Birthday:1February 2, 977
Constellation: Aquarius
Blood type: type
Height: 5'2 "
Weight: 106lb
Latin music queen: Shakira shakira
1born in Colombia on February 2, 977, whose real name is Shakira Mebarak Ripoll. Shakira is a natural artist who combines creative and singing talents, sexy enthusiasm and elegance. Since 10, she has won the first prize in various regional and national music competitions. Before 13, she signed a contract with Sony Records, and her debut album "Magia" is a collection of her works from 8 to 13. Today, Shakira has not only won various music awards repeatedly, but also been selected as the cover figure of American Time magazine with great influence and high glory index, and was elected as the representative figure of Latin artists today.
1996, Shakira released her first Latin album "Pies Descalzos", which not only set a global sales record of 4 million copies, but also actually broke the established formulaic mode of Latin pop music and gave the Latin music world a real voice that had never been seen before. For example, the best-selling single "Estoy Aqui" in the album "Pies Descalzos" is full of melody, surprising musicality and individuality, and her intellectual words and expressions, and the flexible use of electronic and traditional acoustic instruments have brought Latin pop music to a higher and broader realm.
1998, Shakira released her second Latin album "DONDE ESTAN LOS LADRONES", which won Shakira the "Best Latin Rock/Alternative Artist" award in the 4th1Grammy Music Award. The works included in the album include "Ciega, Sordomuda, Tu, Invisible, Ojosasi and Moscas en la Casa have all become the Top 25 songs in the Latin list of Billboard, among which Ciega, Sordomuda and Tu have successively topped the championship, and the album itself has not only sold more than 500,000 gold records in the United States, but also successfully entered the pop album list! This best-selling album was released in Asia in 2000, especially including three remixes of the best-selling single "Estoy Aqui" from her previous album, which is an indispensable collection for fans who love Latin music!
"MTV Unplugged" released in 2000, all the songs in the album were received live from Shakira's concert for MTV TV network in Latin America on1August, 999 12, and the concert was strongly broadcast in Latin America and in the United States through Telemundo network in September of the same year. In this MTV live concert, Shakira sang several best-selling singles from her previous platinum albums, including the best-selling single "Estoy Aqui" from the album "Pies Descalzos". In the album "Donde Estan Los Ladrones", the Top 25 songs on the Billboard Latin list are Invisible, Ojosasi, Moscas en la Casa and two number one singles, Ciega, Sordomuda and TU, among which CIEGA, Sordomuda is a collaboration with a Mexican wandering band.
After gaining a firm foothold in the Latin and American markets, Shakira released the first English album Laundry Service this year. She provoked the creation and production of lyrics and songs by herself, and gave full play to her multi-level voice performance, swinging freely from sweetness, wildness, mystery, etc., and jumped to the Top3 of the Billboard list in the first week of release. The first Whenever, Wherever, a wild and dynamic love song, is flavored with traditional instruments such as the flute in the Andes and the Brazilian drum, and is currently in the Top6 of the singles list. Shakirak, the advertising spokesperson of Pepsi-Cola in America and Latin America, brought the English version of the advertising theme song Ojos Asi. Shakira's new attack proves that she will become the international queen of Latin girls after Ricky Martin, the king of heaven, enters the international pop music scene!