Shakira is a real star on the musical horizon. She is not only a singer, but also the author of many songs, dancer, producer, model and choreographer.
Shakira was born and raised in northern Colombia. She was born on February 2, 1977 and was only child in the family of their parents. However, for her father she turned out to be the most youngest child, with his first wife he had eight more children. His father, an Arab by nationality, was the owner of a jewelry store in the city of Barranquilla, in addition, he was a writer. Since childhood, the girl was surrounded by music, books and jewelry.
Shakira, as they say, is one of the young and early. She learned the alphabet very early - at 1.5 years old, and at three years old she was already writing and reading. She composed her first poem at the age of four, it was called “Crystal Rose”. Specialists who tested her at this age concluded that she has unique abilities.
At first, her parents believed that Shakira would become either a writer or an artist, since she was also good at drawing. When the girl went to school, it turned out that she was also a great dancer. Then everyone decided that she would become a dancer or ballerina. At the age of 8, it turned out that she also sings superbly, it became clear that Shakira would become a singer, especially since at this age she wrote her first song, which she dedicated to her father and one of her stepbrothers who crashed on a motorcycle.
In addition to all the listed talents, the girl was distinguished by her beauty and even won the “Child of the Atlantic” competition.
Her first performances in front of the public took place when she was 10 years old. Then she demonstrated Eastern dance. Shakira also sang in the school choir, but since her voice was too strong, she had to leave the choir. The singing teacher decided that she did not sing, but howled like a goat.
However, in subsequent years, the girl took an active part in many competitions and events, which began to attract attention. One day, a theater producer approached her and offered to help her promote her career. She helped convince executive producer Sony Columbia to listen to the girl. Shakira produced strong impression on this man named Ciro Vargas, and he took her tape to show the artistic director of the company. He did not pay any attention to the performer. Then Vargas himself organized the visit of the leaders of his organization and introduced them live to Shakira, who performed three songs. Everyone was pleasantly surprised. This was the moment when the contract was signed with her. Work began on recording the first album “Magic”. The songs began to be played on the radio, and already at the age of 14, many in her native Colombia knew about her. The album includes songs she composed from the age of 8 until the recording of the album. The album brought fame to the singer, but was a commercial failure. At the same time, Shakira represented her country at the famous Latin American singing competition with the song own composition. She received 3rd place in the competition.
A year later, Shakira recorded her second album, which was not very successful, only one song from it was worthy of attention.
Shakira did not give up, but, on the contrary, began recording her third album, which simply had to be successful, otherwise her entire career would have gone to hell. At the same time she was finishing high school and starred in the film " Oasis", which was based on real events one famous tragedy.
In 1994, the Sony company was about to terminate the contract with the girl, but she presented them in time new song of his composition “Where Are You, Heart,” which soon became a real hit.
Her third album was a breakthrough and had excellent commercial success, and she gained many fans. The release of the album was followed by a first world tour. In the same year, she was awarded the titles “Person of the Year” and “Woman of the Year”. Now the singer already has 10 albums and worldwide love and popularity.
During the time she went to the top musical Olympus, she had various kinds novels that did not last long and ended in breakups.
Shakira's personal life
Shakira with Antonio de la Rua.
In 2000, she began a relationship with the son of the President of Argentina, a lawyer. Antonio de la Rua. A year later, rumors even spread about an imminent marriage, however, they remained rumors. However, the romance lasted for 10 years, which the singer remembers with great warmth. After breaking up, they remained only business partners. True, Antonio later filed a lawsuit against Shakira, trying to sue for his remuneration as her partner, as well as to divide the jointly acquired property.
Shakira with Gerard Pique
In 2011, the singer began a relationship new novel- FC Barcelona player. He starred in one of Shakira's videos.
Shakira with Gerard Pique and son
The relationship developed rapidly, and after 2 years she gave birth to her beloved first son, and two years later, in January 2015, a second son. The family lives in Spain.
