Shakira - The Sensation of Latin Music

Most people in this world have recognized Shakira, whose complete name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, as a Columbian Latin pop singer and songwriter. She is also called the sensation of Latin music due to her fabulous songs and her sensational belly dancing.

Shakira is a very talented girl. At the age of eight, she was writing and composing music. And by the age of thirteen, Shakira was develop into a local celebrity who had a fortunate chance encounter with Sony Columbia executive, Ciro Vargas, on a flight from Barranquilla to Bogota.

Just after that, Shakira got her very first record deal with the organization and was released her debut album referred to as Magia (Magic) in 1991. The album, which lacked recording and production cohesion, failed to sell more than a single thousand copies. Soon after that time, Shakira decided to take a break from recording and graduate from higher school.

In 1995, Shakira returned to the music scene with the album named Pies Descalzos (Bare Feet), which solidified her industrial good results by promoting more than 5 million copies worldwide. And inside the years immediately after, her career is flying away like a meteor for the best with the globe. Later, she rapidly becomes the sensation of Latin music and she introduces belly dancing to the whole planet.

In 2001, Shakira began work on a crossover album to the English language. Laundry Service is regarded to become her initial album in English. Laundry Service would eventually go on to sell a lot more than 13 million CDs worldwide, and produces such hits as Anytime Wherever, Underneath Your Clothing, Te Dejo Madrid (I Leave You Madrid), Objection (Tango), plus the A single. Later on, the industrial achievement of her English album had continued by the years to come. Shakira is now presently engaged towards the son of former president of Argentina, Fernando de la Rua.