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.