Full name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Constellation: Aquarius
Blood type: type a.
Height: 1.62
Weight: 5 1kg
Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia (Barranquilla, Colombia)
Origin: Colombia &; Lebanon
Father: William Maybarak Chadi (Lebanese)
Mother: Nidia del Carmen Ripoll torrado (Catalonia &; Italian)
Language: Spanish (mother tongue), English, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic.
Good at musical instruments: guitar, harmonica and Arabic drum.
Type: Pop Latin, Rock and Roll
Record company: Sony BMG Music Entertainment Epic Record Company.
Boyfriend: Antonio de la Rua (son of former Argentine president)
Name meaning
Shakira means "gratitude" () in Arabic, which is the female form of Shakir. Isabel inherited her grandmother's name. The name Ripoll comes from Catalonia.
Witch or angel?
This is a problem. For Shakira, this question never seems to be answered. She is never pure and lovely, but always makes people feel holy; She has never been bohemian, but she is often wild and enthusiastic. Maybe she is an elf wandering on the edge of witches and angels. ...
Shakira 1977 was born in Barranquilla, a Colombian town on the Caribbean coast. She has Lebanese and Colombian ancestry, is a woman who perfectly blends Arabic and Latin temperament, and is a natural artist who combines creative and singing talents, sexy enthusiasm and elegant temperament. Born into a middle-class family engaged in jewelry business, his father is an amateur writer and he has nine children with his ex-wife. Shakira is his only daughter with his remarried wife. The name shakira means "elegant woman" in Latin. Since childhood, Shakira has always been the favorite little daughter of the whole family. Inheriting her father's writing, Shakira began to write poems at the age of four, which also laid the foundation for her future creation.
Work experience Shakira showed extraordinary musical talent at an early age. She started writing songs at the age of 8, and won the first prize in various regional and national music competitions at the age of 10. 1990, 13, she came to the capital Bogota with the dream of modeling, but by chance she was signed by Sony's Colombia and became a talented girl singer. And released her first album "Magia" on 199 1, which included her works from 8 years old to 13 years old. Although this album did not make Shakira A a world-famous figure, it also made her famous in her own country. Not satisfied with her second album Peligro, Shakira switched to TV at 1994 and became a soap opera actor. Until 1995' s Pies Descalzos, Shakira returned to the music world with a global sales of 4 million copies, giving the Latin music world a real voice with its unique Latin rock style. The hit single "Estoy Aqui" in the album has been ranked 1 in the Latin list for several weeks with its intellectual words and flexible use of musical instruments. 1998, Shakira released the album "Estan Los Ladrones in Donde", which laid the foundation for her Latin songs, won the Latin American and American championships in one breath, and the sales volume was far ahead of other singers, and remained at the top of the Billboard Latin album list for 1 1 week. Shakira won the "Best Latin Rock Alternative Female Artist Award" at the 44th Latin Grammy with this album. The works included in the album, such as Ciega, Sordomuda, Tu, Inevitability, Ojos Asi, Moscas En La Casa, are all songs that entered Billboard Latin Top 25. What is particularly worth mentioning here is necessity. In the opening sound of Almost Cantata, a woman who is deeply in love tells you her inner voice. "To be honest, I have to admit/I make a mess every time I make coffee/I know nothing about football/I cheated once or twice/I have never won a sieve game/I have never worn a watch/but to be honest/I just do it to be like you/... my sky is stormy/my house is crawling/every day in the past seems to be just a repetition of yesterday/I can't find any way to forget you/. Shakira sang the long-suppressed grievances and the helplessness of irreparable love in her heart with a slightly wayward voice, but her grief and indignation also contained a trace of delicate feelings, like a tear in her heart-a sadness that only she could understand. In addition, Ojos Asi and Octaviodia also won the Latin Grammy Award in 2000. Also in 2000, the company released an album called "MTV Unplugged" for Shakira, and the songs were included in the live concert held by 1999 for Latin American TV networks. The concert was also strongly broadcast in Latin America and the United States in September of that year, and Shakira won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. After gaining a firm foothold in the Latin American market, Shakira released her long-awaited debut English album "Laundry Service" on 200 1. She provoked the creation and production of lyrics and songs, and gave full play to her musical talent with students. In the first week of the album's release, she was in the top three on the billboard charts. The great commercial success made Shakira A a world-class superstar. The first single "When When When, where", the champion of the competition, was seasoned with traditional instruments such as the flute and Brazilian drum in the Andes, which was bold and wild. Another champion song "Under Your Clothes", Shakira's boyfriend, Antonio de la manuel, son of former Argentine President Fernando, participated in this MV, which added a lot of color to this song. Wild and elegant, sexy and romantic. Shakira showed her unique voice, temperament and strong creative ability in this album. Laundry service has achieved unexpected success all over the world. In the MTV Latin American Song Awards in 2002, Shakira won five awards: Best Artist of the Year, Best Video of the Year, Best Female Artist of the Year, Best Pop Artist of the Year and Best Northern Artist. Shakira became another Latin American singer who successfully swept the world after jennifer lopez. In Shakira's works, you can not only feel the rich and warm Latin style, but also appreciate the aggressive rock elements contained in it. Perhaps influenced by her Lebanese father, in Shakira's music, we often hear some works with strong Middle Eastern color, adding a little exotic flavor to her style. Since becoming a singer, Shakira's creative ability in lyrics has been highly recognized and regarded as one of the most outstanding and talented lyricists in Latin music. Almost all the lyrics of the songs in all her albums are written or co-written by herself. Even after entering the English music scene, she insisted on writing in English (often putting a dictionary on the desk) in order to better control her music. After nearly three years of silence, Shakira finally released her new Spanish album Fijacion Oral1Vol.1in June 2005. The tracks included in it are all works created by Shakira after her tour in 2003, which are a blend of pop, flamenco, rock and roll. The first single "La Tortura" with Alejandro Sanz, who enjoys the reputation of Latin God of Songs, was released and immediately became the champion of Billboard Latin list. Shakira in the MV even showed her new "breast-shaking dance", showing her sexy and enchanting performance incisively and vividly. Another song written by Guestavo Cerati, Dia Especial, is Shakira's first song with lyrics written by others. After entering the music scene 10 for many years, Shakira also began to try some new cooperation. The whole album is full of Shakira's romantic, free and easy, wild, gentle and other rich emotions. She has the most intimate dialogue with the listener in the form of various ranges and customs, singing her love and life journey: happiness, ups and downs, sadness, and also singing her feelings and endless love for life. Shakira will also release her second English album Kouding 2 (11) in the near future, when we can feel the music shock of this "little girl" again. Shakira has released eight albums since her debut. But for her, there is always no exact word to describe it. Sometimes she is like a passionate Spanish girl; Sometimes she is like a delicate woman, which makes people love her. She can be enchanting, beautiful, bold, gentle and mysterious. In today's fickle pop music world, it's really hard to stick to your own style. Maybe all fans who like Shakira will have this kind of value and continue to stick to it …