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After only a day of release in Latin America, the album earned certifications.
Shakira originally planned to release her new album in 2012, but due to her pregnancy, plans to release the single and video were postponed.[77] In December 2013, it was announced that Shakira's new single had been delayed until January 2014.[78][79] Shakira's self-titled tenth studio album was later released on 25 March 2014.
The festival gave aspiring Latin American singers a chance to perform their songs, and the winner was then chosen by a panel of judges. She has been in the music industry since 1990, releasing her first album the following year. The album’s massive sales came in large part thanks to the worldwide hit, “Whenever, Wherever” a dance song with unique Andean instrumentation which soon became one of the highest selling singles of the 21st century.
Tango, a style of fast-paced ballroom dance that originated in Argentina, is evident on "Objection (Tango)", which also combines elements of rock and roll.[2] The uptempo track features a guitar solo and a bridge in which Shakira delivers rap-like vocals.[120]
She Wolf is primarily an electropop album that combines influences from the musical styles of various countries and regions, like Africa, Colombia, India, and the Middle East.[121][122] Shakira termed the album as a "sonic experimental trip", and said that she researched folk music from different countries in order to "combine electronics with world sounds, tambourines, clarinets, oriental and Hindu music, dancehall, etc."[123] Her 2010 album, Sale el Sol, is a return to her beginnings containing ballads, rock songs, and Latin dance songs like "Loca".[124][125] In 2017, Deutsche Welle's journalist Kate Müser commented on Shakira's "globalized sound": "[her] Latin beats, spiced with Middle Eastern and other world elements and made comfortably familiar by being churned through the pop machine, make you feel like a citizen of the world."[126]
Influences
[edit]As a child, Shakira was influenced by rock music, listening heavily to rock bands like Led Zeppelin,[127]the Beatles, Nirvana,[128]the Police and U2,[129] while her other influences included Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Marc Anthony, Meredith Brooks and the Cure.[130][131]
Dance
[edit]Shakira is well known for her dancing in her music videos and concerts.[132] Her distinctive dancing style is said to combine Latin dancing with Middle Easternbelly dancing,[132][133] which is derived from her Lebanese heritage,[132] and her hip shaking is mentioned in songs, such as Fifth Harmony's "Brave Honest Beautiful".[134] She is noted for usually employing minimal production, usually taking the stage with minimal makeup and natural hair, and without background dancers in her performances, preferring to focus on her vocals, dance moves, and stage presence.[135] She often performs barefoot,[132][135] a form of dance she learned as a young teen to overcome her shyness.
Speaking to an interviewer for Time International, she said all the album's tracks have a "real, organic sound. Highly acclaimed by American critics, it is rated as one of her best-ever live performances.[38] In March 2000, Shakira embarked on her Tour Anfibio, a two-month tour of Latin America and the United States.
She began the first leg of her tour in Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on 3 June and then ending in Barcelona, Spain on 7 July. She also won the Spirit of Hope Award for her dedication to improving the lives of Colombian children. Her participation in the festival was barred at the last moment when officials realized that she was under the minimum age of 16.
At age 15, Shakira graduated from high school.
Shakira then decided to take a hiatus from recording so that she could graduate from high school.[27] In the same year, Shakira starred in the Colombian TV series The Oasis, loosely based on the Armero tragedy in 1985.[29] Since then, the albums have been pulled from release and are not considered official Shakira albums but rather promotional albums.
During a flight from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Ariza convinced Sony Colombia executive Ciro Vargas to hold an audition for Shakira in a hotel lobby. She told Portuguese TV, "Many of my movements belong to Arab culture." She also cites her parents as having been major contributors to her musical style.[115] She is also strongly influenced by Andean music and South American folk music, using her native instrumentation for her Latin dance-pop songs.[116]
Her earlier Spanish albums, including Pies Descalzos and Dónde Están los Ladrones? were a mix of folk music and Latin rock.
The tour consisted of 125 shows between June 2006 and July 2007 and visited six continents.
Shakira wrote her first poem, titled "La rosa de cristal" ('The Crystal Rose'), when she was only four years old.[19] As she was growing up, she was fascinated watching her father writing stories on a typewriter,[19] and asked for one as a Christmas gift.
Shakira also collaborated with Miguel Bosé on the duet "Si Tú No Vuelves", which was released in Bosé's album Papito. However, the director was not overly excited and thought Shakira was something of "a lost cause". Its title track was a none-too-veiled reference to the corruption found at all levels in her native country. In September 2000, Shakira performed "Ojos Así" at the inaugural ceremony of the Latin Grammy Awards, where she was nominated in five categories: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for MTV Unplugged, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Octavo Día", Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video for the video for "Ojos Así".[39]
2001–2004: English transition with Laundry Service
[edit]Upon the success of Dónde Están los Ladrones? and MTV Unplugged, Shakira began working on an English crossover album.[40] She learned English with the help of Gloria Estefan.[41] She worked for over a year on new material for the album.
It has since sold over two million copies in the U.S., earning an 11× Platinum (Latin field) certification from the RIAA. It did, however, reach the top 20 in most countries worldwide. That's my persona.