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Every week HELLO.RU talks about what clothes celebrities' children wear. Last time we got acquainted with the style of the son of actress and State Duma deputy Maria Kozhevnikova and her husband Evgeny Vasiliev - Ivan, and today the hero of our column is the youngest son of singer Shakira and defender of Spanish football club"Barcelona" Gerard Pique - Sasha, who recently celebrated his first birthday.
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On January 29, 2015, Shakira and Gerard Pique became parents for the second time: at 21:54 Spanish time, their second son was born. For this event, an entire floor of the Quirón Teknon hospital in Barcelona, where Shakira gave birth, was booked. The star's assistants placed tall plants near the windows to shield themselves from the paparazzi, who began to flock to the clinic a few days before the event. As a result, nothing and no one disturbed the singer’s peace, and she successfully became a mother for the second time. The birth took place by caesarean section - in this way, by the way, Shakira’s first son, Milan, was born.
Shakira and Gerard announced the name of their second son the very next day. The celebrities did not keep their fans in suspense for long and quickly published an official statement about the birth of a boy:
We are pleased to announce the birth of Sacha Pique Mebarak, son of Shakira Mebarak and Gerard Pique. The boy was born at 21:54 on January 29 in Barcelona. The name Sasha has Greek and Russian roots and means "defender of humanity" and "warrior".
Little Gerard Pique and his son Sasha
But the first person to make public the name of the second son of Shakira and Gerard was Pique’s grandfather, Amador Bernabeu:
The boy was named Sasha, in Russian this name sounds exactly like Alexander. They told me that he looks like Gerard. Milan, when he was born, looked more like Shakira, and the youngest son is more like his father.
Fans of Shakira and Gerard were able to verify that Sasha resembles his father a week after the baby was born. The new parents published a portrait of Sasha on their charity website, where even before the boy was born, a virtual Baby Shower was launched in his honor. Anyone could donate some money, but not for gifts for Sasha, but to help low-income children.
Sasha made his first “outing” in the arms of his mother at the age of three months. The boy appeared on football match Barcelona - Valencia, where his father's team won 2:0. It is noteworthy that Sacha Pique became a member of the Catalan club under number 155,629 immediately after his birth. The kid received home and away kits, presented by his great-grandfather, Amador Bernabeu, former vice-president of Barcelona. Previously, Sasha’s brother Milan also received a club membership card.
Sasha Pique with her mother, grandmother and brother
Gerard Pique with his sons Milan and Sasha
Sasha Pique
Needless to say, Sasha was introduced to football quite early and videos of his first goals were published on Instagram? These videos and photos allowed followers of the stars to appreciate not only sports training boy, but also him stylish images. And Sasha's style, as you might expect, is very similar to Milan's. The brothers have a lot of the same things, but due to Sasha’s age, these things look more touching.
It is impossible to imagine a boy's wardrobe without outfits of all shades of blue - from light blue to blue-black. He likes a little less blue, perhaps only gray things, which perfectly suit his blond hair and blue-gray eyes. Like any “man,” Sasha has an extensive collection of jeans and shorts - comfortable and suitable for both walking and going out with his parents. He combines jeans with polo shirts in all the colors of the rainbow, as well as with knitted sweaters, of which the boy also has a lot. Pullovers with cute collars and images of bunnies and other animals look especially impressive on him.
Sasha Pique 
Gerard Pique with his sons Milan and Sasha
Shakira with her sons Milan and Sasha
Gerard Pique and Sasha
Shakira with her sons Milan and Sasha
Motherhood is everything to me. But I don't know what I would do without Gerard. He takes an active part in caring for his sons, he is always there. This means a lot to me... I would like eight or nine children - my own football team,
Shakira admitted in an interview. We are sure that the singer and her common-law husband This goal is definitely within reach!
