Shakira Isabel Mebarak

Ripoll

RAFAEL GUERRERO LOPEZMARTHA BEREDI OCHOA GUERRERO

• Birth 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira Mebarak daughter of William and Nydia Ripoll, and grew up in a comfortable middle class family of Lebanese origin-Spanish.

Shakira, which in Arabic means "woman full of grace", demonstrated from his early childhood being born with great artistic skills. For example, wrote her first song at age eight. He speaks three languages today, and is a perfectionist girl, who looks after every detail of their fine work, even obsession.

• He began to excel at international level at age 17, has been recognized by the Nobel laureate himself Gabriel Garcia Marquez as one of the great talents of pop: "Shakira's music has a personal stamp that does not look like anyone else and who nobody can sing and dance like she does, at any age, with an innocent sensuality that seems of his own invention. "

• Shakira took his first steps in show business after 5 years of age, demonstrating through songs and dances Arab exceptional artistic disposition.Since she knew what he wanted: "the deep need to be heard." From that moment began to prepare in order to achieve fame.According to her mother says: "The girl obsessed with science began to assume that we did end up being a researcher, but then locked himself in his room day and night to write stories and poems. He deceived us again when we have had a daughter writer, until I discovered that writing was only the first step and that what she had been writing were the lyrics of their songs.

• From a very young girl, Shakira and liked music composed and performed his own songs. He participated in several music competitions and in one of those contests was able to capture the interest of a representative for Sony Music, who offered him the opportunity to work for them.

In 1991, barely 14 years, Shakira recorded her first album called 'Magic', with which, despite not having achieved a great success, it was found that there was a star forward-looking.

From there you the opportunity arose to represent Colombia at the OTI Festival held in Spain and also participated in the festival Viña the sea.

Two years later he released his second album, 'Danger' and shortly after the third, 'Pies Descalzos', with which he managed to be number one in several countries.

In 1997, Shakira won the Billboard award for Best Album, Best Video and the new artist of 96. Furthermore, in early 1998 received from the hands of Gloria Estefan the award for best Latin Artist.

• In late 1998, Shakira released her fourth album, entitled 'Where Are the Thieves? ", With which he won several platinum albums and a Billboard award for best new album.

In 2001 he published 'Laundry Service', which he clinched in the lists of top selling albums of the year.

In 2005 Shakira releases new album, "Oral Fixation". The album was recorded entirely in Spanish, in places like the Bahamas, Madrid and Miami among others. All songs have the signature of Shakira, who also worked in production. Stresses the duet with Alejandro Sanz of their first single "La Tortura".

A "Oral Fixation" is followed, the same year, "Oral Fixation Vol 2", sung in English, and that is Shakira's first album published in this language from the "Laundry Service". The album contains shades rock and some songs touch on social issues.

• IMÁGENES DE SHAKIRA DE CHICA Y AHORA DE GDE.