From her mother, she has Spanish (Catalan and Castilian) and Italian ancestry, although both of her mother’s surnames are Spanish.
The name Shakira is Arabic ( شَاكِرَة, šākirah), from which language it translates as “grateful.” It is the feminine form of the name Shakir ( شَاكِر, šākir). Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where her father was born. Her father then emigrated to Colombia at age 5. She is the only child of Nidia Ripoll Torrado and William Mebarak Chadid.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2014, she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has sold between 70 and 125 million records worldwide (depending on the source), making her the best selling South American singer and one of the best selling Latin artists of all time. Shakira has won many awards, including five MTV Video Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, 28 Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. Her tenth album, Shakira (2014), is preceded by its lead single, “Can’t Remember to Forget You”. Shakira served as a coach on the fourth and sixth seasons of the American version of The Voice in 20, respectively. With over 1.3 billion views, it is one of the most-watched music videos on YouTube. Her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time. Shakira’s eighth and ninth albums, She Wolf (2009) and Sale el Sol (2010), received critical praise. Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums Fijación Oral, Volumen Uno and Oral Fixation, Volume Two (2005), the latter of which spawned one of the best-selling songs of the 21st century, “Hips Don’t Lie”. Its lead single, “Whenever, Wherever,” became the best-selling single of 2002. Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service. Shakira’s first studio albums, Magia and Peligro, failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos (1996), and her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, and record producer.
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