Shakira
Offers Shakira's music videos,
books & posters, including large pictures & posters gallery.
She's only 24, but Shakira has been a Latin music sensation since
she was 13, racking up huge sales in countries like Brazil, Argentina,
Chile, and Spain. This Columbian songstress is definitely a step
above most of the golden-haired divas making the star scene these
days. Noted for her aggressive, rock-influenced approach, Shakira
maintained an extraordinary degree of creative control over her
music, especially for a female artist; she wrote or co-wrote nearly
all of her own material, and in the process gained a reputation
as one of Latin music's most ambitiously poetic lyricists. When
she released her first English material in late 2001, she became
an instant pop sensation, thanks to her quirky poetic sense and
a sexy video image built on her hip-shaking belly-dance moves.
Her mother was a native Colombian and her father was of Lebanese
descent, and so as a child Shakira soaked up music from both cultures;
she also listened heavily to English-language rock & roll,
(her favorite bands : Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Police, the
Cure, and Nirvana). Shakira wrote her first song at age eight,
began entering (and winning) talent competitions at age ten, and
started learning the guitar at age 11. In 1990, at age 13, Shakira
moved to Bogota and signs a record deal with Sony's Colombian
division. Her 1991 debut album Magia ("Magic") was comprised
of songs she'd written over the past five or six years, including
some of her earliest efforts. Although it didn't break internationally,
the record started to make a name for her in her home country.
Offers Shakira's music videos,
books & posters including large pictures & posters gallery.
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