The most successful crossover artist to date, Shakira lives up to her name which is the Arabic word for graceful and talking about gracefulness, Shakira?s hips is a testament to the word.

Looking for infomation for Shakiras childhood, half Arab-Lebanese and Colombian born in Barranquilla to Colombian Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, and Lebanese William Mebarak Chadid.

Shakira with her family grew up around mixed communities of Arab-Lebanese and Italians, Shakira attended a Catholic school along with her seven siblings.

Once rejected from the school choir, Shakira dont bother/webjay the criticism, it only pushed Shakira to pursue her dream of becoming an artist one day. Shakira with her family began writing music at the young age of eight. Shakira with her family first wrote the song "Tus Gafas Oscuras" (Your Dark Glasses), which was about her father's grief over a son who had died in a car accident.

At the age of 10, Shakira started gaining recognition in Baranquilla having performed in various events. She met Monica Ariza, a local theater producer, during one of her performances. Ariza, looking for infomation for Shakiras childhood loved Shakira and vowed to help her.

Shakira recorded her debut album Magia with Sony Columbia in 1991. The album only sold less than a thousand copies.

She then released Peligro in 1993, although it was another commercial failure, the album gained better feedbacks than Magia. After taking a break to finish her high school, Shakira resumed recording in 1995 for her third studio album, best of Shakira mp3 Pies Descalzos. Pies Descalzos gave her her first taste of stardom in Latin America. Her fourth album, which was produced by Emilio Estefan, best of Shakira mp3 ¿Dónde están los ladrones? (Where Are The Thieves?), was released in 1998 costing US$3 million. This fourth album of Shakira was believed to be more refined and clearer than that of her third album Pies Descalzos. The album established her as one of the biggest Latin artists of the 1990?s. Her name also started gaining a fanbase in non-Spanish-speaking countries. Afterwhich large images of Shakira began sprouting on billboards in the metropolis.

In 2001, Shakira began working on a crossover album with Gloria Estefan, Shakira concert antwerp and wrote English versions of her famous tracks.

In 2002, mohegan Shakira sun came out with her own Spanish greatest hits volume Grandes éxitos, which included footages of Shakira concert antwerp 2002-2003 Tour of the Mongoose.

Large images of Shakira later announced the release of best of Shakira mp3 Oral Fixation 1 and 2. Fijación Oral Vol. 1 hit the Europe market on June 6, 2005 and Australia and the rest of North America on June 7, 2005.

The lead single la tortura Shakira and alejandro sanz video did very well in Spain and took the 23rd spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In the U.S., album del la lyric Shakira tortura version stayed at the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for 25 weeks.

She performed la tortura Shakira and alejandro sanz video at the 2005 MTV VMAs in Miami marking history as the pioneer Spanish presentation at the VMA's.

Shakira was the most nominated artist of the year for the MTV Video Music Awards last year for Shakira 2006 mp3.

Shakira 2006 mp3 seven nominations were for "Hips Don't Lie", including Video of the Year and Best Female Video but Shakira fake gallery reported differently.

Her latest works include Shakira santana mp3, and a collaborative work for the re-release of Beyonce?s B?Day album. Shakira is said to be working on the Spanish versions of Beyonce's B'Day tracks after Beyonce's Spanish version of "Irreplaceable" gained huge success in various markets worldwide.