Shakira
Name | : | Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll |
Born | : | February 2, 1977 - Barranquilla, Colombia |
Occupation | : | Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, philanthropist, dancer |
Genres | : | Latin pop, pop, pop rock, dance, world, electronic |
Instruments | : | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, percussion |
Years active | : | 1990 – present |
Website | : | shakira.com |
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known professionally as Shakira, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Arabic influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, twelve Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, and the second most successful female Latin singer after Gloria Estefan, having sold over 60 million albums worldwide according to Sony Music Entertainment. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French and Arabic.
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