Shakira
Biography
Shakira is a Colombian musician whose career covers singing, songwriting, dancing, and record production. Born in Barranquilla, she started her recording career with Sony Music Colombia at fourteen. She first drew wide attention with the Spanish albums Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). Her English-language debut, Laundry Service (2001), sold more than 13 million copies and became the highest-selling album by a woman in Latin music. Later Spanish releases, including Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (2005), Sale el Sol (2010), El Dorado (2017), and Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (2024), reached number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. Her singles include Hips Don't Lie, Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), and Chantaje. She has won four Grammys and fifteen Latin Grammys. She coached on two seasons of The Voice, voiced roles in Zootopia (2016) and Zootopia 2 (2025), executive produced and judged Dancing with Myself (2022), and released the live album Live from Paris (2011).
49years old
Turns 50 on February 2in 82 days
- Born Barranquilla
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 14 years2011 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Zootopia 2IMDb rating 7.3
- 2022HalftimeIMDb rating 6.6
- 2016ZootopiaIMDb rating 8.0
- 2011Shakira: Live from ParisIMDb rating 8.0
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A role that slipped away
In second grade, Shakira tried out for her school choir but was turned down. The music teacher felt her vibrato was too strong, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat.
Big break
Monica Ariza, a theater producer, was impressed by Shakira and described her to Ciro Vargas of Sony Music Colombia as a talented girl who wrote songs, sang and danced. After hearing Shakira perform three of her songs at a Bogota audition, Sony signed her at 13.
A first
In 2014, Shakira made history as the first musical act to take the stage three separate times at the FIFA World Cup.
Own stunts
Shakira is a contralto, and her singing voice is described as unique and mesmerizing. Her voice includes what is called her trademark yodeling.
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Most often with
Byron Howard directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Idris Elba's page
Jason Bateman's page
Bonnie Hunt's page
Don Lake's page
Ginnifer Goodwin's page
Nate Torrence's page
All films by Byron Howard
Awards
Sixteen awards and honors from 2000 to 2023, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 2018 | Best Latin Pop Album | El Dorado | Won |
| 2006 | Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album | Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 | Won |
| 2001 | Best Latin Pop Album | MTV Unplugged | Won |
| Best Music Video | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2023 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Song | Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 | Won |
| 2023 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance | TQG | Won |
| 2023 | Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year | Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 | Won |
| 2017 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album | El Dorado | Won |
| 2016 | Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year | La bicicleta | Won |
| 2016 | Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year | La bicicleta | Won |
| 2011 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album | Sale el sol | Won |
| 2006 | Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 | Won |
| 2006 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album | Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 | Won |
| 2006 | Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year | La Tortura | Won |
| 2006 | Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year | La Tortura | Won |
| 2000 | Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album | Ojos Así | Won |
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