The 2010 world cup theme song in South Africa “Waka Waka” was sung by Shakira and it became the most sold ever world cup song ever in history, grossing over 950 million views on YouTube. The singer has since then released her eighth and ninth albums which earned her praise but didn’t make enough sales at the time due to her misunderstanding with “Epic Records”. The album “Oral Fixation” became the bestselling song of the new century (21 st). Shakira’s success in the music industry was confirmed after she released her sixth album and the next (seventh album) “Fijacion Oral and Oral Fixation” in the year 2005. Her previous album had mostly been in her native languages, however, she released her fifth album “Laundry Service” like English and in it was the single “Whenever, wherever” which became the most sold single in the year 2002. Nevertheless, it was the album “Pies Descalzos” in the year 1996 and the 1998 album “Donde Estan Los Ladrones” that made her popular. Thou the album was short of the success she would have wished for. However, she released her debut studio album titled “Magia and Peligro” during the ’90s. Shakira was born and brought up in “Barranquilla” and started her school extracurricular activities such as “belly dancing”.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was given birth to in the year 1977 and has been involved with singing, dancing, modeling, and choreographing and also as a songwriter in her career.