History Music / SHAKIRA

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a UsefulNotes/{{Colombia}}n singer and dancer who is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time and the second most successful female Latin singer of all time (after Music/GloriaEstefan), having sold over 50 million albums worldwide. She is of Lebanese, Catalan, Spanish and Italian descent. Known for her belly dancing, her multiculturalism, and her Music/AlanisMorissette-like voice, Shakira is a she-wolf to be reckoned with.

** She's a trained BellyDancer, which explains the ass shaking in [[strike: some of]] her videos. Doesn't really excuse [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsp_8Lm1eSk smearing herself with oil]] while writhing, though.

* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: She wears midriff-baring outfits for most of her music videos and stage appearances, to show off her feminine figure and [[BellyDancer belly-dancing]] moves.
* BellyDancer: Her traditional-style belly dancing is one of her more famous skills, best seen in the videos for "Ojos Así" and "Hips Don't Lie".

Shakira had a 12-year relationship with [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer player]] Gerard Piqué, from which their two children, Milan and Sasha, were born. The couple announced that they were splitting up in June 2022, allegedly due to Piqué cheating on Shakira with a younger woman, which was later confirmed.

[[caption-width-right:350:Lucky that my breasts are small and humble. So you don't confuse them with mountains.]]

** "Whenever, Wherever" and "Suerte", despite being supposedly the same song, go in different directions on this one. The former more aggressive and the latter passive with the lyrics "Whenever, Wherever/ We'll learn to be together/ I'll be there and you'll be near/ And that's the deal, my dear" and "With you, my life/ I want to live that life/ And the rest of my life/ I want to live with you" respectively.

After the success of these two albums, she began to work on a crossover album to English, ''Laundry Service''. Her English lyrics were unusual, which was because she hadn’t quite grasped the language yet. (Yes, this has the song with the lyric "Lucky for my breasts they're small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountains".) Sure enough, this gained her criticism. Her Latin fans also criticized Shakira, since she apparently sold out to the contemporary American pop market. ''Laundry Service'' nevertheless became a big hit, selling over 13 million copies.

** The infamous lines of "Whenever, Wherever" - "[[PetitePride Lucky for my breasts they're small and humble]][=/=]So you don't confuse them with mountains" - is somewhat revoked in "Costume Makes The Clown"with the ''[[DownerBeginning very first lines]]''; "Told you I felt lucky with my humble breasts/ Well I don't".

--->Lucky for my breasts they're small and humble / So you don't confuse them with mountains

* WomanScorned: Shakira and her boyfriend of 12 years and father of her two children, ex-footballer Gerard Piqué, ended their relationship after she found out that she had been cheating on her with a younger woman. Since then, Shakira has released multiple songs in which she calls out Piqué for his actions, exposing him to the whole world.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is the poster girl for bare feet. Moreover, the song "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos" pretty much outright states that women are/should be a race of barefooted people. In her biography, ''Woman Full of Grace'', she indicates that being barefoot makes her feel like she has removed the facade from her personality and allowed her TrueSelf to shine through.

** Her {{Ink Suit|Actor}} Character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes the only character in that movie to wear shoes]]. Compared to Shakira herself famously being among the relatively small population of humans that DoesNotLikeShoes. Of course, this could be a deliberate contrast to represent the juxtaposition but in a different society.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Hearing her speak, you wouldn't expect the passionate, throaty, thick growl she sings with.

* DissTrack: "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53" is one to her ex-boyfriend of over ten years, footballer Gerard Piqué and his new girlfriend Clara Chía Martí, throwing extremely blatant shade at them. The former for being in the gym but in Shakira's words, not working his brain. She even mocks Clara for her age, saying she's worth two 22-year-olds, and that she doesn't live up to the nature of her own name. She even plays on words to put their names into the song.[[note]]She sings the line "perdón que te salpique" which translates to "sorry if [my music] splashes you", but she pauses between "sal" and "pique" to say her ex's name. She also splits the word "claramente" as "clara" and "mente" multiple times in reference to Clara Chía's name.[[/note]]

* BareYourMidriff: Does this most of the time (and what a midriff!).

%%* MsFanservice: What snapshot ''wouldn't'' convince you?

* ShesGotLegs: Has hips and legs to die for and is not afraid to show them.

Shakira had a 12-year relationship with [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer player]] Gerard Piqué, from which their two children, Milan and Sasha, were born. The couple announced that they were splitting up in June 2022, allegedly due to Piqué cheating on Shakira with a younger woman.