  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
was born February 9, 1977 in Colombia.
Shakira wrote her first song by age 8 and was
signed to Sony Music Colombia by age 13
(after leaving home to become a model). After
conquering the world Latin music market,
Shakira set her sites on the US with Pepsi
commercials and an English-speaking LP.
Shakira released her debut LP - Magia.
Shakira released Peligro.
 Shakira turned to acting for a
short time in the Colombian soap opera El
Oasis.
Shakira released Pies
Descalzos which became Shakira's first
major hit LP.
 Pies
Descalzos was certified gold.
Shakira released The
Remixes.
Shakira released Donde
Estan Los Ladrones?
 Shakira topped the Billboard
Latin Tracks chart with "Ciega,
Sordomuda" for 3 weeks.
Donde
Estan Los Ladrones? topped the Billboard
Latin 50 Albums chart for 11 weeks.
Shakira won a World Music Award
for Latin Female Artist of the Year.
Donde
Estan Los Ladrones? was certified gold.
Shakira topped the Billboard
Latin Tracks chart with "Tu" for a
week.
Donde
Estan Los Ladrones? and Pies
Descalzos were certified platinum.
 Shakira released MTV
Unplugged.
 # 95
Singles Artist of the Year
Shakira was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist.
 Shakira won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop
Album (MTV
Unplugged).
MTV
Unplugged was certified platinum.
 MTV
Unplugged topped the Billboard
Latin 50 Albums chart for 2 weeks.
Shakira topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 7 weeks with
"Suerte."
 Shakira hit the Top 40 with
"Whenever, Wherever."
Shakira released Laundry
Service.
Shakira hit the Top 10 with "Whenever, Wherever."
Laundry
Service was certified platinum.
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
 Coleccion
De Oro was released.
Laundry
Service was certified 2x platinum.
Shakira was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist.
MTV
Unplugged was certified 2x platinum.
 Shakira hit the Top 40 with
"Underneath Your Clothes."
Shakira made the cover of Rolling
Stone.
Shakira hit the Top 10 with "Underneath Your Clothes."
Laundry
Service was certified 3x platinum.
Shakira performed on VH1
Divas 2002: Divas Las Vegas.
 Shakira won 2 MuchMusic Video
Awards for People's Choice - Favorite
International Artist and Best International
Video (Artist) ("Whenever, Wherever").
Shakira hit the Top 40 with
"Objection (Tango)."
Shakira's video
for "Whenever, Wherever" was nominated
for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, and Best Cinematography (Pascal Leeque).
Shakira performed at the ceremony.
 Shakira won a Latin Grammy Award
for Best Music Video.
Shakira hit the Top 10 with "Objection (Tango)."
Shakira ranked
# 33 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Shakira won 5 MTV Video Music
Awards Latin America including Best Female
Artist, Best Pop Artist, Best Artist from the
North Region, Video of the Year, and Artist
of the Year.
 Grandes
Exitos was released.
 # 131
Singles Artist of the Year
Shakira hit the
Top 40 with "The One."
Shakira was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist.
 Shakira topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for a week with "Que
Me Quedes Tu."
Shakira won a World
Music Award for Best Latin Female Artist.
 Shakira released the DVD/CD Live
& Off The Record.
# 306 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
 Shakira released the Spanish LP Fijacion
Oral.
Shakira topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Songs chart with Alejandro Sanz
with "La Tortura."
Shakira topped the Billboard Top
Latin Albums chart with Fijacion
Oral.
 On July 2nd, Shakira performed
in Paris, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
The video for "La Tortura" was nominated
for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, and Viewer's Choice. Shakira performed at
the ceremony.
 Shakira hit the Top 40 with Alejandro
Sanz with "La Tortura."
Shakira hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Bother."
Fijacion
Oral was certified gold.
The single "La Tortura" was certified
platinum.
 Shakira won a MTV Europe Awards
for Best Female Artist.
Shakira released Oral
Fixation, Vol. 2.
Shakira won an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist.
Shakira performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Shakira topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Latin
Song ("La Tortura") and Top Latin
Pop Album (Fijacion
Oral), and as the Top Latin Pop
Album Artist.
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
The single "Don't Bother" was certified
gold.
 Shakira won a Grammy Award for Best Latin
Rock/Alternative Album (Fijacion
Oral).
Oral
Fixation, Vol. 2 was certified
gold.
Shakira hit the Top 40 with help
from Wyclef
Jean with "Hips Don't Lie."
Shakira hit the Top 10 with "Hips Don't Lie."
