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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Carlos Vives, Shakira, Maria Luisa Piraquive, Henrik Takkenberg, Carolina la O, Ericson Alexander Molano, Andres Cabas, Kaleth Morales, Andres Useche, Silvestre Dangond, Andrea Echeverri, Fonseca, Danna Garcia, Fanny Lu, Jery Sandoval, Veronica Orozco, Ilona, Estefano, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Maia, Alex Campos, Valentina Rendon, Naty Botero, Jorge Villamizar, Andres Cepeda, Joe Arroyo, Toto la Momposina, Fatiniza, Jorge Cano, Carolina Herrera, Juan Carlos Echeverry, Alci Acosta, Marce, Ivonne Guzman, Dario Gomez, Elkin Ramirez, Alejandro Martinez, Marta Gomez, Leonor Gonzalez Mina. Excerpt: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as Shakira (pronounced, Spanish: or ), is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as some Italian, French and Arabic. After commercial flops with local producers on her first two albums, and being little-known outside Colombia, Shakira decided to produce her own brand of music. In 1995 she released Pies Descalzos, which brought her great fame in Latin America and Spain, and her 1998 album Donde Estan los Ladrones? was a critical success selling over 7 million copies worldwide. In 2001, aided by the worldwide success of her first English single "Whenever, Wherever" that became the best selling single of 2002, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, w...
