![]() ![]() The name Shakira (Arabic: شاكرة) is Arabic for 'grateful', the feminine form of the name Shakir (Arabic: شاكر). Her father then emigrated to Colombia at age 5. ![]() Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where her father was born. ![]() She is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.īorn on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia, she is the only child of William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll Torrado. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. ![]() Shakira has received numerous awards, including 3 Grammy Awards, 13 Latin Grammy Awards, 4 MTV Video Music Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, 39 Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She has four of the twenty top-selling hits of the 2000s, more than any other artist. With over 2 billion views, it is one of the most viewed music videos on YouTube. Her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)', which featured a South African band Freshlyground, became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time with 10 million downloads. Shakira's eighth and ninth albums, She Wolf and Sale el Sol, were released in 20 respectively. Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums Fijación Oral, Volumen Uno and Oral Fixation, Volume Two (2005). Its lead single, 'Whenever, Wherever', became one of the most successful singles of 2002. Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service in 2001. Born and raised in Barranquilla, her first studio albums, Magia and Peligro, failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her international debut album, Pies Descalzos (1996), and her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( / ʃ ə ˈ k ɪər ə/, Spanish: born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. ![]()
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