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Period: 2018 BCE to 2018 BCE
the beginning
Shakira wrote her first poem, entitled «The Crystal Rose», when she was only four years old. In her childhood she was fascinated to see her father write stories on a typewriter, and asked for one as a Christmas gift. At the age of seven his wish was fulfilled and he continued writing poetry, poems that finally ended in songs. -
Period: 1995 BCE to 1996 BCE
Bare feet and The Remixes
Main article: Bare feet
In 1995, the record label decided to launch a record of hits by Colombian artists. This is how they think about Shakira and they tell her that they will include a song from one of her previous recordings, Magic and Peril, to which Shakira refuses and offers to compose a song especially for this compilation album. This is how "Where are you heart?" Is born, becoming a success requested on radios. The song also began to be heard outside of his native Colombia. -
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birth
He was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. The only daughter of William Mebarak, an American of Lebanese origin who emigrated to Colombia at the age of five, and of Nidia del Carmen to Ripoll Torrado, a Colombian of Catalan descent. -
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first albums
Shakira moved to Bogotá, Colombia and with fourteen years of age released her first album in 1991, entitled Magic, which includes songs written by herself, among which stand out "Magic", "I'm going with you tonight" and "Tus dark glasses". However, the album turned out to be a commercial failure, selling only a thousand units. -
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Bare feet and The Remixes
Shakira published her first official studio album, Pies Descalzos, recorded the previous year, thanks to the collaboration of Luis Fernando Ochoa in the production work, which would make her a figure in the Hispanic-American musical sphere. -
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Where are the thieves?
In September of 1998, Shakira published his second studio album, entitled "Where are the thieves ?, with a production cost of close to three million US dollars, and it is estimated that he has sold more than 10 million copies so far35 Extending its fame to other markets and countries such as France, Switzerland, Canada and, especially, to the United States, since in that country alone it sold more than 1 million copies. -
Laundry service and international success
In November of 2001, the singer released her third studio album and the first "bilingual", entitled Laundry Service (known as Laundry Service in Spanish America), which fused pop and rock with elements of Latin music (for example, tango and Andean music) or Arabic elements. The album also included four songs in Spanish, including "Que me que tú tú" and "Te dejo Madrid," the only ones that were not translated from Spanish into English. -
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Oral fixation vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Shakira took a year and a half to prepare this project. The decision to release two albums simultaneously was not premeditated, however, the excess of composite material made him make this decision. Shakira considers this project as her "degree thesis".
Four years after the launch of Laundry Service, Shakira released her fourth studio album, entitled Oral Fixation vol. 1, during the month of June 2005 in Europe, North America, Australia and Latin America. -
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She Wolf / Wolf and the sun comes out
it's Shakira's sixth studio album,According to the Colombian singer's own words, the album is "electronic, with a lot of fusion and very danceable". On June 29, 2009, the Spanish version of the first single from the album titled "Loba" ("She Wolf" in English) was released. Loba was written by Shakira (in the Spanish version collaborated by Jorge Drexler) and co-produced between Shakira and John Hill.51 On July 31, 2009, the music video for "She Wolf" was premiered and directed by Jake Nava -
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Shakira
Shakira was interviewed by Billboard about her next project. When asked about it, she replied: "I've already started writing new material, I've started exploring in the recording studio every time I have time in Barcelona and here in Miami, I'm working with different producers and DJs, and I try to eat outside of that and find new sources of inspiration and musical motivation, I am anxious to return to the studio, my body is asking for it ".58 -
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