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SHAKIRA PICTURES
The talented Latin pop singer Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, on
February 2, 1977. Her full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak
Ripoll which in Arabic means " A woman full of grace" . She is 5' 2" tall with
gifted body shape. She is a singing sensation who seize the hearts of millions
of blokes around the world. She inherits an exotic appearance with the
blend of Lebanese-Colombian blood from her parents. She exposes a combination of
Latino , Arabic tastes and sounds in her music.
FAMILY
Skakira's mother Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado was from Colombia and her
father William Mebarak Chadid was from Lebanon. She is the youngest daughter in
the family who occupies gifted talent and innovations. Her father was a writer
and she was deeply influenced by her father. That's why we can find Arabic
tastes and sounds in her music.
EARLY LIFE
In her early age she was devoted to music and wanted to become somebody. She
used to participate in various local and nationwide talent hunt contests and won
most of them. She listened to the music of her parents' culture as well as
English-language songs, preferably those came from Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, The
Police, and The Cure . At the age of only 8 she started writing her own songs
and became a local celebrity. At the age of 13 she left her poor family hoping
to become somebody.
HOW STARTED
Shakira moved to Botoga hoping to
start a career in modeling. Instead of becoming a model her remarkable talent
was noticed by Miguel E. Cubillos and Pablo Tedeschi of Sony Colombia.
She signed a contract deal with sony International.Next year at the age of only
14 her first album ' Magia ' was released that contained songs written by
Shakira between the age of 8 and 13.Her second album ' Peligro' came to masses
in 1993 that received the same response as Magia.Shakira was disheartened by the
album's results and turned to acting.She
appeared in a Colombian show named El Oasis in 1994. In 1995 she returned to
music and came up with her third album " Pies Descalzos " which means 'barefeet'.
She composed her songs with more rock and roll rhythms blended with the Arabic
touch. This meticulous album unpredictably became number one in eight different
countries with almost 4 million copies sold worldwide.
This album put Shakira on the map.
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