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Common misspelling: Shaquira, Shakera

 

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Given Name

Date of Birth

Birth Place

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

February 2, 1977

Barranquilla, Colombia

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SHAKIRA BIOGRAPHY

The following biography is from Wikipedia.org “The Free Encyclopedia.”

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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, born in Barranquilla, Colombia on February 2, 1977, known simply as Shakira (meaning "Woman of Grace" in Arabic), is an internationally famous singer and songwriter.

 

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Biography

Shakira was born to a Lebanese father and a Colombian mother, and moved to Bogotá at the age of thirteen. She released her first album, Magia (Magic), one year later, on the Sony label. The album was only moderately successful, and Peligro (Danger), her second album, was no better received.

 

Shakira turned to acting and played a role in a Colombian telenovela ("El Oasis"), but returned to the music business in 1995 with the album Pies descalzos (Barefeet), which established her commercial success. The hit "Estoy aquí" became known internationally. The Remixes was created and featured remixes from the songs on Pies descalzos.

 

Following this, Shakira met Emilio Estefan, Jr., who would become the executive producer of her next album. ¿Dónde están los ladrones? (Where are the thieves?) was a huge production which cost over US$3 million. It was a huge hit which gained wide critical acclaim and which many consider to be her best album ever.

 

It produced the singles "Inevitable" and the worldwide mega-hit, "Ojos así". Its successful blend of rock and Latin soundscapes made it an immense success. Shakira also produced Shakira MTV Unplugged, a live album based on ¿Dónde están los ladrones?. She became widely known throughout the entire Spanish speaking world.

 

Shakira next turned her sights towards the English-speaking market, improving her English enough to begin writing Laundry Service. With a more rock-edged feel, Laundry Service was aimed at the international English market although it contained some Spanish songs. Some people said that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her to write in English, but Laundry Service was nevertheless a big hit, best known for the infectious single "Whenever, Wherever" (English version of "Suerte"), and for being one of the top albums of 2002. Shakira is well known for intense, athletic performances involving belly dancing and Arabic rhythms. She makes use of erotic and sensual moments involving her torso.

 

In 2002, Shakira also released the greatest hits volume Grandes éxitos. Shakira: Live & Off the Record, a DVD and a 10-song CD from her 2002-03 world tour (the "Tour of the Mongoose"), was released March 30 2004. "The Tour of the Mongoose" was so-called because a mongoose can defeat a cobra without being killed by its poison. The concerts were interspersed with visuals of a mongoose fighting a cobra.

 

Shakira is currently finalizing the details of her next project. This body of work will be released in two parts. The first album, Fijación Oral 1 (released in June 2005), followed by Oral Fixation 2, (which will be released in November 2005). She co-writes and co-produces her songs with Luis Fernando Ochoa and Lester Méndez. Vocal co-compilation, as well as direction of background vocal sessions by Rita Quintero.

 

Shakira is considered by many to be a great talent. As Gabriel García Márquez once wrote of her, "Shakira's music has a personal stamp that doesn't look like anyone else's and no one can sing or dance like her, at whatever age, with such an innocent sensuality, one that seems to be of her own invention."

 

Since 2000, she has been engaged to Antonio de la Rúa, the son of the former President of Argentina. In light of the humanitarian and social crisis in Argentina, many members of the press lampooned the relationship as frivolous and arrogant. In response, Shakira gave an nonprofit concert in Buenos Aires and further promoted her humanitarian children's foundation "Pies Descalzos" (Bare feet), named after her third album. This was decried by many as a simple celebrity public relations move.

 

Current album

It was announced April 8 2005 that Shakira would be releasing two albums this year. Fijación Oral 1, a Spanish-language album, was released first in Ireland on 3 June 2005, the rest of the EU on 6 June and then on June 7 in the U.S.A, 2005, and Oral Fixation 2, an English-language album, is scheduled to hit store shelves in November. The first single off Fijación Oral 1, "La Tortura" (The Torture), features Spanish pop-star Alejandro Sanz.

 

The April 26 episode of MTV's "Making the Video" showed behind-the-scenes clips of "La Tortura" and ended with the premiere of the video. This was notably the first time the show had been aired entirely in Spanish (with English subtitles).

