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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, born in Barranquilla, Colombia on February 2, 1977,
known simply as Shakira (meaning "Woman of Grace" in Arabic), is a singer and songwriter.
Biography
On February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla,
Colombia,
Shakira was born to an American father of Christian Lebanese descent and a Colombian mother. She moved to Bogotá at the age of thirteen, and released her
first album, Magia (Magic)
a year later on the Sony
label. The album achieved moderate success in her native country.
When her next release Peligro
(Danger) did not fare better than its predecessor, Shakira turned to acting and
played a role in a Colombian telenovela ("El Oasis"), but failed as
an actress. She was approached by her record company to write a song for a Rock
en Español compilation album, and, during her cab ride to the meeting with the
music executives, wrote the song "Donde Estas Corazon" to present to
them. She returned to the music business in 1995 with the album Pies Descalzos (Barefeet), which included
this song and established her commercial success. The hit Estoy Aquí
became known internationally. The Remixes
was created and featured remixes from the songs on Pies Descalzos, with
some songs redone in Portuguese.
Following this, Shakira met Emilio Estefan, Jr.,
who would become the executive producer of her next album. ¿Dónde Están Los
Ladrones? (Where are the thieves?) was a huge production on which
over US$3 million were spent. It was a huge success
which gained wide critical acclaim and which many consider to be her best album
ever. The most notable singles from the album were "Inevitable" and
the worldwide mega-hit, "Ojos Así". The album's successful blend of rock and Latin
soundscapes made it an immense success. Shakira also produced Shakira MTV
Unplugged, a live album based on ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?.
Shakira then focussed on the English-speaking market,
improving her English enough to begin writing Laundry Service. With a more rock-edged
feel, the album was aimed at the international English-speaking market,
although it contained some Spanish songs. Some people claimed that Shakira's
English skills were too weak for her to write in English, but Laundry
Service was nevertheless a big success, best known for the infectious
single "Whenever, Wherever" (English version of "Suerte"),
and for being one of the top albums of 2002. Shakira is well known for intense,
athletic live performances involving belly dancing, Arabic rhythms and other sensual
movements. The single "Whenever, Wherever" for example, includes the
now-famous lyric, "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with
mountains."
In 2002, Shakira also released the greatest hits volume Grandes éxitos.
Shakira: Live
& Off the Record, a DVD and a 10-song CD from her 2002-03
world tour (the "Tour of the Mongoose"), was released March 30 2004. The name of the tour was derived from the
fact that mongoose can defeat a cobra without being killed by its poison. The
concerts were interspersed with visuals of a mongoose fighting a cobra.
Shakira's latest project has been split into two volumes.
The first album, the Spanish-language Fijación Oral 1 was released in June
2005. The follow-up, the English-language Oral Fixation 2, is slated for a November 29 2005 release.
She co-writes and co-produces her songs with Luis Fernando Ochoa
and Lester Méndez. Vocal
co-compilation, as well as direction of background vocal sessions by Rita Quintero.
Shakira is considered by many to be a great talent. As Gabriel García Márquez
once wrote of her, "Shakira's music has a personal stamp that doesn't look
like anyone else's and no one can sing or dance like her, at whatever age, with
such an innocent sensuality, one that seems to be of her own invention."
Since 2000, she has been engaged to Antonio de la Rúa,
the son of the disgraced former president of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa.
In light of the humanitarian and social crisis in Argentina, many members of the press lampooned
the relationship as frivolous and arrogant. In response, Shakira gave a nonprofit
concert in Buenos Aires and
further promoted her humanitarian children's foundation "Pies
Descalzos" (Bare feet), named after her third album. This was decried by
many as a simple celebrity public relations move, even though such
foundation was started by the singer shortly after the success of the Pies
Descalzos album (1995-1996). Shakira has since built three elementary schools
in Colombia
to aid children that were displaced due to the guerrilla wars in her country.
In October 2003 UNICEF named Shakira a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the
organization. She was 26 at the time, making her the youngest UNICEF Ambassador
in its history.
