Shakira Isabel born on 2 Feb. 1977 is the Colombian singer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been signified to as the Queen of Latin Music and is noted for her versatility in music.
Her name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, the last two being her surnames.
Shakira affirms that the song Waka-Waka transformed her life completely. It has a special meaning for her as thanks to it she met her partner and father of her son, the well-known football player Gerard in the past.
The singer has a good sense of smell. Shakira actually affirms that she can recognize humans better by their smell rather than by their face or their name.
Shakira’s heritage is a mixture of Italian, Lebanese, and Colombian. Her grandparents emigrated to NY City from Lebanon. She was born and raised in Colombia, so Spanish is her own language. Shakira is the youngest kid out of a family of 8 children.
On the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011, Shakira got her star. She is the most successful Colombian musician of all time, selling out more albums than anyone else in her nation. She has sold more than 140 million albums globally.
In 2014, some magazines voted Shakira as the 58th most powerful woman in the globe. Shakira has won 2 Grammy Awards, and she has been nominated 5 various times. Her grandmother taught her how to perform belly dance.
In reality, Shakira can speak multiple languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Arabic.
Shakira doesn’t drink alcohol, drink coffee, or smoke.
In 2012, she set off as a judge on the TV show The Voice. Her participation in the show boosted the ratings, and she seemingly made $12 million for appearing on the show.
In 2006, she began a charity organization to support Colombian children who are starving.
In 2007, Shakira auctioned off many of the costumes she wore during concerts to raise dollars for her charity, The Barefoot Foundation.
Shakira had pen up or co-written a vast majority of the stuff she performed or recorded, music and lyrics, during her career. Noted to be an international phenomenon whose music, story, and legacy resonate in each corner of the world, Shakira had been described as the artistic connection between the West and the East to popularize Middle Eastern sounds in the West, and Western sounds in East. For her humanitarian and philanthropic work, like as the Barefoot Foundation, and her contributions to music, she had been received in 2011 the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year and Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year awards.
Had been moved up in her class work ahead of the age, Shakira graduated from the convent secondary school when she was but her professional involvement in music covered her from continuing formal education. At the Colegio La Enseñanza that she had attended, the nuns expected students to visit the poorest spaces of the town and supporting teach reading and pen up to unschooled kids there, which had given Shakira one of her early exposures to kids poverty issues. “The seeds of their education were well-planted in the system. I faith in almighty. I faith in the sacraments” – Shakira well said the interviewer in 2002.
In 2010, Shakira get into a relationship with Piqué, who is a FIFA soccer player from Spain. He is somewhat 10 years younger than her. Funny enough, both of their birthdays are on 2nd February.
In 2010, Shakira’s song “Waka Waka” was the theme of the FIFA World Cup. That’s how she met football player Gerard Piqué.
Shakira and Gerard had two sons together, named Sasha and Milan. In 2022, the couple confirmed that they would be separating after being together for 12 years. This is an awful statement.
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