"I can't hire other people to write songs for me. I have to write them myself."
We hope that this much is enough to describe a singer’s talent. We are talking about a singer who has been singing and writing her own songs since she was 3 years old. We are talking about the singer and writer of huge hits like “Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes”. Yes, you got that right we are taking about SHAKIRA.
Shakira has a number of albums that became massive hits around the world to her credit. If asked to name a few, we would choose Laundry Service, MTV Unplugged and Pies Descalzos. Pies Descalzos, was the third album of her singing career. And it was the one that established Shakira as an International star. With this album the mesmerizing singer found fro herself a special place in the hearts of the viewers.
Apart from being a great singer, Shakira has also received an enchanting persona and an enviable figure as God’s gift. Both these gifts together with the exceptional talent to act, prepared the stage perfect for Shakira to land into the world of acting. She tried to cash upon her talent and started off with a role in the Columbian soap opera El Oasis. This show lasted for about 4 years, but soon Shakira realized that her heart lied only and only in singing. So once again she jumped into the music scene and came out with some of the all time favorite hit singles that included Underneath Your Clothes, Whenever, Wherever and Take Me Higher.
Born on 2nd February 1977, is the youngest of the eight children born to William Mebarak, and Nidia Ripoll. As per Shakira herself her parents have been her strongest strength in life. They acted as the avid supporters of her daughter’s decision of becoming a singer. With a voice that has an impact deep into the heart of the listener; Shakira has already registered some of the really prestigious awards to her name. these include 2 Latin Grammies along with MTV Video Music Awards for various categories including Artist of the year, Video of the year, Female artist of the year, Pop artist of the year and Best artist-North.
After talking a lot about Shakira as a professional, let’s throw some light on Shakira as a person. One thing that is common to both the facets of Shakira i.e. professional and private is the fact that she is a strong believer of discipline and perfection. She likes to work on true lines of discipline, be it on the stage or off the stage. Another thing that needs mention is that whatever she does; she makes it a point to take it as much closer to perfection as possible. She cannot do with any thing that is lesser that perfect. And for this she puts the maximum hard work that she can.
As far as the love life of the singing sensation is concerned we would like to put that presently she is engaged to Antonio de la Rúa who is the son of former president of Argentina.
At last we would like to say that it is very difficult to sum up complete of Shakira in the limitations of words for such sensations are hard to describe and worth an experience.
