英語名人堂：夏奇拉·伊莎貝爾·邁巴拉克·里波爾
1991年，夏奇拉發(fā)行了個(gè)人首張專輯《Magia》。1998年，夏奇拉憑著唱片《Donde Estan Los Ladrones》奪得了第44屆LatinGrammy的“最佳拉丁搖滾另類女藝人獎”[1-2] 。2000年的專輯《Shakira：MTV Unplugged》為夏奇拉贏得了拉丁格萊美最佳拉丁流行專輯獎。2002年，她贏得5項(xiàng)拉美MTV視頻音樂獎。2006年2月，夏奇拉在世界杯閉幕式獻(xiàn)唱《Hips Don’t Lie》。2010年，由夏奇拉創(chuàng)作并參與制作的歌曲《Wakawaka》被選為南非世界杯官方指定全球唯一主題曲。2014年，夏奇拉與卡里尼奧·布朗在巴西世界杯閉幕式聯(lián)袂演唱《La la la》，這也將是夏奇拉連續(xù)第三次在世界杯決賽前的閉幕式上獻(xiàn)唱[3] 。
Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and dancer. She is one of Latin America’s top stars and is very popular internationally. She is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and has won numerous awards. She is also the only South American singer to have a number one record in the USA.
Shakira was born in 1977 in Colombia. Her mother is of Spanish and Italian ancestry, and her father is of Lebanese descent. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian, and a little Arabic. Shakira was an outstanding student at school. Reports are she has an IQ of 140. She grew up writing poems on a typewriter she got as a Christmas gift.
Shakira wanted to perform from the age of four. She danced at school every Friday and her classmates nicknamed her "belly dancer girl". She said: "That's how I discovered my passion for live performance." Aged 13, she signed a three-album contract with Sony Music. The first twoflopped; but the third, ‘Pies Descalzos’ sold over five million copies and made her a star.
Shakira crossed over into singing in English. Her 2001 album ‘Laundry Service’ sold 13 million copies and established her as an international phenomenon. Gabriel García Marquez asked her to write the songs for the movie ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’. Shakira has written the lyrics to every song she has recorded, bar two. She describes herself as a perfectionist.