FIREING COLOMBIAN SHAKIRA
Hot like fire, energetic like an erupting volcano, talented like all the gods of Olympus, loving mother and beloved wife. All this that doesn't really need special performances. Her fiery songs are understood on all continents, and her passionate dances and super shows give people a festive mood. This is exactly what she dreamed of.
Young prodigy
Born in Colombia, which was associated only with drug trafficking and the writer Gabriel García Márquez, 1977. She was the only child in the family, but her father (Lebanese by nationality) had eight more children from his first marriage. In the veins Shakira- a mixture of Spanish, Italian and Lebanese blood, perhaps that is why her artistic talents showed up very early.
At three years old the girl learned to read, at four she began to write poetry, and at 
eight composed the first song “Your Dark Glasses.” She came up with this composition after one of her older brothers died in an accident, and her father began wearing dark glasses to hide his grief.
At an early age, her mother took the girl to school, but she was not accepted, she was too young. IN next year she was brought back to educational institution, where a commission met to evaluate the girl’s knowledge. The teachers were amazed, they considered the child a child prodigy and immediately enrolled him in the class. Now the singer’s IQ is 140 points and is considered one of the highest among artists.
Shakira's magic
Her parents supported her daughter’s desire for creativity in every possible way - her father bought her a typewriter for writing down poetry, and her mother accompanied her to all the local competitions and concerts in which the girl performed and won. At school she sang in the choir (although the teacher said that her voice sounded like the mooing of a goat), then she began to practice belly dancing and fell in love with the stage. She was drawn 
there like a magnet, already in childhood she realized that she wanted to seriously study music and sing her songs.
At one of the performances in her native Barranquilla, she met theater producer Monica Arias, who was so impressed by her songs that she decided to help the girl advance her career.
Having chosen an opportunity, Monica asked the producer of Sony Colombia to listen to the singer. He didn’t refuse, and what’s more, he liked the style and manner of performance Shakira. All that remained was to convince the top management of the company to pay attention to the Colombian singer. But the music bosses thought Shakira hopeless.
The producers did not give up and persuaded them to come to the singer’s concert in Bogota, where she had by that time moved with her mother. Three songs were enough to Shakira signed a contract with such a famous record label and released the first album “Magia”.
Taking it to the next level
This was the first victory on the way to her dream, which could have made the young performer feel dizzy, but she did not catch star fever, rather the opposite. Her first recordings did not have mass success, so she began to work even harder, study English language, study English poetry and memorize Bob Dylan songs, 
, Led Zeppelin, The Police, The Rolling Stones and Nirvana to reach English-speaking audiences. The girl reviewed all the performances to be inspired by their determination.
With a dictionary in hand, she meticulously composed words into lines, and lines into couplets. She simply could not trust this to someone else; it was not in her character. She wrote new songs in a harder style and rhythm, which were included in the album “Barefoot”. It sold 5 million copies, which was at least a small victory.
Then she was the same blonde, singing simple songs, like many, but she wrote them herself and differed from others with her frantic Latin American temperament and sensuality. So far, most of her songs were in Spanish and Portuguese, although this did not prevent the audience at concerts in France, Turkey or Canada from understanding their meaning and feeling the full message conveyed. Shakira energy and a charge of positivity from the stage.
Latin American breakthrough
Popular magazines called Shakira in 1996 “Person of the Year” and “Woman of the Year”, 
after all, she became the first citizen of Colombia to conquer very distant countries - Spain, Portugal and even Japan. It was a real Latin American breakthrough. The public was eagerly waiting new album singers and this put psychological pressure on Shakira, she felt her responsibility to the audience and wanted to justify their hopes. Almost all the material for recording the disc was ready, and then the irreparable happened - at the airport someone stole a suitcase with lyrics and sheet music.
Gathering her will into a fist, she set about creating new songs together with producer Emilio Estefan. Exactly 9 months later, the album “Where are the Thieves?” was released, which went platinum five times, became one of the best-selling Latin American albums, and 300 thousand copies were sold on the first day. Her popularity among American audiences was enhanced by the album of concert songs “MTVUnplugged,” for which she received a Grammy Award.
