jueves, 24 de junio de 2010

Shakira


Shakira Isabell Mebarak also known as Shakira was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her parents are Nidya del Carmen Torrado and William Mebarak Chadid.
The artist has sold about 50 millions of records to date. She has been awarded a two-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time Latin Grammy.
When she has 8 years old she started to write and compose songs.
When she has 10, Shakira was dismissed from her school choir because her “vibrato” aboved the rest of the class.
She participated for first time in a game show, called “Looking child artist” in 1988, contest that she won 3 years consecutive.
When she has 14 years old, she released her first album, this mean that she released in 1991, called “Magic”, with songs written by herself. In 1996 she published the album “descalds feet”
Actually, Shakira lives in Miami but she has home in Colombia too.
Shakira is very important because she is the most known latin singer in the all world, either through your music, or their social actions.
¿ Why Shakira is so successful?
Shakira created a foundation call “Descalds feet” in 1995 to help children in countries of third world.
Her most important hit was “hips don’t lie” in 2006
Also she is a singer that worked with different artist like “Usher, Juanes, Beyoncé, and Alejandro Sanz