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Shakira

Also known as Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, Shakira Mebarak

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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian and Spanish singer, actor, choreographer, and guitarist born in Barranquilla in 1977. She performs pop music, Latin pop, pop rock, and Latin rock, playing the guitar, harmonica, and percussion. Her influences include The Pretenders, John Lennon, Prince, and The Rolling Stones. She has worked with record labels such as Epic Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., Columbia Records, and RCA Records.

She has held the position of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Her notable works include the Tour Pies Descalzos, Tour Anfibio, Tour of the Mongoose, and Oral Fixation Tour. She has received awards including the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album, Billboard Latin Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica. She participated in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, Rock in Rio, and the Live 8 concert.

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Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first studio albums, Magia and Peligro, in the early 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to…

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A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music — Self (archive footage)2025
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Access All Areas — Self2024
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Halftime — Self2022

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Country: Colombia
Active from: 1977

Discography

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Team Shakirasince 2013

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Person.name: Shakira
Person.image: 2023-11-16 Gala de los Latin Grammy, 03 (cropped)02.jpg
Person.caption: Shakira at the 2023 Latin Grammy Awards
Person.birth_name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Person.birth_place: Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
Person.organization: Barefoot Foundation
Person.years_active: 1990–present
Person.children: 2
Person.signature: Shakira signature, Billboard Open Letter 2016.png
Musical artist.embed: yes
Musical artist.origin: Bogotá, Colombia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Isabel
Gender: female
Citizenship: Colombia
Place of birth: Barranquilla
Occupation: voice actor
Position held: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Employer: Universal Music Group
Languages spoken: Catalan
Native language: Spanish
Award: Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award
Hair colour: black hair
Genre: Latin pop
Instrument: voice
Record label: Live Nation Entertainment
Discography: Shakira discography
Official website: www.shakira.com
Image: Shakira, 2011.jpg
Height: 1.57
Number of children: 2
Work location: Barcelona
Residence: Miami
Significant event: childbirth

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Commons category: Shakira
date of birth: 1977-02-02
topic's main category: Category:Shakira
influenced by: Fairuz
relative: Valerie Domínguez
unmarried partner: Lucien Laviscount
birth name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
name in native language: Shakira
hashtag: Shakira
different from: Shakira
copyright representative: Broadcast Music, Inc.
social media followers: 47800000
start of work period: 1990-00-00
dance style: belly dance
topic has template: Template:Shakira
affiliation string: Pies Descalzos Foundation
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Contents

Early life
Career
1990–1993: ''Magia'' and ''Peligro''
1994–2000: Breakthrough with ''Pies Descalzos'' and ''Dónde Están los Ladrones?''
2001–2004: ''Laundry Service'' and English transition
2005–2007: ''Fijación Oral, vol. 1'' and ''Oral Fixation, vol. 2''
2008–2009: ''She Wolf''
2010–2014: "Waka Waka", ''Sale el Sol'' and ''Shakira''
2015–2021: ''El Dorado''
2022–present: ''Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran''
Artistry
Music influences and styles, works
Black hair rock era of ''Pies Descalzos'' and ''Dónde Están los Ladrones?''
''Laundry Service''
''Fijación Oral, vol. 1'', ''Oral Fixation, vol. 2'' and ''She Wolf''
''Sale el Sol'' and ''Shakira''
''El Dorado''
''Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran''
Dance and stage appearance
Songwriting
Singing
Instruments
Legacy
Monuments
Achievements
Philanthropy, humanitarian work and politics
Other undertakings
Personal life
Tax controversy
Discography
Tours
Filmography
Television
Film
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (/ʃəˈkɪərə/ shə-KEER-ə, Spanish: [ʃaˈkiɾa isaˈβel meβaˈɾak riˈpol]; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer. Referred to as the "Queen of Latin Music", she has had a significant impact on the musical landscape of Latin America and has been credited with popularizing Hispanophone music globally, contributing to increased learning and use of the Spanish language worldwide. She is also credited with opening the doors of the international market for other Latin artists. Her accolades include four Grammy Awards and 15 Latin Grammy Awards.

Shakira made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia at the age of 14. She rose to prominence with the albums Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). Her first English release, Laundry Service (2001), sold over 13 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female Latin artist. Her success was further solidified with the Spanish-language albums Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005), Sale el Sol (2010), El Dorado (2017), and Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (2024), all of which topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, making her the first woman with number-one albums across four different decades. Her English albums Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005), She Wolf (2009), and Shakira (2014) achieved platinum status worldwide.

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