Current album
It was announced April 8 2005 that Shakira would be releasing two
albums this year. Fijación Oral Vol. 1,
a Spanish-language album, was released first in Ireland on 3 June 2005, the rest of the EU
on 6 June and then on June 7 in the U.S.A,
2005, and Oral Fixation 2,
an English-language album, is scheduled to hit store shelves in November. The first single off Fijación Oral
1, La Tortura (The Torture), features Spanish
pop-star Alejandro Sanz.
The April 26 episode of MTV's "Making the
Video" showed behind-the-scenes clips of "La Tortura" and ended
with the premiere of the video. This was notably the first time the show had
been aired entirely in Spanish (with English subtitles).
As the launch of Shakira's second English Language album,
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 nears, short clips of two songs from the new album,
Don't Bother - the first single, and How Do You Do? are now
available in many musical stream outlets.
It has been confirmed that Don't Bother will be
distributed electronically by SonyBMG to radio stations in the United States
and other locations on October 11th 2005. Online music stores such as iTunes
are expected to have the single for download on October 18th , a strategy which
proved successful in the marketing campaign for La Tortura.
Charts
The video for La Tortura made its debut on Total Request Live
(TRL) at number nine, and was the first Spanish music video ever to be included in the
countdown. It reached a peak of number four on the countdown, pushing the
record even further.
Fijación Oral 1 was simultaneously
released in all of Latin America and charted
at number one in almost all of its countries. It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and is currently the best-selling
Spanish first-week sales album (180K), breaking Ricky Martin's self-titled album (#12 , selling 63K). It was
also well-received in non-Spanish speaking countries like Germany, where it reached number one, and Austria, at number three. The album also has
made history in Europe reaching #2 for several
weeks with the single La
Tortura staying in the Top 10 singles for a while.
Also, Shakira's "La Tortura" achieved
some success on the MTV Top 20 and VH1 Top 20 Countdown.
Shakira, who performed at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards
in Miami, Florida on August 28, 2005,
was nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards: "Best Female Video",
"Best Dance Video", and "Viewers Choice" for her smash
"La Tortura".
Her VMA performance made history as being the first performance on the VMAs
ever that was completely in Spanish.
Shakira is now nominated for 6 MTV Latin America awards
(2005). The awards will be held in Mexico City on October 20, 2005.
known simply as Shakira (meaning "Woman of Grace" in Arabic), is a singer and songwriter.
Biography
On February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla,
Colombia,
Shakira was born to an American father of Christian Lebanese descent and a Colombian mother. She moved to Bogotá at the age of thirteen, and released her
first album, Magia (Magic)
a year later on the Sony
label. The album achieved moderate success in her native country.
When her next release Peligro
(Danger) did not fare better than its predecessor, Shakira turned to acting and
played a role in a Colombian telenovela ("El Oasis"), but failed as
an actress. She was approached by her record company to write a song for a Rock
en Español compilation album, and, during her cab ride to the meeting with the
music executives, wrote the song "Donde Estas Corazon" to present to
them. She returned to the music business in 1995 with the album Pies Descalzos (Barefeet), which included
this song and established her commercial success. The hit Estoy Aquí
became known internationally. The Remixes
was created and featured remixes from the songs on Pies Descalzos, with
some songs redone in Portuguese.
Following this, Shakira met Emilio Estefan, Jr.,
who would become the executive producer of her next album. ¿Dónde Están Los
Ladrones? (Where are the thieves?) was a huge production on which
over US$3 million were spent. It was a huge success
which gained wide critical acclaim and which many consider to be her best album
ever. The most notable singles from the album were "Inevitable" and
the worldwide mega-hit, "Ojos Así". The album's successful blend of rock and Latin
soundscapes made it an immense success. Shakira also produced Shakira MTV
Unplugged, a live album based on ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?.
Shakira then focussed on the English-speaking market,
improving her English enough to begin writing Laundry Service. With a more rock-edged
feel, the album was aimed at the international English-speaking market,
although it contained some Spanish songs. Some people claimed that Shakira's
English skills were too weak for her to write in English, but Laundry
Service was nevertheless a big success, best known for the infectious
single "Whenever, Wherever" (English version of "Suerte"),
and for being one of the top albums of 2002. Shakira is well known for intense,
athletic live performances involving belly dancing, Arabic rhythms and other sensual
movements. The single "Whenever, Wherever" for example, includes the
now-famous lyric, "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with
mountains."
