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| genre = | associated acts = | label = }}}} Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (; ;〔See (Inogolo: pronunciation of Shakira )〕 born February 2, 1977)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira Biography )〕 is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer, and model. Widely known with many honorific nicknames as "The Queen Of Latin Pop", "The Undisputed Queen Of Dance", "The Crossover Queen", "The Queen Of Social Media", "The Queen Of Facebook" and "The Queen Of World Cup". Born and raised in Barranquilla, she began performing in school, demonstrating Latin, Arabic, and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities. Shakira released her first studio albums, ''Magia'' and ''Peligro'', in the early 1990s, failing to attain commercial success; however, she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, ''Pies Descalzos'' (1996), and her fourth album, ''Dónde Están los Ladrones?'' (1998). Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, ''Laundry Service''. Its lead single, "Whenever, Wherever", became the best-selling single of 2002. Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums ''Fijación Oral, Vol. 1'' and ''Oral Fixation, Vol. 2'' (2005), the latter of which spawned the best-selling song of the 21st century, "Hips Don't Lie". Shakira's eighth and ninth albums, ''She Wolf'' (2009) and ''Sale el Sol'' (2010), received critical praise but suffered from limited promotion due to her strained relationship with label Epic Records. Her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time. With over 950 million views, its music video is the ninth most-watched video on YouTube. Since 2013, Shakira has served as a coach on the American version of ''The Voice'', having appeared in two of its seven seasons—fourth and sixth. Her tenth album, ''Shakira'' (2014), is preceded by its lead single, "Can't Remember to Forget You". Shakira has won 407 awards, including five MTV Video Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, ten Latin Grammy Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards, 28 Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 75 million albums and 70 million physical singles and more than 60 million digital tracks worldwide,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira Tour )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Album review: Shakira – Shakira )〕〔()〕 making her the best selling Latin artist of all time, She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work and benefit concerts, notably her Pies Descalzos Foundation, her performance at the "Clinton Global Initiative" created by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and her invitation to the Oval Office by President Barack Obama in February 2010 to discuss early childhood development. As of 2014, she is listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by ''Forbes''. As of July 2014, Shakira has become the first person to reach 100 million followers on Facebook.〔http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/7/shakira-sets-new-facebook-world-record-after-reaching-100-million-likes-58881/〕 ==Early life== Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is the only child of Nidia Ripoll and William Mebarak Chadid. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon to New York City, where her father was born. Her father then emigrated to Colombia at age 5. The name ''Shakira'' is Arabic (), meaning "grateful". It is the feminine form of the name ''Shakir'' (). From her mother, Nidia Ripoll, she has Spanish (Catalan and Castilian)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira: dELIAs Interview )〕 and Italian ancestry. She was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holy Cross: Celebrities Who Are Catholic )〕 She has eight older half-siblings from her father's previous marriage.〔 (subscription required)〕 Shakira spent much of her youth in Barranquilla, a city located on the northern Caribbean coast of Colombia. Shakira wrote her first poem, titled "La Rosa De Cristal" ("The Crystal Rose") when she was only four years old. As she was growing up, she was fascinated watching her father writing stories on a typewriter, and asked for one as a Christmas gift. She got a typewriter at the age of seven and has continued writing poetry since then. These poems eventually evolved into songs. When Shakira was two years old, an older half-brother was killed in a motorcycle accident and at the age of eight, Shakira wrote her first song, titled "Tus gafas oscuras" ("Your dark glasses"), which was inspired by her father, who for years wore dark glasses to hide his grief.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira )〕 When Shakira was four, her father took her to a local Middle Eastern restaurant, where Shakira first heard the doumbek, a traditional drum used in Arabic music and which typically accompanied belly dancing.〔 She started dancing on the table, and the experience made her realize that she wanted to be a performer. She enjoyed singing for schoolmates and teachers (and even the nuns) at her Catholic school, but in second grade was rejected for the school choir because her vibrato was too strong. The music teacher told her that she sounded "like a goat".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira: 'I don't hate Britney' )〕 At school, she was often sent out of the class because of her hyperactivity.〔(Shakira on Kimmel, 2013 )〕 She says she had also been known as "the belly dancer girl", as she would demonstrate every Friday at school a number she had learned.〔 "That's how I discovered my passion for live performance," she says.〔〔Katz, Gregory. ("Shakira he world." )〕 To instill gratitude in Shakira for her upbringing, her father took her to a local park to see orphans who lived there. The images stayed with her and she said to herself "one day I'm going to help these kids when I become a famous artist."〔 Between the ages of 10 and 13, Shakira was invited to various events in Barranquilla and gained some recognition in the area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakira )〕 It was at about this time that she met local theater producer Monica Ariza, who was impressed with her and as a result tried to help her career. During a flight from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Ariza convinced Sony Colombia executive Ciro Vargas to hold an audition for Shakira in a hotel lobby. Vargas held Shakira in high regard and, returning to the Sony office, gave the cassette to a song and artist director. However, the director was not overly excited and thought Shakira was something of "a lost cause". Vargas, not daunted, was still convinced that Shakira had talent, and set up an audition in Bogotá. He arranged for Sony Colombia executives to arrive at the audition, with the idea of surprising them with Shakira's performance. She performed three songs for the executives and impressed them enough for her to be signed to record three albums.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Driven: Shakira )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shakira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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