Shakira is the hugely successfully Colombian pop singer and
dancer. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll born on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla,
Colombia. She has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards,
twelve Billboard Latin Music Awards, and has been Golden Globe-nominated. She
is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time and the second most
successful female Latin singer after Gloria Estefan. Her U.S. album sales stand at 9.6 million.