Oral
Fixation, Vol. 2 was certified
platinum.
Shakira hit #1 for 6 weeks with "Hips Don't Lie."
Shakira topped the Billboard Pop
100 Airplay chart, Top 40 Mainstream chart,
and Hot Latin Songs chart with "Hips Don't Lie."
Shakira topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Pop 100 chart, and Hot Digital
Songs chart with "Hips Don't Lie."
The single "Hips Don't Lie" was certified
gold.
Shakira topped the UK singles
chart with "Hips Don't Lie."
The single "Hips Don't Lie" was certified
platinum.
The video for "Hips Don't Lie" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Choreography, and was nominated for
Video of the Year, Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Art Direction, and Viewer's Choice. Shakira also
performed at the ceremony.
 Shakira won 4 Latin Grammys for
Album of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal
Album (Fijacion
Oral), and Record of the Year and
Song of the Year ("La Tortura").
Shakira won an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist.
Shakira topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Pop 100
Airplay Track ("Hips Don't Lie").
The single "Hips Don't Lie" was certified 2x
platinum.
Shakira topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with Carlos Santana with
"Illegal."
 Shakira was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Hips Don't Lie" with Wyclef
Jean). Shakira performed at the
ceremony.
Shakira hit the Top 40 with Beyoncé with
"Beautiful Liar."
Shakira hit the Top 10 with Beyoncé with
"Beautiful Liar."
Shakira topped the UK singles
chart with Beyoncé with
"Beautiful Liar."
Shakira topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with Beyoncé with
"Beautiful Liar."
Shakiratopped the Billboard Hot
Singles Sales chart and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Singles Sales chart with Beyoncé with "Beautiful Liar."
On July 7th, Shakira performed
at the Live
Earth
concert in Germany. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
The single "Beautiful Liar" was certified
gold.
Shakira won a MTV Video Music
Award for for Most
Earthshattering Collaboration ("Beautiful Liar" with Beyoncé), and the video was
nominated for Best Cinematography (Frank Gatson), Best Direction (Jake Nava), and Best Editing (Jarett Figl).
Shakira was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Beautiful Liar" with Beyoncé).
Shakira was nominated for a
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
("Despedida" from the film Love
In The Time Of Cholera).
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Magia
Released: 1991
Tracks:
"Suenos" - "Esta Noche Voy
Contigo" - "Lejos De Tu
Amore" - "Magia" -
"Cuentas Conmigo" -
"Cazador De Amor" -
"Necesito De Ti" - "Gafas
Oscuras" |
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Peligro
Released: 1993
Tracks: "Tu Sera La
Historia De Mi Vida" -
"Peligro" - "Eres" -
"Ultimo Momento" - "Quince
Anos" - "Brujeria" -
"Eterno Amor" - "Este Amor
Es Lo Mas Bello Del Mundo" -
"Controlas Mi Destino" |
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Pies Descalzos
Released: April, 1996
US: Platinum
Tracks: "Estoy
Aqui" - "Antologia" -
"Un Poco De Amor" -
"Quiero" - "Te
Necesito" - "Vuelve" -
"Te Espero Sentada" -
"Pies Descalzos Suenos Blancos"
- "Pienso En Ti" - "Se
Quiere Se Mata" - "Donde Estas
Corazon" |
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The Remixes
Released: October, 1997
Tracks: "Shakira DJ
Megamix" - "Estoy Aqui" -
"Estou Aqui" - "Donde
Estas Corazon" - "Un Poco De
Amor" - "Um Pouco De Amor"
- "Pies Descalzos" - "Pes
Delcalcos" - "Estoy Aqui"
- "Donde Estas Corazon" -
"Un Poco De Amor" - "Pies
Descalzos, Suenos Blancos" |
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Donde Estan Los
Ladrones?
