contests at age 10. Shakira, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. She is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Italian and some Arabic. Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, according to BMI. She has also won numerous awards worldwide, including two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, fifteen Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards. She is also the first, and currently only, artist to have two songs in the top ten of the most successful singles since 1999. Los Angeles Times declared Shakira "the most completely adapted crossover performer in contemporary pop music".Shakira awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, making her the first Colombian to receive this honor. Shakira is well known for her dancing in various music videos and in concert. Her moves are based on the art of Arabic belly dancing, a part of her Lebanese heritage. The intense training has afforded her a fluidity in her body movement most seen in the videos to her hits "Ojos Así", "La Tortura", "Hips Don't Lie" and "Beautiful Liar" including "Suerte". She has had several belly dance choreographers, including award-winning Bellydance Superstar Boženka.
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she is actully born in colombia but has lebanese decent like many of us colombians. none of her parents were born in lebanon her dads grandparents are lebanese. so yeaa.. but yea im proud of being a Colombian of lebanese decent.
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