In 2002, Shakira also released the greatest hits volume Grandes éxitos.
Shakira: Live
& Off the Record, a DVD and a 10-song CD from her 2002-03
world tour (the "Tour of the Mongoose"), was released March 30 2004. The name of the tour was derived from the
fact that mongoose can defeat a cobra without being killed by its poison. The
concerts were interspersed with visuals of a mongoose fighting a cobra.
Shakira's latest project has been split into two volumes.
The first album, the Spanish-language Fijación Oral 1 was released in June
2005. The follow-up, the English-language Oral Fixation 2, is slated for a November 29 2005 release.
She co-writes and co-produces her songs with Luis Fernando Ochoa
and Lester Méndez. Vocal
co-compilation, as well as direction of background vocal sessions by Rita Quintero.
Shakira is considered by many to be a great talent. As Gabriel García Márquez
once wrote of her, "Shakira's music has a personal stamp that doesn't look
like anyone else's and no one can sing or dance like her, at whatever age, with
such an innocent sensuality, one that seems to be of her own invention."
Since 2000, she has been engaged to Antonio de la Rúa,
the son of the disgraced former president of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa.
In light of the humanitarian and social crisis in Argentina, many members of the press lampooned
the relationship as frivolous and arrogant. In response, Shakira gave a nonprofit
concert in Buenos Aires and
further promoted her humanitarian children's foundation "Pies
Descalzos" (Bare feet), named after her third album. This was decried by
many as a simple celebrity public relations move, even though such
foundation was started by the singer shortly after the success of the Pies
Descalzos album (1995-1996). Shakira has since built three elementary schools
in Colombia
to aid children that were displaced due to the guerrilla wars in her country.
In October 2003 UNICEF named Shakira a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the
organization. She was 26 at the time, making her the youngest UNICEF Ambassador
in its history.
Current album
It was announced April 8 2005 that Shakira would be releasing two
albums this year. Fijación Oral Vol. 1,
a Spanish-language album, was released first in Ireland on 3 June 2005, the rest of the EU
on 6 June and then on June 7 in the U.S.A,
2005, and Oral Fixation 2,
an English-language album, is scheduled to hit store shelves in November. The first single off Fijación Oral
1, La Tortura (The Torture), features Spanish
pop-star Alejandro Sanz.
The April 26 episode of MTV's "Making the
Video" showed behind-the-scenes clips of "La Tortura" and ended
with the premiere of the video. This was notably the first time the show had
been aired entirely in Spanish (with English subtitles).
As the launch of Shakira's second English Language album,
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 nears, short clips of two songs from the new album,
Don't Bother - the first single, and How Do You Do? are now
available in many musical stream outlets.
It has been confirmed that Don't Bother will be
distributed electronically by SonyBMG to radio stations in the United States
and other locations on October 11th 2005. Online music stores such as iTunes
are expected to have the single for download on October 18th , a strategy which
proved successful in the marketing campaign for La Tortura.
Charts
The video for La Tortura made its debut on Total Request Live
(TRL) at number nine, and was the first Spanish music video ever to be included in the
countdown. It reached a peak of number four on the countdown, pushing the
record even further.
Fijación Oral 1 was simultaneously
released in all of Latin America and charted
at number one in almost all of its countries. It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and is currently the best-selling
Spanish first-week sales album (180K), breaking Ricky Martin's self-titled album (#12 , selling 63K). It was
also well-received in non-Spanish speaking countries like Germany, where it reached number one, and Austria, at number three. The album also has
made history in Europe reaching #2 for several
weeks with the single La
Tortura staying in the Top 10 singles for a while.
Also, Shakira's "La Tortura" achieved
some success on the MTV Top 20 and VH1 Top 20 Countdown.
Shakira, who performed at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards
in Miami, Florida on August 28, 2005,
was nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards: "Best Female Video",
"Best Dance Video", and "Viewers Choice" for her smash
"La Tortura".
Her VMA performance made history as being the first performance on the VMAs
ever that was completely in Spanish.
Shakira is now nominated for 6 MTV Latin America awards
(2005). The awards will be held in Mexico City on October 20, 2005.
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