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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born February 2, 1977 in the Colombian town of Barranquilla, one of the largest ports in the country and located along the Caribbean Sea.

    She is the daughter of a middle class family. His parents are William Mebarak, of Lebanese descent, and Nidia Ripoll, Colombia. The traditional nature of their parents influenced the decision to Shakira to name hisdaughter, which means "Goddess of Light" in Hindi and "woman full of grace" in Arabic.

    Shakira took his first steps in show business after 5 years of age, demonstrating through songs and dances Arab exceptional artistic disposition.

    Since she knew what he wanted: "the deep need to be heard." From that moment began to prepare in order to achieve fame.

    According to her mothersays: "The girl obsessed with science began to assume that we did end up being a researcher, but then locked himself in his room day and night to write stories and poems. He deceived us again when we have had a daughter writer, until I discovered that writing was only the first step and that what she had been writing were the lyrics of their songs. "

    When he was 8 years he composed his firstsong, called "Your dark glasses" which he dedicated to his father. Thereafter he began his real career, as always accompanied by their parents, appeared in several television and radio.

    At the age of 10 years began to write songs, participating for the first time in the reality show "Children's Artist" in 1988, which transmits Telecaribe chain of Colombia. Shakira won the competition for 3years running.

    While still a teenager, Sony Music Colombia signed her first recording contract which resulted in their first album "Magic", which included Shakira songs written between 8 and 13 years of age. The music and the personality of the young singer caught the attention of the public and the Colombian media, being selected to participate in the Festival OTI in that edition washeld in Spain and which was unable to attend for not meeting the minimum age, 16 years.

    After recording their second album, "Danger", Shakira graduated from college and gave himself completely to music. His next album, "Pies Descalzos", took her to the top of sales and popularity in Latin America, Spain and the United States. The topics contained, "I'm Here," "Donde Estas Corazon", "PiesDescalzos, Sueños Blancos" "Un Poco De Amor", etc.., Became multitudinous successes with those identified hundreds of thousands of fans everybody speaking. Sales of this album made millions of Latin star Shakira and promising youngest of the decade. His next album, Dónde Están los Ladrones? " turned the promise into reality and Shakira is, today, the highest representative of the pop-rock latino,while one of the most interesting composers and admired today.

    "Dónde Están Los Ladrones?"-8xPlatino in USA, 5x in Argentina, Colombia and Chile 3x, 4x in Central America, Mexico and 2x-1x in Spain was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Rock Album and remained more than a year in the top 10 of U.S. Soundscand. The album, with the songs "Blind, Sordomuda", "Tú" "Inevitable" "Ojos Así" andthe theme that gives title, Shakira has opened doors to international markets and is already working on what will be his first English album to be released worldwide.

    Meanwhile, MTV rolled Colombian artist with a program of the Unplugged series that has already been issued in most Latin American countries and the United States and will be rescheduled in the coming months. The concert wasrecorded on 12 August 1999 in the Grand Ballroom of Manhattan Center Studios in New York and the end result was an hour program that Shakira made a review of the major themes of his repertoire from an acoustic side , according to MTV's line.

    The album "MTV Unplugged Shakira" captures the most salient moments of his performance that night in August in which to live and about 500 people,...