Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Full name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Birthdate: Febuary 2, 1977

Career:
singer-songwriter,musician ,record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s.

Born and Raised in: Barranquilla, Colombia

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Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer,
demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll,
Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original
twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker
and also speaks fluent English , Portuguese and Italian. She has
won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, and has been
Golden Globe-nominated. She is also the highest-selling Colombian
artist of all time, and the second most successful female Latin
singer having sold over 50 million albums worldwide, according
to BMI. Additionally, she is the only artist from South America
to reach the number-one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,
the Australian ARIA chart, and the UK Singles Chart. Amazing right? =)