Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born:February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter of Lebanese and European descent, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. She is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Italian, and some Arabic.

In 2001, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, according to BMI. She has also won numerous awards worldwide, including two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, fifteen Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, a People's Choice Award and receiving a Golden Globe nomination.

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She is also the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, the United World Chart and the UK Singles Chart. Additionally, she is one of the only artists to have 10 Spanish singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

According to the United World Chart, Shakira is as of 2008 the 4th most successful artist so far for the last decade, in terms of single sales. She is also the only artist to have two songs in the top ten of the most successful singles since 1999.

Shakira will be awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, making her the first Colombian to receive this honor.

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:: Discography ::

• 1991: Magia
• 1993: Peligro

Studio albums

• 1996: Pies Descalzos
• 1998: Donde Estan los Ladrones?
• 2001: Laundry Service
• 2005: Fijacion Oral Vol.1
• 2005: Oral fixation Vol.2
• 2009 summer:Forthcoming studio album

Soundtracks

• 2007: Love in the Time of Cholera(EP)

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Live albums

• 2000: MTV Unplugged
• 2004: Live & Off the Record
• 2007: Oral Fixation Tour

Compilation albums

• 1997: The Remixes
• 2002: Grandes Exitos
• 2006: Oral Fixation Volumes 1& 2

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Grammy Awards

• 2001: Best Latin Pop Album - MTV Unplugged
• 2006: Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album - Fijacion Oral Vol.1

Latin Grammy Awards

• 2000: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - "Octavo Día"
• 2000: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "Ojos Asi"
• 2002: Best Short Form Music Video - "Suerte"
• 2006: Record Of The Year - "La Tortura"
• 2006: Album Of The Year - Fijación Oral Vol. 1
• 2006: Song Of The Year - "La Tortura"
• 2006: Best Female Pop Vocal Album - Fijación Oral Vol. 1
• 2006: Best Sound Engineering - Fijación Oral Vol. (This award belongs to the engineers that worked on the album)

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Billboard Music Award

• Latin Song of the Year "La Tortura" (2005)
• Latin Albums Artist of the Year (2005)
• Latin Album of the Year "Fijación Oral vol. 1" (2005)

Latin Billboard Awards

• Album Of The Year, "Pies Descalzos" (1999)
• Video Of The Year, "Estoy Aquí" (1999)
• Best New Artist (1999)
• Best Pop Artist (2001)
• Album Of The Year, Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 (2005)
• Song Of The Year - La Tortura (2006)
• Song Of The Year, Vocal Duet - La Tortura (2006)
• Latin Pop Album Of The Year, Female - Fijación Oral 1 (2006)
• Latin Pop Airplay Song Of The Year, Duo or Group (2006)
• Ringtone Of The Year, La Tortura (2006)
• Spirit Of The Hope (2006)
• Song Of The Year, Vocal Duet - Hips Don`t Lie (2007)

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MTV European Music Award

• Best Female (2005)

MTV Video Music Awards

• International Viewer's Choice Award—MTV Latin America (North) - "Ojos Así" (2000)
• International Viewer's Choice Award—MTV Latin America (North) - "Suerte" (2002)
• Best Choreography in a Video - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)
• Most Earth-Shattering Collaboration - "Beautiful Liar" with Beyonce (2007)

MTV Latin Music Awards

• Artist of the Year (2002)
• Video of the Year - "Suerte" (2002)
• Best Pop Artist (2002)
• Best Female Artist (2002)
• Best Artist—Central (2002)
• Artist of the Year (2005)
• Video of the Year - "La Tortura" (2005)
• Best Pop Artist (2005)
• Best Female Artist (2005)
• Best Artist—Central (2005)
• Song of the Year - "Hips Don't Lie" (2006)

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NRJ Music Awards France

• Song International OF The Year (Whenever, Wherever) (2004)
• Album Of The Year (Laundry Service) (2004)
• International Female Singer Of The Year (2004)
• Song International OF The Year (La Tortura) (2006)

Premios Lo Nuestro

• Female Pop Artist Of The Year (1997)
• Best New Artist (1997)
• Female Pop Artist Of The Year (1999)
• Pop Album Of The Year - Donde Estan Los Ladrones (1999)
• Album Of The Year, Rock - MTV Unplugged (2001)
• Best Rock Artist (2001)
• Female Pop Artist Of The Year (2002)
• Female Pop Artist Of The Year (2004)
• Album Of The Year - Fijación Oral (2006)
• Group Or Duo Of The Year - Shakira & Alejandro Sanz (2006)
• Song Of The Year - La Tortura (2006)
• Female Pop Artist Of The Year (2007)

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American Music Award

• Best Latin Artist (2005)
• Best Latin Artist (2006)

World Music Award

• Best Selling Latin Artist (1998)
• Best Selling Latin Artist (2003)
• Best Selling Latin Artist (2005)
• Best Selling Latin Artist (2006)

People’s Choice Award

• Song Of The Year "Hips Don´t Lie" (2007)

Much Music Canada Award

• Video Of The Year(Whenever, Wherever) (2002)
• International Artist Of The Year (2002)

Echo Awards

• Best International Female Artist (2003)

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