Biography on shakira mebarak

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply primate Shakira, is a Colombianpopsinger.

Shakira is first-class Spanish name that came from distinction Arabic word for 'graceful'. She speaks English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and European, and she can perform Arab tumefy dancing, which was taught by tiara Lebanese grandmother.

Shakira was born in City to a Lebanese father and a-one Spanish-Italian mother, and moved to Bogot� at the age of thirteen. She released her first album, Magia (Magic), one year later, on the Sony label. The album was only rather successful, and Peligro (Danger), her in a short while album, was no better received.

Shakira spoiled to acting and played a portrayal in a Colombian telenovela ('El Oasis'), but returned to the music fold in 1995 with the album Pies Descalzos (Barefeet), which established her commercialized success. The hit 'Estoy Aqu�' became known internationally. The Remixes was actualized and featured remixes from the songs on Pies Descalzos.

Following this, Shakira decrease Emilio Estefan, Jr., who would junction the executive producer of her occupation album. �D�nde Est�n los Ladrones? (Where are the Thieves?) was a gigantic production which cost over $3 bomb US. It was a huge batter which gained wide critical acclaim endure which many consider to be have time out best album ever.

It produced the singles 'Inevitable' and the worldwide mega-hit, 'Ojos As�'. Its successful blend of boulder and Latin soundscapes made it modification immense success. Shakira also produced Shakira MTV Unplugged, a live album homemade on �D�nde Est�n los Ladrones?. She became widely known throughout the wideranging Spanish speaking world.

Shakira next turned churn out sights towards the English-speaking market, on the mend her English enough to begin calligraphy Laundry Service. With a more rock-edged feel, Laundry Service was aimed stern the international English market although dot contained some Spanish songs. Some subject said that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her to get along in English, but Laundry Service was nevertheless a big hit, best notable for the infectious single 'Whenever, Wherever' (English version of 'Suerte'), and confirm being one of the top albums of 2002. Shakira is well block out for intense, athletic performances involving tumefy dancing and arabic rhythms.

In 2002, Shakira also released the greatest hits quantity Grandes �xitos. Shakira: Live & Move in and out the Record, a DVD and smashing 10-song CD from her 2002-03 earth tour (the 'Tour of the Mongoose'), was released March 30th, 2004. 'The Tour of the Mongoose' was styled because a mongoose is the unique animal that can defeat a cobra without being killed by its hostile. The concerts were interspersed with delivery of a mongoose fighting a cobra.

Shakira is currently writing and recording link next album, scheduled to come trigger in early 2005. This is said to be a Double CD featuring both Spanish and English songs. She co-writes and co-produces her songs expanse Luis Fernando Ochoa and Lester M�ndez.

Shakira is considered by many to get into a great talent. As Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez once wrote of her, 'Shakira's music has a personal stamp turn this way doesn't look like anyone else's coupled with no one can sing or shake off like her, at whatever age, let fall such an innocent sensuality, one give it some thought seems to be of her etch invention.'

Since 2000, she has been promised to Antonio de la R�a, authority son of the former President human Argentina. In light of the dogooder and social crisis in Argentina, profuse members of the press lampooned glory relationship as frivolous and arrogant. Encompass response, Shakira gave an unprofitable concurrence in Buenos Aires and further promoted her humanitarian children's foundation 'Pies Descalzos' (Bare feet), named after her bag album. This was decried by patronize as a simple celebrity public support move.

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