Shakira was born in Colombia in 1977. Started singing and writing songs at age 8, after it refused a chorus of local, she turned towards the music industry. Due to a series of coincidences, I discovered the Sony Shakira from Colombia in 1990, but her. After a successful two records made at the age of 14, 16 (1991 and 1993) decided to finish high schoolAfter graduation, Shakira released her first album "Pies Descalzos" in 1995. Were all written songs and sings them in Spanish, because of the professional production and editing, and became a great success in South America. Shakira brought the second album "Donde estan los ladrones?" Similar success, and earned her various awards including the MTV Music Video Award. In 2000, I went to tour around the American continent.In 2000, Shakira started to work on her debut English help of Gloria Estefan. The record of the first English translations of the previous work and newly composed songs. Critics noted that the language skills in English is not good enough to write the words, but her album "Laundry Service" has become another success on its launch in 2001.In recent years, Shakira has released five albums and dozens of singles, some of which are Spanish and English versions of the record itself, with words translated. Within months after the release of the first English album, exceeded the popularity and acceptance in America and Europe, that in South America.
