Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Colombian Latin pop singer and songwriter.

Shakira was born on February 2, 1977 in Colombia. She is the only child of William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll.

When Shakira was two years old, her older brother had died in a motorcycle accident, at the age of eight, Shakira wrote her first song "Your dark glasses” . She found an inspiration for the song in her father,who wore dark glasses for years to hide his grief.

•She began her career in 1990. she published her first album at the age of 14 and it was called „Magia”.

Shakira is in a relationship with PLAYER,GERARD PIQUE. HE PLAYS FOR FC BARCELONA AND FOR SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM.

sHe speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, Italian and Arabic. During her world tour „Oral Fixation”, Shakira visited Croatia and performed a concert in Velika Gorica on 15th july 2006

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