Biography

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in Barranquilla in Colombia on February 2, 1977. She is a singer song write who has won three Grammys and eight Latino Grammys. Her debut album Magia was released by Sony Music in 1990 when she was only thirteen years old. The songs in this collection were written by her since the age of eight and feature a mix of pop rock, romance and disco with electronic accompaniment. However, it was not well marketed. Despite much rotation on Colombian radio stations, giving exposure to the young Shakira, the album was not a commercial success even though the music video Magia became the number one pop video in Colombia. Her second album, Peligro, in the same genre, was released in 1993, but Shakira was not satisfied with the final result, principally in regards to the production. The album was better received than Magia, but it likewise enjoyed little commercial success due to Shakiras refusal to advertise it. In the same year, Shakira starred in the Colombian TV series The Oasis. Shakira returned to the studio in 1995 with Luis F. Ochoa and the musical influences of various countries that affected some of her previous albums. She recorded her third studio album, Pies Descalzos. Recording began in February of 1995 after the success of her single Dnde Ests Corazn?.The album was released internationally on February 13. 1996.

 In March of 1996, Shakira started her first international tour, Turismo Pies Descalzos. One year later, she received three Billboard Latin Music Awards for Album of the Year ( Pies Descalzos ), Video of the Year ( Estoy Aqui ) and Best New Artist. Her fourth album, Dnde Estan Los Ladrones? ( Where Are the Thieves? ) was produced on September 28. 1998 in Miami.The album was inspired by an incident that occurred at the airport when a suitcase full of lyrics was stolen. Shakira received her first Grammy in 1999 and also a Latin Grammy for Best Rock /Alternative Album. Her first live album, MTV Unplugged , was recorded in New York on August 12. 1999, and is regarded as one of her best leves performances. The acoustic album won Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album in 2001. Following the success of Dnde Estan Los Ladrones?, Shakira started work on a crossover album in English. Whenever, Wherever ( released under the title Suerte in Spanish ) was the first single Shakiras English language album, released in October 200. Her third international studio album, and her first in English, Laundry Service ( Servio de Lavanderia in Latin America and Spain) was released on November 13, 2001. The album was created with the intention to sell in the English language market.

 A live DVD/CD called Live & Off The Record was released in 2004. Shakira stayed out of the public eye for two years.Many record release dates were canceled and she announced the project Oral Fixation at the beginning of 2005. Oral Fixation Vol.2 was released on November 29.2005 in North America, Australia, and Continental Europe. Two tracks from the album, How Do You Do and Timor, provoked some controversy upon release in Muslim countries. The cover of the album featuring Shakira dressed as Eve with the forbidden fruit was also considered controversial and had to be altered in various countries. Shakira embarked on her fourth tour, her longest, The Oral Fixation Tour, in June of 206. On July 2, 2008, she signed a ten year contract with Live Nation. In 2010, she released to much success the theme song for the FIFA World Cup, Waka, Waka ( This Time for Africa ) with the South African group Freshlyground. On September 1, 2010, she released her new single Loca that will be a part of her new album Sale El Sol.

Discography

Magia

Release Year: 1991

Peligro
Release Year: 1995

Pies Descalzos
Release Year: 1996 Record Label: Sony Music

The Remixes
Release Year: 1997 Record Label: Sony Music

Dnde Estn los Ladrones?

Release Year: 1998 Record Label: Sony Music

MTV Unplugged
Release Year: 2000 Record Label: Sony Music

Laundry Service
Release Year: 2001 Record Label: Sony Music

Greatest Hits
Release Year: 2002 Record Label: Sony Music

Live & Off The Record

Release Year: 2004 Record Label: Sony Music

Fijacin Oral Vol. 1

Release Year: 2005 Record Label: Sony Music

Oral Fixation Vol. 2

Release Year: 2005 Record Label: Sony Music

She Wolf
Release Year: 2009 Record Label: Sony Music

Sale el Sol
Release Year: 2010 Record Label: Sony U.S. Latin

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