She got that typewriter at age seven, and has continued writing poetry since then. As she was growing up, she was fascinated watching her father writing stories on a typewriter, and asked for one as a Christmas gift. Shakira wrote her first poem, titled "La rosa de cristal" ('The Crystal Rose'), when she was only four years old. Shakira's business acumen is often attributed to a high IQ, which is reported in the entertainment press to be 140. Shakira spent much of her youth in Barranquilla, a city located on the northern Caribbean coast of Colombia. She has eight older half-siblings from her father's previous marriage. She was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools. The name Shakira ( Arabic: شاكرة) is Arabic for "grateful", the feminine form of the name Shakir ( Arabic: شاكر). She has also claimed to have distant Italian roots through an ancestor with the surname "Pisciotti". Her Colombian mother side has two Spanish surnames, Ripoll and Torrado, the former of which is Catalan and originates from four brothers who immigrated from Catalonia to coastal Colombia in the 19th century. When he was five, his family moved to Colombia. Her father William was born in New York City to a family from Lebanon. She is of Colombian and Lebanese descent. She is the only child of William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll Torrado.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia.
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Shakira served as a coach on two seasons of the American singing competition television series The Voice (2013–2014). Some of her songs have charted at number one in multiple countries, including " La Tortura", " Hips Don't Lie", " Beautiful Liar", " Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", " Loca", and " Chantaje". 2 (2005), She Wolf (2009) and Shakira (2014) were all certified gold, platinum, or multi-platinum in various countries worldwide. Meanwhile, her English albums Oral Fixation, Vol. 1 (2005), Sale el Sol (2010), and El Dorado (2017), all of which topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and were certified diamante by the Recording Industry Association of America. Her success was further solidified with the Spanish albums Fijación Oral, Vol. Broadcast Music, Inc., the largest music rights organization in the United States, described Shakira as a pioneer who extended the global reach of Latino singers. Buoyed by the international number-one singles " Whenever, Wherever" and " Underneath Your Clothes", the album propelled her reputation as a leading crossover artist. Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service (2001), which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Following the commercial failure of her first two albums, Magia (1991) and Peligro (1993), she rose to prominence in Hispanic countries with her next albums, Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). She made her recording debut under Sony Music Colombia at the age of 13. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Shakira has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is noted for her versatility in music. Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( / ʃ ə ˈ k ɪər ə/ shə- KEER-ə, Spanish: born 2 February 1977), known mononymously as Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter.
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