Shakira
- 2 February 1977
- Colombian singer and songwriter.
- She is sometimes called the “Queen of Latin Music”
- She started belly dancing as a child, and by age 10 she had begun writing songs and taking part in talent competitions. She learned how to belly dance by trying to flip a coin with her belly
- She made her recording debut with Sony Music at the age of 13.
- She has received numerous awards, including three Grammys, twelve Latin Grammy Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, thirty-nine Billboard Latin Music Awards, twenty-one Guinness World Records, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- She has a parasitic wasp named after her because it causes its host to “shake and wiggle”
- She served as a coach on two seasons of the American series of The Voice
- She learned English with the help of Gloria Estefan
- She worked for over a year on her first English language album. “Whenever, Wherever”, the title track became an international success by reaching number one in most countries.
- She is also well known as the founder of the Barefoot Foundation and as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF
- She has been featured as a playable bird in the game Angry Birds
- She is the voice of Gazelle in Disney’s Zootopia
- In 2010, Google revealed that she was the most searched female entertainer of the year. In 2020, she was the most Googled musician of the year.
- She has released 11 studio albums, five live albums, two compilation albums and 69 singles
- Her hits include: “Hips Don’t Lie”, “Beautiful Liar”, “She Wolf” and “Whenever, Wherever”,
