Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol, known as Shakira, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer, choreographer and model. She is widely recognized as the most successful Latin American artist, achieving success by the early 2000s in the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking music markets.

Colombian singer Shakira is a phenomenon even among the denizens of musical Olympus. She always knew she was born to be a star – for it would be a crime to squander such talent on anything else.

At the age of ten, Shakira’s parents became her impresario, she began to be invited to dance oriental dances. Friends remembered her with a coin in her navel. Then her parents insisted on her participation in the “Long Live the Children!” contest, and she won it. Since then, she has won every prize in the contests in Barranquilla.

In 1994, Shakira performed for the first time in front of a high public, including journalists, critics and movie and stage stars. It happened at the awarding of prizes for the best TV series and programs. Here she was noticed by Parecia Tellez (future manager).

Millions of her CDs were sold worldwide, she broke all records and could have won the prize as the most awarded international star. Hundreds of awards, among them “Eres”, “Billboard”, “Lo Nuestro”, 22 gold discs, 55 platinum, “Diamond Prism”.