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    Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. She began performing in school and demonstrating influences from Latin, Arabic, rock and roll music as well as belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first albums in the early 1990s but found greater commercial success in Latin America with albums in the 1990s. She entered the English-language market in 2001 with her album Laundry Service and its hit single "Whenever, Wherever", which became the best-selling single of 2002. Shakira has sold over 70 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide, making her the third best-selling Latin artist of all time. She is known for her philanthropic

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    Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. She began performing in school and demonstrating influences from Latin, Arabic, rock and roll music as well as belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first albums in the early 1990s but found greater commercial success in Latin America with albums in the 1990s. She entered the English-language market in 2001 with her album Laundry Service and its hit single "Whenever, Wherever", which became the best-selling single of 2002. Shakira has sold over 70 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide, making her the third best-selling Latin artist of all time. She is known for her philanthropic

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    Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. She began performing in school and demonstrating influences from Latin, Arabic, rock and roll music as well as belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first albums in the early 1990s but found greater commercial success in Latin America with albums in the 1990s. She entered the English-language market in 2001 with her album Laundry Service and its hit single "Whenever, Wherever", which became the best-selling single of 2002. Shakira has sold over 70 million albums and 125 million singles worldwide, making her the third best-selling Latin artist of all time. She is known for her philanthropic

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    dfdsfdsfsdShakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (pronounced: [akia isael mea

    ak ripol]; born February 2, 1977),[2] (English /kr/)[3] is aColombian singer,


    songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. Born and raised
    in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin, Arabic, and
    rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her
    firststudio albums, Magia and Peligro, in the early 1990s, failing to attain
    commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her
    major-label debut, Pies Descalzos (1996), and her fourth album, Dnde Estn los
    Ladrones? (1998).
    Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry
    Service. Its lead single, "Whenever, Wherever", became the best-selling single of
    2002. Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums Fijacin Oral,
    Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005), the latter of which spawned the bestselling song of the 21st century, "Hips Don't Lie". Shakira's eighth and ninth
    albums, She Wolf (2009) and Sale el Sol (2010), received critical praise but
    suffered from limited promotion due to her strained relationship with label Epic
    Records. Her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, "Waka Waka (This Time for
    Africa)", became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time. With over 813
    million views, its music video is the ninth most-watched video on YouTube. Since
    2013, Shakira has served as a coach on the American version of The Voice,
    having appeared in two of its seven seasonsfourth and sixth. Her tenth album,
    Shakira (2014), is preceded by its lead single, "Can't Remember to Forget You".
    Shakira has won many awards, including five MTV Video Music Awards, two
    Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, sevenBillboard Music Awards, 28
    Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She has a
    star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and sold more than 70 million Albums and
    125 million singles worldwide,[4][5][6][7] making her the third best selling Latin artist
    of all time, only behind Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan. She carries out wellknown philanthropic activities through charity work and benefit concerts, notably
    her Pies Descalzos Foundation, her performance at the "Clinton Global Initiative"
    created by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and her invitation to the Oval Office
    by President Barack Obama in February 2010 to discuss early childhood
    development.[8] As of 2014, she is listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the
    world by Forbes.[9] As of July 2014, Shakira has become the first person to reach
    100 million followers on Facebook.[10]

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