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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (Arabic: شاكِرة ايسابل مبرك ريبول ) (born: February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira, (pronounced /ʃəˈkiːrə/ in English, ), is Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist. Regarding as "one of the greatest Latin acts of all time", she has been named the "Queen of Spanish music" and the “Latin American Madonna” by the media for huge sales of her breakthrough albums in Latin America. She is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Italian, and some Arabic. In 2001, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, according to United World Chart. She has also won numerous awards worldwide, including two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, a People's Choice Award and receiving a Golden Globe nomination. She is also the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, the United World Chart and the UK Singles Chart. Additionally, she is one of the only artists to have 10 Spanish singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
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