Shakira's biography

Shakira is 45 years old singer born at Barranquilla. She was born on Wednesday 2nd of February 1977. She is often nicknamed as ShakShaki. According to year of birth 1977 she belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 2nd of February means she is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

She is native spanish speaker. She is citizen of Colombia. Her primary profession is to be singer. You can know her also as singer-songwriter, actor, choreographer, guitarist, model, composer, record producer, philanthropist, manufacturer. She is recently known as voice actor. She received Billboard Latin Music Awards Pies descalzos in 1997

Shakira's schools

We found 2 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: University of California, Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania.

Detailed informations about her schools

Attended La Ensenanza School in Barranquilla.

Shakira's career

Her main focus is to be singer. She focuses on pop music. Maybe you are curious what instrument does she play ? She plays guitar.

Shakira's partners

Gerard Piqué

Shakira and Gerard Piqué have been together since 2011 for 11 years. He is known as association football player. Her partner was born on Monday 2nd of February 1987 in Barcelona.

Antonio de la Rúa

Shakira and Antonio De La Rúa have been together since 2000 for 10 years.

Awards and competitions

Shakira's Awards

She received award for Billboard Latin Music Awards for work Pies descalzos in 1997
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for work Ojos Así in September 2000
She received award for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for work MTV Unplugged in 2001
She received award for Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album for work Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 in 8 February 2006
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year for work Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 in November 2006
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year for work La Tortura in November 2006
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for work Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 in November 2006
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year for work La Tortura in November 2006
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year for work La Bicicleta in 2016
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year for work La Bicicleta in 2016
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album for work Sale el sol in 2011
She received award for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for work El Dorado in 2018
She received award for Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album for work El Dorado in 2017

Shakira's Rankings

Ranked #9 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World". [2002]
Ranked #76 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
Ranked #20 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
Ranked #38 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
Ranked #33 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Ranked #18 in Men's Health magazine's 100 Hottest Women of All Time. [2011]
Ranked #38 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list. This is the second time she has been ranked #38 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women, the first time in 2007.

What Shakira has done for a first time

Fluent in English and Portuguese, in addition to her native Spanish. She also speaks some Italian and French. Portuguese was the first language she learned after Spanish.
The first English song she wrote was "Objection", from the album "Laundry Service" (2001).
Her first tape was Donna Summers song "Bad Girls".
She wrote her first poem, "La rosa de cristal", when she was four years old.
Her half-brother died at a motorcycle accident when she was age two. At the age of eight, she wrote her first song entitled "Tus Gafas Oscuras", which was inspired by her father because he always wore dark glasses to hide his grief.
Ranked #38 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list. This is the second time she has been ranked #38 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women, the first time in 2007.

Shakira's quotes

The worst mistake of a woman is to go to the kitchen, because then she never gets out of there.
I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.
It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't perfectionistic as as I am.
The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews.
My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.
You can laugh, but since I was a child, I knew that I was going to be a well-known singer-songwriter; that was something I had no doubts about. It was almost like a prophecy.
I love reading about history. Sometimes, I feel I was born in the wrong era. There was more creativity in the air when people were still discovering new worlds.
Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish.
I expect my beloved to be kind, generous, I expect him not to lie so I can look him straight in the eyes, and I expect him to fall in love with me 10 times a day.
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
The cobra is deadly but mongoose can overcome it. We all have possibillity to defeat prejudiced and resentment in our lives. Fear is the thing that makes us attack, that makes us strike. We must overcome it. We must.
I think I look like a chipmunk.
The leaders are lacking love, and love is lacking leaders.
I cannot expect that I will be successful my whole life. We live so caught up in the moment, it's important to get some perspective. Ultimately, I know I've been very lucky.
When I perform, I find myself exorcised of everything that keeps me trapped in my everyday life.
A bed is still the first thing I look for when I have 20 free minutes. I still read a book if I have a free hour, and go to a movie if I have four.
I never went through an adolescence when kids become rebels and do drugs. I was always the good girl.
I had my first boyfriend when I was 12, and my parents knew about it. My dad was very jealous. I had an older sister in medical school, and he would not let her wear tight jeans.
Earlier I tried not to show my stomach, because I thought it wasn't perfect and I would have seemed fat. I would have died! But that does not bother me anymore. Like my dad says there is nothing more beautiful than some meat on the bones.
Of course, I am trying to make my accent not bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.
Colombia is a country of victims, and not of murderers.
I certainly don't want to identify with Cinderella, she had a dream that lasted only until midnight. I want it to last until at least 3 a.m.
I think in every artist's life, when, right after a performance, we get to feel a certain loneliness and solitude. After receiving so much attention and love from your fans, suddenly everything stops.
Nationalism is cured by traveling
I want to learn how to live in the present with my eyes open. Because, you know, we always go through the present blindfolded with our hearts in the past and our minds in the future. And that way we never enjoy the here and now.
When you fall in love, you prioritize everything. It's like cleaning up and putting things in place.
My celebrity arrived gradually, and this is why I am not too much shocked or am not traumatised. In spite of that, I am always surprised when I see myself on television.
For several years, I worried a lot about protecting an image, but today, I have understood that the image cannot be preconceived.
Technology scares me. We live surrounded by a battalion of sounds, engaged in ostentatious displays of new recording techniques. But, to me, the fundamental essence of a song lies in the melody and the lyrics.
I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
I don't like the competition part of soccer. It's a war in short pants. I prefer art.
I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love. I even had lost my faith for a while... I started to think that there was no God. And suddenly, I meet Gerard [PiquÃ©] and the sun comes out.
I don't obsess on my flaws because I see my body as a whole. Besides, I think men appreciate confidence more than perfection.
I admire Madonna because she always did whatever she felt like doing. She went through some controversial periods when people rejected her, but she kept on reinventing herself.
[on break-up with Antonio] It's very difficult to think that you're with someone that you know, and all of a sudden you don't know them: it turns out that they betray you. It's painful, but it's best to turn the page.
[observation, 2017] For years I spent my life pressing pause on those things that are now my priority, like having a family. I pressed pause on that. Now, I hit play.
I feel really touched by everything that's been happening with Black Lives Matter [2021 interview].
I'm Colombian by birth, half Lebanese on my father's side, and I have Catalan and Italian roots on my mother's side
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