Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, is a two-time Grammy Award and eight-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Colombian singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who has been a major figure in... [more]
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, is a two-time Grammy Award and eight-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Colombian singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who has been a major figure in the pop music of Latin America since the mid- 1990s. In 2001, she broke through into the English-speaking market with the release of her first album in that language, Laundry Service, which has sold over 3 million copies in the United States and 13 million copies worldwide. After her exposure to the English market, Shakira has arguably become most influential Latin American female musicians of all time. Shakira has the honor of being the highest selling Colombian artist of all time and the only artist from that country to have had a #1 single in the USA.
Shakira Only Releases Music That Makes Her Want to Dance
Musician Shakira performs during 'Giving - Live At The Apollo' presented by MTV and the Clinton Global Initiative at the Apollo Theater on September 29, 2007 in New York City. (Getty Images)more pics »"Hips Don't Lie" singer Shakira uses an unusual test to ensure her latest songs reach her high pop standards: If they don't make her dance, she scraps them. Shakira, who is famous for her shapely rear, explained:
I'm not a trained dancer. I did a little bit of gymnastics when I was 12 -- everything else it's just me feeling the music. But I do have an unorthodox ways to approve my music or test it.
When I'm in the studio and I'm producing my own music, I've got to make sure I connect to it at a physical level. My body has to move and my hips have to move and if I don't see that kind of reaction, that physical reaction, then I know that something is not working.
Shakira performing with Wyclef Jean.The 32-year old star also spoke about the raunchy video for her latest track "She-Wolf," admitting she enjoyed writhing around sexily as she is so proud of her body.
She said: "I'm less shy now that I've hit my 30s. After that happens you feel a little bit more free, you accept yourself in many different ways and you're more comfortable in your own flesh."
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