Never-ending rewards
She actively began writing new creations for the international album “Laundry Service”. He helped popular singer establish yourself in North America. The main single of the collection was the song “Whenever, Wherever”, which in Spanish-speaking countries is known as “Suerte”. No less popular single 
became the composition “Objection (Tango)”.
And then, as if from a cornucopia, international music awards and prizes rained down. She became the best artist and singer of the year, the best pop singer and representative of the northern part Latin America. The video for the song "Suerte" was recognized best video of the year, the album is the best among all international ones and the song itself too. Over the course of a year, the disc sold more than 10 million copies and went platinum in 25 countries. ahead of such superstars as Jennifer Lopez, Eminem and Shania Twain.
Since childhood, the singer believed in her strengths and abilities, but could not even imagine that she would one day become so popular outside her native Colombia. In interviews, she always thanks not only her fans, but also the entire team working with her. I am convinced that such a ship as talent must be steered by a good captain, and only a professional team will help him cope with storms and storms.
La Tortura by Shakira
A new international hit was the song “La Tortura” from the album “Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1", released in 2005. Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz participated in the recording of the composition. This was the first Spanish-language song to be performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. Overall, the album sold 4 million copies and brought the singer new Grammy awards. Soon she came out and 
the second part of the album “Oral Fixation, Vol. 2", and the single "Hips Don't Lie" (created with the participation of hip-hopper Wyclef Jean) became the best-selling single of our century.
World tours Shakira consisted of more than 120 shows in different countries oh, she collaborated with Annie Lennox, Miguel Bose, Beyoncé and other performers. Gabriel Garcia Marquez himself asked her to write songs for the film “Love in the Time of Cholera” based on the writer’s novel. Already at 31 she became fourth in the list of the highest paid artists music industry(after Madonna, and).
A combination of many genres and musical styles, the synthesis of many elements and constant experiments allow it to be relevant and popular on different continents. Colombian folk and Arabic dances, pop-rock with an admixture of pop Latin, South American tunes and tango - she skillfully combines all this together, giving the public new masterpieces of modern music.
Gerard and Shakira
This is not all of the singer’s achievements. Her song, created for the World Cup in South Africa, called “Waka Waka,” broke records on YouTube with more than 1 billion views. By the way, thanks to the filming of a video for this football anthem, she met her lover, Spanish football player Gerard Pique. Before meeting him, she lived in a civil marriage for 11 years with lawyer Antonio de la Rua, the son of the now former president of Argentina. In an interview, the young people admitted that their relationship is very strong, but they are in no hurry to get married. What caused the breakup is not known for certain, but in 2011 it was already officially announced, although they separated the year before.
with husband and son
That is, by the time she met Gerard Pique, the heart of the burning Colombian was free. Despite the 10-year age difference, the most tender feelings flared up between the young people. At the beginning of 2013, their son Milan was born, and exactly two years later their second baby, Sasha, was born. According to herself Shakira, the eldest son plays football all day long and sings the anthem of the Barcelona club, for which his dad plays, so the singer asks her beloved never to leave this team.
Significant role in life Shakira takes up charity. Back in 1997, she founded the Bare Feet Foundation to help children from poor families, improve schools and preschool institutions. To do this, she meets with presidents of different countries, attracts international organizations to help and says that charity is more important to her than music. She spent her childhood next to children who sometimes did not even have shoes, this is also sung in one of her compositions, so one day she brought 10 thousand pairs of branded sneakers to her native Barranquilla and distributed them to children from needy families.
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Father Shakira was a writer and owned a famous jewelry store in the city. When he went bankrupt and sold it to 
Apart from all the furniture, the young girl decided that she would do everything possible and impossible to financially help her parents cope with this situation.
