Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is professionally known as Shakira. She is a well-known Colombian singer and songwriter. She’s been dubbed the “Queen of Latin Music” and recognized for her range as a musician. You can read about her life in this post.
What is the age of Shakira?
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll who is 46 years old was born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll Torrado’s only child. She is of Lebanese and Spanish ancestry. She went to Catholic schools and was raised a Catholic.
As a result of her father’s first marriage, she has eight elder half-siblings. Barranquilla, a city on Colombia’s northern Caribbean coast was where Shakira spent a large portion of her formative years.
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The Global Journey of Latin Music’s Queen “Shakira”
She has been recognized for her musical range and dubbed the “Queen of Latin Music”. At the age of 13, she made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia.
After the commercial failure of her first two albums, Magia and Peligro she gained popularity in Hispanic nations with her subsequent albums, Pies Descalzos and Dónde Están los Ladrones.
With the release of her fifth album, Laundry Service which has a global sales of over 13 million copies, she broke into the English-language market. The album helped her establish herself as a top crossover performer helped by the success of her singles “Whenever, Wherever” and “Underneath Your Clothes” on a global scale.
Shakira was referred to as a “pioneer” who expanded the international appeal of Latino vocalists by Broadcast Music, Inc. Some of her tracks have peaked at number one on the charts in numerous nations. The Voice, an American singing competition television series featured her as a coach for two seasons.
Shakira is one of the best-selling music artists of all time with over 95 million records sold worldwide across her 145-song discography. As of 2023, she was the best-selling Latina artist ever. She is acknowledged for helping other Latin musicians gain access to the global market.
She has won numerous honours including twenty-one Guinness World Records, three Grammy Awards, twelve Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, thirty-nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, the 2023 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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