Birth name Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Born February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02) (age 32)
Genre(s) Pop, rock, pop rock, alternative, world
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, philanthropist, dancer
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums
Years active 1990 - current
Label(s) Sony BMG, Epic, Live Nation
Associated acts Alejandro Sanz, Beyoncé, Gustavo Cerati, Wyclef Jean, Carlos Santana, Miguel Bosé
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born: February 2, 1977)[1] known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the mid-1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing, which she learned from her Lebanese grandmother. Ripoll is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Italian,[3] and some Arabic.
Shakira means "thankful". It is the feminine form of the name Shaker. Her second name, Isabel, is also that of her paternal grandmother, meaning "my God is my oath", "my God's house" or "my God is abundance", and her name might be mistaken by Colombians and other Spanish-speaking people as a Spanish given name only for Elizabeth. Her family name Ripoll is Catalan. She spent much of her youth in Barranquilla, a city located in northern Colombia. Shakira is noted for her keen intellect.
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Shakira's debut album, ‘’Magia’’, was recorded with Sony Music in 1990, when she was only thirteen years old. The songs are a collection penned by her since she was 8, mixed pop-rock ballads and disco with electronic accompaniment, however it was hampered by a lack of recording and production cohesion. The album was released in 1991 and featured Magia and three other singles.
During an online chat with her fans in "El Heraldo", she revealed that she was going to start writing her New Album in February 2008. No official release date has been announced. Furthermore, at the CD release party for Shakira's singer-songwriter cousin Isa Mebarak in Colombia, Shakira's father William Mebarak stated that Shakira is currently at work beginning to write and produce new songs for her upcoming album. This is being done in "her own studio", which many fans thought to mean the studio at her home in the Bahamas.[19] Shakira recorded 2005's Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2 there, as well).
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