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Birth Name: |
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll |
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Birth Date: |
February 2, 1977 |
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Birth Place: |
Barranquilla, Colombia |
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Height: |
4' 11" |
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Sex: |
F |
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Nationality: |
Colombian |
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Profession: |
Musician |
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Education: |
La Ensenanza School in
Barranquilla |
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Relationship: |
Antonio de la Rúa (son of former
President of Argentina, Fernando de la Rúa; dated since
2000; engaged in March 2001) |
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Father: |
William Mebarak Chadid |
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Mother: |
Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado |
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Half Sister: |
$Ana, Lucy (older; surgeon),
Patricia (special education teacher) |
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Half Brother: |
Alberto (older; lawyer), Edward
(younger), Moises (older), Tonino (younger; Shakira's road
manager), Robin |
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Cousin: |
Valerie Dominguez Tarud (fashion
designer and Miss Colombia 2006) |
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Claim to fame: |
Her album Laundry Service with
the worldwide hit 'Whenever, Wherever' and single
'Underneath Your Clothes' in 2001 |
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Brief Intro: Shakira is famous as Latin
pop celebrity. She is renowned for her dancing in a variety of music
videos. Her moves are based on the talent of belly dancing, hip
swings, and back-breaking. She is furthermore a songwriter, singer,
instrumentalist, record producer and an actress.
Family and Younger Days: Shakira is the solitary child of William
Mebarak Chadid and Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado. Shakira is named
after her loving grandmother. Her name Shakira means "grateful",
"thankful" or "woman full of grace" in Arabic. At the age of 10, her
keenness for song was noticeable early on; she started winning limited
and countrywide talent contests. By 13, she had signed a documentation
deal in the midst of Sony in Colombia which resulted in her primary
album, "Magia” a collection of songs she wrote flanked by the ages of
8 and 13. It was an attempt that put Shakira in Colombia's harmonious
map and led to her being selected to symbolize her country at Festival
OTI in Spain. Since she was beneath the least age of 16, she wasn't
allowed to contribute. Therefore, as an alternative, Shakira traced a
second album of unique material, "Peligro (Danger)." just then, she
took a shatter from composition, graduated from high school (at age
15), and came back briskly. The consequence was the inexplicably
thriving "Pies Descalzos," a hit-laden collision which has sold to 4
million copies universal. She became an international impression on
the road for an approximately solid 2 years singing her songs to
sold-out audiences all over the world. Shakira has been passionately
linked with Antonio de la Rua. They are engaged for several times and
may eventually acquire married. Their affiliation did impede Tower
Records from advertising her albums in Argentina designed for a while,
making an allowance for her squeeze's rather private mess with the
politics.
Hollywood Career: The possessions she deserved for being such a good
girl. Shakira has been nominated in support of 13 Latin Grammy. She
won 2000’s Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Pop and Best Female Rock
Vocal Performance Rock, 2002’s Best Music Video Music Video, 2006’s
Album of the Year, Record of the Year ("La Tortura"), Song of the
Year, Best Female Vocal Pop Album Pop, Engineered Album Production,
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album and 2001’s Best Latin Pop Album.
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