Released: September, 1998
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 131
Tracks: "Ciega
Sordomuda" - "Si Te Vas" -
"Moscas En La Casa" - "No
Creo" - "Inevitable" -
"Octava Dia" - "Que
Vuelvas" - "Tu" -
"Donde Estan Los Landrones" -
"Sombra De Ti" - "Oios
Asi" |
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MTV Unplugged
Released: February, 2000
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 124
Live Tracks: "Octavo
Dia" - "Si Te Vas" -
"Donde Estan Los Ladrones" -
"Moscas En La Casa" -
"Ciega, Sordomuda" -
"Inevitable" - "Estoy
Aqui" - "Tu" -
"Sombra De Ti" - "No
Creo" - "Ojous Asi" |
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Laundry Service
Released: November, 2001
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "Objection (Tango)" - "Underneath Your
Clothes" - "Whenever, Wherever" -
"Rules" - "The One" -
"Ready For The Good Times" -
"Fool" - "Te Dejo
Madrid" - "Poem To A
Horse" - "Que Me Quedes
Tu" - "Eyes Like Yours (Ojos
Asi)" - "Suerte (Whenever,
Wherever)" - "Te Aviso, Te
Anuncio (Tango)" |
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Coleccion De Oro
Released: January, 2002
Tracks: "Estoy
Aqui" - "Antologia" -
"Poco De Amor" -
"Quiero" - "Te
Necesito" - "Vuelve" -
"Te Espero Sentada" -
"Pies Descalzos, Suenos
Blancos" - "Pienso En Ti"
- "Donde Estas Corazon" -
"Se Quiere, Se Mata" |
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Grandes Exitos
Released: November, 2002
Tracks: "Estoy
Aqui" -"Antologia"
-"Un Poco De Amor" -"Donde
Estas Corazon" -"Ciego,
Sordomuda" -"Si Te Vas"
-"No Creo"
-"Inevitable" -"Ojos
Asi" -"Suerte (Whenever,
Wherever)" -"Te Aviso, Te
Anuccio (Tango)" -"Tu"
-"Donde Estan Los Ladrones"
-"Moscas En La Casa" |
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Live & Off The
Record (CD/DVD)
Released: March, 2004
Tracks: "Ojos
Asi" - "Si Te Vas" -
"Underneath Your
Clothes" - "Ciega,
Sordomuda" - "The One" - "Back
In Black" - "Tu" -
"Poem To A Horse" - "Objection (Tango)" - "Whenever, Wherever" |
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Fijacion Oral
Released: June, 2005
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "En Tus
Pupilas" - "La Pared" -
"La Tortura" -
"Obtener un Si" - "Dia
Especial" - "Escondite
Ingles" - "No" - "Las
de la Intuicion" - "Dia de
Enero" - "Lo
Imprescindible" - "La
Pared" (Version Aszstica) - "La Tortura" (Shaketon
Remix) |
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Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
Released: November, 2005
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 5
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "How Do You
Do" - "Don't Bother" -
"Illegal" (featuring Carlos
Santana) - "The Day And The
Time" - "Animal City" -
"Dreams For Plans" - "Hey
You" - "Your Embrace" -
"Costume Makes The Clown" -
"Something" - "Timor"
- bonus: "Hips Don't Lie" - "La Tortura" |
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Hips Don't
Lie
[Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean]
from the LP Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 33 - 28 - 23 - 18 - 13 - 8 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 10 - 14 - 16 - 18 - 24 - 28 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 2
RIAA Certification: 2x
Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals
MTV VMA Winner: Best Choreography
MTV VMA Nominee: Video ofthe Year, Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Art Direction, Viewer's Choice |
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Whenever,
Wherever
from the LP Laundry Service
ARC Chart Run: 39 - 35 - 28 - 23 - 16 - 12 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 13 - 22 - 29 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 36
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, Best Cinematography |
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17 |
2002 |
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Underneath
Your Clothes
from the LP Laundry Service
ARC Chart Run: 35 - 28 - 23 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 7 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 11 - 21 - 26 - 29 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 45 |
2 |
16 |
2002 |
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Beautiful
Liar
[Beyoncé & Shakira]
from the Beyoncé LP B'Day (Deluxe
Edition)
ARC Chart Run: 32 - 23 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 12 - 17 - 20 - 25 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# ???
RIAA Certification: Gold
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals
MTV VMA Winner: Most
Earthshattering Collaboration
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Cinematography, Best Direction, Best Editing |
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11 |
2007 |
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Objection
(Tango)
from the LP Laundry Service
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 34 - 29 - 25 - 19 - 16 - 13 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 15 - 24 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 79 |
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12 |
2002 |
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 Don't
Bother
from the LP Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 34 - 28 - 24 - 20 - 18 - 17 - 15 - 14 - 22 - 30 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 87
RIAA Certification: Gold |
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12 |
2005 |
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The One
from the LP Laundry Service
ARC Chart Run: 36 - 32 - 29 - 27 - 25 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 147 |
25 |
6 |
2003 |
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La Tortura
[Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz]
from the LP Fijacion Oral
ARC Chart Run: 38 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 166
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Viewer's Choice |
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2005 |
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Illegal
[Shakira featuring Carlos Santana]
from the LP Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 |
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2007 |
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