shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 1977. She recorded her first album "Magia" when she was just fourteen years old, but it was not a success. In 1995, after she took a year long break from music, she returned to recording and produced the album "Pies Descalzos." The song "Estoy Aquí" was very successful en Latin America, and it reached number one on the music charts. The following singles, "Dónde está corazón," "Pienso en ti," and others were also very successful. She recorded "¿Dónde están los ladrones?" en 1998, and she performed "MTV Unplugged" in 2000. In 2001, she recorded her first English language album, "Laundry Service." She had always been popular in the United States, but only in the language Spanish. Now, millions of copies of her CD have sold. She combines beautiful melodies with intelligent lyrics. She says that her music is sincere, every day, and authentic.