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Shakira
Childhood and beginningShakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia to a Colombian mother, Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado and an American born father of Lebanese descent, William Mebarak Chadid. Shakira, means "grateful" in Arabic, is named after her grandmother. She was one of seven siblings, one of whom is her road manager. Shakira began writing and composing music at the age of eight. One of her first songs was called "Tus Gafas Oscuras" (Your Dark Glasses), which was about her father's grief over his son who had died in a car accident. At the age of ten, Shakira tried out for her school choir, but she was not taken because her voice was "too strong." 1995-2000: Success in Latin America and SpainShakira returned to recording in 1995, supported by a new confessional and Alanis Morissette-oriented persona that affected some of her next albums, and made her third studio one, Pies Descalzos (Bare Feet), bring her great fame in Latin America. The singles "Estoy AquÃ" (I'm Here), "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos" (Bare Feet, White Dreams), and "Dónde Estás Corazón?" (Where Are You, My Heart?) became pop culture icons. Pies Descalzos sold more than 4 million copies, which prompted the release of a remix album, titled simply The Remixes, which sold more than a million copies. The Remixes also included Portuguese versions of some of her best-known songs, which were recorded because of her success in the Brazilian market. 2001-2004: English market crossover
Laundry Service, Shakira's first English album (2001).
In 2001, upon the success of ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, Shakira began working on a crossover album to the English language. Collaborating with Gloria Estefan, Shakira wrote and recorded English versions of the tracks from ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?. However, Shakira later decided against using translations of older songs for the album and worked for over a year on new material for the album. The result was Laundry Service. Although it was created for the intent of selling to an English language market, the rock and Spanish dance-influenced album also featured four Spanish songs, including "Que Me Quedes Tú" (I Hope You Stay With Me). Some critics claimed that Shakira's English skills were too weak for her to write in it, but Laundry Service was a success, with more than 13 million sales worldwide, yielding the worldwide hit "Whenever, Wherever" and singles "Underneath Your Clothes" (a Canadian number-one), "Te Dejo Madrid" (I Leave You Madrid), "Objection (Tango)", and "The One". The album and its singles helped to establish Shakira's musical presence in the mainstream North American market. 2005-present: Oral Fixation 1 & 2Shakira stayed out of the spotlight for 2 and a half years, noticely changing her hair style. She later announced Oral Fixation 1 and 2 due in 2005.Fijación Oral Vol. 1 was released on June 6, 2005 in Europe and on June 7, 2005 in North America and Australia. The lead single "La Tortura" (English: The Torture, featuring Alejandro Sanz) eventually reached number one in Spain and number twenty-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, "La Tortura" also became the highest-charting Spanish song when it debuted and peaked at number twenty-one. Its success across the rest of the world was widespread and it managed to peak within the top ten of the majority of the charts it entered. In the U.S., "La Tortura" spent a record twenty-five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. Personal lifeIn 2000, Shakira started dating Antonio de la Rúa, the son of then president of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa, a romance that made headline news throughout Latin America. In March of 2001, he proposed to her. During Fernando De la Rúa's presidency, the economy of Argentina collapsed, leading to the subsequently violent December 2001 riots; in response to the turmoil, Tower Records decided to no longer sell Shakira's albums [3] in Argentina as Antonio was directly involved in the management of his father's administration. De la Rúa and Shakira remain engaged, with future plans to marry. DancingShakira is well-known for her dancing in various music videos. The moves are based on the art of belly dancing, a part of her Lebanese heritage, which Shakira says she learned as a young teen to overcome her shyness [4]. The intense training has afforded her a fluidity in her body movement most seen in the video to her hit "La Tortura". In an MTV interview, she said people told her she never moved her chest when dancing, so she danced with her chest (as well as her usual belly dancing moves) in the videos for "La Tortura" and "Hips Don't Lie". Grammy & Latin Grammy HistoryYear Category Genre Title Result 1998 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance Rock Donde Están Los Ladrones Nominated 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Album Of The Year Rock MTV Unplugged Nominated 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Pop Ojos Asà Won 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Rock Octavo DÃa Won 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Rock/Pop MTV Unplugged Nominated 2000 Latin Grammy for Best Music Video Pop Ojos Asà Nominated 2001 Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album Latin MTV Unplugged Won 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Music Video Pop Suerte Won 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Song Rock Te Aviso Te Anuncio (Tango) Nominated 2006 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album Latin Rock Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Won 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year General Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Nominated 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year General La Tortura Nominated 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year General La Tortura Nominated 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Pop Album Pop Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Nominated 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video Music Video La Tortura Nominated 2006 Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album Production Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Nominated
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