Portrait · J.ébey / CC0 1.0 Shakira Singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and philanthropist
Born 1977
Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and philanthropist whose career helped make Spanish-language pop a durable global force. Born in Barranquilla to a Colombian mother and Lebanese-Colombian father, she wrote songs from childhood, signed with Sony Music Colombia at 13 and endured two commercially unsuccessful albums before the guitar-led Pies Descalzos established her across Latin America. Dónde Están los Ladrones? and MTV Unplugged deepened her reputation as a confessional writer and rock performer; Laundry Service then carried her into English-language pop without abandoning the Latin American and Middle Eastern sounds central to her work. Her catalogue spans Whenever, Wherever, La Tortura, Hips Don't Lie, She Wolf, Waka Waka, Chantaje, the record-setting BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53 and the Grammy-winning album Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran. She has also voiced Gazelle in Disney's Zootopia films, written a Dora the Explorer children's book and performed at multiple FIFA World Cups. Away from music, she founded Fundación Pies Descalzos and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2003, making access to education a parallel, decades-long body of work. In 2025–26, the Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour became a career-spanning stadium production; in 2026 she released Dai Dai with Burna Boy, returned to the World Cup stage, received her first Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination and reunited with Maluma for the September single Agua.
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Agua reunites Shakira and Maluma Shakira and Maluma released the merengue-leaning single Agua with an official video, extending a collaboration that began with Chantaje.
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The world tour reaches its European finale The official tour hub lists Shakira's September and October 2026 Madrid residency, extending the stadium production that began in Rio in February 2025.
18 Sept 2026 Official tour schedule
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Dai Dai returns Shakira to the World Cup stage Shakira and Burna Boy performed Dai Dai during the 2026 World Cup Final Halftime Show, continuing a tournament relationship that stretches back to Waka Waka in 2010.
19 Jul 2026 Official post-event record
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A first Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination The 2026 nomination recognised a career that began in Latin rock before moving fluently through pop, dance and regional Latin forms.
11 Mar 2026 Direct AP interview
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A record-scale Mexico City homecoming After 13 stadium concerts in Mexico City, Shakira played the Zócalo in March 2026 and described the free concert as a full-circle career moment.
11 Mar 2026 Direct AP interview
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Gazelle returns in Zootopia 2 Shakira returned as the voice of Gazelle and performed the original song Zoo for Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2025 sequel.
29 Sept 2025 Official Disney release
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Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran wins a Grammy The Recording Academy awarded the album Best Latin Pop Album, giving Shakira her fourth career Grammy win.
2 Feb 2025 Official Grammy record
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Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran turns upheaval into a career reset Her first studio album in seven years collected a run of collaborations and personal songs into a 16-track release that led directly into the stadium tour.
25 Mar 2024 Direct album interview
