Biografi Shakira

Shakira is a Colombian mother, Nidia del Carmen Ripoll named which is a Spanish-Catalan descent. While his father was a descendant of Lebanese-born U.S. Catholic named William Mebarak Chadid.

Shakira has been working in the field of music since the age of 8 years. And, little by little he rose to fame, until her first album Magia recorded in 1991. From 1995-2000 he was the success of Latin America and Spain. Then his first English album, Laundry Service was launched in 2001.

After the commercial flops with a local producer in his first two albums, and a little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce his own brand of music. In 1995 she released her Pies Descalzos, which brought great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album ¿Dónde Están years los Ladrones? critical success. Since then he has gained many fans in countries semi-Hispanophone, and the countries of non-Spanish speaking a lot, especially the United States. In the year 2001, and assisted by heavy rotation of music videos, "Whenever, Wherever", he broke into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. Four years later, Shakira released a second album project called Fijación Oral Vol. Oral Fixation 1 and Vol. 2. Both reinforced his success, especially with one of the most successful song in the 21st century so far, "Hips Do not Lie" From October-November 2009 Shakira released a new album around the world She Wolf ..

He has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Latin Music Awards and been nominated for a Golden Globe. He was also the highest selling Colombian artist of all time, and the second most successful female Latin singer has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide [10]. In addition, he is the only artist from South America to reach the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, Australian ARIA chart, and the UK Singles Chart. Shakira will be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Album Fijación Oral Vol. One is a Spanish-language album that was launched in 2005 received rave reviews world. Even in Spain this album to debut at the top.

English version of Fijación Oral Vol. 1, Oral Fixation Vol. 2 was released late 2005, although the song was well received but did not make the songs on this album to fill top positions.

In Indonesia, Timor-titled song from the album Oral Fixation Vol. 2 changed the title to It's Alright