Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first studio albums, Magia and Peligro, in the early 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos, and her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones?...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 February 1977
CityBarranquilla, Colombia
I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.
I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat.
If I could, I'd live in the nude, like Eve in paradise.
There is no other investment that has the kind of social multiplier effect that early education has. It is an incredible thing to nurture and watch grow and spread.
Sometimes, I ask myself how any other singer could substitute the inspiration of god in their songs
My hips don't lie and I don't lie either!
I'm Colombian and nothing will change that.
The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
You want to be skinny and have a good body? You have to work out every day and say no to certain foods.
For several years I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.
They just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace.
I can't wait for the time when curves and a little belly fat will be sexy again!
I apply the same amount of dedication to being a mom as I do to my music.
Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.