Watches her figure and limits herself in food. She believes that nothing can be achieved in life without at least some small sacrifices. She could not be a vegetarian, although she tried to eat this way for 2 months. The singer eats meat only once a week (mostly beef), and on other days she prefers fish with vegetables.
Updated: April 8, 2019 by: Elena
On February 2, 1977, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born ( full name), known throughout the world as the singer Shakira. This event happened in the city of Baranquilla, located in Colombia. WITH early childhood she experienced extraordinary Creative skills, and her parents for a very long time could not understand what profession she would choose for herself when she became an adult.
Multi-talented
Shakira's father, William Mebarak Shadid, is an Arab of Lebanese origin. He owned a jewelry store and wrote stories. Therefore, the singer’s childhood was spent among books and jewelry. Her mother Nydia del Carmen Torrado is from Colombia. Her ancestors were Spaniards and Italians. Shakira is translated from Arabic as “grateful”, while in Hindi it sounds like “goddess of light”.
Young talent
WITH early years Shakira was different from her peers. Already aged three years not only did she speak the spoken form of Spanish, but she also knew how to read and write. Her dad typed his stories on a typewriter, and the little girl asked to give her the same one. As a result, already at the age four years she surprised her parents with her first poem. She named it "Crystal Rose". From which they concluded that, most likely, their daughter, when she grows up, will study literature.
According to her level of development, the four-year-old baby was suitable to go to school. But at such an early age she was not accepted there. Therefore, she went to school at the same age as other children. As a four-year-old child, she was introduced to Arabic music and realized that she wanted to become a dancer.
Shakira was her father's ninth child and her mother's first. The father had eight more children from a previous marriage. When she was two years old, her older half-brother died in a car accident. Father for a long time could not recover from what happened. To hide his emotions, he long time wore dark glasses. At the age of eight, the future singer composed the song “Your Dark Glasses,” which she dedicated to her father.
In elementary school, the girl began singing in the school choir. True, this did not last long, since she had a strong voice that drowned out the voices of other children. The vocal teacher excluded her from the choir, explaining his decision by saying that little Shakira’s voice sounded like the bleating of a goat. In addition to her vocal and poetic abilities, the failed singer children's choir had extraordinary appearance. Thanks to this, she became the winner of the “Child of the Atlantic” competition. At that time she was barely ten years old.
One day her father showed her hard life orphans. What she saw made an indelible impression on the girl, and she promised herself to help children in need when she had enough money.
Music career
Between the ages of ten and thirteen, Shakira took part in various events. Thanks to which Monica Ariza drew attention to her. She insisted that representatives of Sony Colombia give an audition to the aspiring Colombian singer. Producer Ciro Vargas was delighted with Shakira's voice. He handed over a cassette with recordings of songs to the artistic director. But he did not share his colleague’s emotions about the young singer, considering her unpromising.
But Vargas insisted on re-auditioning Shakira. To do this, he organized the arrival of Sony Colombia representatives to the city of Bogota, where at that time the future pop star lived with her mother. The girl performed three of her songs, convincing the representatives record company She has performing talent. As a result, a contract was concluded with her.
Three albums were released in the period 1990-1994. The first two brought her fame in the Latin American world. But from a commercial point of view they were not successful. The producers were about to terminate the contract with her when Shakira introduced them to the song “Where Are You, Heart,” which became a hit. The third album became a lifeline that kept him afloat singing career young Colombian. After the release of her third album, there was her first world tour. That same year she was awarded the titles “Person of the Year” and “Woman of the Year”. To date creative biography The singer has 11 discs:
Besides musical career, Shakira launched several types of women's perfumes. And took part in the filming of several films:
- Oasis.
- Secret.
- The Wizard of Beverly Place.
- Ugly girl.
She even lent her voice to two animated films, one of which was the Russian cartoon “Alice's Birthday.” Shakira is a philanthropist who helps children in Colombia. If she takes up writing an autobiography, then she can safely indicate that she was able to keep the promise she made to herself in childhood.