 

Charts

The video for "La Tortura" made its debut on Total Request Live (TRL) at number nine, and was the first Spanish music video ever to be included in the countdown. It reached a peak of number four on the countdown, pushing the record even further.

 

Fijación Oral 1 was simultaneously released in all of Latin America and charted at number one in almost all of its countries. In the United States it charted at number four on the Billboard 200 and is currently the best-selling Spanish first-week sales album (157,000), breaking Ricky Martin's self-titled album (charting number twelve, selling 65,000). It was also well-received in non-Spanish speaking countries like Germany, where it reached number two, and Canada, at number seven.

 

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WEBSITES

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Shakira Official Website: Shakira.com

Fan Sites:

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JJJ ¾ ShakiraHeaven.com

JJJ½ Shakira Planet

JJJ ¼ ShakiraMedia.com

JJJ Shakira Central

JJJ Shakira Online

J ½ Beautiful Shakira (Yahoo group)

J ¼ Shakiraholics Forum (forum)

¾ WalHello.com

 

JJJ ½ IMDB.com

JJJ MTV.com

JJJ VH1.com

JJJ Yahoo.com

JJ ¾ AOL.com

JJ ¾ MP3.com

JJ ½ www.PopStarsPlus.com

JJ ½ Shakira on TVGuide.com

JJ½ StarPulse.com

JJ¼ AskMen.com – Shakara

JJ Absolutely.net

JJ AceShowBiz.com

JJ ArtistDirect.com

JJ CelebrityWonder.com

JJ Relationships with Shakira

JJ Wikipedia.org

J ¾ EntertainMania.com

J ¾ SuperiorPics.com

J ¾ Up4U.com

J ½ Answers.com

J ½ CelebJunction.com

J ½ Celebopedia.com

J ½ CelebritySun.com

J ½ FunMunch.com

J ½ Rev108.com

J ¼ 123Celebs.net

J RottenTomatoes.com

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Multimedia (Downloads, Wallpaper, Videos, Screen Savers, etc.)

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MP3.com (songs & downloads)

Rhapsody.com (music)

Shakira Central (audio/videos)

ShakiraHeaven.com (ringtones)

ShakiraHeaven.com (wallpapers)

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StarPulse.com (wallpapers)

VH1.com (ringtones)

VH1.com (videos)

Yahoo.com (music downloads)

Yahoo.com (music videos)

Song Lyrics

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Sing365.com

Quotations

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ThinkExist.com

 

Links Pages

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SHAKIRA DISCOGRAPHY: ALBUMS, SINGLES, COMPILATIONS, BOXED SETS, ETC.

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Year

1991

1993

1996

1997

1998

     

 

 

 

Album Title

Magia

Peligro

Pies Descalzos

The Remixes

Donde Estan Los Ladrones

Tracks

1. Suenos
2. Esta Noche Voy Contigo
3. Lejos de Tu Amor
4. Magia
5. Cuenta Conmigo
6. Cazador de Amor
7. Necesito de Ti
8. Tus Gafas Oscuros

1. Eres
2. Ultimo momento
3. Tu seras la historia de mi vida
4. Peligro
5. Quince anos
6. Brujeria
7. Eterno amor
8. Controlas mi destino
9. Este amor es lo mas bello del mundo
10. 1968

1. Estoy Aqui
2. Antologia
3. Un Poco De Amor
4. Quiero
5. Te Necesito
6. Vuelve
7. Te Espero Sentada
8. Pies Descalzos, Suenos Blancos
9. Pienso En Ti
10. Donde Estas Corazon
11. Se Quiere, Se Mata

1. Shakira DJ Megamix
2. Estoy Aqui - (Extended remix)
3. Estou Aqui - (Portugues)
4. Donde Estas Corazon - (Dance remix)
5. Un Poco De Amor - (Extended Dancehall)
6. Um Pouco De Amor - (Portuges)
7. Pies Descalzos - (Meme's Super Club mix)
8. Pes Descalcos - (Portuges)
9. Estoy Aqui - (Timbalero dub)
10. Donde Estas Corazon - (Dub-A-Pella mix)
11. Un Poco De Amor - (Meme's Jazz Experience)
12. Pies Descalzos - (The Timbalero Dub 97)

