Shakira
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29.04.2010 19:30
Shakira's song became the anthem of the FIFA World Cup 2010
Song Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) by Shakira was named official anthem of the FIFA World Cup 2010. The composition will be included in Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album, a compilation of songs devoted to the upcoming World Cup.
28.12.2010 22:57
Chris Brown recorded a duo with Justin Bieber
Chris Brown revealed that he has recently finished the work on a duo with Justin Bieber. "Me and Justin Bieber got a smash record for all the fans out there at the top of the New Year he wrote in his post on Twitter.
28.03.2011 20:56
Foo Fighters are "very happy" to help Japan
Dave Grohl claimed he was glad to have an opportunity to contribute to recently released Songs For Japan album. "We can not heal people or rebuild their homes, but we can donate our songs to help them", said he.
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Biography
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known professionally as Shakira, was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her Lebanese father and Colombian mother gave her the name which can be translated from Arabic as «full of elegance and God’s grace». When a child, she used to listen to Colombian and Lebanese music along with English-language songs. Among her favorite musical bands were Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, The Police and The Cure. The most of her talents were revealed when she was a child – when she was 4 years old she wrote her first poem and when she was 10 she engaged in oriental dancing. At the age of 11 she won her first musical contest. Since then she was winning all the musical contests in Barraquilla.
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Reviews
Sale El Sol2010
Shakira's new album Sale el Sol is the mixture of rock, Spanish rap, ethnic motifs and of course pop music, vivid, rich and varied. Unlike most of her previous works this one offers quite a large percentage of serious compositions
She Wolf2009
Following Madonna, Britney Spears and Mariah Carey Shakira has turned to the leading club music producers and recorded She Wolf, which is her hottest and most danceable album to date
Oral Fixation, Vol. 22005
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is more mature and better focused than Laundry Service. It manages to maintain the musical credibility that Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 won back. Shakira explores genres, often mixing multiple influences in a single song
Fijacion Oral, Vol 12005
Shakira doesn't play by the rules: The follow-up to her English-language debut, 2001's multiplatinum Laundry Service is the Spanish-language Fijacion Oral Vol. 1