The singer's personal life
In 2000, Shakira began a long affair with lawyer Antonio de la Rua, who was the son of the then-current President of Argentina. Their relationship lasted eleven years. They were even going to formalize the relationship, but something prevented this. At first they decided to live separately from each other, and then broke up completely.
Shakira fondly remembers the period of her relationship with Antonio. However, this circumstance did not prevent de la Rua from filing a lawsuit against her in the amount of $250 million. He argued his actions by the fact that it was he who helped the singer achieve fame. But the court rejected this claim on the grounds that by the time they met, the Colombian singer’s career was already taking off.
In 2010, on the set of a video Shakira met footballer Gerard Pique. At that time, she was still in a relationship with Antonio. Soon after this, de la Rua received his resignation, and the Colombian began dating the Spaniard. She celebrated her thirty-fourth birthday with Pique. It is also noteworthy that their date of birth coincides. The football player was also born on February 2. Shakira and Gerard hid their relationship for a long time.
A few months later the couple separated. The reason was rumors about Pique's infidelities. This period was not easy for the pop diva. It was then that she changed her image for the second time by doing her hair into a bob. The first time she changed her image was at the beginning of her career. In her youth, Shakira wore long black hair, but, in her opinion, it gave her an excessive gloominess. And she began to lighten them.
After some time, the couple reunited again. And today they have a full-fledged family, in which two sons are growing up: Milan and Sasha. Despite the absence of stamps in their passports, they consider themselves husband and wife.
But in Lately there are more and more rumors that Shakira and Pique are going to officially get married. The date of the celebration is kept secret. It is only known that the gala event will take place in Colombia, where the famous singer is from.
Looking at her photographs in glossy magazines, the question involuntarily arises about the singer’s age. 41 years old is how old Shakira is now, but she looks much younger. And despite her decent age, Shakira is real example of what a person might look like doing what he loves and living in harmony with his inner self.
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The singer's full name is Shakira Isabelle Mebarak Ripoll. Translated from Latin it means “grateful”, and in Hindi it means “goddess of light”. She is considered the most successful of the Latin American artists, performing for both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking audiences. Concerts began from school days, belly dancing was Shakira's most striking feature.
The singer was born on February 2, 1977 in the Colombian city of Barranquilla. On her father's side, her ancestors come from Lebanon, and on her mother's side, her ancestors come from Italy and Spain (Castilians and Catalans).
- The Castilians are representatives of the Romance people (Romanesque roots) and the guardians of Latin culture.
- Catalans are a Spanish people whose language is Catalan.
Mother (Nidya Ripoll) is half Italian, half Spanish. The father (William Mebarak Shadid) is both Macedonian and Lebanese.
Thus, the singer Shakira has absorbed all the diversity of the above-mentioned peoples and is a bearer of several cultures at the same time, namely:
1. Singer Shakira began her mental development beyond her years.
- By the age of two, she already knew the alphabet.
- At the age of three I was reading and writing.
- By four I was fully prepared to go to school.
2. During the testing process, the results showed that the little girl is a real genius.
3. Due to my Latin American, Spanish and Colombian roots, English was not an easy language to learn.
4. Shakira is Colombia's best-selling female artist of all time. Album circulation is 50-60 million units.
5. The famous hit La Tortura stayed on the chart in 1st place for 25 weeks in a row.
6. Shakira’s nationality determines her knowledge of linguistics. The artist speaks 5 languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan and later learned English.
7. By religion, she belongs to Catholicism.
8. She founded a Colombian charity foundation that runs special schools for children from poor areas of Colombia.
9. The singer’s height is only 157 cm, and her weight is about 50 kilograms.
10. Shakira's IQ level is 140. But despite the performance, she hates math science.
Bottom line
Shakira is a true national hero for her people. In 2013 and 2014, she was included in the list of the most powerful and influential women in the world.
She has many awards, the most honorable of which are 2 Grammy Awards and the Order of Arts and Letters (awarded by the French state).
