Shakira Profile
Birth Name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Date of Birth: 2 February 1977
Place of Birth: Barranquilla , Colombia
Nationality: Columbian
Height: 5'2"
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Brown
Genres: Latin pop , pop , pop Rock , Rock En Español , Dance , World , Electronic
Profession: Singer , Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, Philanthropist, Dancer
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Drums, Percussion
Fact: Her name is Arabic for "woman full of grace"
Career
She has won 2 Grammy Awards, 7 Latin Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Latin Music 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 after Gloria Estefan, having sold over 60 million albums worldwide according to Sony Music. Her U.S. album sales stand at 10 million.
Shakira released her sixth album She Wolf (2009) worldwide. Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", was chosen as the official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The song has received generally positive critical reception, and has become a worldwide smash hit and the biggest selling World Cup song of all time. On YouTube, the English version of the music video is the 3rd most watched video of all time with over 300 million views. Her seventh studio album, the bilingual Sale el Sol, was released October 2010 and has shipped over 4 million copies worldwide.
Shakira's videos recently surpassed a billion views on Youtube collectively, making her the third most-viewed artist of all time.
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