1. Ciega Sordomuda
2. Si Te Vas
3. Moscas En La Casa
4. No Creo
5. Inevitable
6. Octavo Dia
7. Que Vuelvas
8. Tu
9. Donde Estan Los Ladrones?
10. Sombra De Ti
11. Ojos Asi

Year

1999

2001

2005

2005

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

Album Title

MTV Unplugged

Laundry Service

Grandes Exitos

Fijacion Oral 1

Oral Fixation Vol. 2

Tracks

1. Ocatavo Día
2. Si Te Vas
3. Dondé Están Los Ladrones
4. Moscas En La Casa
5. Ciega SordoMuda
6. Inevitable
7. Estoy Aquí
8. Tú
9. Sombra de Ti
10. No Creo
11. Ojos Así

1. Suerte
2. Underneath Your Clothes
3. Te Aviso, Te Anuncio
4. Que Me Quedes Tú
5. Rules
6. The One
7. Ready For The Good Times
8. Fool
9. Te Dejo Madrid
10. Poem To A Horse
11. Eyes Like Yours
12. Whenever, Wherever
13. Objection

1. Estoy Aquí
2. Antologia
3. Un Poco De Amor
4. Donde Estas Corazon
5. Que Me Quedes Tu
6. Ciega, Sordomuda
7. Si Te Vas
8. No Creo- En Vivo
9. Inevitable
10. Ojos Así
11. Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)
12. Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)
13. Tú En Vivo- Without Intro
14. Dónde Están Los Ladrones- En Vivo
15. Moscas En La Casa

1. En Tus Pupilas
2. La Pared
3. La Tortura (Artista Invitado Alejandro Sanz)
4. Obtener Un Si
5. Dia Especial
6. Escondite Ingles
7. No
8. Las de la Intuición
9. Dia de Enero
10. Lo Imprescindible
11. La Pared
12. La Tortura (Artista Invitado Alejandro Sanz)

1. How Do You Do
2. Don’t Bother
3. Illegal (featuring Carlos Santana)
4. The Day and the Time (featuring Gustavo Cerati)
5. Animal City
6. Dreams for Plans
7. Hey You
8. Your Embrace
9. Costume Makes the Clown
10. Something
11. Timor

ON VIDEO, A FILMOGRAPHY

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Year

1996

       
           

Title

El Oasis

       

Role

Luisa Maria

       

TOUR DATES

August 9
EL PASO, TX - DON HASKINS CENTER
August 11
PHOENIX, AZ - US AIRWAYS CENTER
August 12
LAS VEGAS, NV - MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER
August 15
LOS ANGELES, CA - STAPLES CENTER
August 16
SAN DIEGO, CA - IPAYONE CENTER
August 18
ANAHEIM, CA - ARROWHEAD POND
August 19
SAN JOSE, CA - HP PAVILION
August 22
DENVER, CO - PEPSI CENTER

August 25
CHICAGO, IL - UNITED CENTER

August 27
TORONTO - AIR CANADA CENTRE
August 29
WASHINGTON, DC - VERIZON CENTER

September 1
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - TAJ MAHAL – MARK G. ETESS ARENA
September 4
UNCASVILLE, CT - MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
September 5
BOSTON, MA - TD BANKNORTH GARDEN
September 7
NEW YORK, NY - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
September 12
ATLANTA, GA - PHILIPS ARENA

September 13
ORLANDO, FL - TD WATERHOUSE CENTRE
September 15
MIAMI, FL - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA
September 19
HOUSTON, TX - TOYOTA CENTER
September 20
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - AMERICAN BANK CENTER
September 22
SAN ANTONIO, TX - AT&T CENTER
September 23
DALLAS, TX - AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA
September 25
MCCALLEN, TX - DODGE ARENA

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

 

 

 

 

   

Shakira

Shakira

Shakira

Shakira, Spanish ed.

   

PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTERS

 

PRODUCTS & OTHER ITEMS

 

 

       

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