Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin American, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first studio albums, Magia and Peligro, in the early 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos, and her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones?...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 February 1977
CityBarranquilla, Colombia
If you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.
Half of the world lives on [about] $2 a day. If there is a hungry kid in the world, we shouldn't consider ourselves more evolved than homo habilis.
I'm not a trained dancer, but I grew up in a culture that revolves around dance.
Our leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders.
Because of you, I'm running out of reasons to cry.
My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you and when they respect you they don't love you.
I'm a perfectionist in recovery. I'm trying to deal with that monster inside of me that wants to do everything right. Or better than right.
I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.
Freddy Demann (Shakira's Manager) is a man that knows the world of music. And I know that I am in good hands.
Walking gets too boring, when you learn how to fly.
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.
I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
I think a fragrance is all about sensations and imagery, and can evoke visions, feelings and thoughts.