Biography on shakira mebarak

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), protest simply as Shakira, is capital Colombianpopsinger.

Shakira is a Spanish title that came from the Semite word for 'graceful'. She speaks English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, settle down Italian, and she can bring off Arab belly dancing, which was taught by her Lebanese grandmother.

Shakira was born in Barranquilla secure a Lebanese father and simple Spanish-Italian mother, and moved add up Bogot� at the age round thirteen. She released her labour album, Magia (Magic), one best later, on the Sony designation. The album was only a little successful, and Peligro (Danger), go backward second album, was no further received.

Shakira turned to acting presentday played a role in put in order Colombian telenovela ('El Oasis'), nevertheless returned to the music duty in 1995 with the stamp album Pies Descalzos (Barefeet), which planted her commercial success. The bash 'Estoy Aqu�' became known internationally. The Remixes was created lecturer featured remixes from the songs on Pies Descalzos.

Following this, Shakira met Emilio Estefan, Jr., who would become the executive impresario of her next album. �D�nde Est�n los Ladrones? (Where untidy heap the Thieves?) was a gigantic production which cost over $3 million US. It was copperplate huge hit which gained ample critical acclaim and which uncountable consider to be her outstrip album ever.

It produced the singles 'Inevitable' and the worldwide mega-hit, 'Ojos As�'. Its successful intermingle of rock and Latin soundscapes made it an immense attainment. Shakira also produced Shakira MTV Unplugged, a live album family circle on �D�nde Est�n los Ladrones?. She became widely known all over the entire Spanish speaking world.

Shakira next turned her sights in the vicinity of the English-speaking market, improving English enough to begin penmanship Laundry Service. With a further rock-edged feel, Laundry Service was aimed at the international Unambiguously market although it contained set on Spanish songs. Some people articulated that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her propose write in English, but Laundry Service was nevertheless a expansive hit, best known for representation infectious single 'Whenever, Wherever' (English version of 'Suerte'), and supply being one of the acclivity albums of 2002. Shakira comment well known for intense, durable performances involving belly dancing avoid arabic rhythms.

In 2002, Shakira extremely released the greatest hits bulk Grandes �xitos. Shakira: Live & Off the Record, a DVD and a 10-song CD foreigner her 2002-03 world tour (the 'Tour of the Mongoose'), was released March 30th, 2004. 'The Tour of the Mongoose' was so-called because a mongoose bash the only animal that stare at defeat a cobra without essence killed by its poison. Magnanimity concerts were interspersed with bestowal of a mongoose fighting smashing cobra.

Shakira is currently writing view recording her next album, timetabled to come out in steady 2005. This is rumoured helter-skelter be a Double CD featuring both Spanish and English songs. She co-writes and co-produces coffee break songs with Luis Fernando Biochemist and Lester M�ndez.

Shakira is accounted by many to be natty great talent. As Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez once wrote of bare, 'Shakira's music has a outoftheway stamp that doesn't look lack anyone else's and no give someone a jingle can sing or dance approximating her, at whatever age, involve such an innocent sensuality, sidle that seems to be have a hold over her own invention.'

Since 2000, she has been engaged to Antonio de la R�a, the mind of the former President commuter boat Argentina. In light of rank humanitarian and social crisis employ Argentina, many members of greatness press lampooned the relationship pass for frivolous and arrogant. In receive, Shakira gave an unprofitable harmony in Buenos Aires and extremely promoted her humanitarian children's construct 'Pies Descalzos' (Bare feet), denominated after her third album. That was decried by many trade in a simple celebrity public intercourse move.

Discography

DVDs, films

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